# 2003 Tour of Slovenia

The 2003 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 9th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 6 and 11 May 2003.
The race consisted of 6 stages with 1,038 km (645.0 mi) in total.

## Teams

Total 108 riders (80 finished it) from 19 teams started the race.

### Professional

* Perutnina Ptuj
* Volksbank–Ideal
* Elk Haus Sportunion Schrems
* Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team
* Team Macandina
* Miche
* Amore & Vita–Beretta
* Quick-Step–Davitamon
* Nippon Hodo

### Amateur

* Radenska Rog
* TBP Lenart
* Sava Kranj
* Krka Novo mesto
* Perutnina Ptuj U23
* STA
* Kamen Pazin

### National

* Austria
* Slovakia
* Germany

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 6 May | Čatež – Ptuj | 167 km (104 mi) | | Plain stage | Jure Zrimšek |
| 2 | 7 May | Ormož – Beltinci | 168 km (104 mi) | | Plain stage | Leon Makarovič |
| 3 | 8 May | Lenart – Ljubljana | 203 km (126 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Aldo Ino Ilešič |
| 4 | 9 May | Vrhnika – Kranj | 176 km (109 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Christian Heule |
| 5 | 10 May | Grosuplje – Vršič | 168 km (104 mi) | | Mountain stage | Jure Golčer |
| 6 | 11 May | Šentjernej – Novo mesto | 156 km (97 mi) | | Plain stage | Boštjan Mervar |
| Total | Total | 1,038 km (645.0 mi) | 1,038 km (645.0 mi) | 1,038 km (645.0 mi) | 1,038 km (645.0 mi) | 1,038 km (645.0 mi) | 1,038 km (645.0 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Intermediate sprints classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Jure Zrimšek | Jure Zrimšek | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 2 | Leon Makarovič | Leon Makarovič | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 3 | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Leon Makarovič | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 4 | Christian Heule | Christian Heule | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 5 | Jure Golčer | Mitja Mahorič | not available | not available | not available | not available | not available |
| 6 | Boštjan Mervar | Mitja Mahorič | Boštjan Mervar | Christian Heule | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Andreas Matzbacher | Macandina |
| Final | Final | Mitja Mahorič | Boštjan Mervar | Christian Heule | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Andreas Matzbacher | Team Macandina |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification | Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | 25h 12' 18" |
| 2 | Jure Golčer | Volksbank | + 4" |
| 3 | Andreas Matzbacher | Austria | + 28" |
| 4 | Massimo Demarin | Perutnina Ptuj | + 34" |
| 5 | Stef Clement | Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team | + 54" |
| 6 | Timothy Jones | Amore & Vita | + 1' 13" |
| 7 | Johan Van Summeren | Quick.step Davitamon | + 1' 31" |
| 8 | Renzo Mazzoleni | Team Macandina | + 1' 36" |
| 9 | Harald Totschnig | Austria | + 1' 43" |
| 10 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | + 1' 47" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Boštjan Mervar | Perutnina Ptuj | 73 |
| 2 | Matic Strgar | Radenska Rog | 51 |
| 3 | Jure Golčer | Volksbank | 45 |
| 4 | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Perutnina Ptuj U23 | 44 |
| 5 | Timothy Jones | Amore & Vita | 40 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Christian Heule | Team Macandina | 20 |
| 2 | Timothy Jones | Amore & Vita | 14 |
| 3 | Pascal Hungerbühler | Volksbank | 12 |
| 4 | Jure Golčer | Volksbank | 11 |
| 5 | Igor Kranjec | Kamen Pazin | 10 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Andreas Matzbacher | Austria | 25h 12' 46" |
| 2 | Stef Clement | Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team | + 26" |
| 3 | Johan Van Summeren | Quick.step Davitamon | + 1' 03" |
| 4 | Matic Strgar | Radenska Rog | + 1' 59" |
| 5 | Tomaž Nose | Krka Novo mesto | + 2' 26" |

### Intermediate sprints classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Aldo Ino Ilešič | Perutnina Ptuj U23 | 15 |
| 2 | Leon Makarovič | Radenska Rog | 12 |
| 3 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | 10 |
| 4 | Christoph Kerschbaum | Austria | 10 |
| 5 | Alberati Paolo | Miche | 7 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Team Macandina | |