- 2003 Vuelta a España
The 58th "
Vuelta a España " (Tour ofSpain ), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held fromSeptember 6 toSeptember 28 ,2003 . It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,957 km, and was won byRoberto Heras of the US Postalcycling team .Isidro Nozal lead the general classification for much of the race until succumbing to the pressure posed byRoberto Heras who closed the gap to Nozal over the final days and took the jersey in the final time trial. The points jersey was won byErik Zabel fromGermany , the mountain jersey was won byFélix Cárdenas fromColombia and the combination jersey was won by Alejandro Valverde. iBanesto.com was the winner of the team ranking.Alessandro Petacchi , an Italian sprinter won four stages.General classification
External links
* [http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]
* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/vuelta03/03index.php?id=03default Cyclingnews.com 2003 Vuelta a Espana coverage]
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