The 26th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

The Vuelta Chile is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Chile since 1976. It's the most important race in the South American country alongside the Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider, established in 1997.-History:...

was held form March 27 to April 5, 2003.

2003-03-27: Concepción

Concepción, Chile

Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...

 — Concepción

Concepción, Chile

Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...

 (4.5 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|5.17	|5.17
2.	|+0.09	|+0.09
3.	|+0.09	|+0.09

2003-03-28: San Pedro de La Paz

San Pedro de la Paz

San Pedro de la Paz is a Chilean city and commune located in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census. In 2005, the Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenue, the main avenue in the city, was completed. Most of the inhabitants of this comuna...

 — Chillán

Chillán

Chillán is a city in the Biobío Region of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of Ñuble Province and, with a population of approximately 170,000 people , the most populated urban center of this province...

 (135 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|2:49.49	|2:54.56
2.	|—	|+0.19
3.	|—	|+0.19

2003-03-29: Chillán

Chillán

Chillán is a city in the Biobío Region of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of Ñuble Province and, with a population of approximately 170,000 people , the most populated urban center of this province...

 — Linares

Linares, Chile

Linares is a Chilean city and commune located in the Maule Region and lies in the fertile Chilean Central Valley, south of Santiago and south of Talca, the regional capital...

 (211 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|5:07.20	|8:02.13
2.	|—	|+0.06
3.	|—	|+0.18

2003-03-30: Linares

Linares, Chile

Linares is a Chilean city and commune located in the Maule Region and lies in the fertile Chilean Central Valley, south of Santiago and south of Talca, the regional capital...

 — Talca

Talca

Talca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....

 (122 km)

Place	Stage 3-A		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|2:51.67	|10:54.05
2.	|—	|+0.12
3.	|—	|+0.24

2003-03-30: Talca

Talca

Talca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....

 — Pencahue

Pencahue

Pencahue is a town and commune in Chile, located in Talca Province, in the seventh region of Maule. The commune spans and area of .Also there are another three places called Pencahue, near to San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Sexta Región, Chile...

 (20 km)

Place	Stage 3-B – Individual Time Trial		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|21.04	|11:15.09
2.	|+0.02	|+0.30
3.	|+0.11	|+0.47

2003-03-31: Talca

Talca

Talca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....

 — Licante (70 km)

Place	Stage 4-A		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|1:49.57	|13:05.04
2.	|—	|+0.32
3.	|—	|+0.49

2003-03-31: Licante — Curicó

Curicó

Curicó , meaning "Black Waters" in Mapudungun , is the capital city of the Curicó Province, part of the Maule Region in Chile's central valley....

 (120 km)

Place	Stage 4-B		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|2:48.43	|15:53.40
2.	|—	|+0.39
3.	|—	|+0.56

2003-04-01: Curicó

Curicó

Curicó , meaning "Black Waters" in Mapudungun , is the capital city of the Curicó Province, part of the Maule Region in Chile's central valley....

 — Pichilemu

Pichilemu

Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...

 (160 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|4:02.26	|20:02.54
2.	|+0.02	|+0.39
3.	|+4.56	|+0.56

2003-04-02: Pichilemu

Pichilemu

Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...

 — San Antonio

San Antonio, Chile

San Antonio, meaning "Saint Anthony", is a major Chilean port and a commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region...

 (140 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|3:33.25	|23:36.18
2.	|+0.05	|+0.45
3.	|+0.05	|+1.02

2003-04-03: Melipilla

Melipilla

Melipilla is a Chilean commune and capital city of the province of the same name, located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region southwest of the nation's capital...

 — Farellones (125 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|3:26.58	|27:03.46
2.	|+0.05	|+0.25
3.	|+0.03	|+0.29

2003-04-04: Limache

Limache

Limache is a Chilean city and commune in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region. Limache is the only commune of Chile that has two cities. First San Francisco de Limache is to the north of the Matting of Limache, towards the south is Limache Viejo...

 — Limache

Limache

Limache is a Chilean city and commune in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region. Limache is the only commune of Chile that has two cities. First San Francisco de Limache is to the north of the Matting of Limache, towards the south is Limache Viejo...

 (128 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|2:58.58	|30:02.43
2.	|—	|+0.13
3.	|—	|+0.26

2003-04-05: Quilpué — Quilicura

Quilicura

Quilicura founded in 1902, is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is a satellite city on what was originally the outskirts of the city of Santiago, but as urban sprawl has set in it is now quickly urbanizing from what was recently prime agricultural land...

 (190 km)

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|3:07.05	|33:09.40
2.	|—	|+0.27
3.	|+0.04	|+0.33

2003-04-06: Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 — Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 (71.4 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|1:31.17	|34:40.57
2.	|—	|+0.27
3.	|—	|+0.33

Final classification

RANK	CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.		Publiguías	34:40:57
2.		ACE Bryc Curicó	+ 0.27
3.		Publiguías	+ 0.33
4.		Ekono Alamo Rent A	+ 1.30
5.		Lider Trek Bio-Bio	+ 2.10
6.		ACE Bryc Curicó	+ 2.39
7.		Ekono Alamo Rent A	+ 3.02
8.		Publiguías	+ 3.46
9.		Transportes Romero	+ 4.39
10.		Publiguías	+ 5.26

Teams

Lider Trek Bio-Bio

1.   Gonzalo Salas
   Gonzalo Salas
   Gonzalo Edgardo Salas is a male track and road cyclist from Argentina.-Career:19982000Gonzalo Edgardo Salas is a male track and road cyclist from Argentina.-Career:1998...
   
   
2.   Marcelo Sandoval
3.   Victor Garrido
4.   Gonzalo Garrido
5.   Andrei Sartassov
   Andrei Sartassov
   Andrei Sartassov is a retired male road racing cyclist from Russia. In 2009 it was revealed that he, along with his Chilean teammate Juan Francisco Cabrera Torres, had tested positive in 2007 for EPO during the Vuelta a Chile.-Career:...
   
   
6.   Juan Fierro
   Juan Fierro
   Juan-Manuel Fierro González is a male professional track and road cyclist from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-Career:199920002003200420062007-References:...
   
   

Alas Rojas

7.   Alejandro Acton
   Alejandro Acton
   Alejandro José Acton is an Argentine professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:1998200020012002Alejandro José Acton is an Argentine professional racing cyclist....
   
   
8.   Néstor Pías
   Néstor Pías
   Néstor Fabián Pías Torres is a male professional track and road cyclist from Uruguay.-Career:2001Néstor Fabián Pías Torres is a male professional track and road cyclist from Uruguay.-Career:2001Néstor Fabián Pías Torres is a male professional track and road...
   
   
9.   Richard Mascaraña
10.   Alen Reyes
11.   Agustín Margalef
12.   Hernán Cline

Ace Byrc Curico

13.   José Medina
    José Medina (cyclist)
    José Alfredo Medina Andrade is a male track and road cyclist from Chile. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Career:1997...
    
    
14.   Luis Fernando Sepúlveda
    Luis Fernando Sepúlveda
    Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Villar is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Chile. He won a gold medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Career:1998...
    
    
15.   Nélson Vargas
    Nélson Vargas
    Nélson Vargas de Jesús is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19992001-References:...
    
    
16.   Raúl López
17.   Miguel Parraguez
18.   Enzo Cesario
    Enzo Cesario
    Enzo Bruno Cesario Farias is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Chile. He won two gold medals for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Career:2000...
    
    

Brazil National Team

19.   Márcio May
    Márcio May
    Márcio May is a Brazilian road bicycle and track cyclist, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won two bronze medals during his career at the Pan American Games . May retired from professionalcycling in January 2008...
    
    
20.   Hernandes Cuadri
    Hernandes Cuadri
    Hernandes Quadri Junior is a retired male road cyclist from Brazil. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Career:19921995-References:...
    
    
21.   Rudrigo Brito
22.   Renato Rosler
23.   Suelito Gohr
24.   Antonio Nascimento

Doñihue

25.   Aliro Catejo
26.   Rodrigo Barrios
27.   Alejandro Solís
28.   Hector Osorio
29.   Felipe Ramírez
30.   César Doussang

Colavita Bolla

31.   Shawn Wilard
32.   Eddy Hilger
33.   Josh Seldman
34.   Peter Fairbanks
35.   Muricio Jacomo

Ekono Alamo Rent A

37.   Edgardo Simon
    Edgardo Simon
    Edgardo Simón is an Argentine professional track and road bicycle racer. He rides for Colombia - Selle Italia cycling team on the UCI America Tour...
    
    
38.   Marcelo Agüero
39.   Francisco Cabrera
    Francisco Cabrera (cyclist)
    Juan Francisco Cabrera Torres is a male professional track and road cyclist from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-Career:199920002003...
    
    
40.   Antonio Cabrera
    Antonio Cabrera
    Antonio Cabrera is a Paraguayan football defender who played for Paraguay in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Libertad.-External links:*...
    
    
41.   Jaime Bretti
42.   Ángel Pérez

Marco Polo

43.   Jamsram Ulzii
44.   Michael Carter
45.   Kay Karner
46.   Nathan Dahlberg
47.   Cory Lange
48.   Felix Rohrbach

La Polar

49.   Milton Wynants
    Milton Wynants
    Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero.Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country...
    
    
50.   Ezequiel Romero
51.   Cristobal Silva
52.   José Labra
53.   Clauss Plaut
54.   Cristian Fierro

Trust House

55.   Baden Burke
56.   Andrew Small
57.   Tim Wilson
58.   Gregory Saw
59.   Pelle Kil
60.   Harm Jansen
    Harm Jansen
    Harm Jansen is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist. His career highlight includes winning the 2001 International Tour de Toona and USPRO National Criterium Championships.-Career:1988...
    
    

Agua Mineral Rari

61.   Joaquín Jorquera
62.   Manuel Abarca
63.   José Aravena
64.   Darío Ramírez
65.   Cristian Medina
66.   Facundo Bazzi

UPMC-La Polar

67.   Todd Herriott
68.   Joseph M. Papp
    Joseph M. Papp
    Joseph M. Papp is an American former professional road racing cyclist and U.S. National cycling team member. He holds dual Irish-USA citizenship...
    
    
69.   Gerardo Castro
70.   Mateo Sasso
71.   Alvaro Tardáguila
    Alvaro Tardáguila
    Alvaro Tardáguila Silva is a Uruguayan professional racing cyclist. Winner of the 2005 edition of his home tour, the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay, Tardáguila is the son of Walter Tardáguila, a 1972 Olympian and also winner of the 1972 edition of the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay...
    
    
72.   César Grajales

Peñaflor Lascar

73.   Jonathan Alvarado
74.   Rodrigo Pérez
    Rodrigo Pérez
    Rodrigo Antonio Pérez Albornoz is a Chilean defender, who currently plays for the Chilean club Deportes Iquique. Pérez made his professional debut with the Chilean club O'Higgins in 1993. He then moved to Santiago Wanderers in 1997. He has spent the most time in Chile playing for Cobreloa,...
    
    
75.   Alexis Arias
76.   Jaime Carreño
77.   Andrés Taulis
78.   Sergio Abarca

Venezuela National Team

79.   Franklin Chacón
    Franklin Chacón
    Franklin Raúl Chacón Colmenares is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Venezuela.-Career:20002001...
    
    
80.   Manuel Medina
    Manuel Medina (cyclist)
    Manuel Eduardo Medina Mariño is a Venezuelan professional bicycle road racing cyclist and former Venezuelan national cycling champion...
    
    
81.   Víctor Becerra
82.   Carlos José Ochoa
    Carlos José Ochoa
    Carlos José Ochoa is a Venezuelan professional road bicycle racer for .- Palmarès :2003* 2nd, Venezuelan National Championships, Road, Individual Time Trial, Elite20042005...
    
    
83.   Ronald Gonzales
84.   Deivis Urdaneta

Publiguías

85.   Pedro Prieto
86.   Jorge Giacinti
    Jorge Giacinti
    Jorge Alberto Giacinti is a male track and road cyclist from Argentina.-Career:199719981999Jorge Alberto Giacinti is a male track and road cyclist from Argentina....
    
    
87.   Marco Arriagada
88.   Marcelo Arriagada
    Marcelo Arriagada
    Marcelo Arriagada Quinchel is a male professional track and road cyclist from Chile. An older brother of Marco Arriagada he competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he didn't finish the men's individual road race.-Career:200020032004-References:...
    
    
89.   Richard Rodríguez
    Richard Rodríguez
    Richard Angelo Rodríguez Rodríguez is a male track and road cyclist from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.-Career:199819992000...
    
    
90.   Gonzalo Miranda
    Gonzalo Miranda
    Gonzalo Miranda is a male professional track and road cyclist from Chile. He won a gold medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Career:2001...
    
    

Transportes Romero

91.   Luis Espinosa
    Luis Espinosa
    Luis Edgar Espinosa Sepúlveda is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1992 to 1997.-Career:19911992...
    
    
92.   Raúl Gómez
93.   Pablo Riveros
94.   Cristian Rosas
95.   Marcelo Olivares
96.   Reinaldo Cortes

Vinci Los Angeles

97.   Pablo Syll
98.   Manuel González
99.   Pablo Valenzuela
100.   César Valenzuela
101.   Gustavo Carvacho
102.   Daniel Bretti