May 17, 2003 – Providing some respite from the hard hills of the Peace race, the fast final 160.k flat stage saw Canada's Charles Dionne finish an excellent fifth place, confirming his prowess as an international sprinter. After a tough week of racing, Dionne and compatriot Dominique Perras (Flanders-IteamNova.com) finished 69th and 73rd, respectively.

Stage 9:  160.5. km

1. Enrico Degano (Ita) Mercatone Uno – Scanavino, 4:05:59
2. Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
3. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom
4. Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Mroz
5. Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team
6. Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
7. Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC-Polsat
8. Robert Radosz (Pol) Servisco – Koop
9. Martin Muller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
10. Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio
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75. Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com

Final Overall:

1. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom, 39:21:43
2. Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat, 0:49
3. Tomas Konecny (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ, 6:29
4. Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC, 7:21
5. Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof, 7:30
6. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof, 7:36
7. Manuel Calvente (Esp) Team CSC, s.t.
8. Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'system-ZVVZ, 7:38
9. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Mroz, 7:44
10. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre, 7:46
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69. Charles Dionne (Can) Saturn Cycling Team, 47:22
73. Dominique Perras (Can) Flanders-IteamNova.com, 48:43