October 11, 2003 – Igor Astarloa has won the Elite Worlds! Second place was Alejandro Valverde (SPA) and Peter Van Petegem (BEL) third. Paolo Bettini has finished fourth and Canada's Michael Barry finished seventh!

World Elite Men's RR Championships:

1. Igor Astarloa (Spain)                6.30.19 (40.029 km/h)
2. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain)     0.05
3. Peter Van Petegem (Belgium)                
4. Paolo Bettini (Italy)                      
5. Michael Boogerd (Netherlands)           0.06
6. Bo Hamburger (Denmark)                     
7. Michael Barry (Canada)                     
8. Luca Paolini (Italy)                    0.12
9. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spain)                 
10. Janek Tombak (Estonia) 

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95. Mark Walters (Canada) 

104. Dominique Perras (Canada)   

105. Eric Wohlberg (Canada)