2003 Torridge District Council election, Election result
Meanwhile, Labour lost both their 2 seats on the council, while the Conservatives and Greens regained 1 seat each. 8 councillors were elected without facing any opposition, but this was down from 9 at the 1999 election and 13 in 1995. Overall turnout at the election was 38.4%, up from 36.1% in 1999.


2003 Torridge District Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, Bideford South
A by-election was held in Bideford South on 4 December 2003 after the former leader of the council, Liberal Democrat Mervyn Lane, resigned from the council due to ill health.


2003 Torridge District Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, Tamarside
Independent Kenneth James won a by-election in Tamarside on 14 July 2005 after the death of councillor Richard Broad.


2003 Torridge District Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, Northam
Conservative Sam Robinson won a by-election in Northam on 23 November 2006 after the resignation of councillor Alan Eastwood.


2003 Toulon Tournament
The 2003 Toulon Tournament was the 31st edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 10 to 21 June 2003. It was won by Portugal, after they beat Italy in the final.


2003 Toulon Tournament, Awards
After the final, the following players were rewarded for their performances during the competition.


2003 Tour Down Under
The 2003 Tour Down Under was the fifth edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 21 to 26 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. This edition was won by Mikel Astarloza, who rode for AG2R Prévoyance.


2003 Tour Down Under, Stage 2
22 January 2003 – Jacobs Creek – Kapunda, 140 km


2003 Tour de France
The 2003 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 5 to 27 July, and the 90th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale has confirmed this verdict.


2003 Tour de France
The event started and ended in Paris, covering 3,427 km (2,129 mi) proceeding clockwise in twenty stages around France, including six major mountain stages. Due to the centennial celebration, this edition of the tour was raced entirely in France and did not enter neighboring countries.


2003 Tour de France
In the centenary year of the race the route recreated, in part, that of 1903. There was a special Centenaire Classement prize for the best-placed in each of the six stage finishes which match the 1903 tour - Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and Paris. It was won by Stuart O'Grady, with Thor Hushovd in second place. The 2003 Tour was honored with the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport.


2003 Tour de France
Of the 198 riders the favourite was again Armstrong, aiming for a record equalling fifth win. Before the race, it was believed that his main rivals would include Iban Mayo, Aitor González, Tyler Hamilton, Ivan Basso, Gilberto Simoni, Jan Ullrich, and Joseba Beloki but Armstrong was the odds-on favourite. Though he did go on to win the race, it is statistically, and by Armstrong's own admission, his weakest Tour from his seven-year period of dominance over the race.


2003 Tour de France, Teams
The team selection was done in three rounds: in November 2002, the fourteen highest-ranking Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) teams would automatically qualify; four wildcard invitations were given in January 2003, and four more in mid-May. The race started with 22 teams of 9 cyclists.


2003 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
Some notable cyclists excluded from the race were Mario Cipollini and Marco Pantani, whose teams De Nardi–Colpack and Mercatone Uno–Scanavino were not selected. Especially the absence of Cipollini, the reigning world champion, came as a surprise. The Tour organisation gave the reason that Cipollini had never been able to finish the race.


2003 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
In the first round, the Coast team had been selected to compete, and in January 2003 they signed Jan Ullrich. Financial problems then almost prevented the team from starting, but after Bianchi stepped in as a new sponsor, Team Bianchi was allowed to take the place of Team Coast.


2003 Tour de France, Route and stages
The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,642 m (8,668 ft) at the summit of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 8.


2003 Tour de France, Race overview
The Tour proved to be one more hotly contested than the previous years. Tyler Hamilton and Levi Leipheimer were involved in a crash early in the Tour. Leipheimer dropped out, Hamilton continued and got fourth place in the end while riding with a broken collarbone.


2003 Tour de France, Race overview
In the Alps, Gilberto Simoni and Stefano Garzelli, first and second in the Giro d'Italia earlier the same year, could not keep up with Lance Armstrong and the other favourites. The same held for last year's number 4, Santiago Botero. Joseba Beloki could, and was in second-place overall (just 40 seconds behind Armstrong) when he crashed on a fast descent from the Cote de La Rochette, shortly after passing the Col de Manse into Gap.


2003 Tour de France, Race overview
The crash was a result of a locked brake, caused by a lack of traction from melting tar on the road, which led to the tyre coming off the rim. Beloki broke his right femur, elbow and wrist, and had to leave the Tour. Armstrong made a detour through the field beside the road to avoid the fallen Beloki. Armstrong was in yellow, but Jan Ullrich won the first time trial by one minute and 36 seconds. He and Alexander Vinokourov were both within very short distance from Armstrong.


2003 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
Subsequent to Armstrong's statement to withdraw his fight against United States Anti- Doping Agency's (USADA) charges, on 24 August 2012, the USADA said it would ban Armstrong for life and stripped him of his record seven Tour de France titles. Later that day it was confirmed in a USADA statement that Armstrong was banned for life and would be disqualified from any and all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to 1 August 1998, including forfeiture of any medals, titles, winnings, finishes, points and prizes. On 22 October 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale endorsed the USADA sanctions, and decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2003 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. There were time bonuses given at the end of each mass start stage. If a crash had happened within the final 1 km (0.6 mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1977. The leader wore a white jersey.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There was special classification, the Centenaire, which combined times of riders across the six stages involving cities visited during 1903 Tour. The cities were: Lyon, on stage 6; Marseille, on stage 10; Toulouse, on stage 11; Bordeaux, on stage 17; Nantes, on stage 19; and Paris, on stage 20.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass start stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "shown the greatest effort and demonstrated the greatest sporting spirit". The winner wore a red number bib the following stage. At the conclusion of the Tour, Alexander Vinokourov (Team Telekom) won the overall super-combativity award.


2003 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 8, and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given in honour of the second director Jacques Goddet to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage 15. Stefano Garzelli won the Henri Desgrange and Sylvain Chavanel won the Jacques Goddet.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9
The 2003 Tour de France was the 90th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a prologue individual time trial on 5 July and Stage 9 occurred on 14 July with a mountainous stage to Gap. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées, back in Paris, on 27 July.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Prologue
5 July 2003 — Paris, 6.5 km (4.0 mi) (ITT)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Prologue
The opening stage was a short time trial. Covering just 6.5 km the route started under the Eiffel Tower, crossed the river, out to the Place de la Concorde and then back for a finish near to the start.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Prologue
The trial was won by Bradley McGee of FDJeux edging out Scot, David Millar, by 0.1 seconds after Millar had briefly lost his chain in the last 500 metres. Haimar Zubeldia had set the early pace and held onto first place almost to the end.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Prologue
Because the Tour was the centennial tour, Armstrong broke with his usual tradition and agreed to begin wearing the yellow jersey. Typically, he prefers to earn each wearing of the jersey himself. This led to one of the rare times that Armstrong has lost the yellow jersey, with it going to Bradley McGee.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 1
6 July 2003 — Saint-Denis to Meaux, 168 km (104.4 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 1
This stage entailed a flat 168 km looping south to Montgeron before heading back north to the village of Meaux.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 1
As expected the race ended in a sprint. An early three man breakaway built up a lead of almost nine minutes before the big teams chased them down, the final man, Andy Flickinger, being caught with 11 km to go. A massive crash in the last kilometre brought down around 140 riders but most of the main sprinters made it through. Alessandro Petacchi of Fassa Bortolo won his first ever stage, beating Robbie McEwen and Erik Zabel in the final metres.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 1
Tyler Hamilton, considered by many to be one of the strongest contenders for overall victory, broke his collarbone in two places in the crash, and was widely reported to have dropped out of the race, though this turned out to be inaccurate, and he went on to win fourth. Levi Leipheimer, however, who was also considered a major contender, did drop out, as did his Dutch teammate from Rabobank, Marc Lotz. Armstrong was involved in the crash, but was relatively uninjured, although he had to borrow a teammate's bike to finish the stage. Since the crash was within 1 km of the finish, all of the riders involved got the same time as the rest of the peloton.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 2
7 July 2003 — La Ferté-sous-Jouarre to Sedan, 204 km (126.8 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 2
One of the longest stages of the 2003 race at 204.5 km, this was another mostly flat stage where the sprinters would be likely to excel. A few Category 4 climbs or smaller occurred in the first and last quarters of the race.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 2
The race was similar to Stage 1. A very early breakaway by two riders, Lilian Jegou and Fréderic Finot, built up a lead of over eleven minutes, but their lead was diminished through the afternoon and after Jegou was dropped Finot was finally caught after a breakaway of almost 185 km. In the final mass sprint the Australia FDJeux rider Baden Cooke won, another debutant winner he just beat local rider Jean-Patrick Nazon. Contrary to news reports the day before, Tyler Hamilton did compete, although he came in nearly last.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 2
One small bit of extra drama occurred when rider Frédéric Finot was almost run over by the car of race director Jean-Marie Leblanc. Finot avoided damage, but his bike was destroyed.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 3
8 July 2003 — Charleville-Mézières to Saint-Dizier, 167 km (103.8 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 3
Another flat stage in northern France, 167.5 km including only one Category 4 climb and three intermediate sprints.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 3
Unlike the two proceeding stages the repeated small breakaways were not allowed to build significant leads. The teams of the main sprinters, notably Jean Delatour, kept the race together to compete for the points and time bonuses of the intermediate sprints. High temperatures and high speeds kept the riders together until after the second sprint when Anthony Geslin makes a lone break. His lead reached a maximum of around 3½ minutes and he was caught with just 16 km to the finish. In a mass sprint Alessandro Petacchi claimed his second win, but Frenchman Jean-Patrick Nazon had won sufficient bonuses on the intermediate sprints to take the yellow jersey.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 4
9 July 2003 — Joinville to Saint-Dizier, 69 km (42.9 mi) (TTT)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 4
Stage 4 was a team time trial - the riders ride together as a team, with the time of the fifth rider counting. This is considered by the riders to be one of the most difficult parts of road cycling, and is a controversial event thought by many to unfairly disadvantage teams that specialize in climbing.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 4
The winner of the stage was the US Postal team of favorite Lance Armstrong. In the general classification, US Postal riders now held places one through eight, although Armstrong was only in second place, with teammate Víctor Hugo Peña in first. Peña was the first rider from Colombia to wear the yellow jersey, and won it the day before his birthday.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 4
Of the other main contenders, Joseba Beloki, Jan Ullrich and Francisco Mancebo did not lose much time, but Gilberto Simoni and Iban Mayo lost 3 minutes.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 5
10 July 2003 — Troyes to Nevers, 196.5 km (122.1 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 5
After a fast start, a group of five riders, László Bodrogi, Nicolas Jalabert, Jens Voigt, Ludovic Turpin and Frédéric Finot, got away, but the gap never grew over 3 minutes, the teams of the sprinters keeping a high velocity on the peloton. Again the stage ends in a mass sprint, and again Petacchi manages to take it, showing himself the best sprinter in this year's Tour. Whether he is also the best sprinter overall remained questionable, since the team of Mario Cipollini was not invited to this year's Tour. The day ended with Peña still wearing yellow, and Armstrong still in second, one second behind.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 6
11 July 2003 — Nevers to Lyon, 230 km (142.9 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 6
Lyon is the first of the six cities that was also visited in the first Tour de France in 1903, and thus this was one of the six stages involved in the one-off Centenaire competition. Stuart O'Grady and Anthony Geslin attacked, and seemed to finally be able to have a breakaway attempt succeed, their lead growing to 18 minutes, and still being 8 minutes with 50 kilometers to go, but the teams of the sprinters once again were successful in catching the attackers, only 500 meters before the finish.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 6
Once again Petacchi scored a convincing win in the sprint, and takes his fourth win in five normal stages! His latest win also gains him the green jersey of the points classification. Peña, meanwhile, remained in yellow, one second ahead of Armstrong. Petacchi, after winning four stages, finally got hold of the green jersey as leader of the points classification for the first time.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 7
12 July 2003 — Lyon to Morzine, 230.5 km (143.2 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 7
The first mountain stage, although not an extremely heavy one, with 5 climbs, of which one of the first category but none of the (even heavier) Hors Categorie. On the first climb, Benoit Poîlvet, Paolo Bettini and Rolf Aldag attacked, later joined by Richard Virenque, the eventual winner of the polka dot jersey, who dropped the others one by one, and took the stage and the yellow jersey from Peña, who had declared in interviews prior to the race that he was going to start working for Lance to win.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 7
A group of 45 riders came in at 4 minutes behind Virenque. It contained most contenders for the general classification, but Gilberto Simoni and Santiago Botero were not in there, and lost over 6 minutes to Lance Armstrong and the others. After the first mountains, their chances in this year's tour seemed to be over already. Among the seven riders who dropped out during the stage, was Alessandro Petacchi, the wearer of the green jersey. Baden Cooke, who inherited the jersey after Petacchi's retirement, described Petacchi as "soft".


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 8
13 July 2003 — Sallanches to Alpe d'Huez, 219 km (136.1 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 8
The second day in the mountains was a long 219 km including the Col du Telegraphe, the Col du Galibier and a finish on the famous Alpe d'Huez. Richard Virenque was first over the initial climb and the peloton did not break-up until an early attack after the Cote de Megève split the peloton in two. The leading group contained most of the major names and produced a series of attacks, dropping contender Gilberto Simoni from the group early on, with Richard Virenque, Jan Ullrich, and Stefano Garzelli also getting dropped.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 8
Eventually, Joseba Beloki launched an attack, and was eventually chased down by a breakaway pack consisting of Armstrong, Hamilton, Iban Mayo, and Haimar Zubeldia. Beloki was caught with 9 km to go, and Iban Mayo launched an attack, going on to win the stage; he could have won by quite a greater margin, but he slowed down on the last kilometer of Alpe d'Huez to celebrate the moment. Armstrong held off attacks from many riders, although Alexander Vinokourov managed to get away and take second. Armstrong won the sprint for third place, with the associated time bonus, giving him his first yellow jersey of the Tour, forty seconds ahead of Beloki, who was now looking to be a major challenger.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 9
14 July 2003 — Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Gap, 184.5 km (114.6 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 9
Although the biggest climbs in this stage were at the beginning, it was the much smaller ones at the end that proved decisive. Several attacks in the early race brought groups ahead, possibly the most important rider in these was Jörg Jaksche. Being a teammate of GC number 2 Joseba Beloki, and himself not very far behind Armstrong, his intention was probably to force Armstrong's team to work, which makes them less capable of defending him against Beloki later in the stage or in the coming stages. At the end of the final (fourth category) climb of Cote de La Rochette, Vinokourov was in position to win a second stage, after having received the order to attack previously in order to compensate for the time his teammate Santiago Botero was going to lose due to stomach problems.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 9
During the descent, however, shortly after passing the Col de Manse, Beloki locked his wheel on the melting road surface, flying out of control, and falling on his head, shoulder, and hip. He badly injured his elbow, and despite trying to get back on his bike, was taken to the hospital, dropping out of the Tour with several broken bones. His injuries proved severe enough that he was also forced to miss the 2004 Tour de France.


2003 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9, Stage 9
Lance Armstrong, sitting just behind Beloki, managed some quick thinking, swerving off the road through a field, getting off his bike, hopping over a small embankment, and resuming the chase. He may have been assisted in his cross-country journey through the practice he gained racing cyclo-cross events in the off-season. Despite a hard chase, Vinokourov kept the lead and took the stage, as well as second place in the general classification.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20
The 2003 Tour de France was the 90th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a prologue individual time trial on 5 July and Stage 10 occurred on 15 July with a flat stage from Gap. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées, back in Paris, on 27 July.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 10
15 July 2003 — Gap to Marseille, 219.5 km (136.4 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 10
A long, largely flat 219.5 km stage after three days in the mountains gave the majority of the riders a chance to recuperate, the pace was somewhat slower than the average to this stage. The roadside temperature was high (around 40 °C).


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 10
A group of nine riders made a break after just 16 km and slowly built their lead up, to 17 minutes by halfway and to a maximum of around 23 minutes. With such a substantial lead the nine rider group began to fragment with repeated attacks from around 50 km to go, José Enrique Gutiérrez made a solo break and led into Marseille, he was closed down and passed by Fabio Sacchi and then Jakob Piil. These two riders worked together and soon built up a minute lead over the others.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 10
Entering the final 2 km to the finish Piil and Sacchi shook hands and began to race, Piil led out but managed to hold off Sacchi to become the first Danish stage winner since Bjarne Riis in 1996. Bram de Groot broke from the chasers to finish third and the peloton came in over 21 minutes down. The top positions in the general classification were unchanged, the best placed rider in the breakaway was over ¾ of an hour down on Armstrong.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 11
17 July 2003 — Narbonne to Toulouse, 153.5 km (95.4 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 11
After the first rest day, one of the shortest stages of the tour at 153.5 km, another flat stage with only one climb, the third category Cote de Saissac at 82 km. The Tour has finished a stage in Toulouse 24 times before, the last time in 1985.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 11
There were a number of early breakaways and one early crash but the US Postal team worked hard to keep the field together. It was not until early afternoon, just before Carcassonne, that a group of eight riders made it clear. They built up their lead to a maximum of around four minutes. With the peloton closing and 10 km to go Juan Antonio Flecha of Banesto attacked from the breakaway and built up a small lead of 20 seconds. Despite the field closing in he held on to win the stage by 4 seconds, the peloton coming in less than a minute behind. Former Tour star Jens Voigt, struggling with illness, abandoned the race.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 12
18 July 2003 — Gaillac to Cap Découverte, 47 km (29.2 mi) (ITT)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 12
The first time trial (not counting the prologue) was late this year, usually it is contested before the first mountain stage. Most expected Armstrong to take it, although in previous days he had shown to be not as strongly reigning as in previous years, but in the end he lost one and a half minutes to Jan Ullrich although winning over the rest of the field. Alexander Vinokourov took third place and remained with Armstrong and Ullrich in the contest for the final win, putting the other favourites at a little distance. Tyler Hamilton is now in fourth place, hanging on despite a broken collarbone from the fall in stage 2.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 13
19 July 2003 — Toulouse to Plateau de Bonascre (Ax-3 Domaines), 197.5 km (122.7 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 13
The 197.5 km route marked the beginning of four days in the mountains, a flattish first 120 km with two sprints ended in two category one climbs, the Port de Pailhères at 168.5 km and the finish on the Plateau de Bonascre. Again the weather was very hot.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 13
There were a number of early attacks, the peloton chased each escapee down only for another group to try to break. Eventually around midday a group of ten made it clear and after some effort the peloton did not chase them over and the group built up a maximum lead of almost nine minutes. As the first climb was reached the ten-man group had a lead of around six minutes, on the Port de Pailhères the leaders faltered and the group broke up.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 13
The group containing the race leaders closed in during the climb and at the summit the leading three (Sastre, Rubiera and Mercado) had two minutes over their chasers. On the start of the 9 km climb to the finish the leaders had retained their two-minute advantage. Over the climb the three leaders were gradually caught but Sastre and Mercado held out, with 3 km to go the peloton started to break, attacks from Zubeldia and Vinokourov put the riders under pressure and while Ullrich caught up Armstrong was dropped.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 13
Sastre won and Ullrich came second, Armstrong recovered to reduce his loss to 7 seconds. With the time bonus for Ullrich coming second Armstrong's overall lead was reduced to 15 seconds. However, according to specialists, this was the day that Ullrich should have won the Tour. Still suffering the consequences of the dehydration he had suffered during the previous Time Trial, Armstrong fell back badly at the beginning of the last climb, the Plateau de Bonascre, but Ullrich failed to capitalise on Armstrong's weakness and he didn't attack, winning only seven seconds (plus the time bonus) over the Texan rider. There is speculation about if it was an error of Ullrich's or whether he had not the physical capacity to attack.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 14
20 July 2003 — Saint-Gironsto Loudenvielle-le-Louron, 191.5 km (119.0 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 14
The second day in the Pyrenees, the 191.5 km stage had two category two climbs and four category one climbs spaced throughout the route. The toughest climbs were the Col de la Core at 67 km, Col de Menté at 118.5 km, the Col du Portillon at 156 km and the final climb and descent of the Col de Peyresourde at 180 km. The route included the second category Col de Portet d'Aspet, where Fabio Casartelli was mortally injured in 1995.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 14
Just 162 riders started the stage. There was a very early break of seventeen riders, including Richard Virenque, Gilberto Simoni, Jakob Piil and Manuel Beltran. The group steadily increased their lead over the US Postal led peloton in the early part of the race. By the first category two climb they were over nine minutes clear, by the Col de la Core over twelve minutes. When the deficit hit almost fifteen minutes the teams of USP and Euskaltel joined together at the front of the peloton, later they were joined by Telekom and then Bianchi. By the Col du Portet d'Aspet the lead was reduced to around eleven minutes and on the Col de Menté the leading 17 were showing signs of fatigue and began to drop riders, a group of twelve being led by Virenque over the summit.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 14
The tour then entered Spain for a few kilometres before the climb of the Col du Portillon, where the leading group broke up with a trio of Dufaux, Simoni and Virenque leading the peloton by seven minutes over the summit. The trio remained ahead up the Col de Peyresourde as the field behind them split under repeated attacks, while Armstrong stuck close to Ullrich Vinokourov broke away. Dufaux, Simoni and Virenque kept their lead; they were joined by Peron and fought out the finish, Simoni winning the sprint. Vinokourov led in two others was 41 seconds down and Armstrong and Ullrich came in 1' 24" later.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
21 July 2003 — Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Luz-Ardiden, 159.5 km (99.1 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
Another day in the Hautes-Pyrénées. The 159.5 km stage had three big climbs, the category one Col d'Aspin at 94 km, the famous hors categorie Col du Tourmalet at 124 km and finally a hors categorie finish at Luz-Ardiden. These were the last hors categorie climbs on the 2003 Tour.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
The stage had another fast start but the real excitement was reserved for the final 13 km up to Luz-Ardiden in what was to turn out to be one of the most epic Tour de France stages in the Armstrong 'era'. In the earlier part of the race Botero and Chavanel escaped and built up a lead of around ten minutes by the Col d'Aspin. On the ascent of the Col du Tourmalet Ullrich made a number of efforts to drop Armstrong, but with no success.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
By the summit the main riders were still together and the now lone escapee, Chavanel, was four minutes clear. The chasing group of Ullrich and Armstrong was seven strong and had all the main contenders except Vinokourov, who was having a tough time and only briefly joined them at the start of the final climb.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
At the start of the final ascent Chavanel was five minutes up on his chasers. The chasing group remained together until about 10 km to go, Mayo attacked and was matched by Armstrong but as Armstrong set himself up for a further push he tangled with the musette bag of a young spectator and crashed, bringing down Mayo and almost Ullrich too. The main group, including Ullrich and marshalled by his friend and former colleague Tyler Hamilton, slowed for Armstrong to catch up.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
Armstrong did catch up despite almost coming off again when the gear on his damaged bike slipped, almost as soon as Mayo and Armstrong reached the main group they attacked again in a repeat of the situation before the crash. This time a determined Armstrong dropped Mayo and Ullrich and powered off like a man possessed after the lone Chavanel.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 15
He caught Chavanel with about 4 km to the finish, sportingly tapping him on the back to acknowledge his efforts, as he passed him to win the stage, his sixteenth stage victory and probably his last chance to gain some time over Ullrich before the final time trial. Ullrich had fallen over a minute behind but, typically, by the finish had fought back and reduced his loss to 40 seconds, not including time bonuses some of which were denied him by Mayo who took 2nd place. Richard Virenque had, barring accidents, won the polka-dot jersey.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 16
23 July 2003 — Pau to Bayonne, 197.5 km (122.7 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 16
A 197.5 km stage in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, there were six climbs, two major - the Col du Soudet at 67.5 km and the Col Bagarguy at 110 km. The descent of the Col Bagarguy is interrupted by the minor Cote de Burdincurutcheta, a Basque name.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 16
As often this year the stage started fast and was marked by early breakaway attempts. The early attempts were chased down, the high pace (48 km in the first hour) briefly dropped Tyler Hamilton but his CSC team-mates brought him back to the peloton. Around midday a group of fifteen riders made it clear before the Col du Soudet. The leading group broke up during the ascent. Hamilton attacked from the peloton at 55 km and jumped across to the leaders, around three minutes up on the peloton, before the summit.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 16
The leaders stayed together over the next small climb and maintained their lead, they dropped a number of riders including David Millar who quickly fell back to and through the peloton. On the ascent of the Col Bagarguy Hamilton attacked the leading group and raced ahead alone. He had a two-minute lead at the summit and almost four minutes over the peloton. In the fog over the Cote de Burdincurutcheta he extended his lead. The chasers were gradually caught by the peloton on the long flattish run to the finish but Hamilton pushed his lead out to five minutes. His lead started to fall with 25 km to go, but despite Fassa Bortolo, Euskaltel and Telekom leading the chase Hamilton stayed clear to win his first Tour stage ever.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 17
24 July 2003 — Dax to Bordeaux, 181 km (112.5 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 17
After the Pyrenees this 181 km was short and almost absolutely flat, the highest climb was 79 m. Traditionally the stages into Bordeaux have been won by one of the sprinters.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 17
The race started with an attack by ten riders within the first minutes. The peloton reacted at first but after holding the gap at around sixty seconds for about 25 km the chase slowed and by 40 km the lead was up to six minutes and at around 70 km the breakaway's lead peaked at just over sixteen minutes. The peloton cut into the escapees lead but too slowly to catch them and with about 40 km to go and an eight-minute gap the peloton again slowed. With 18 km to the finish Servais Knaven attacked from the leading group and held off their disorganised chase to win. Robbie McEwen headed peloton in eight minutes later. The competition for the Green jersey remained very close.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 18
25 July 2003 — Bordeaux to Saint-Maixent-l'École, 202.5 km (125.8 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 18
A flat 203.5 km with no climbs, two sprints and a moderate tailwind crossing four departments. With the time trial looming another breakaway success looked possible.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 18
With the favourable conditions and the 25 km/h wind the stage started very fast. There were a few small attacks early on; a group of around thirty made a break at 26 km to be swept up at 40 km. The peloton was still together at the first intermediate sprint in Montendre, unusually Jan Ullrich made a race of it, he was chased by Armstrong and they came second and third behind Robbie McEwen, getting small time bonuses that cut Ullrich's deficit by two seconds.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 18
Shortly after the sprint, at 61 km, a group of sixteen made a break and unlike early attempts they stayed clear. Working together the escapees quickly built up their lead to over 11 minutes by the 100 km point, the first two hours of racing passed with an average speed of 52 km/h. The lead continued to grow reaching a maximum of just over 22 minutes with around 25 km to the finish. The leading group then started to break-up as there were repeated solo attacks, the group split with eight riders moving clear.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 18
With 10 km to go attacks started from within the smaller group, David Canada making it clear with a trio of riders chasing after him. In the final kilometre Canada's lead vanished - he was passed by the chasing trio who contested a very close sprint, Pablo Lastras just winning. The peloton came in 24:05 later. The green jersey competition was still very close, it could still change hands on the final Stage in Paris.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 18
Despite the amazing early speed the race slowed in the second portion, becoming just the second fastest road stage in Tour history. At an average speed of 49.938 km/h it was still inferior to the 50.355 km/h of Stage Four in 1999 (Laval to Blois, 194.5 km).


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 19
26 July 2003 — Pornic to Nantes, 49 km (30.4 mi) (ITT)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 19
The second long individual time trial. 49 km, flatter than the first long time trial and raced in cool rain on slippy roads rather than 30-plus °C.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 19
The final chance for Jan Ullrich to stop Armstrong winning five-in-a-row. The two rode through in almost identical times, but shortly after the second time check at 32.5 km Ullrich fell while taking the curve on a small roundabout. Ullrich's challenge was over. The stage was won by David Millar who, despite illness and the adverse weather, set the second fastest time trial in the Tour, 54.358 km/h (Greg LeMond 54.545 km/h (1989)).


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 19
A year later David Millar was excluded from the 2004 Tour, and banned from the sport for 2 years, after syringes with traces of EPO were found at his home - he admitted that this time trial was one of the occasions that he had boosted his performance with the drug.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 20
27 July 2003 — Ville d'Avray to Paris, 152 km (94.4 mi)


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 20
This was the final stage of the 2003 Tour. Traditionally a relaxed ride into Paris then a hectic ten circuits of the 6.5 km Champs-Élysées loop. Ville d'Avray was the finishing point of the 1903 Tour. With only the sprinter's green jersey still undecided, the two intermediate and the finish were hotly contested.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 20
At the final stage 147 riders started. With the wet roads the stage began slowly; there was a leisurely challenge for the final climbing stage, the category 4 Mont Valerian. As usual the race heated up as the first intermediate sprint at 66 km neared. The sprinter's teams, FDJ and Lotto, led out and Baden Cooke was first followed by Robbie McEwen, leaving the two on equal points. Attacks from other riders then began, small groups making it clear to be quickly caught as the second intermediate sprint at 95 km approached.


2003 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20, Stage 20
At that sprint McEwen won and Cooke was second. As the pace slowed after the sprint more riders leapt off the peloton; on the sixth lap a group of eight riders made a break and working hard built up their lead to 45 seconds. Playing tactics, the peloton held back, not beginning the chase until the final three laps. On the last lap the escape was finally caught with about 5 km to go. In an extremely close finish Jean-Patrick Nazon won the stage with Cooke just beating McEwen for second and claiming the green jersey by two points. Armstrong finished prudently far down the field, losing 15 seconds to some of his rivals.


2003 Tour de Georgia
The 2003 Tour de Georgia was the inaugural edition of what has now become the highest ranked bicycle road racing event in the United States. The six-stage race was held April 22 through April 27, 2003, with the overall title won by Chris Horner of the Saturn Cycling Team. American Fred Rodriguez (Vini Caldirola–So.di) claimed the points jersey for sprinters. Also, Horner won the King of the Mountains competition for climbers. Saul Raisin won the Best Young Rider competition.


2003 Tour de Hongrie
The 2003 Tour de Hongrie was the 30th edition of the Tour de Hongrie cycle race and was held from 29 July to 3 August 2003. The race started in Veszprém and finished in Budapest. The race was won by Zoltán Remák.


2003 Tour de Langkawi
The 2003 Tour de Langkawi was the 8th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 31 January in Langkawi and ended on 9 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.


2003 Tour de Langkawi
Tom Danielson of USA won the race, followed by Hernán Darío Muñoz of Colombia second and Fredy González of Colombia third. Graeme Brown of Australia won the points classification category and Roland Green of South Africa won the mountains classification category. Colombia–Selle Italia won the team classification category.


2003 Tour de Langkawi, Stages
The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,343.5 kilometres. Due to the extreme weather conditions(heavy downpour) experienced during the Stage 10 of the 2003 Tour de Langkawi, the stage was neutralised according to the decision of the College of Commissaires and the Race Organizer. All competitors at the stage had been awarded the winner's time. However, the classification and the top three finalist of the stage had been awarded.


2003 Tour de Langkawi, List of teams and riders
A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2003 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 138 riders, a total of 122 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.


2003 Tour de Pologne
The 2003 Tour de Pologne was the 60th edition of the Tour de Pologne cycle race and was held from 8 September to 14 September 2003. The race started in Gdańsk and finished in Karpacz. The race was won by Cezary Zamana.


2003 Tour de Romandie
The 2003 Tour de Romandie was the 57th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 29 April to 4 May 2003. The race started in Geneva and finished in Lausanne. The race was won by Tyler Hamilton of the CSC team.


2003 Tour de Suisse
The 2003 Tour de Suisse was the 67th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 16 June to 25 June 2003. The race started in Egerkingen and finished in Aarau. The race was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the Telekom team.


2003 Tour de Suisse, Teams
Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2003 Tour de la Région Wallonne
The 2003 Tour de la Région Wallonne was the 30th edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 28 July to 1 August 2003. The race started in Flobecq and finished in Chaudfontaine. The race was won by Julian Dean.


2003 Tour du Haut Var
The 2003 Tour du Haut Var was the 35th edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 22 February 2003. The race started and finished in Draguignan. The race was won by Sylvain Chavanel.


2003 Tour of Flanders
The 87th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 2003. Belgian Peter Van Petegem won his second victory in the monument classic. The race started in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove).


2003 Tour of Flanders, Race Summary
Previous winner Jacky Durand was in an early breakaway with Michael Rich, Thomas Liese and Vincent van der Kooij. They were caught by a group of eight, consisting only of Italians, at 60 km from the finish, before the peloton returned at 30 km. Peter Van Petegem attacked on Tenbosse, followed by 10 others, heading to the Muur van Geraardsbergen. On the Muur, 16 km before the finish, Van Petegem broke clear with Frank Vandenbroucke, pushing on to the finish. Van Petegem beat his fellow Belgian in a two-man sprint. Australian Stuart O'Grady won the sprint for third place.


2003 Tour of the Basque Country
The 2003 Tour of the Basque Country was the 43rd edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 7 April to 11 April 2003. The race started in Legazpi and finished in Hondarribia. The race was won by Iban Mayo of the Euskaltel–Euskadi team.


2003 Tournament of the Americas
The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in basketball, later known as the FIBA Americas Championship and the FIBA AmeriCup (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men), was hosted by Puerto Rico, from August 20 to August 31, 2003. The games were played in San Juan, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA AmeriCup was to earn the three berths allocated to the Americas for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The United States won the tournament, the country's fifth AmeriCup championship.


2003 Tournament of the Americas, Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2003; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.


2003 Tournament of the Americas, Format, Tie-breaking criteria
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:


2003 Tournament of the Americas, Quarterfinal group
The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals.


2003 Tournament of the Americas squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2003 Tournament of the Americas.


2003 Towson Tigers football team
The 2003 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its final year of Patriot League competition, Towson finished fifth.


2003 Towson Tigers football team
In their 12th year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers compiled a 6–6 record.


2003 Towson Tigers football team
The Tigers were outscored 274 to 271. Their 3–4 conference record placed fifth out of eight in the Patriot League standings.


2003 Towson Tigers football team
This year marked Towson's seventh and final Patriot League campaign, as the Tigers had agreed in 2002 to join the Atlantic 10 Conference for football, starting with the 2004 season. Though they remained in Division I-AA, this move gave Towson a higher level of competition, more similarly sized schools, and the opportunity to award athletic scholarships. By joining the A-10, Towson would also gain football matchups with Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison and William & Mary, all A-10 football members that competed with Towson in other sports in their primary conference, the Colonial Athletic Association.


2003 Towson Tigers football team
Towson played its home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium on the university campus in Towson, Maryland. The stadium had been built the previous year and started 2003 with the name Towson University Stadium; it was rededicated to honor the late Johnny Unitas on October 11, 2003. In addition to being a local celebrity from his tenure as quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, Unitas had also been the father of three Towson students and had led efforts to find a naming partner for the new Towson football stadium.


2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on April 13, 2003 on the streets of Long Beach, California.


2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Qualifying results
Rodolfo Lavín missed the first qualification session after a crashing during practice.


2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004 due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council, to no overall control. Overall turnout was 52.3%.


2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2003 Trampoline World Championships
The 23rd Trampoline World Championships were held in Hannover, Germany from 17 October to 19 October 2003.


2003 Trans-Am Series
The 2003 Trans-Am Series was the 38th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. Jaguar nearly swept the season, having only garnered one win the previous year. Ford won at Long Beach. The series went to Puerto Rico for the first time in history, with hometown hero Wally Castro finishing first. The season was also the first since 1991 to feature a race outside North America (i.e. the United States and Canada).


2003 Transnistrian referendum
The 2003 constitutional referendum in Transnistria took place in the breakaway republic of Transnistria on 6 April 2003. Voters were asked to support a change in the country's constitution that would allow the private ownership of land. Turnout was 38.92%, falling short of the 50% required by Transnistrian law for the referendum to be valid. Of the participating voters, 52% voted in favour and 44% against.


2003 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2003 took place on 28 October 2003.


2003 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
Lorenzo Dellai (Civica) was elected President of Trentino, while the South Tyrolean People's Party retained by a landslide the leadership of South Tyrol.


2003 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
It was the first election since the constitutional reform of 2001. Thus the former regional election was replaced by the combination of two separate provincial elections and the Region did not provide vote totals region-wide.


2003 Tri Nations Series
The 2003 Tri Nations Series was contested from 12 July to 16 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The All Blacks won the tournament.


2003 Tri Nations Series
New Zealand regained the Bledisloe Cup which Australia had held since 1998.


2003 Triglav Trophy
The 2003 Triglav Trophy was held between April 7 and 13, 2003. It was an international figure skating competition held annually in Jesenice, Slovenia. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating across the levels of senior, junior, and novice, although the pair skating competition was only held on the junior level.


2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
The 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 26 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 1 March 2003. The results were ready within the day.


2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura


2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Highlights
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 26, 2003. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.


2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Government Formation
The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sworn in on 7 March 2003.


2003 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2003 Tro-Bro Léon was the 20th edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 1 June 2003. The race was won by Samuel Dumoulin.


2003 Trophée Lalique
The 2003 Trophée Lalique was the fourth event of six in the 2003–04 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy in Paris on November 13–16. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2003–04 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.


2003 Trophée Lalique
The competition was named after the Lalique company, which was its chief sponsor at the time.


2003 Trophée des Champions
The 2003 Trophée des Champions was a football match held at Stade de Gerland, Lyon on 26 July 2003, that saw 2002–03 Ligue 1 champions Olympique Lyonnais defeat 2003 Coupe de France winners AJ Auxerre 2–1.


2003 Troy State Trojans football team
The 2003 Troy State Trojans football team represented Troy State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Trojans played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The 2003 season was Troy State's second season as a member of Division I-A.


2003 Troy State Trojans football team
During the season, Troy managed to get one of the biggest wins in the program's history at the time, defeating Marshall 33-24 in front of a then record crowd of 26,000. Marshall had just finished their previous season as the #24-ranked team in the AP Poll, and prior to playing against Troy, had just come off of an upset victory over #6 Kansas State, which is what made the win a milestone victory for Troy. Following the win over Marshall, students and fans in attendance rushed the field and tore down the goal posts.


2003 Tsuen Wan District Council election
The 2003 Tsuen Wan District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 17 elected members to the 24-member District Council.


2003 Tucson mayoral election
The Tucson mayoral election of 2003 occurred on November 4, 2003 to elect the mayor of Tucson, and occurred coinciding with the elections to the Tucson City Council wards 1, 2 and 4. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bob Walkup.


2003 Tucson mayoral election, Nominations
Primaries were held for the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties on September 9, 2003.


2003 Tucson mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
The Democratic Party saw Tom Volgy win 10,365 votes, or 97.67% of the vote. He was originally challenged by Paul Wallace for the nomination, but Wallace formally withdrew his candidacy.


2003 Tucson mayoral election, Nominations, Other
Patricia Irish unsuccessfully sought to run with no party affiliation, but did not garner enough signatures.


2003 Tuen Mun District Council election
The 2003 Tuen Mun District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 29 elected members to the 37-member District Council.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident
In the morning of 10 July 2003, a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) double-decker bus plunged off a bridge near the Ting Kau section of the Tuen Mun Road in Tsuen Wan, New Territories. The crash killed 21 people and injured 20.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Incident, Crash
On 10 July 2003, between 6:15 to 6:30 HKT, a Neoplan Centroliner bus was running on route 265M of Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). The bus departed from Lai Yiu Estate, Kwai Chung, Kwai Tsing, and was heading towards Tin Heng Estate, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long. A lorry running in the middle lane lost control as the bus approached the junction with Tsing Long Highway. The two vehicles collided, knocking the bus towards the side of the viaduct. The bus broke through the parapet, and plunged into Ting Kau Village 35 metres (115 ft) below. The bus driver and 18 passengers were killed in the crash.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Incident, Immediate aftermath
Rescue operations were described as being the most challenging encountered by the fire services since the fire at Garley Building. This was due to the constraints at the site (a rural village sited on a steep hillside with no direct road access, only accessible on foot from Castle Peak Road), and the sheer volume of severely wounded casualties. 2 more passengers died after being transferred to a hospital, bringing the death toll to 21. The incident left 20 injured.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Incident, Immediate aftermath
The bus was later lifted back onto Tuen Mun Road and transported to the vehicle compound at Siu Ho Wan. It was however written off.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Responses
After the incident, then-Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa visited the crash scene and pledged that the government would do all that it could to aid the survivors, to investigate the accident and prevent similar accidents from ever happening again.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Responses
The lorry driver was sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. At the time, it was the most serious road accident in Hong Kong history. He later appealed the rulings, which were subsequently overturned. Tests have shown that the vehicle he was driving was defective (tending to veer to the side when braking), and he was then found guilty of a lesser charge, careless driving, and his sentence was shortened to five months and a two-year driving ban.


2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Responses
As the accident involved several teachers from Tin Shui Wai,，the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union started a charity movement (Chinese: 屯門公路車禍全港學校教職員募捐大行動) on the following day of the accident, which ended on September 30, 2007, and raised over 1.1 million HKD.


2003 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 2003 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Green Wave played their home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They competed in Conference USA. The team was coached by head coach Chris Scelfo.


2003 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 2003 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Steve Kragthorpe. They played home games at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.


2003 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
The 2003 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament
The 2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament It is an international friendly football tournament held in Radès, Tunisia, at the Stade 7 November, with the participation of four teams: Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar and Tunisia. Tunisia won the tournament after defeating Cameroon in the final.


2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament, Goalscorers
There were 13 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.


2003 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
General elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 24 April 2003. The result was initially a victory for the ruling People's Democratic Movement (PDM), which won seven of the thirteen seats in the Legislative Council, with PDM leader Derek Hugh Taylor remaining Chief Minister. However, a court order resulted in the results in South Caicos North (won by the PDM's Noel Skippings by two votes) and Five Cays Providenciales (won by the PDM's Sean Astwood by five votes) being annulled. The opposition PNP won both seats in the subsequent by-elections and subsequently formed a government in August with Michael Misick becoming Chief Minister.


2003 Turks and Caicos Islands general election, Electoral system
The thirteen members of the Legislative Council were elected from single-member constituencies.


2003 Turks and Caicos Islands general election, Campaign
A total of 26 candidates contested the elections, with both the PDM and the PNP running full slates of 13 candidates.


2003 Tushino bombing
The 2003 Tushino bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on July 5, 2003, at Tushino airfield in Moscow, Russia, killing 15 people and injuring up to 60 more.


2003 Tushino bombing
According to the official version, two Chechen shahidka (Muslim female suicide bombers) committed suicide attacks at the entrance to a rock festival called Krylya (Russian: Крылья, lit. Wings) being held at the Tushino airfield in north-western Moscow. The first bomber, 20-year-old Zulikhan Elikhadzhiyeva, detonated her bomb which only partially exploded, killing only herself. Only a few meters away from where Elikhadzhiyeva had detonated, 26-year-old Zinaida Aliyeva detonated her explosives 15 minutes later, killing 11 people on the spot while at least 60 people were injured, with four of them later dying in hospital. Russian authorities stated that had the suicide bombers been able to enter the airfield, the casualties would have been significantly higher. They opened a criminal investigation into the attack.


2003 Tushino bombing
The Tushino bombing was part of a string of suicide attacks in Russia that had occurred within the previous four months, killing 165 people in total, in the context of the Second Chechen War.


2003 Tuvalu A-Division
The 2003 Tuvalu A-Division was the third season of association football competition. The league was won by FC Niutao for the third consecutive time.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict
There was a territorial dispute over the ownership of the Tuzla Island between Ukraine and Russia in October 2003. The Russian authorities claimed the 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine had only included the continental parts of Crimea, even though the Tuzla Island had been administratively part of Crimea since 1941. Since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea Tuzla island is a de facto part of Russia and forms a foundation for the Crimean Bridge.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Events
The Russian side started to build a dam from the Taman Peninsula towards the island to revive the eroded peninsula without any preliminary consultations with the Ukrainian government authorities. After the construction of the 3.8 km long dam was suspended at the exact point of the Russian-Ukrainian border, the distance between the dam and the island is now 1,200 m (3,900 ft). The construction of the dam led to the increase of the intensity of stream in the strait and deterioration of the island.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Events
To prevent the deterioration the government of Ukraine funded ground works to deepen the bed of the strait. The reason for those ground works was to stop Russian ships from having to pay a toll to Ukraine for crossing the Strait of Kerch, which is considered as territorial waters of Ukraine. Ukraine refused to recognize the strait as inner waters of both countries until 2003.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Events
On October 21, 2003, the Border Service of Ukraine arrested the Russian tugboat Truzhenik that crossed the State Border of Ukraine and conducted photo and video surveillance of the island. After the incident, a respective protocol was created and the ship was handed over to the Russian border authorities. On October 23, 2003, the Ukrainian parliament issued a resolution "to eliminate a threat to the territorial integrity of Ukraine that appeared as a result of dam construction by the Russian Federation in the strait of Kerch". A provisional special parliamentary commission was created to investigate the case more thoroughly.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Events
On October 30–31, 2003, talks started between Ukraine and Russia that led to suspension of the construction of the dam. Due to the conflict, on December 2, 2003, a border patrol station of Ukraine was installed on the island. On December 5, 2003, the Cabinet of Ukraine issued Order #735p in regards to urgent measures to save the island. On July 4, 2004, the Cabinet of Ukraine issued Order #429p, which foresaw the construction of shore reinforcement structures and population transfer from the flooding territories.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Aftermath
Following the 2003 conflict, the Supreme Council of Crimea ordered the establishment of a new settlement on the island. However, on September 6, 2006, the Kerch city administration refused to create such a settlement, as it conflicted with the administrative-territorial composition of the city.


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Aftermath
The distance to the unfinished dam that stretches from the Taman peninsula is about 100 m (330 ft), with water depth along the former shallow no more that 60 cm (24 in).


2003 Tuzla Island conflict, Aftermath
Disputes about right of passage were resolved by a 2003 bilateral agreement on cooperation in the use of the Sea of Azov and the strait of Kerch, which made these water bodies shared internal waters of both countries, but new tensions arose after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.


2003 Twenty20 Cup
The 2003 Twenty20 Cup was the inaugural Twenty20 Cup competition for English and Welsh county clubs. The finals day took place on 19 July at Trent Bridge, and was won by the Surrey Lions.


2003 Twenty20 Cup, Background
Following drops in attendances at county cricket matches, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) first suggested playing a new reduced form of cricket in 1998. The first-class cricket counties and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) did not approve the idea, which was then shelved. However, attendances continued to drop, and in 2001 the ECB brought the idea up once more, and invested £200,000 in market research. This research suggested that two-thirds of the population claimed to either hate cricket, or have no interest in it, and that cricket grounds had the intimidating feel of private members' clubs. Half of the study group indicated that they would be able to tolerate a shorter match played on weekday evenings. This research was taken back to the first-class counties and the MCC, and the formation of a new, short form of cricket was approved 11–7, with the MCC abstaining.


2003 Twenty20 Cup, Background
The format, in which team batted and bowled for 20 overs with a 15-minute break between innings, was decided upon, and the ECB then began marketing the concept with special offers and newspaper adverts. In addition to the shorter format, the competition also included off-field entertainment, including live bands, replay screens, barbecue zones and karaoke machines. Each of these were introduced to attract a wider range of spectators, particularly families and younger people.


2003 Twenty20 Cup, Format
The 18 first-class counties were split into three regional groups of six teams, which were retained from the Benson & Hedges Cup. The three group-winners and the best runner-up progressed straight to Finals Day on Saturday 19 July. Each team then played each other team in the group once, the 45 group matches took place over 12 days. On Finals Day, both semi-finals and the final were all played on the same day, with the first match starting at 10:45, and the final not due to finish until 22:00 that evening. In a break from tradition, the finals were not held at Lord's – who had their application for a concert licence turned down by Westminster City Council. Instead, the event was hosted by Nottinghamshire, at their Trent Bridge ground.


2003 Twenty20 Cup, Format, Rules and regulations
All standard laws of the game as laid down by the Marylebone Cricket Club applied with the following significant differences:


2003 Twenty20 Cup, Media coverage
Sky Sports broadcast eight group matches and the entirety of Finals Day live. Channel 4 broadcast one live group match, and showed highlights of the final. They also covered the event in their weekly sports programme. The BBC provided radio coverage of group matches via regional and local  stations, and the Twenty20 final was given live coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live, while both semi-finals were covered on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.


2003 Twenty20 Cup, Fixtures and results, Group stage, South Division
The inaugural Twenty20 match was contested between Hampshire Hawks and Sussex Sharks at The Rose Bowl on 13 June 2003. The match attracted a sell-out crowd and was screened live on Sky Sports. Hampshire "came out of the blocks firing", according to Cricinfo's Vic Isaacs, scoring 66 runs in the opening 7 overs. A steady fall of wickets thereafter resulted in the Hawks scoring 153 all out. Hampshire's Wasim Akram and Alan Mullally then bowled economically, and despite a half-century by Sussex's Tim Ambrose, Hampshire won by 5 runs. In the division's other opening-night match, Surrey Lions’ James Ormond took the first five-wicket haul in the Twenty20 Cup to help restrict Middlesex Crusaders to 155, which Surrey then passed with four balls remaining to secure the win.


2003 Tynedale District Council election
Elections to Tynedale District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control over the council.


2003 Tynedale District Council election, Election Result
10 Conservative, 2 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors were elected unopposed.


2003 Tyrolean state election
The 2003 Tyrolean state election was held on 28 September 2003 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol.


2003 Tyrolean state election
The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) regained the absolute majority it had lost in 1999, winning just under 50% of votes cast. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) made gains, and The Greens achieved one of their best election results nationwide up to this point, winning 15.6% and five seats. This was enabled by a collapse in support for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which lost more than half its vote share and five of its seven seats.


2003 Tyrolean state election
The election was marked by a major decline in participation due to the repeal of compulsory voting; turnout fell from 81% to 61%. As a result, only the Greens actually gained votes compared to 1999, recording an increase of 17,000. By contrast, the ÖVP lost 19,000 votes, the SPÖ 500, and the FPÖ 45,000.


2003 Tyrolean state election
Despite regaining its majority, the ÖVP under Governor Herwig van Staa chose to renew the incumbent coalition with the SPÖ.


2003 Tyrolean state election, Background
In the 1999 election, the ÖVP narrowly lost its absolute majority for the first time in history; the SPÖ and FPÖ each made gains, while the Greens suffered losses. The ÖVP formed a coalition with the SPÖ.


2003 Tyrolean state election, Background
In 2002, Governor Wendelin Weingartner his pending retirement. He was replaced by Innsbruck mayor Herwig van Staa in October.


2003 Tyrolean state election, Electoral system
The 36 seats of the Landtag of Tyrol are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between nine multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the districts of Tyrol. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hare quota, with any remaining seats allocated using the D'Hondt method at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.


2003 Tyrolean state election, Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.


2003 Tyrolean state election, Contesting parties
In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, one party collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.


2003 U-18 Junior World Cup
The 2003 U-18 Junior World Cup was an under-18 international ice hockey tournament held in Břeclav, Czech Republic and Piešťany, Slovakia from August 11–16, 2003. The United States captured their first gold medal at the tournament, defeating Russia 3–2 in the gold medal game. The Czech Republic earned the bronze medal with an 8–2 win over Team Canada.


2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix
The 2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix was the ninth round of 18 of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on July 5, 2003 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the first road course race to be held at night in CART history.


2003 U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix, Race
*Tiago Monteiro suffered a mild concussion after a pre-race practice crash and was not allowed to start by the CART medical officials.


2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 12–19, 2003 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.


2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2003 World Championships, 2003 Four Continents Championships, and 2003 World Junior Championships.


2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, "Disaster in Dallas"
The 2003 Nationals are generally considered to be one of the worst-skated championships in U.S. championships history with the name "Disaster in Dallas" being given to the event.


2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, "Disaster in Dallas"
The senior men's and pairs competitions were the most notable "disaster" of the night. Johnny Weir, who had been in medal contention after the short program, hit the barrier during his free skating, got up and restarted his program, then had to withdraw, starting a long chain of bad skating in the men's free. Also, there were numerous errors in the pairs event.


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 35th edition of the tournament and ran from April 21 through April 27, 2003. First-seeded Andre Agassi won the singles title.


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Jan-Michael Gambill /  Graydon Oliver 6–4, 6–3


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Knowles and Nestor won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Jan-Michael Gambill and Graydon Oliver.


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
Andy Roddick was the defending champion but lost in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Andre Agassi.


2003 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2003 United States Open Championship was the 103rd U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the North Course of Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. Jim Furyk won his only major championship, three shots ahead of runner-up Stephen Leaney. With a total score of 272, Furyk tied the record for the lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history, also achieved in 2000, 1993 and 1980 (and since lowered to 268 in 2011). Another record was equalled by Vijay Singh, who tied Neal Lancaster's 9-hole record of 29 on the back nine of his second round.


2003 U.S. Open (golf)
This was the fourth major held at Olympia Fields; it hosted the U.S. Open in 1928 and the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961.


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Ernie Els (4,9,10,12,16), Retief Goosen (9,10,16), Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,8,9,12,16)


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Field
José María Olazábal (9,10), Vijay Singh (5,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (12,16)


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Robert Allenby (9,16), Tom Byrum, Nick Faldo, Sergio García (9,10,16), Jay Haas (16), Pádraig Harrington (10,16), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch (16), Justin Leonard (9,16), Peter Lonard (15,16), Jeff Maggert, Billy Mayfair, Phil Mickelson (9,16), Nick Price (9,16)


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Field
K. J. Choi (16), Chris DiMarco (16), Bob Estes (16), Fred Funk (16), Jim Furyk (16), Charles Howell III (16), Jerry Kelly (16), Steve Lowery, Scott McCarron, Shigeki Maruyama (16), Len Mattiace (16), Rocco Mediate (16), Kenny Perry (16), Chris Riley (16), Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman (16)


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Thomas Bjørn (16), Ángel Cabrera (16), Michael Campbell (16), Trevor Immelman (16), Stephen Leaney, Colin Montgomerie (16), Eduardo Romero (16), Justin Rose (16), Adam Scott (16)


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Field
Stuart Appleby, Paul Casey, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Niclas Fasth, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Bernhard Langer, Kirk Triplett, Scott Verplank


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Past champions in the field, Missed the cut
In his last U.S. Open appearance, three-time champion Hale Irwin withdrew mid-round on Thursday with back spasms.


2003 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Kuehne (+1), Barnes (+2), Holmes (+5), Baryla (+6), Mahan (+6), Haas (+9), List (+9), Reinsberg (+12), Reavie (+13), Glissmeyer (+19).


2003 U.S. Open Cup
The 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October, 2003, open to all soccer teams in the United States.


2003 U.S. Open Cup
The Chicago Fire won their 3rd Open Cup title with a 1–0 victory over the MetroStars in the final at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Chicago missed out on a domestic treble (with the Supporters' Shield) when the Fire lost MLS Cup 2003.


2003 U.S. Open Cup
The Open Cup tournament was dominated by MLS squads, as only two non-MLS teams reached the quarterfinals. The Pro Select League's Wilmington Hammerheads were the story of the tournament, winning four straight games to reach the quarterfinals, including a 4-1 thrashing of MLS side Dallas Burn. The A-League's Seattle Sounders were the only other minor-league team to beat an MLS team, winning 1–0 over San Jose.


2003 U.S. Open Cup, Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.


2003 U.S. Women's Open
The 2003 U.S. Women's Open was the 58th U.S. Women's Open, held July 3–7 at the Witch Hollow course of Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near North Plains, Oregon, northwest of Portland.


2003 U.S. Women's Open
Hilary Lunke won her only major (and only LPGA) title in an 18-hole Monday playoff over Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins, and became the first qualifier to win the championship. The three Americans finished the fourth round at 283 (−1), one stroke ahead of two-time champion Annika Sörenstam, who bogeyed the par-5 72nd hole after putting her tee shot in the fairway. The last playoff was five years earlier in 1998 and it had been sixteen years  since three players were involved. In the playoff round, all three players birdied the final (90th) hole, and Lunke clinched the title by one stroke over Stanford.


2003 U.S. Women's Open
This was the second U.S. Women's Open at the Witch Hollow course; it hosted six years earlier in 1997, won by Alison Nicholas. It was also the site of the U.S. Amateur in 1996, the third straight victory by 20-year-old Tiger Woods in his final competition as an amateur.


2003 UAB Blazers football team
The 2003 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 2003, and was the thirteenth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his ninth season as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their eighth season at the I-A level, and fifth affiliated with a conference with a record of 5–7 (4–4 C-USA).


2003 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2003 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 2003 NCAA Division II football season. They played as a Division II independent in 2003. They would become a charter member of the Great West Conference (GWC) the following year.


2003 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 2003 Aggies were led by head coach Bob Biggs in his eleventh year and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4). This was the 34th consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record, but was the first year since 1995 they didn't qualify for the postseason. The Aggies outscored their opponents 295–184 for the season.


2003 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
The following UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.


2003 UCF Golden Knights football team
The 2003 UCF Golden Knights football team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. After signing a three-year contract extension to begin the season, head coach Mike Kruczek was fired following a 3–7 start. Kruczek was replaced on an interim basis by Assistant coach and former player Alan Gooch who finished out the dismal 3-9 season.


2003 UCF Golden Knights football team
2003 marked the Golden Knights second season in the Mid-American Conference, in the East Division.


2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Monopoli, Italy on Saturday February 1 and Sunday February 2, 2003.


2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The 2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Lugano, Switzerland from 31 August to 7 September 2003. The disciplines included were cross-country, cross-country marathon, downhill, four-cross, and trials. The event was the 14th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 18th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships.


2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
This was the first year that the cross-country marathon was included in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. From 2004 onwards, the cross-country marathon was run as a separate world championship.


2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won her eighth consecutive world title in the women's downhill. As of 2016, no other rider has won more than two consecutive world titles in the event.


2003 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Greg Minnaar of South Africa won the world title in the men's downhill. He thus became the first rider from the continent of Africa to win a mountain biking world championship in an elite category.


2003 UCI Road World Championships
The 2003 UCI Road World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between October 7 and October 12, 2003. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.


2003 UCI Road World Championships
David Millar was handed a two-year ban and stripped of his world time trial title by the British cycling federation for taking the banned performance enhancer EPO. Following this disqualification, the UCI declared Michael Rogers as the winner with the silver medal going to Uwe Peschel and the bronze to Michael Rich.


2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships was the 70th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 12 October 2003 in Hamilton, Canada on a 12 km (7.5 mi) circuit. The race was won by Igor Astarloa of Spain.


2003 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's Individual Time Trial at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships was the 10th edition of the event. The race took place on 9 October 2003 in Hamilton, Canada. The race was initially won by David Millar of Great Britain. Following Millar's confession of doping, the win was attributed to Michael Rogers of Australia.


2003 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial at the 2003 UCI Road World Championships took place over a distance of 20.8 kilometres (12.9 miles) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on 8 October 2003.


2003 UCI Road World Cup
The 2003 UCI Road World Cup was the fifteenth edition of the UCI Road World Cup.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany from July 30 to August 3, 2003. The championships were due to be held in Shenzhen, China, but were moved to Stuttgart following the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
One of Germany's best chances of earning a gold medal was the men's team pursuit, having broken the four-minute barrier at the 2000 Olympics. However, Erfurt coach Jens Lang and his cyclist Jens Lehmann disagreed with the national team selection, and threatened with not competing with Berlin riders Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst. As a result, the German federation decided to withdraw from the team pursuit event, and later decided to suspend the Erfurt riders from the national team.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
The men's scratch event of the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 30 July 2003.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's 500m Time Trial was one of the 6 women's events at the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Melbourne, Australia.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
20 Cyclists from 17 countries were due to participate in the race, Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria did not start. The Final was held on July 31 at 19:15.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's Points Race was one of the 6 women's events at the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany. Twenty cyclists from 20 countries participated in the race. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race, Final
The Final and only race was run at 20:30 on July 30. The competition consisted on 84 laps, making a total of 24 km with 12 sprints.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's Scratch was one of the six women's events at the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
Twenty cyclists from twenty countries were due to participate in the race, Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain did not start. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline, only the final race.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, Final
The final and only race was run at 14:00 on August 2. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 14 February 2003 to 18 May 2003. The World Cup is organised by the UCI.


2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the sixth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. There were again nine rounds, but compared to 2002 there were two changes as the GP Suisse Féminin and New Zealand World Cup were replaced by the Amstel Gold Race and the Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt. Welsh rider Nicole Cooke won her first overall title.


2003 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2003 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were led by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's first season as the UCLA head coach. UCLA was ranked #20 by College Football News in the preseason polls. The Bruins finished 6–7 overall, and were tied for fifth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 4–4 record. The Bruins were invited to play in the Silicon Valley Football Classic vs. Fresno State on December 30, 2003.


2003 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Oklahoma's Antonio Perkins set an NCAA record for punt return yards in a game with 277 yards on seven returns. He also set an NCAA record with three punt returns for touchdowns in a game.


2003 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Maurice Drew's 83-yard touchdown run tied for ninth longest run from scrimmage in UCLA history,  with Derek Ayers (1993 vs. BYU) and Jackie Robinson (1939 vs. Oregon). It was also the longest run from scrimmage by a true freshman in UCLA history. This was Drew's first 100-yard game. It was the 12th time in UCLA history a true freshman has reached the 100-yard mark and it was the first since DeShaun Foster in 1998 (109 yards on 15 carries vs. USC).


2003 UCLA Bruins softball team
The 2003 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2003 college softball season. The Bruins were coached by Sue Enquist, in her fifteenth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 54–7. They competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished second with a 17–4 record.


2003 UCLA Bruins softball team
The Bruins were invited to the 2003 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the West Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their ninth Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, and 1999. The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.


2003 UEC European Track Championships
The 2003 UEC European Track Championships were the European Championships for track cycling, for junior and under 23 riders. They took place in Moscow, Russia.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2003 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams: Juventus and Milan. The match made history as it was the first time two clubs from Italy had faced each other in the final. It was also the second intra-national final of the competition, following the all-Spanish 2000 UEFA Champions League Final three years earlier. Milan won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 0–0 after extra time. It gave Milan their sixth success in the European Cup.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Juventus entered the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as 2001–02 Serie A champions and so qualified for the group phase, Milan finished fourth so started off in the third qualifying round.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Juventus went into the Champions League Final as champions of Italy for the 27th time. Milan came third in the league, finishing with eleven fewer points than Juventus, but would win the 2002–03 Coppa Italia. The league games between the two teams in 2002–03 had each side winning their home fixture 2–1.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Milan
Milan won Group G of the first group round, a group that also included Bayern Munich, Lens and Deportivo La Coruña, advancing to the second group round where they won Group C. They defeated Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Lokomotiv Moscow. They lost only two matches (Dortmund 1–0, and Real Madrid 3–1), and advanced to the quarter-finals where they met Ajax. The first leg was a draw (0–0) so the decisive match was the one at the San Siro which Milan won (3–2). In the semi-finals, they met local rivals Inter Milan. Both matches finished equal (0–0; 1–1), but Milan advanced on the away goals rule, despite both teams technically playing at home.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Route to the final, Juventus
Juventus won Group E of the first group round, in which the other teams were Newcastle United, Dynamo Kyiv and Feyenoord. They finished second in Group D of the second group round, after Manchester United, due to their losses against the English side (2–1; 3–0) and against Basel (2–1), but they qualified to the quarter-finals where they eliminated Barcelona in extra-time (1–1; 2–1). In the semi-final, Juventus met Real Madrid; they lost the first match (2–1), but they won the second (3–1), key midfielder Pavel Nedved picked up a second yellow card which meant he was suspended for the final.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, was selected to host the match in December 2001, following a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon, Switzerland, at the same time as Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville was selected to host the 2003 UEFA Cup Final. It was selected ahead of the likes of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, and the Amsterdam Arena.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
It would be the first time the stadium had hosted a major European final, although it had been the venue for both the two-legged 1968 Intercontinental Cup between Manchester United and Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata, and the 1991 European Super Cup between Manchester United and Yugoslavian club Red Star Belgrade, which had been scheduled to be played over two legs, only for the Yugoslavian leg to be cancelled due to the wars in the country at the time.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
The stadium had recently undergone a major expansion; following the mandatory conversion to an all-seater venue as a result of the Taylor Report and ahead of England hosting UEFA Euro 1996, the stadium's North Stand was expanded to three tiers, with a capacity of 25,500 spectators. This was followed by the addition of second tiers to the East and West Stands, which brought the overall capacity of the stadium to 68,217.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
As has taken place for every Champions League final since 1997, a ceremonial handover of the European Champion Clubs' Cup from the holders to the host city took place on 3 April 2003. After receiving the trophy from a representative of holders Real Madrid in the ceremony at the Manchester Town Hall, UEFA Chief Executive Gerhard Aigner presented it to the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Roy Walters. Former Real Madrid players Alfredo Di Stéfano, Francisco Gento, Amancio and Emilio Butragueño, as were Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, members of the club's 1968 European Cup Final team, and members of Liverpool and Manchester City's past European trophy-winning teams.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Venue
Also in April 2003, a 24-hour football match – named the "Starball Match" in reference to the logo of the UEFA Champions League – was played in Manchester's Albert Square. It was the second Starball Match, after the inaugural match was held in Glasgow ahead of the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final at Hampden Park. Over 1,000 players participated in the match, playing for sides named "Internazionale Manchester" and "Real Mancunian", in reference to Italian club Inter Milan and Spanish club Real Madrid. Internazionale Manchester won the match 252–162.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
After a brisk start, Milan had an Andriy Shevchenko goal ruled out after Rui Costa was deemed to have blocked Gianluigi Buffon's line of view from an offside position, although television replays showed that the Portuguese had moved out of Buffon's line of sight before the shot. Antonio Conte nearly scored for Juventus after coming on as a substitute in the second half, his header clattering against the post with Dida beaten. Andrea Pirlo also hit the bar for Milan. In the second half, both teams began to sit back and created few chances.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Both Juventus and Milan had injuries to defenders, Juventus' Igor Tudor leaving early in the first half after pulling a muscle in his right thigh. In extra time, Roque Júnior limped out due to fatigue and injury; as they had made all three of their allowed substitutions, they had to play the rest of the game with 10 men.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
The penalty shoot-out has caused controversy among some fans as replays showed that Dida was in front of the goal line when saving penalties from David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta and Paolo Montero. Buffon was also off his line when saving penalties from Clarence Seedorf and Kakha Kaladze. Shevchenko put away the final penalty to win the European Cup for Milan for the sixth time.


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Heiner Müller (Germany)Fourth official: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)


2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
The teams would again meet in a feature final several months later in the 2003 Supercoppa Italiana in the United States. The game again required penalties to determine the winners, this time, however, Juventus came out on top.