October 12, 2003 – The Elite men have just begun their 258.3km race under cloudy skies with rain sprinkles just starting at the gun. There are 180 riders racing today's race, including four Canadians: Michael Barry, Dominique Perras, Eric Wohlberg and Mark Walters. After the espoir's and women's races many have said that perhaps the course is not as tough as thought. Many have even hypothesized a sprint may decide the winner. Canada's Barry said, “I think the course is going to be tough, but not as selective as previously thought. Definitely a hardman's course, but perhaps the day will belong to a sprinter like Zabel or Friere.”
Men's Start List:
1 | BASSO Ivan | ITA19771126 | ITA |
2 | BETTINI Paolo | ITA19740401 | ITA |
3 | CASAGRANDE Francesco | ITA19700914 | ITA |
4 | DI LUCA Danilo | ITA19760102 | ITA |
5 | FRIGO Dario | ITA19730918 | ITA |
6 | LOMBARDI Giovanni | ITA19690620 | ITA |
7 | MORENI Cristian | ITA19721121 | ITA |
8 | NARDELLO Daniele | ITA19720802 | ITA |
9 | NOE' Andrea | ITA19690115 | ITA |
10 | PAOLINI Luca | ITA19770117 | ITA |
11 | SACCHI Fabio | ITA19740522 | ITA |
12 | SCIREA Mario | ITA19640807 | ITA |
13 | DAVIS Allan | AUS19800727 | AUS |
14 | DAVIS Scott | AUS19790422 | AUS |
15 | DAY Ben | AUS19780106 | AUS |
16 | HAYMAN Mathew | AUS19780420 | AUS |
17 | ROGERS Michael | AUS19791220 | AUS |
18 | SUNDERLAND Scott | AUS19661128 | AUS |
19 | WHITE Matthew | AUS19740222 | AUS |
20 | ALDAG Rolf | GER19680825 | GER |
21 | GRABSCH Bert | GER19750619 | GER |
22 | HIEKMANN Torsten | GER19800317 | GER |
23 | KESSLER Matthias | GER19790516 | GER |
24 | KLIER Andreas | GER19760115 | GER |
25 | LANG Sebastian | GER19790915 | GER |
26 | SCHOLZ Ronny | GER19780424 | GER |
27 | SCHRECK Stephan | GER19780715 | GER |
28 | SINKEWITZ Patrik | GER19801020 | GER |
29 | WEGMANN Fabian | GER19800620 | GER |
30 | WERNER Christian | GER19790628 | GER |
31 | ZABEL Erik | GER19700707 | GER |
32 | DERGANC Martin | SLO19770320 | SLO |
33 | GOLCER Jure | SLO19771207 | SLO |
34 | STANGELJ Gorazd | SLO19730127 | SLO |
35 | VALJAVEC Tadej | SLO19770413 | SLO |
36 | BESSY Frederic | FRA19720109 | FRA |
37 | BROCHARD Laurent | FRA19680326 | FRA |
38 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | FRA19790630 | FRA |
39 | DUMOULIN Samuel | FRA19800820 | FRA |
40 | FLICKINGER Andy | FRA19781104 | FRA |
41 | FRITSCH Nicolas | FRA19781219 | FRA |
42 | HALGAND Patrice | FRA19740302 | FRA |
43 | HARY Maryan | FRA19800527 | FRA |
44 | MONCOUTIE David | FRA19750430 | FRA |
45 | RENIER Franck | FRA19740411 | FRA |
46 | RINERO Christophe | FRA19731229 | FRA |
47 | VASSEUR Cedric | FRA19700818 | FRA |
48 | PUeTSEP Erki | EST19760525 | EST |
49 | TOMBAK Janek | EST19760722 | EST |
50 | MITCHELL Glen | NZL19721019 | NZL |
51 | HRAZDIRA Michal | CZE19771106 | CZE |
52 | KADLEC Milan | CZE19741013 | CZE |
53 | SOSENKA Andrej | CZE19751209 | CZE |
54 | TESAR Lubor | CZE19710511 | CZE |
55 | CHRISTENSEN Bekim | DEN19730917 | DEN |
56 | HAMBURGER Bo | DEN19700524 | DEN |
57 | HOJ Frank | DEN19730104 | DEN |
58 | SKELDE Michael | DEN19730813 | DEN |
59 | EISEL Bernhard | AUT19810217 | AUT |
60 | GLOMSER Gerrit | AUT19750401 | AUT |
61 | LUTTENBERGER Peter | AUT19721213 | AUT |
62 | SUMMER Jochen | AUT19770528 | AUT |
63 | TRAMPUSCH Gerhard | AUT19780811 | AUT |
64 | BALDWIN Christopher | USA19751015 | USA |
65 | CLINGER David | USA19771122 | USA |
66 | HINCAPIE George | USA19730629 | USA |
67 | HORNER Chris | USA19711023 | USA |
68 | JOHNSON Tim | USA19770805 | USA |
69 | JULICH Bobby | USA19711118 | USA |
70 | LANDIS Floyd | USA19751014 | USA |
71 | LEIPHEIMER Levi | USA19731024 | USA |
72 | LIESWYN John | USA19680818 | USA |
73 | MCCORMACK Mark | USA19700915 | USA |
74 | RODRIGUEZ Fred | USA19730903 | USA |
75 | TRENTI Guido | USA19721227 | USA |
76 | AMORIM Goncalo | POR19720930 | POR |
77 | LOPES Pedro | POR19750629 | POR |
78 | PAULINHO Sergio | POR19800326 | POR |
79 | RIBEIRO Nuno | POR19770909 | POR |
80 | AERTS Mario | BEL19741231 | BEL |
81 | BAGUET Serge | BEL19690818 | BEL |
82 | BOONEN Tom | BEL19801015 | BEL |
83 | BRANDT Christophe | BEL19770506 | BEL |
84 | BRUYLANDTS Dave | BEL19760712 | BEL |
85 | GILBERT Philippe | BEL19820705 | BEL |
86 | MERCKX Axel | BEL19720808 | BEL |
87 | SIJMENS Nico | BEL19780401 | BEL |
88 | VAN GOOLEN Jurgen | BEL19801128 | BEL |
89 | VAN PETEGEM Peter | BEL19700118 | BEL |
90 | VANSEVENANT Wim | BEL19711223 | BEL |
91 | WAUTERS Marc | BEL19690223 | BEL |
92 | BOTCHAROV Alexandre | RUS19750226 | RUS |
93 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | RUS19660204 | RUS |
94 | KARPETS Vladimir | RUS19800920 | RUS |
95 | KOLOBNEV Alexander | RUS19810504 | RUS |
96 | KONYSHEV Dmitri | RUS19660218 | RUS |
97 | MENCHOV Denis | RUS19790125 | RUS |
98 | PETROV Evgueni | RUS19780525 | RUS |
99 | BOOGERD Michael | NED19720528 | NED |
100 | BOVEN Jan | NED19720228 | NED |
101 | DE GROOT Bram | NED19741218 | NED |
102 | DE JONGH Steven | NED19731125 | NED |
103 | DEKKER Erik | NED19700821 | NED |
104 | DEN BAKKER Maarten | NED19690126 | NED |
105 | KROON Karsten | NED19760129 | NED |
106 | LOeWIK Gerben | NED19770629 | NED |
107 | MOERENHOUT Koos | NED19731105 | NED |
108 | PRONK Matthe | NED19740701 | NED |
109 | REINERINK Rik | NED19730521 | NED |
110 | SCHMITZ Bram | NED19770423 | NED |
111 | KRUPA Dawid | POL19800612 | POL |
112 | RUTKIEWICZ Marek | POL19810508 | POL |
113 | SZMYD Sylwester | POL19780302 | POL |
114 | ZAMANA Cezary | POL19671114 | POL |
115 | JOACHIM Benoit | LUX19760114 | LUX |
116 | KIRCHEN Kim | LUX19780703 | LUX |
117 | BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis | LAT19760121 | LAT |
118 | VAINSTEINS Romans | LAT19730303 | LAT |
119 | BILEKA Volodymyr | UKR19790206 | UKR |
120 | DUMA Vladimir | UKR19720302 | UKR |
121 | GRYSCHENKO Ruslan | UKR19810204 | UKR |
122 | GUSTOV Volodymir | UKR19770215 | UKR |
123 | HONCHAR Serhiy | UKR19700703 | UKR |
124 | KRIVTSOV Yuriy | UKR19790207 | UKR |
125 | POPOVYCH Yaroslav | UKR19800104 | UKR |
126 | POSPYEYEV Kyrylo | UKR19751230 | UKR |
127 | USOV Aliaksandr | BLR19770827 | BLR |
128 | SUZUKI Shinri | JPN19741225 | JPN |
129 | CARDENAS RAVELO Felix Rafael | COL19721124 | COL |
130 | GRAJALES Cesar Augusto | COL19730506 | COL |
131 | OCHOA PLAZAS Israel | COL19640826 | COL |
132 | PENA GRISALES Victor Hugo | COL19740710 | COL |
133 | PEREZ ARANGO Marlon Alirio | COL19760110 | COL |
134 | AEBERSOLD Niki | SUI19720705 | SUI |
135 | BEUCHAT Roger | SUI19720102 | SUI |
136 | CAMENZIND Oscar | SUI19710912 | SUI |
137 | CANCELLARA Fabian | SUI19810318 | SUI |
138 | ELMIGER Martin | SUI19780923 | SUI |
139 | JEKER Fabian | SUI19681128 | SUI |
140 | MONTGOMERY Sven | SUI19760510 | SUI |
141 | MOOS Alexandre | SUI19721222 | SUI |
142 | SCHNIDER Daniel | SUI19731120 | SUI |
143 | STRAUSS Marcel | SUI19760815 | SUI |
144 | ZAMPIERI Steve | SUI19770604 | SUI |
145 | ZBERG Beat | SUI19710510 | SUI |
146 | IVANOV Ruslan | MDA19731218 | MDA |
147 | PUGACI Igor | MDA19750105 | MDA |
148 | VAITKUS Tomas | LTU19820204 | LTU |
149 | ASTARLOA Igor | ESP19760329 | ESP |
150 | BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel | ESP19710528 | ESP |
151 | CUESTA LOPEZ DE CASTRO Inigo | ESP19690603 | ESP |
152 | FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar | ESP19760215 | ESP |
153 | GONZALEZ DE GALDEANO ARANZABAL Igor | ESP19731101 | ESP |
154 | GONZALEZ LARRANAGA Gorka | ESP19770928 | ESP |
155 | MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco | ESP19760309 | ESP |
156 | OSA EIZAGUIRRE Aitor | ESP19730909 | ESP |
157 | PEREZ RODRIGUEZ Luis | ESP19740616 | ESP |
158 | SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Marcos Antonio | ESP19720908 | ESP |
159 | SEVILLA RIBERA Oscar | ESP19760929 | ESP |
160 | VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro | ESP19800425 | ESP |
161 | ARVESEN Kurt Asle | NOR19750209 | NOR |
162 | VESTOeL Bjoernar | NOR19740528 | NOR |
163 | ROGINA Radoslav | CRO19790303 | CRO |
164 | HAMMOND Roger | GBR19740130 | GBR |
165 | MILLAR David | GBR19770104 | GBR |
166 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | GBR19670215 | GBR |
167 | WEGELIUS Charles | GBR19780426 | GBR |
168 | BODROGI Laszlo | HUN19761211 | HUN |
169 | ROHTMER Balazs | HUN19780414 | HUN |
170 | SCANLON Mark | IRL19801010 | IRL |
171 | FOFONOV Dmitriy | KAZ19760815 | KAZ |
172 | MIZOUROV Andrei | KAZ19730316 | KAZ |
173 | COX Ryan | RSA19790409 | RSA |
174 | GEORGE David | RSA19760223 | RSA |
175 | BARRY Michael | CAN19751218 | CAN |
176 | PERRAS Dominique | CAN19740211 | CAN |
177 | WALTERS Mark | CAN19760215 | CAN |
178 | WOHLBERG Eric | CAN19650108 | CAN |
179 | GROeNQVIST Thomas | SWE19751002 | SWE |
180 | LARSSON Gustav | SWE19800920 | SWE |