2003 GFS Marketplace 400, Report, Background
The 2003 GFS Marketplace 400 was the 23rd of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on August 17, 2003, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races; the others are Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Michigan International Speedway is a 2 mi (3.2 km) four-turn superspeedway. The track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the front stretch (the location of the finish line) is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking.


2003 GFS Marketplace 400, Report, Background
Before the race Matt Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 3,294 points, ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in second and Jeff Gordon in third. Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick was fourth and fifth, and Michael Waltrip, Bobby Labonte, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman and Robby Gordon rounded out the top ten. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with 158 points, 21 ahead of their rival Ford in second. Dodge was third on 110 and Pontiac was fourth with 79. Dale Jarrett was the race's defending champion.


2003 GFS Marketplace 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race; one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first practice session lasted 60 minutes,  the second and final sessions lasted 45 minutes. Newman was fastest in the first practice session with a time of 38.221 seconds; Elliott Sadler was second and Harvick third. Bobby Labonte was fourth with a lap of 38.438 seconds, and Earnhardt placed fifth. Busch, Dale Jarrett, Johnson, Tony Stewart, Terry Labonte rounded out the session's top-ten drivers.


2003 GFS Marketplace 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Although 44 drivers were entered in the qualifier; according to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only 43 could race. Each driver was limited to two timed laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. The qualifier was delayed for two hours because of rain which increased the track grip available to the drivers. Bobby Labonte clinched his second consecutive pole position at Michigan International Speedway, his fourth of the season and the 25th of his career with a time of 37.847 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Newman.


2003 GFS Marketplace 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Robby Gordon qualified third, Kevin Lepage fourth, and Terry Labonte started fifth. Jason Leffler, Christian Fittipaldi, Jeff Burton, Dave Blaney and Jimmy Spencer rounded out the top ten qualifiers. Brett Bodine, Carl Long, Rich Bickle and Morgan Shepherd withdrew from the event prior to qualifying. The driver that failed to qualify was Stacy Compton. After the qualifier, Bobby Labonte said: "I just like coming here. It just falls into the category of a good track. The cars can race here from the white line (at the bottom of the banking) to the white wall, which is about 100 yards. That's a lot of fun."


2003 GFS Marketplace 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
On Saturday afternoon Johnson was fastest in the second practice session with a lap of 39.166 seconds, ahead of Bobby Labonte and Rusty Wallace. Harvick with a time of 39.224 was fourth-fastest; Sterling Marlin was fifth and Newman sixth. Greg Biffle, Terry Labonte, Johnny Benson, Jr. and Stewart followed in the top ten. Later that day, Wallace paced the final practice session with a time of 39.816 seconds; Earnhardt was second and Busch. Jeff Green was fourth-fastest, ahead of Bobby Labonte and Newman. Waltrip was seventh-fastest, Stewart eighth, Jamie McMurray ninth and Biffle tenth. Jeremy Mayfield's tire blew, damaging his rear fender, and switched to a back-up car. Marlin's engine failed during the session, and Marlin changed engines.


2003 GMAC Bowl
The 2003 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The game featured the Louisville Cardinals, and the Miami RedHawks.


2003 GMAC Bowl, Game summary
Miami started the scoring with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throwing a 28-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Larkin to post an early 7–0 lead. Later in the quarter, running back Cal Murray scored on a two-yard touchdown run to give the Redhawks a 14–0 lead. Ben Roethlisberger threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Martin Nance to give Miami a 21–0 first quarter lead.


2003 GMAC Bowl, Game summary
Early in the second quarter, Lionel Gates scored a rushing touchdown for Louisville to make it 21–7. Ben Roethlisberger threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Matt Brandt, and the lead was 28–7. Roethlisberger threw another touchdown pass to Michael Larkin, to give Miami a 35–7 lead. Louisville running back Michael Bush threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver JR Russell to make it 35–14. Before halftime, quarterback Stefan LeFors threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Russell, and the halftime score was Miami 35, Louisville 21.


2003 GMAC Bowl, Game summary
Stefan Lefors threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Russell in the third quarter, to make the score 35–28 Miami, but Louisville would get no closer. Mike Smith scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, and Matt Pusateri returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown to make the final score 49–28.


2003 GP Miguel Induráin
The 2003 GP Miguel Induráin was the 50th edition of the GP Miguel Induráin cycle race and was held on 5 April 2003. The race was won by Matthias Kessler.


2003 GP Ouest–France
The 2003 GP Ouest-France was the 67th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 24 August 2003. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Andy Flickinger of the AG2R Prévoyance team.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe
The 2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, or the Xth Games of the Small States of Europe, were held in Valletta, Malta from June 2 to June 7, 2003. Valletta previously hosted the games in 1993. Malta was not due to host the Games again until 2009, but a strong bid helped them to gain the games six years early. Administration of the games was done jointly by the Maltese Ministry of Education and the Malta Olympic Committee. The games were declared open by President Guido de Marco on June 2.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Overview and participation
The 2003 edition of the Games of the Small States of Europe was attended by all of the eligible nations. Eligible nations are European states with fewer than 1 million citizens. 820 total athletes from the eight eligible nations competed, the highest ever; 803 attended the 1993 Games in Malta and the 2005 Games in Andorra had 793 participants. Host nation Malta had 156 athletes, the most of any nation. Cyprus had 143 participants of their own. The Icelandic delegation was 133 participants. Luxembourg also had over 100 representatives with 113. Monaco and San Marino came with 89 and 78 athletes, respectively. Andorra brought 66 participants, less than half of the total they would bring to the 2005 games. Liechtenstein had the smallest delegation, bringing only 42 athletes.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Competitions
Competitions in the 2003 Games were held in ten disciplines.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Competitions
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Themes and mascots
The theme song of the 2003 Games of the Small States was called “Reaching Higher” and continued in with the traditional themes of such music for international competitions. “Reaching Higher” was performed at the opening ceremonies by Ira Losco, a  Maltese singer who had gained prominence in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 representing Malta.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Themes and mascots
The mascot of the 2003 Games was Elmo, a cartoon-illustrated Pikeman. The official descriptions of Elmo state that he was chosen as mascot because Pikemen, as well as athletes, both need “a combination of physical preparation and a strong will to achieve success.”


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Themes and mascots
The official emblem for the 2003 Games is based around eight points. These eight points have two meanings: they resemble the Maltese Cross, a traditional symbol of Malta, and represent the eight competing members of the Games of the Small States of Europe. The logos colours incorporate the colours of the flags of participant nations.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues
Most of the events were concentrated in and around Valletta, but very few took place in Valletta proper. Swimming events took place at the National Swimming Pool Complex, which is also where the official offices of the Malta Olympic Committee are located. The swimming complex is under the scope of the University of Malta.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues
Adjacent to the Swimming Complex, and also on the University campus, was the sports complex where basketball games were held. Both events were in Msida, near Valletta. Tennis and squash were held at the sporting in club in Marsa, south of Valletta. Also located in Marsa is the Maltese National Athletics Stadium, known as the Matthew Micallef St. John Athletics Stadium.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues
Athletics events were held at the stadium, which underwent upgrades in preparation for the Games. Judo took place in the Sporting Pavilion at St. Aloysius’ College in Birkirkara. The volleyball events took place at two different locations in two different cities. Women's volleyball took place at the Cottonera Sports Complex in Cospicua. Men's volleyball took place in the Corradino Sports Complex in Paola, a few miles south.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues
Among the events held further from Valletta were the sailing events. Sailing events took place in at St. Paul's Bay at the New Dolmen Beach Resort. Shooting events took place in Bidnija.


2003 Games of the Small States of Europe, Venues
All events but one took place on Malta, this being table tennis that was held at the Gozo Sports Complex in Rabat, also known as Victoria, Malta.


2003 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2003 Gateshead Council election was held on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


2003 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
The Labour party feared that the Iraq War would cause them to lose ground in the election, after even their own councillors in Gateshead had passed a motion in February opposing the war. Labour hoped to separate the election from national issues by focusing on the council's record including the fact that council was rated as excellent in national league tables. The Liberal Democrats focused their attacks on the level of Council Tax including the 9.8% rise for Gateshead in 2003.


2003 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
The main battleground was seen as being in Winlaton ward which the Liberal Democrats had won in the 2000 election but Labour had retained in 2002. As well as the two main parties on the council, the Conservatives contested all wards, while the British National Party put up 8 candidates and the Green party 3 candidates.


2003 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
As in the previous election in 2002 the election was held under all postal voting. As a result, overall turnout was 54.67% in Gateshead, which was the third highest turnout in the 2003 United Kingdom local elections with only the elections in Hertfordshire and Copeland seeing a higher turnout.


2003 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no seats change hands between the parties with the Labour party pleased at managing to hold all of the seats they were defending. The result was seen as a blow to the Liberal Democrats chances of taking the Blaydon parliamentary seat at the next general election.


2003 Gator Bowl
The 2003 Gator Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the NC State Wolfpack and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Alltel Stadium. The 58th edition of the Gator Bowl, it was played in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 1, 2003. The game was the final contest of the 2002 NCAA Division I–A football season for both teams and ended in a 28–6 victory for NC State.


2003 Gator Bowl, Background
The Wolfpack had finished 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference and were playing in a bowl game for the third consecutive year. At one point the Wolfpack were 9-0 and ranked at #8 in the Coaches Poll and #10 in the Media Poll before three straight losses knocked them out of the polls but they bounced back into the polls by beating Florida State in the last game of the regular season. This was their first appearance in the Gator Bowl since 1992.


2003 Gator Bowl, Background
Notre Dame was in their first season under Tyrone Willingham and in their first bowl game since 2001. After achieving an 8-0 record, they were ranked as high as #4 in the Media Poll and #6 in the Coaches Poll before losing to Boston College in midseason and lost to USC in the last game of the regular season that cost them their shot at a BCS bowl game. This was Notre Dame's first Gator Bowl appearance since 1999.


2003 Gator Bowl, Game summary
T. A. McLendon ran for only 18 yards, but two of his 11 rushes were for touchdowns as Philip Rivers threw 23 of 37 for 228 yards and two touchdowns of his own as Notre Dame's defense allowed 21 points in the second quarter and the Irish never recovered, having more interceptions (3) than scores (2 field goals).


2003 Gator Bowl, Game summary
NC State would finish with an 11-3 record and the ACC's highest ranking, with final rankings of #11 in the Coaches Poll and #12 in the Media Poll. Notre Dame would finish with a 10-3 record and a #17 ranking in both Polls.


2003 Gedling Borough Council election
The 2003 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 7. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2003 Gedling Borough Council election, Background
At the last election in 1999 the Conservatives gained control of the council from the Labour Party with 29 seats, compared to 18 for Labour, 7 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents.


2003 Gedling Borough Council election, Background
Boundary changes between 1999 and 2003 reduced the number of seats from 57 to 50. The changes included removing the wards of Cavendish, Conway and Priory, while creating new wards of Daybrook and Valley.


2003 Gedling Borough Council election, Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 32.4%, down from 35.0% in 1999.


2003 Gedling Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election a power sharing agreement was reached with the Conservative and Labour parties agreeing to share the post of leader of the council.


2003 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2003 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2003 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2003 at the TipsArena Linz. Ai Sugiyama won the singles title.


2003 Generali Ladies Linz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2003 Generali Ladies Linz, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2003 Generali Ladies Linz, Finals, Doubles
Liezel Huber /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Marion Bartoli /  Silvia Farina Elia, 6–2, 7–6(8–6).


2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova were the two-time defending champions, but Dokic did not participate in the doubles event at this tournament. Petrova partnered Elena Likhovtseva, but the pair withdrew before their semifinal match against Marion Bartoli and Silvia Farina Elia.


2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
Liezel Huber and Ai Sugiyama won the title, defeating Bartoli and Farina Elia in the final 6–1, 7–6(8–6).


2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to injury.


2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles
Ai Sugiyama won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova in the final 7–5, 6–4.


2003 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2003 Generali Open
The 2003 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 48th edition of the tournament and ran from 21 July until 27 July 2003. Guillermo Coria won the singles title.


2003 Generali Open, Finals, Doubles
Martin Damm /  Cyril Suk defeated  Jürgen Melzer /  Alexander Peya 6–4, 6–4


2003 Generali Open – Doubles
Robbie Koenig and Thomas Shimada were the defending champions but only Koenig competed that year with Petr Pála.


2003 Generali Open – Doubles
Koenig and Pála lost in the semifinals to Martin Damm and Cyril Suk.


2003 Generali Open – Doubles
Damm and Suk won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Jürgen Melzer and Alexander Peya.


2003 Generali Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 Generali Open – Singles
Àlex Corretja was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Werner Eschauer.


2003 Generali Open – Singles
Guillermo Coria won in the final 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 against Nicolás Massú.


2003 Generali Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


2003 Gent–Wevelgem
This page shows the results of the 65th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycling classic over 204 kilometres, held on Wednesday 9 April 2003. There were a total of 164 competitors, 49 of whom finished the race. The winner was Germany's Andreas Klier.


2003 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 2003 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Hoyas tied for last in the Patriot League.


2003 Georgetown Hoyas football team
In their 11th year under head coach Bob Benson, the Hoyas compiled a 4–8 record. Andrew Clarke, Matt Fronczke, William Huisking and Luke McArdle were the team captains.


2003 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The Hoyas were outscored 334 to 272. Georgetown's 1–6 conference record tied for last place in the Patriot League standings.


2003 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Georgetown played its home games at Harbin Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.


2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 10–2 record. The Bulldogs had a regular season Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 6–2, and won the SEC East for the second year in a row. Georgia faced LSU in the SEC Championship Game, losing 13–34. The Bulldogs completed their season with a victory over Purdue in the Capital One Bowl by a score of 34–27 in overtime. In Mark Richt's third year as head coach, Georgia finished the season ranked 6th and 7th in the polls.


2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Mike Sewak, in his second year as head coach for the Eagles.


2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Chan Gailey. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.


2003 Georgian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Georgia on 2 November 2003 alongside parliamentary elections. The constitutional changes proposed would reduce the number of seats in the next Parliament of Georgia from 235 to 150.


2003 Georgian constitutional referendum
With almost 90% voting in favour, the changes were first implemented following the 2008 Georgian legislative election.


2003 Georgian constitutional referendum, Background
Prior to the referendum, citizens groups had gathered 218,000 signatures on a petition calling for a reduction in the number of MPs, higher than the 200,000 required for a constitutional initiative. On 3 September 2003 President Eduard Shevardnadze signed a decree approving the referendum.


2003 Georgian constitutional referendum, Results
Are you for or against the reduction in the number of Georgian parliamentarians to 150 members?


2003 Georgian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 2 November 2003 alongside a constitutional referendum. According to statistics released by the Georgian Election Commission, the elections were won by a combination of parties supporting President Eduard Shevardnadze.


2003 Georgian parliamentary election
However, the results were annulled by the Georgia Supreme Court after the Rose Revolution on 25 November, following allegations of widespread electoral fraud and large public protests which led to the resignation of Shevardnadze. Fresh elections were held on 28 March 2004.


2003 Georgian parliamentary election, Parties
"For a New Georgia" was the electoral bloc that supported President Eduard Shevardnadze. The Revival Party was an ally of Shevardnadze. The National Movement (NM) was the party of opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili.


2003 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
Reports of violence, voter intimidation and ballot box stuffing began coming in shortly after the polling stations opened. The biggest problem, however, was the voter lists prepared by the Georgian government. Mikhail Saakashvili was among tens of thousands who were denied the right to vote. His name, along with names of many thousands across the country, was missing from the voter list prepared by the Georgian government. Entire neighborhoods were mysteriously removed from the voter list in the areas where opposition was likely to do well.


2003 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
Georgian analysts described the vote as "the messiest and most chaotic election" the country has ever had. "The government did everything to make this election chaotic. I think there were also (those in) government (who) did not want this election to be orderly because they knew they would lose it," said Ghia Nodia of the Caucasus Institute for Democracy and Development.


2003 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
An international mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) declared that the election fell short of international standards. "These elections have, regrettably, been insufficient to enhance the credibility of either the electoral or the democratic process," said Bruce George, special co-ordinator of the OSCE chairman-in-office. Some 450 international observers from 43 countries monitored the polls in one of the largest and longest election observation missions in the OSCE's history.


2003 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
Supporting the allegations of electoral fraud were also exit polls conducted by an American company, Global Strategy, which showed that the opposition had won by a large margin, with the National Movement coming first with 20% and the government block polling only 14% of the vote.


2003 German 500
The 2003 German 500 was the fifth round of the 2003 CART season, held on May 11, 2003 on the oval track at EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany. The race also featured the return of Alex Zanardi to a Champ Car racing cockpit, about a year and a half after he lost both his legs in a nearly fatal crash at the 2001 CART race at the track.


2003 German 500, Alex Zanardi's 13 Laps
With 13 laps remaining in the 2001 American Memorial CART race at EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Alex Zanardi spun on the warm up lane after a pit stop. His car spun directly into the path of the car driven by Alex Tagliani. The t-bone accident immediately amputated Zanardi's legs above his knees. Quick work by the medical team saved his life and by 2002 he was walking on artificial legs of his own design.


2003 German 500, Alex Zanardi's 13 Laps
For this event a 2002 Reynard Champ Car was modified to include hand controls by Mi-Jack Conquest Racing with assistance from Walker Racing, painted in the same color scheme as the car Zanardi drove in the 2001 season. Prior to the start of the race, Zanardi took to the track and completed the 13 laps to symbolically finish the 2001 race. His fastest lap was clocked at 37.487 seconds which would have put him 5th on the grid for the 2003 race.


2003 German 500, Alex Zanardi's 13 Laps
Zanardi would go on to return to competitive auto racing in 2004, driving a BMW in the European Touring Car Championship (which would be redubbed the World Touring Car Championship in 2005). On August 28, 2005 he won his first race since the accident at the Oschersleben circuit in Germany.


2003 German 500, Race
The end of the race featured a thrilling battle between Bourdais and Dominguez. Dominguez' team appealed to CART officials multiple times claiming Bourdais deserved penalties for blocking but officials sided with Bourdais. In the closest finish of the season, Bourdais edged out Dominguez at the line.


2003 German 500, Race
In an effort to reduce freight costs, CART mandated teams run the same aero package for both the Brands Hatch and German rounds. While most teams ran a package more suited to EuroSpeedway, Team Player's committed to running a full road course aerodynamics package for both races. Some were concerned their parts, only designed to hit 190 mph for a brief moment, would not survive the full race with sustained speeds over 210 mph for the entire race. While their parts ultimately held for the full distance, the team saw their strategy completely backfire.


2003 German 500, Race
After Tracy lost a gearbox at Brands Hatch, the two cars were unable to draft effectively and fought poor handling. Tracy's engine also suffered misfires lowering his speed. After entering Europe with over a full race lead in the championship, Tracy would leave Europe tied with Junqueira for the championship lead with Dominguez, Bourdais, and Jourdain all within one race striking distance of the leaders.


2003 German 500, Notes
The race aired via same-day tape delay on CBS in the United States. Zanardi's laps were shown in their entirety at the start of the broadcast.


2003 German Athletics Championships
The 2003 German Athletics Championships were held at the Donaustadion in Ulm on 28–29 June 2003.


2003 German Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place on January 3–5, 2003 in Oberstdorf. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating.


2003 German Formula Three Championship
The 2003 ATS Formel 3 Cup was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the inaugural edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 3 May at Oschersleben and ended at the same place on 12 October after eight double-header rounds.


2003 German Formula Three Championship
JB Motorsport driver João Paulo de Oliveira became the first and only Brazilian champion. He dominated the season, winning all but three races. Sven Barth won Rookie title and one of the races to finish the season as runner-up with 138-point gap to de Oliveira. The third place went to Hannes Neuhauser, who won both races of the opening round.


2003 German Formula Three Championship, Race calendar and results
With the exception of two rounds at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.


2003 German Grand Prix
The 2003 German Grand Prix (formally the Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2003) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 August 2003 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. It was the twelfth race of the 2003 Formula One season and the sixty-fifth German Grand Prix. The 67-lap race was won by Juan Pablo Montoya driving for the Williams team after starting from pole position. David Coulthard finished second in a McLaren car, with Jarno Trulli third in a Renault.


2003 German Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers
The 3 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship had the right to drive a third car on Friday that were involved in additional training. These drivers did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2003 German Grand Prix, Report, Race
Montoya's victory promoted him to second place in the Drivers' Championship, after McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen retired from a collision on the first lap of the race. Montoya also reduced the gap from Championship leader Michael Schumacher to six points. Williams reduced the gap to Ferrari in the Constructors Championship to two points.


2003 German Skeleton Championship
The 37th German Skeleton Championship 2002 was organized on 22 December 2002 in Winterberg.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 July 2003 at the Sachsenring.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
This race was most notable for the titanic battle between Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau, with the Spaniard narrowly winning after a dramatic finale.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Valentino Rossi leads the standings with 187 points, followed by Sete Gibernau with 158 and Max Biaggi with 130 points.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Max Biaggi took pole position on Saturday - his second of the season - with Jeremy McWilliams only +0.002 seconds behind him in second. Loris Capirossi lined up third and Valentino Rossi in fourth, who suffered from a cold as well as tyre problems. Sete Gibernau took fifth place, with Troy Bayliss lining up in sixth, Carlos Checa in seventh and Tohru Ukawa in eighth place. Chris Burns will not be taking part in the race, after being declared unfit due to his collarbone fracture after a crash in the previous British race two weeks ago.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
The pack make their way back to their respective starting positions and as the lights go out, Rossi makes a great start and moves up into the lead at Turn 1, followed by the two Ducati's of Capirossi and Bayliss. Gibernau moved up one spot to take fourth, Melandri moved from twelfth to fifth. McWilliams and pole sitter Biaggi had terrible starts, dropping from second to sixth and from first to ninth. At Turn 13, Gibernau dives down the inside of Bayliss to take third from him. Olivier Jacque did likewise and overtook both Biaggi and Nobuatsu Aoki by going side by side with them at the short straight before Turn 13, finalising the move at the entrance after Biaggi went wide.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
As lap two begins, Bayliss tries to use the superior Ducati top speed to pass Gibernau at the start/finish straight, almost bumping into him as a result. He isn't able to finalise the move and stays behind for the time being. The top six is as follows: Rossi, Capirossi, Gibernau, Bayliss, Melandri and McWilliams. Going down into Turn 1, Melandri takes fourth by going up his inside at the end of the start/finish straight. Jacque has also made up ten places on the opening lap, going from eighteenth to eighth place. Rossi opens up a gap to Capirossi during the lap. Rossi's teammate and rookie Nicky Hayden tries to pass Aoki at Turn 14 but runs the bike too deep, allowing the Japanese rider to make the cutback and retake twelfth position.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap three and Bayliss has a big moment as he brakes for Turn 1, almost going sideways as a result. Gibernau and Melandri put some serious pressure on Capirossi, who is struggling a bit. Just as Gibernau makes his move going down at the short straight before Turn 13, Melandri does the same, overtaking both Gibernau and Capirossi and moving from fourth to second, with Gibernau also taking third from Capirossi. Gibernau then takes second at the braking zone at Turn 14, moving up into second place as a result.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
As lap four begins, Melandri goes side by side with Gibernau, taking second back from the Spaniard after he outbraked him. Right behind the duo, Bayliss closes up and tries to take fourth place from his teammate Capirossi around the outside of Turn 1, but goes wide and has to slow back behind him. This fighting has allowed Rossi to ride away, creating a huge gap to the second rider. Gibernau is still all over the back of Melandri, with the Telefónica Movistar Honda rider overtaking Melandri at the left-hand kink at Turn 9 for second. Biaggi meanwhile has passed Jacque for eighth place further back, then taking McWilliams for seventh before the entrance of Turn 13. At Turn 14, Bayliss overtakes Capirossi and moves up into fourth position as he goes down his inside.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap five, Gibernau slowly starts to ride away from Melandri. Biaggi - who has been slowly making up the lost ground - is now right behind his Camel Pramac Pons teammate Ukawa and overtakes him at the fast right-handed Turn 12 effortlessly, moving him up to sixth. Bayliss also takes third spot from Melandri by going up his inside at Turn 14.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap six and Melandri tries to get back at the Australian by trying a very late lunge down his inside, only narrowly avoiding the Ducati rider as they go down into Turn 1. Exiting Turn 4, it looks like Melandri managed to grab the position back, but Bayliss still managed to stay in front after he went a bit wide. Biaggi also takes fifth position from Capirossi at Turn 13. Hayden passes McWilliams for eleventh at Turn 14 by going up the inside of the Northern Irishman before the climb back up to the start/finish straight.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap seven, Biaggi quickly catches up to Melandri. He takes third from him as he outbreaks the Italian going into Turn 13.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Going into lap eight, Rossi leads Gibernau by +1.827 seconds. Going into the fast Turn 12, Gibernau had a bit of a wobble but no harm is done. No overtakes happen at the front.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap nine and the top six is as follows: Rossi, Gibernau, Bayliss, Biaggi, Melandri and Capirossi. Noriyuki Haga has crashed out at the last corner on the last lap, his bike losing grip going into Turn 14 and sliding out of contention at high speed. The Japanese rider is then seen running onto the track in a dangerous manner, with one of the marshalls trying to stop him but failing to do so. Biaggi meanwhile is closing up on Bayliss at the front.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap ten, Biaggi has caught Bayliss for third but is unable to make a move so far.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap eleven and the gap Gibernau has to Rossi has been brought down - from +1.827 seconds on lap eight to +1.495 at the beginning of this lap. Biaggi tries to pass Bayliss by going side by side at the straight before Turn 13, then it looked like he had passed him but the Italian ran a bit too wide, allowing Bayliss to dive down the inside at the uphill Turn 14, blocking his way and retaking third place.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
As lap twelve starts, Biaggi is still trying to get past Bayliss. At Turn 1, he takes a much shorter inside line and goes side by side with Bayliss exiting the turn, but still doesn't finalise the move going into Turn 2. Biaggi is still hounding the Australian all throughout the lap.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap thirteen, Biaggi tries the same move down at Turn 1 but still isn't able to get through. At Turn 4 however, Bayliss goes a bit wide, with the Italian now finally able to pass him by going down his inside, taking third spot from Bayliss.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap fourteen and Gibernau is slowly starting to catch Rossi, with the gap on the last lap being +1.165 seconds. At the fast Turn 9, Biaggi loses his bike and crashes out by sliding into the gravel, ending his good comeback. Distraught, he walks off as the marshalls remove the bike from the gravel. This now means that Bayliss has pretty much secured third position. The gap to Rossi has meanwhile been shrinking and is now only +0.873 seconds.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap fifteen, Melandri is now forming a train behind him consisting of Capirossi, Checa, Ukawa and - further back - Hayden. Gauloises Yamaha rider Alex Barros is out of the race, crashing out at the end of Turn 1 after fighting with McWilliams for tenth place. The rider is unhurt and walks away in a disappointing manner. At Turn 13, Ukawa tries to make a move but isn't able to but with Checa going wide, he can get side by side with the Spaniard, positioning his Camel Pramac Pons Honda at his inside at Turn 14 and making the move, moving up to sixth place.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
As lap sixteen begins, Hayden is now eyeing Checa as well. He looks to be making a move at Turn 1 but instead stays behind for now. At the front, the gap Gibernau has to Rossi has decreased even further and is now only +0.478, which then increases to +0.480 seconds.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap seventeen and the gap to Rossi has increased to +0.706, then decreased again to +0.621 seconds.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap eighteen, the gap is once again cut and now is only +0.591 seconds, then decreasing again slightly to +0.511 seconds.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap nineteen and Gibernau just puts the fastest lap of the race with a 1:24.8. The gap is +0.364 seconds but halfway into the lap, he has caught Rossi and is all over the back of him.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
As lap twenty begins, the Spaniard goes side by side with the Repsol Honda rider, even looking at him as they blast down the start/finish straight, with Gibernau taking over the lead at the end of the straight. Rossi tries to fight back but eventually decides to stay behind in second position. Rossi then shadows Gibernau for half the lap, then tries to dive down the inside at Turn 13 with the Spaniard closing the door on him.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty-one, Rossi is still all over the back of Gibernau but does not try to make a move. Both riders now start to slide around a bit as the tyres start to wear off.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-two and Rossi looks to be making a move at the downhill Turn 1 hairpin, but thinks better of it and stays behind Gibernau. The Italian is still shadowing Gibernau, maybe trying to pressure him into a mistake.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty-three, Rossi is still right behind Gibernau, eyeing him but not making a move yet.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-four and the top six is now as follows: Gibernau, Rossi, Bayliss, Capirossi, Hayden and Ukawa. The top two encounter some backmarkers - who get out of the way causing no problems and Melandri has also crashed out from fourth place. Suzuki Grand Prix Team rider John Hopkins is also standing still in the gravel due to engine problems, coming to a standstill in the gravel in a cloud of expensive smoke.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty-five, Hayden is catching the Marlboro Ducati of Capirossi in fourth position, with Ukawa being a distant sixth. The duo up front is still very close to each other, Rossi eyeing Gibernau as both begin to slide around the circuit. Rossi looks to be making a move at Turn 13 but still does not finalise it and sticks behind Gibernau.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-six and no overtakes happened at the front. Rossi is still right on the tail of Gibernau, shadowing his every move.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On lap twenty-seven, the top six is as follows: Gibernau, Rossi, Bayliss, Capirossi, Hayden and Ukawa. Rossi is still eyeing Gibernau, looking up his inside at Turn 9 but still staying behind.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Lap twenty-eight - the penultimate lap - and Rossi is still waiting for the right moment to pass. He's all over the back of Gibernau, but still does not make a move.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On the final lap - lap twenty-nine - Gibernau opens a slight gap to Rossi at the start/finish straight after the Italian made a small error exiting Turn 14. Rossi however almost immediately catches back up to him and, after a lot of waiting lap after lap, he finally overtakes Gibernau exiting Turn 12, going side by side with him at the straight and finalising the pass going into Turn 13.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Many thought that Rossi had secured the race win, but as he closed off the inside to prevent Gibernau from making a final move, the Spaniard instead took a very wide line going into Turn 14. Using the superior traction and exit speed, he blasted past Rossi - just enough to win the race by a mere +0.060 seconds. Just as Rossi wanted to start the celebrations, he sees that Gibernau pipped him on the line, with the Spaniard erupting into joy as he just realised he won the race, with his pit wall doing likewise. Bayliss came home in a lonely third, doing a wheelie in the process, Capirossi in fourth, Hayden in fifth and Ukawa in sixth. This win was Gibernau's fourth and last of the season, and Rossi's second place now meant that he has a winless streak of four races.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
On the parade lap back to parc-fermé, he stops at the edge of the track next to the pits, with two of his pit crew members coming up to him to celebrate his victory. The Repsol Honda pitwall meanwhile, looked on in disbelief as to what just happened. As Gibernau celebrates in absolute glee, Rossi is unhappy and does not wave at the celebrating marshalls or the crowd, choosing to immediately ride back to parc-fermé.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
At parc-fermé, Bayliss gets a hug from one of the Ducati crewmembers, with a disappointed Rossi looking down and probably thinking to himself what just happened. As Gibernau arrives, he gets a lot of hugs from his team as he celebrates on, still hardly believing he just beat Rossi. Bayliss is already being interviewed by the press meanwhile.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
The trio is announced, with Troy Bayliss the first to step onto the podium, followed by a bitterly disappointed Rossi and a jubilant Gibernau, with the audience applauding both Rossi and Gibernau. On the podium, Rossi shakes hands with Bayliss, with Gibernau doing likewise to Rossi and Bayliss as he comes onto it.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
The important figures hand out the trophies - with the fans of Gibernau wildly celebrating as he receives his trophy - and dedicates his victory to the Japanese rider Daijiro Kato, who died after a freak accident in the opening round in Japan. The Spanish national anthem plays and the riders spray the champagne on the podium once the grid girls hand them the bottles, Rossi cheekily spraying one of the girls before spraying the rest of the podium finishers. The trio then bunches up for the group photo.


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Gibernau's win now meant that he's still alive in the championship hunt. Rossi still leads with 187 points, followed by Gibernau with 158 (29 points behind) and Max Biaggi with a now distant 130 points (57 points behind).


2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.


2003 Gerry Weber Open
The 2003 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany that was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 June until 15 June 2003. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.


2003 Gerry Weber Open, Finals, Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  Martin Damm /  Cyril Suk 6–3, 6–4


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
David Prinosil and David Rikl were the defending champions but only Prinosil competed that year with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Kafelnikov and Prinosil lost in the first round to Younes El Aynaoui and Ivan Ljubičić.


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martin Damm and Cyril Suk.


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Karol Kučera.


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
Roger Federer won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Nicolas Kiefer.


2003 Gerry Weber Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 Gibraltar general election
General elections were held in Gibraltar on 28 November 2003. They were won by Peter Caruana's Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), who took over 50% of the popular vote and 8 of the 15 available seats, making this their third successive win.


2003 Girabola
The 2003 Girabola was the 25th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 15 February to 22 November 2003. ASA were the defending champions.


2003 Girabola
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2004 Gira Angola.


2003 Girabola
ASA were crowned champions, winning a second title in a row, while Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla and Ritondo, were relegated.


2003 Girabola
Mateus André of Interclube finished as the top scorer with 12 goals.


2003 Girabola, Changes from the 2002 season
Relegated: Benfica do Lubango, F.C. de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié Promoted: Primeiro de Maio, Progresso do Sambizanga and Ritondo


2003 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship
The 2003 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 5th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 8 teams) held in Croatia from 22 to 27 April 2003.


2003 Giro d'Italia
The 2003 Giro d'Italia was the 86th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lecce with a 201 km (125 mi) mass-start stage. The race came to a close with a 33 km (21 mi) individual time trial that began and ended in the Italian city of Milan. Nineteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Gilberto Simoni of the Saeco Macchine per Caffè team. Second and third were the Italian Stefano Garzelli and Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych.


2003 Giro d'Italia
It was Simoni's second win in the Giro. After the race, it was discovered that sixth-placed Raimondas Rumšas had tested positive in this Giro.


2003 Giro d'Italia
This edition of the Giro was the first UCI endorsed race where the wearing of helmets was compulsory.


2003 Giro d'Italia
With Gilberto Simoni's general classification victories in 2003 and in 2001, Simoni became the eighteenth rider to repeat as winner of the Giro d'Italia. In addition to the general classification, Simoni also won the points classification. In the race's other classifications, Colombia–Selle Italia rider Fredy González won the mountains classification and Magnus Bäckstedt of the Team Fakta-Pata Chips team won the intergiro classification. Lampre finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the nineteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Fassa Bortolo.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of 19 teams were invited to participate in the 2003 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders (only Kelme-Costa Blanca started eight), so the Giro began with a peloton of 170 cyclists. Out of the 170 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 97 riders made it to the finish in Milan.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Teams
The 19 teams that took part in the race were:


2003 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 2003 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 30 November 2002 in Milan. It contained two time trial events, all of which were individual. The organizers divided the remaining eighteen stages into three categories: flat stages, rolling stages, and mountain stages. Twelve of the stages were declared flat stages. Of the seven stages remaining, three stages were designated rolling stages and three were ranked as mountain stages.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
In the stages containing categorized climbs, six had summit finishes: stage 3, to Terme Luigiane; stage 7, to Monte Terminillo; stage 12, to Monte Zoncolan; stage 14, to Alpe di Pampeago; stage 18, to Chianale; and stage 19, to Cascata del Toce. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 122 km (76 mi) longer, contained the same amount of rest days, and one less individual time trial. In addition, this race lacked an opening prologue like the previous year had.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
In the 2003 Giro d'Italia, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2003 was the Colle d'Esischie, afforded more points than the other first-category climbs.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications
Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Colombian Fredy González won the Most Combative classification. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was won by Gilberto Simoni.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications
The Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. The classification was won by Constantino Zaballa. Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. Colombia–Selle Italia was the most successful in avoiding penalties after not being penalized during the race, and so won the Fair Play classification.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 2003 Giro d'Italia was the 86th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lecce, with a flat stage on 10 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 21 May with a stage to San Donà di Piave. The race finished in Milan on 1 June.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
10 May 2003 — Lecce to Lecce, 201 km (125 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
11 May 2003 — Copertino to Matera, 177 km (110 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
12 May 2003 — Policoro to Terme Luigiane, 145 km (90 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
13 May 2003 — Terme Luigiane to Vibo Valentia, 170 km (110 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
14 May 2003 — Messina to Catania, 176 km (109 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
16 May 2003 — Maddaloni to Avezzano, 222 km (138 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
17 May 2003 — Avezzano to Monte Terminillo, 146 km (91 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
18 May 2003 — Rieti to Arezzo, 214 km (133 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
19 May 2003 — Arezzo to Montecatini Terme, 160 km (99 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
20 May 2003 — Montecatini Terme to Faenza, 202 km (126 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
21 May 2003 — Faenza to San Donà di Piave, 222 km (138 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 2003 Giro d'Italia was the 86th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lecce, with a flat stage on 10 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 22 May with a stage from San Donà di Piave. The race finished in Milan on 1 June.


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
22 May 2003 — San Donà di Piave to Monte Zoncolan, 185 km (115 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
23 May 2003 — Pordenone to Marostica, 149 km (93 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
24 May 2003 — Marostica to Alpe di Pampeago, 162 km (101 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
25 May 2003 — Merano to Bolzano, 42.5 km (26.4 mi) (ITT)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
26 May 2003 — Arco to Pavia, 207 km (129 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
28 May 2003 — Salice Terme to Asti, 117 km (73 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
29 May 2003 — Sanuario di Vicoforte to Chianale, 175 km (109 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
30 May 2003 — Canelli to Cascata del Toce, 239 km (149 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
31 May 2003 — Cannobio to Cantù, 33 km (21 mi)


2003 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
1 June 2003 — Milan to Milan, 142 km (88 mi) (ITT)


2003 Giro del Trentino
The 2003 Giro del Trentino was the 27th edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 24 April to 27 April 2003. The race started and finished in Arco. The race was won by Gilberto Simoni.


2003 Giro di Lombardia
The 2003 Giro di Lombardia was the 97th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 18 October 2003. The race started in Como and finished in Bergamo. The race was won by Michele Bartoli of the Fassa Bortolo team.


2003 Glasgow City Council election
Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.


2003 Gloucester City Council election
The 2003 Gloucester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. The council was still a No Overall Control council.


2003 Golden Globes (Portugal)
The 2003 Golden Globes (Portugal) were the eight edition of the Golden Globes (Portugal).


2003 Golden Spin of Zagreb
The 2003 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 36th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held between November 12 and 15, 2003. Figure skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The Junior-level equivalent was the 2003 Golden Bear of Zagreb.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election
The 2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on April 19, 2003. The PDP nominee Mohammed Danjuma Goje won the election, defeating Abubakar Habu Hashidu of the ANPP.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election
Mohammed Danjuma Goje emerged PDP candidate. He picked Lazarus John Yoriyo as his running mate. Abubakar Habu Hashidu was the ANPP candidate with Joshua Lidani as his running mate.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Gombe State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was won by Mohammed Danjuma Goje. He picked Lazarus John Yoriyo as his running mate.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Primary election, ANPP primary
The ANPP primary election was won by Abubakar Habu Hashidu. He picked Joshua Lidani as his running mate.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 6 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,263,287.


2003 Governor General's Awards
The 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 20, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 10, other winners announced and presented November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.


2003 Governor General's Awards
The separate announcement and presentation of children's literature awards – four, recognizing text and illustration in English- and French-language books – was a novelty in 2003 (continued for at least a few years). The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature."


2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante
The 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the seventeenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on October 12, 2003 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.


2003 Grand National
The 2003 Grand National (officially known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 156th official renewal of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase that took place at Aintree at 3:45pm BST, on 5 April 2003.


2003 Grand National
The ten-year-old 16/1 shot Monty's Pass, ridden by Barry Geraghty and trained by Jimmy Mangan in Cork, Ireland, won the race by 12 lengths from the 2001 Welsh National winner Supreme Glory (40/1) in a time of 9 minutes 21.7 seconds.


2003 Grand National
The field was limited to a maximum of 40 competitors, and 14 completed the 4 mile 4 furlong course. Bramblehill Duke was a late replacement for the withdrawn Kingsmark a day before the race.


2003 Grand National, Leading contenders
Shotgun Willy became the favourite for the race after winning the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup at Haydock on 1 March and remained the most popular entrant with the public, going off as the 7/1 clear favourite, ridden by Ruby Walsh who had previously won the race in 2000. Shotgun Willy was always towards the rear of the field and began to lose touch with the leaders early on the second circuit, pulling up after making a mistake at the 21st fence.


2003 Grand National, Leading contenders
Youllneverwalkalone won the Leopardstown Chase in January and then the William Hill Handicap Chase at Cheltenham in March and was sent off as the 8/1 joint-second favourite in partnership with rider Conor O'Dwyer. The horse was naturally popular with punters on the Liverpool course due to links with Liverpool Football Club whose anthem is the song of the same name, however the horse was at the back of the field when he suffered a leg injury at the 11th fence and was instantly pulled up. He was found to have broken a leg and, although he recovered, was never raced again.


2003 Grand National, Leading contenders
Iris Bleu had fallen in the 2002 National but had won the Thomas Pink Handicap Chase at Cheltenham in December and the Agfa Diamond Chase at Sandown in January to be backed to 8/1 on race day. Ridden by champion jockey Tony McCoy, Iris Bleu made a series of mistakes and was pulled up lame before taking the water jump at the end of the first circuit.


2003 Grand National, Leading contenders
Ad Hoc had been travelling well when brought down in the 2002 race, and was partnered by 1999 winning jockey Paul Carberry; the pair went off at a price of 9/1 and almost fell at the first fence. Having recovered, they were making progress when Carberry was unseated at the 19th.


2003 Grand National, Leading contenders
Chives had run prominently in several major races, including finishing second in the 2002 Welsh National and seventh in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and was sent off at 10/1 in company with 1998 winning rider Richard Guest but also disappointed with mistakes before suffering injury at the 11th fence where he was pulled up.


2003 Grand National, Leading contenders
At 16/1, Monty's Pass was considered among the good each-way chances for the race and had been backed heavily on race day from 40/1 the day before after being tipped by several leading tipsters. Among those who predicted his victory were John Francome in The Sun, Eddie Fremantle in The Observer, Marten Julian in The Sunday Telegraph and Thunderer in The Times while Pricewise in the Racing Post tipped the horse to win two months before the race.


2003 Grand National, The Race
Big outsider Tremallt led the field over Melling Road and towards the first fence, where The Bunny Boiler unseated its rider and was the only casualty. The next fence saw Bramblehill Duke fall when chasing the leaders. At the third fence which was the first open ditch, Wonder Weasel was the only faller in mid division . Tremallt continued to lead the race over the fences before Becher's Brook. At Becher's Brook, Fadalko overjumped the fence and unseated its rider. Meanwhile, last year's winner Bindaree blundered and was on his nose after jumping the fence.


2003 Grand National, The Race
The field all managed to jump the Foinavon fence well and ran on towards the Canal Turn. At this fence, Polar Champ blundered and unseated its rider when behind. Montifault joined Tremallt at the front of the race while jumping Valentine's Brook. 10/1 shot Chives blundered at the eleventh fence which was another open ditch and was pulled up before the next after breaking a blood vessel. At the next fence, another fancied horse Youllneverwalkalone jumped it slow and was immediately pulled up lame. Leading up to The Chair, Gunner Welburn had become the race leader.


2003 Grand National, The Race
However the horse hesitated before jumping the fence and nearly unseated its rider. Katarino unseated its rider Mick Fitzgerald after making a mistake at The Chair and Ballinclay King was pulled up at the rear of the field. The next fence which was the Water Jump saw Iris Bleu pulled up. Thirty horses were still left standing when they continued the race onto the second circuit. All horses jumped the next two fences safely, at the 19th fence (open ditch) Monty's Pass and Torduff Express joined Gunner Welburn in the lead.


2003 Grand National, The Race
Maximize fell, Ad Hoc and Goguenard both blundered and unseated their riders. You're Agoodun and Robbo were both hampered and unseated their riders also. Good Shuil was pulled up after tailing off at the same fence. At Beecher's Brook second time round Killusty fell in mid division and Burlu when behind for most of the race, while at the rear of the field the favourite Shotgun Willy pulled up as was Empereur River. Gingembre was pulled up well behind at the Canal Turn.


2003 Grand National, The Race
At the next fence which was Valentine's Brook, Mantle's Prince made a mistake and unseated its rider and Red Ark was pulled up at the fence towards the rear of the field. At the 27th fence final open ditch of the race Torduff Express had weakened, blundered and unseated its rider as did Red Striker. Cregg House refused the fence after tailing off . A group of Gunner Welburn, Monty's Pass, Amberleigh House and Montifault pulled away from Supreme Glory and the rest of the field as they crossed Melling Road to jump the final two fences.


2003 Grand National, The Race
Monty's Pass jumped the last two fences ahead of Amberleigh House and a weakening Gunner Welburn. On the run-in Supreme Glory seemed to be staying on well after overtaking Amberleigh House just before the elbow. Although Monty's Pass stayed on well to go clear and win the race by 12 lengths ahead of Supreme Glory in 2nd and Amberleigh House in 3rd. Gunner Welburn and Montifault finished 4th and 5th after making a lot of the running in the race. Bindaree stayed on well to finish 6th after spending most of the race towards the rear. Next to finish was Carberry Cross, Blowing Wind, Tremallt, Behrajan, Djeddah, Majed, Royal Predica and last to complete was Southern Star. 14 horses completed the race.


2003 Grand National, Aftermath
Winner Monty's Pass claimed a prize of £348,000, with £132,000 awarded to Supreme Glory in second, £66,000 for Amberleigh House in third, £30,000 for Gunner Welburn in fourth, £15,000 for Montifault in fifth, and £9,000 for sixth-placed Bindaree.


2003 Grand National, Aftermath
Some bookmakers offered stakes refunds to customers who backed the first fence faller The Bunny Boiler. William Hill reported that they had to pay out £400,000 on two winning bets alone, claiming it was their worst hit in Grand National history.


2003 Grand National, Aftermath
In post-race interviews, winning trainer Jimmy Mangan said: "It's a thing you dream about. To have a winner is unreal." Jockey Barry Geraghty said of his ride: "He was like a cat. He jumped unbelievable."


2003 Grand National, Aftermath
Both the vets and the doctors were busy after the race. Goguenard had to be euthanised when he was caught in a melee at the 19th fence. Youllneverwalkalone was taken to the Liverpool horse hospital when it was found he had broken a leg in running. The injury was repaired and the horse retired from racing. Iris Bleu pulled up lame, while Ballinclay King and Chives both broke blood vessels. All three horses made a full recovery. Four riders also required hospital treatment after the race. Gerry Supple suffered a broken leg, Alan Dempsey a broken wrist, Brian Crowley a broken collarbone and Timmy Murphy suffered concussion and a broken nose.


2003 Grand National, Media coverage
The BBC retained the rights to broadcast the race on television and radio for the 44th consecutive year, in accordance with the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events. The race was broadcast as a Grand National special edition of the regular Saturday television show Grandstand, and involved three hours of build-up to the race through features on the principal contestants and the history of the race. The race itself was broadcast live and was followed by a detailed re-run using slow motion footage and additional camera angles not used in the original broadcast.


2003 Grand National, Media coverage
The show was presented by Clare Balding and Sue Barker while the commentary team was John Hanmer, Tony O'Hehir and Jim McGrath who called the winner home for the sixth year. It was the last time that Hanmer commentated on a Grand National, having covered the portion from the Melling Road to the fourth and from the tenth to the Anchor Bridge crossing for thirty-two years.


2003 Grand National, Media coverage
In total 52 cameras were used to cover the event including three cameras placed inside jockeys' caps and four inside selected fences. Former Grand National riders Richard Pitman and Peter Scudamore also talked the viewers through an in-depth re-run of the race in slow motion.


2003 Grand National, Media coverage
In a new innovation the BBC introduced interactive services, which enabled UK viewers to access features such as a statistical predictor, archive footage of previous Nationals and a split-screen view of the race itself to enable viewers to watch the race from the air as well as the normal tracking cameras.


2003 Grand National, Media coverage
Racing UK broadcast the race live into bookmakers' outlets throughout the country, though its camera angles were limited in comparison to the close-up coverage provided to BBC viewers.


2003 Grand National, Media coverage
BBC Radio also broadcast commentary of the race live for the 71st time on its Sport on Five programme, presented by Mark Pougatch and with Lee McKenzie calling the runners home. Also among the commentary team was Ian Bartlett, who was to replace John Hanmer in the television commentary team the next year.


2003 Grand National, Jockeys
Two-time winner Carl Llewellyn was the most experienced rider in the race, weighing out for a Grand National for the thirteenth time, while eleven riders made their debut. Leighton Aspell fared best of those, finishing second, with Graham Lee finishing third while Liam Cooper, Jamie Moore and Dominic Elsworth also completed the course. John Cullen's debut ended at the first fence while Daniel Howard, Davy Russell, Alan Dempsey, Patrick Paihes and Larry McGrath also failed to get round.


2003 Grand Prix Americas (ALMS)
The 2003 Grand Prix Americas was the eighth race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on a  in Miami, Florida on September 27, 2003.


2003 Grand Prix Americas (ALMS)
The race was scheduled for 2 hours and 45 minutes, but was ended several minutes early due to heavy rains causing multiple accidents.


2003 Grand Prix Americas (ALMS), Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2003 Grand Prix Americas (Champ Car)
The 2003 Grand Prix Americas was the sixteenth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on September 28, 2003 on the streets of downtown Miami, Florida.


2003 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2003 Grand Prix Hassan II was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca in Morocco and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from April 7 through April 13, 2003.


2003 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles
František Čermák /  Leoš Friedl defeated  Devin Bowen /  Ashley Fisher 6–3, 7–5


2003 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Stephen Huss and Myles Wakefield were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2003 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Devin Bowen and Ashley Fisher.


2003 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Younes El Aynaoui was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 against Julien Boutter.


2003 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2003 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco that was part of the Tier V category of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 31 March until 6 April 2003. Second-seeded Rita Grande won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2003 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Finals, Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  María Emilia Salerni defeated  Henrieta Nagyová /  Elena Tatarkova 6–3, 6–4


2003 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Patricia Wartusch and Petra Mandula were the defending champions, but Mandula chose not to compete in 2003. Wartusch played with Rita Grande, but lost in the first round.


2003 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Patricia Wartusch was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Anastasia Rodionova.


2003 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2003 Grand Prix de Denain was the 45th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 17 April 2003. The race was won by Bert Roesems.


2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The 2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 6 October until 12 October 2003. First-seeded Rainer Schüttler won the singles title.


2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles
Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram defeated  Julien Benneteau /  Nicolas Mahut 6–1, 6–3


2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean.


2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut.


2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Paul-Henri Mathieu was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Rainer Schüttler.


2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Schüttler won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Arnaud Clément.


2003 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
The 2003 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières was the fourth race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuit Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec on August 3, 2003.


2003 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 55th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted of 16 races, beginning with the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 April 2003 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 2 November.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Defending champion Valentino Rossi won his 3rd MotoGP championship in 2003, winning 9 races, highlighted by his win at Phillip Island where he was given a 10-second penalty for passing under a yellow flag and he overcame the penalty by winning the race with more than 10 seconds in hand. Rossi had become dissatisfied with his relationship with the Honda Racing Corporation and as the season progressed and HRC tried to get Rossi to sign a new contract, Rossi demurred until finally announcing at the end of the year that he would be leaving Honda. He soon signed with Yamaha and took Jeremy Burgess with him to be his crew chief.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
The season was marred by Daijiro Kato being killed at the first round at Suzuka. He lost control of his motorcycle on the approach to the Casio Triangle and hit a barrier at high speed. His heart was restarted by track paramedics, but he did not wake from a coma and died 2 weeks later. Controversy arose because the race was not red-flagged to allow Kato to be removed from the track with maximum care. Suzuka has since been removed from the MotoGP calendar. Teammate Sete Gibernau would inherit Kato's factory-spec RC211V.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
MotoGP rookies for 2003 included Nicky Hayden (Rookie of the Year), Troy Bayliss, Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards. A new constructor also arrived: Ducati. After much success in Superbike racing, Ducati returned to the premier-class of GP with their GP3. It made an immediate impression with its raw speed, and they finished the constructor's championship in second place, ahead of Yamaha and behind Honda.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2003 Grand Prix season calendar
On 12 July 2002, the FIM confirmed the 2003 pre-calendar. The South African GP was originally scheduled to run as the new season opener before the Japanese GP on this pre-calendar. On 16 October 2002, the FIM confirmed the 2003 calendar. In it, the South African and Japanese Grands Prix were switched around again.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2003 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2003:


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes
The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2003 season:


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
For this year, the rules will changed regarding the neutralisation of a race. This only applies to the MotoGP class. If the circumstances change in such a significant way due to weather changes, a heavy accident or any other reason, a race may be neutralised either once or multiple times and the following rules will apply:


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
In the case of a race restart after neutralisation, the following rules will apply for the MotoGP class only:


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, MotoGP riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 250cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 125cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2003 Grand Prix of Atlanta
The 2003 Chevrolet Grand Prix of Atlanta was the second race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road Atlanta, Georgia on June 29, 2003.


2003 Grand Prix of Atlanta, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2003 Grand Prix of Monterey
The 2003 Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventh round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 15, 2003 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.


2003 Grand Prix of Monterey, Qualifying results
*Tiago Montiero did not set a time in the first qualification session after damaging his car prior to the session. He used his backup car in the second qualification session. * *Michel Jourdain set the fastest time in the second qualification session (1:09.530) but his time was disallowed after his car was found to be underweight during tech inspection.


2003 Grand Prix of Mosport
The 2003 Toronto Grand Prix of Mosport was the fifth race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mosport International Raceway, Ontario on August 17, 2003.


2003 Grand Prix of Mosport, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma
The 2003 Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma was the third race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Infineon Raceway, California on July 27, 2003.


2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma
This race marked the first time in American Le Mans Series history since the introduction of the two separate Le Mans Prototype classes in 2001 that the smaller of the two won a race overall. The LMP675 class Dyson Lola-MG defeated the LMP900 class Joest Audi by a margin of 3.7 seconds.


2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
The 2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on February 23, 2003 at Albert Whitted Airport and the surrounding streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.


2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report
French rookie Sébastien Bourdais took pole position at an average speed of 106.710 mph (171.733 km/h) for the Newman/Haas Racing team. Paul Tracy lined up alongside him, with Adrian Fernández and Patrick Carpentier on row two.


2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report
The race began under green, with Bourdais leading into turn one ahead of Tracy. At the end of the first lap, an incident between Bruno Junqueira and rookie Mario Haberfeld occurred when Haberfeld pushed Junqueira along the pit wall, and nearly drove straight into Michel Jourdain Jr. when the Mexican was turning into the first corner. On the third lap, Alex Tagliani struck the tire wall at turn 10, bringing out the first caution of the race.


2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Report
Bourdais led until lap 31, when he lost the lead to Tiago Monteiro in the first scheduled pit stops. Tracy had pushed enough laps to come out ahead of Bourdais when the pack was finally shuffled after the stops. On lap 42, the Frenchman damaged his car into a concrete wall and had to pit for repairs, leaving him several laps down. This left Tracy unchallenged, the Canadian scoring the first victory of the 2003 season in his first race driving for Team Player's. Jourdain was second and Junqueira finished third.


2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Qualifying results
* Rodolfo Lavin's time from the first qualification session was withdrawn when he changed to a backup car for the second session.


2003 Grand Valley State Lakers football team
The 2003 Grand Valley State Lakers football team was an American football team that won the 2003 NCAA Division II national championship.


2003 Grand Valley State Lakers football team
The team represented the Grand Valley State University in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2003 NCAA Division II football season. In their 13th season under head coach Brian Kelly, the Lakers compiled a 14–1 record (9–1 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 551 to 200, and finished second in the GLIAC. The team advanced to the playoffs and won the national championship by defeating North Dakota in the championship game.


2003 Grand Valley State Lakers football team
The team played its home games at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan.


2003 Gravesham Borough Council election
The 2003 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


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


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election
The Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2003 was held in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on 10 November 2003. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date; see 2003 Ontario municipal elections for elections in other cities.


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election
The election chose the mayor and city councillors who would sit on Greater Sudbury City Council from 2003 to 2006.


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election, Issues
The primary issue in the 2003 elections was the municipal amalgamation of 2001. Prior to 1 January 2001, the current city of Greater Sudbury consisted of seven separate municipalities, together comprising the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. On that date, the provincial government of Ontario dissolved all seven former municipalities and the regional government, merging them all into the current city government.


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election, Issues
Under longtime mayor Jim Gordon, the preceding city council – the first to govern the amalgamated city – had struggled to pull the new city together, with soaring costs and deterioration of public services that had not been foreseen by the provincial government when the amalgamation was legislated. Voter anger was directed primarily at the provincial government of Mike Harris rather than the city council, although the council was criticized for some of the budgeting decisions it made, such as closing many municipally-owned recreational facilities.


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election, Ward boundaries
When the current city of Greater Sudbury was created in 2001, the city was divided into six wards, each of which was represented by two councillors. This structure was controversial, as some voters felt that the division of responsibility among councillors was vague and ill-defined – it could, for example, be unclear which of the two ward councillors to approach in regards to a political issue.


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election, Ward boundaries
In 2005, the city council adopted a new ward structure, in which the city would now be divided into twelve wards with a single councillor per ward. The new ward structure was implemented for the first time in the 2006 municipal election.


2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election, Results, Mayoral race
Incumbent mayor Jim Gordon did not run for reelection in 2003. As a result of his retirement, the mayoral race attracted an unexpectedly large field of 14 candidates. This was the second largest slate of mayoral candidates of any Ontario city in this election cycle – Toronto was the only city in the province with more candidates for mayor. The race was generally perceived, however, to have two leading candidates: David Courtemanche, an incumbent city councillor, and Paul Marleau, a businessman and the husband of the city's federal Member of Parliament Diane Marleau.


2003 Green Bay Packers season
The 2003 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 85th season overall and their 83rd in the National Football League.


2003 Green Bay Packers season
The Packers won the division on the last play of the season. Needing a win and a Minnesota Vikings loss to clinch the division, the Packers routed the Denver Broncos 31–3, while the Vikings lost 18–17 on a last second touchdown by the 3-12 Arizona Cardinals.


2003 Green Bay Packers season
The Packers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round in overtime off an interception return for a touchdown by Al Harris. However, the season finished with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional round of the playoffs after failing to stop the Eagles on 4th and 26 where a defensive stand on the play would have sealed a trip to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1997 as the Eagles had only one timeout remaining and just over a minute left in regulation.


2003 Green Bay Packers season
In the Week 16 Monday night game, Brett Favre threw four touchdowns in a 41–7 win over the Oakland Raiders, one night after his father died of a heart attack.


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason
The Packers were able to add Al Harris to their starting lineup from a trade with Philadelphia. They lost starters Terry Glenn to a trade and Vonnie Holliday to free agency.


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season
The Packers finished the season 10–6 and advanced to the Divisional round of the playoffs.


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Addition of Grady Jackson
On November 5, 2003, the Packers claimed defensive tackle Grady Jackson off waivers from the New Orleans Saints. Jackson helped the Packers allow only 95.38 rushing yards per game over the final 8 games, after allowing over 117 yards per game in the first 8 games. Jackson signed a two-year contract extension on December 29, 2003.


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Favre's Monday night performance
The day before the Week 16 game, Irvin Favre, father of Brett Favre, died suddenly of a heart attack. Favre elected to play and passed for four touchdowns in the first half, and 399 yards in a 41–7 defeat of the Raiders. Afterwards, Favre said, "I knew that my dad would have wanted me to play. I love him so much and I love this game. It's meant a great deal to me, to my dad, to my family, and I didn't expect this kind of performance. But I know he was watching tonight."


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, vs. Seattle Seahawks
Packers defensive back Al Harris returned an interception 52 yards for the game-winning touchdown 4:25 in overtime. The game was sent into overtime on Seahawk running back Shaun Alexander's third touchdown of the day. Ahman Green scored two touchdowns for Green Bay, and Bubba Franks caught a 23-yard touchdown in the second quarter. The game is memorable for Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's ironic comment after winning the coin toss for the start of overtime, telling the referee "We want the ball and we're going to score." This game remains one of two times in NFL history that an NFL playoff game has ended with a defensive touchdown in OT (the other being the January 10, 2010 Wild Card game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Packers).


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, vs. Seattle Seahawks
Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed 26 of 38 passes for 319 yards and a touchdown.


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Ahman Green's franchise postseason record 156 rushing yards was not enough to lift the Packers to victory. Facing fourth down and 26 yards to go, with 1:12 left in the fourth quarter and the Packers leading 17–14, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb completed a 28-yard pass to Freddie Mitchell on a famous play now known as "4th and 26". The play set up David Akers' 37-yard field goal to send the game into overtime. In the overtime Favre's deep pass was intercepted, and Akers then kicked a 31-yard field goal, giving the Eagles the victory.


2003 Green Bay Packers season, Playoffs, vs. Philadelphia Eagles
McNabb had a spectacular performance in the game, completing 21 of 39 passes for 248 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also rushing for 107 yards on 11 carries.


2003 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 2003 Coca-Cola GM was the 33rd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Qaqortoq, Greenland. It was won by Kissaviarsuk-33 for the eighth time in its history.


2003 Grenadian general election
General elections were held in Grenada on 27 November 2003. The New National Party government of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell won a third consecutive term with a reduced majority. Voter turnout was 57.7%.


2003 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2003 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 37th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 7 September 2003. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Thor Hushovd.


2003 Guadeloupean autonomy referendum
A referendum on autonomy was held in Guadeloupe on 7 December 2003. Voters were asked whether they wanted the island to become a territorial collectivity, which would have given the regional government more autonomy. The proposal was rejected by 73% of voters.


2003 Guadeloupean autonomy referendum
In simultaneous referendums, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy both voted to become overseas collectivities, gaining autonomy from Guadeloupe.


2003 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2002–03 is the 25th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.


2003 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The first leg was played in Guangzhou while the second leg was played in Hong Kong.


2003 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Guangzhou captured the champion by winning an aggregate 4–1 against Hong Kong.


2003 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Guangdong
The team was formed mainly by players from Jia A 2002 1st runner-up Shenzhen Kejian Pingan. It also invited 4 players from Jia A champion team Dalian Shide. Some of the players in the squad include:


2003 Guangzhou F.C. season
The 2003 season is the 52nd year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 38th season in the Chinese football league and the 12th season in the professional football league.


2003 Guangzhou F.C. season, First-team squad, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2003 Guatemalan general election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 November 2003, with a second round of the presidential election held on 28 December. Óscar Berger won the presidential election, representing the Grand National Alliance, a coalition of  alliance of the Patriotic Party, the Reform Movement and the National Solidarity Party. The Alliance were also victorious in the Congressional elections, winning 47 of the 158 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9% in the Congressional elections, 58.9% in the first round of the presidential elections and 46.8% in the second.


2003 Guatemalan general election, Presidential election
The ruling Republican Front of Guatemala (FRG) nominated former military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt to succeed outgoing president Alfonso Portillo Cabrera. A constitutional ban on former coup leaders (Ríos Montt during 1982-83) led to strong conflict inside the country, including the besiegement of Guatemala for a day: 24 July 2003, known as jueves negro  ("Black Thursday"). In the first round of voting, Ríos Montt came third behind the centrist mayor of Guatemala City, Óscar Berger, and the more left-wing candidate Álvaro Colom.


2003 Guelph municipal election
The 2003 Guelph municipal election was held on November 10, 2003, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Guelph, Guelph City Council and the Guelph members of the Upper Grand District School Board (Public) and Wellington Catholic District School Board. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario, but was the only major city in the province where both of the leading candidates for mayor were women.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election
The 2003 elections for  Guildford Borough Council were the first, and as of 2011 the only, full election for Guildford Borough Council conducted by an all postal ballot. The result saw the Conservatives win a majority of seats on Guildford Borough Council for the first time since losing their majority in the 1991 election.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Boundary changes
In September 1998, the Local Government Commission for England published their "Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Guildford in Surrey". The recommendations in this report formed the basis for the redrawing of ward boundaries in Guildford increasing the number of wards from 21 to 22; and increasing the number of councillors from 45 to 48. The 2003 council election was the first contested under these new ward boundaries.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Boundary changes
The new ward boundaries differed from the old ones as follows:


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Voter Turnout
Average voter turnout increased throughout Guildford Borough Council from 36.2%, in 1999, to 53.4%, in 2003.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results
Going into the 2003 election the net position was as follows. (The net position includes the defection of one of the Liberal Democrat councillors for Worplesdon first to the independents, in 1999, and then, in 2002, to the Conservatives).


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results, Conservative seat changes
In the May 2003 elections, the Conservatives gained 6 seats in Guildford town itself (4 in the Merrow and Burpham area, 1 in Holy Trinity Ward and 1 in Onslow ward); 2 seats in the Ash and Tongham area, towards the west of the borough of Guildford; and 1 seat in Tillingbourne, the rural district towards the south east of Guildford borough.


2003 Guildford Borough Council election, Summary of election results, Conservative seat changes
The Liberal Democrats retook from the Conservatives the 1 Worplesdon seat which the Liberal Democrats had lost as a result of a defection during the 1999-2003 session.