2003 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

2003 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

Race details

Dates

March 27 – April 5

Stages

12

Distance

1,496.5 km (929.9 mi)

Winning time

34h 40' 57"

Results


	Winner	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	(Publiguías)
	Second	José Medina (CHI)	(Ace Bryc Curicó)
	Third	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	(Publiguías)
	Points	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	(Ekono Alamo Rent A)
	Mountains	José Medina (CHI)	(Ace Bryc Curicó)
	Team	Publiguías

The 26th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile was held from March 27 to April 5, 2003.

Stages

2003-03-27: Concepción — Concepción (4.5 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	5.17	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	5.17
2.	Enzo Cesario (CHI)	+0.09	Enzo Cesario (CHI)	+0.09
3.	Alejandro Acton (ARG)	+0.09	Alejandro Acton (ARG)	+0.09

2003-03-28: San Pedro de La Paz — Chillán (135 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	2:49.49	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	2:54.56
2.	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	—	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	+0.19
3.	José Aravena (CHI)	—	Enzo Cesario (CHI)	+0.19

2003-03-29: Chillán — Linares (211 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	5:07.20	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	8:02.13
2.	Darío Ramírez (ARG)	—	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	+0.06
3.	Gonzalo Miranda (CHI)	—	Gonzalo Miranda (CHI)	+0.18

2003-03-30: Linares — Talca (122 km)

Place	Stage 3-A		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	2:51.67	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	10:54.05
2.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	—	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	+0.12
3.	Ángel Pérez (CHI)	—	Gonzalo Miranda (CHI)	+0.24

2003-03-30: Talca — Pencahue (20 km)

Place	Stage 3-B – Individual Time Trial		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	21.04	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	11:15.09
2.	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	+0.02	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	+0.30
3.	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	+0.11	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	+0.47

2003-03-31: Talca — Licante (70 km)

Place	Stage 4-A		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Medina (CHI)	1:49.57	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	13:05.04
2.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	—	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	+0.32
3.	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	—	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	+0.49

2003-03-31: Licante — Curicó (120 km)

Place	Stage 4-B		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	2:48.43	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	15:53.40
2.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	—	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	+0.39
3.	Francisco Cabrera (CHI)	—	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	+0.56

2003-04-01: Curicó — Pichilemu (160 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Harm Jansen (NED)	4:02.26	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	20:02.54
2.	Cory Lange (CAN)	+0.02	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	+0.39
3.	Pablo Valenzuela (CHI)	+4.56	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	+0.56

2003-04-02: Pichilemu — San Antonio (140 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Alejandro Acton (ARG)	3:33.25	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	23:36.18
2.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	+0.05	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	+0.45
3.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	+0.05	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	+1.02

2003-04-03: Melipilla — Farellones (125 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	3:26.58	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	27:03.46
2.	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	+0.05	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	+0.25
3.	José Medina (CHI)	+0.03	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	+0.29

2003-04-04: Limache — Limache (128 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	2:58.58	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	30:02.43
2.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	—	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	+0.13
3.	Enzo Cesario (CHI)	—	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	+0.26

2003-04-05: Quilpué — Quilicura (190 km)

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Medina (CHI)	3:07.05	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	33:09.40
2.	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	—	José Medina (CHI)	+0.27
3.	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	+0.04	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	+0.33

2003-04-06: Santiago — Santiago (71.4 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
Place	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	1:31.17	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	34:40.57
2.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	—	José Medina (CHI)	+0.27
3.	Enzo Cesario (CHI)	—	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	+0.33

Final classification

RANK	CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	Publiguías	34:40:57
2.	José Medina (CHI)	ACE Bryc Curicó	+ 0.27
3.	Jorge Giacinti (ARG)	Publiguías	+ 0.33
4.	Edgardo Simón (ARG)	Ekono Alamo Rent A	+ 1.30
5.	Gonzalo Salas (ARG)	Lider Trek Bio-Bio	+ 2.10
6.	Luis Fernando Sepúlveda (CHI)	ACE Bryc Curicó	+ 2.39
7.	Marcelo Agüero (ARG)	Ekono Alamo Rent A	+ 3.02
8.	Pedro Prieto (ARG)	Publiguías	+ 3.46
9.	Raúl Gómez (COL)	Transportes Romero	+ 4.39
10.	Richard Rodríguez (CHI)	Publiguías	+ 5.26

Teams

Lider Trek Bio-Bio

Alas Rojas

Ace Byrc Curico

Brazil National Team

Márcio May
Hernandes Cuadri
Rudrigo Brito
Renato Rosler
Suelito Gohr
Antonio Nascimento

Doñihue

Aliro Catejo
Rodrigo Barrios
Alejandro Solís
Hector Osorio
Felipe Ramírez
César Doussang

Colavita Bolla

Shawn Wilard
Eddy Hilger
Josh Seldman
Peter Fairbanks
Muricio Jacomo

Ekono Alamo Rent A

Edgardo Simón
Marcelo Agüero
Francisco Cabrera
Antonio Cabrera
Jaime Bretti
Ángel Pérez

Marco Polo

Jamsram Ulzii
Michael Carter
Kay Karner
Nathan Dahlberg
Cory Lange
Felix Rohrbach

La Polar

Milton Wynants
Ezequiel Romero
Cristobal Silva
José Labra
Clauss Plaut
Cristian Fierro

Trust House

Baden Burke
Andrew Small
Tim Wilson
Gregory Saw
Pelle Kil
Harm Jansen

Agua Mineral Rari

Joaquín Jorquera
Manuel Abarca
José Aravena
Darío Ramírez
Cristian Medina
Facundo Bazzi

UPMC-La Polar

Todd Herriott
Joseph M. Papp
Gerardo Castro
Mateo Sasso
Alvaro Tardáguila
César Grajales

Peñaflor Lascar

Jonathan Alvarado
Rodrigo Pérez
Alexis Arias
Jaime Carreño
Andrés Taulis
Sergio Abarca

Venezuela National Team

Publiguías

Transportes Romero

Luis Espinosa
Raúl Gómez
Pablo Riveros
Cristian Rosas
Marcelo Olivares
Reinaldo Cortes

Vinci Los Angeles

Pablo Syll
Manuel González
Pablo Valenzuela
César Valenzuela
Gustavo Carvacho
Daniel Bretti

References

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