2003 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

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

2003 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

Race details
Dates	March 27 – April 5
Stages	12
Distance	1,496.5 km (929.9 mi)
Winning time	34h 40' 57"
Results
Winner  Marco Arriagada (CHI) (Publiguías)   Second  José Medina (CHI) (Ace Bryc Curicó)   Third  Jorge Giacinti (ARG) (Publiguías)   Points  Francisco Cabrera (CHI) (Ekono Alamo Rent A)   Mountains  José Medina (CHI) (Ace Bryc Curicó)   Team Publiguías
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Stages

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

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

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

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

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

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

2003-03-30: Linares — Talca (122 km)

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

2003-03-30: Talca — Pencahue (20 km)

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

2003-03-31: Talca — Licante (70 km)

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

2003-03-31: Licante — Curicó (120 km)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final classification

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

Teams

Lider Trek Bio-Bio Gonzalo Salas Marcelo Sandoval Victor Garrido Gonzalo Garrido Andrei Sartassov Juan Fierro Alas Rojas Alejandro Acton Néstor Pías Richard Mascaraña Alen Reyes Agustín Margalef Hernán Cline Ace Byrc Curico José Medina Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Nélson Vargas Raúl López Miguel Parraguez Enzo Cesario Brazil National Team Márcio May Hernandes Cuadri Rudrigo Brito Renato Rosler Suelito Gohr Antonio Nascimento Doñihue Aliro Catejo Rodrigo Barrios Alejandro Solís Hector Osorio Felipe Ramírez César Doussang Colavita Bolla Shawn Wilard Eddy Hilger Josh Seldman Peter Fairbanks Muricio Jacomo

Ekono Alamo Rent A Edgardo Simón Marcelo Agüero Francisco Cabrera Antonio Cabrera Jaime Bretti Ángel Pérez Marco Polo Jamsram Ulzii Michael Carter Kay Karner Nathan Dahlberg Cory Lange Felix Rohrbach La Polar Milton Wynants Ezequiel Romero Cristobal Silva José Labra Clauss Plaut Cristian Fierro Trust House Baden Burke Andrew Small Tim Wilson Gregory Saw Pelle Kil Harm Jansen Agua Mineral Rari Joaquín Jorquera Manuel Abarca José Aravena Darío Ramírez Cristian Medina Facundo Bazzi UPMC-La Polar Todd Herriott Joseph M. Papp Gerardo Castro Mateo Sasso Alvaro Tardáguila César Grajales

Peñaflor Lascar Jonathan Alvarado Rodrigo Pérez Alexis Arias Jaime Carreño Andrés Taulis Sergio Abarca Venezuela National Team Franklin Chacón Manuel Medina Víctor Becerra Carlos José Ochoa Ronald Gonzales Deivis Urdaneta Publiguías Pedro Prieto Jorge Giacinti Marco Arriagada Marcelo Arriagada Richard Rodríguez Gonzalo Miranda Transportes Romero Luis Espinosa Raúl Gómez Pablo Riveros Cristian Rosas Marcelo Olivares Reinaldo Cortes Vinci Los Angeles Pablo Syll Manuel González Pablo Valenzuela César Valenzuela Gustavo Carvacho Daniel Bretti

References

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