1st Doha International GP - 1.3

Doha, Qatar, January 31, 2004

Results

Photography

Images by AFP/Karim Jaafar

Italian Simone Cadamuro (far R) poses with his team before the start of the race.
France's Thomas Voeckler (2nd R) leads the pack in the Doha GP.
Two veiled Qatari women watch riders breeze past in the first Doha International Grand Prix.
Sheikh Khaled Bin Ali al-Thani, head of Qatar Cycling Federation, watches the peloton in Doha.
Roberto Petito (Fassa Bortolo, L) rides alongside his teammate on Persian carpets laid on the road at the start of the Doha International GP.
Winner Simone Cadamuro (De Nardi) tells the press how the race was won.
Simone Cadamuro (De Nardi, L) holds the winner's trophy as he stands next to Sheikh Khaled Bin Ali al-Thani.

Images by Christiaan Beyers

The Rabobank boys get ready before the start.
Hey, what do we have in here? - the T-Mobile boys suss out what's in the boot.
Some Lotto-Domo and Phonak riders warm up before the start.
A Rabobank rider takes a flyer on lap 1.
The peloton react swiftly, and begin the chase.
The peloton still chasing on lap 2, with the Rabobank rider still in front.
The chase is really on in lap 3 before the first prime, with the bunch strung out single file.
Another attempted breakaway on lap 4.
Servais Knaven (Quick.Step-Davitamon) leads the chase group.
More riders trying to break clear.
The peloton strung out as they mitigate any breakaway attempts.
The bunch single file on the penultimate lap.
With the peloton at full speed, the break is doomed.
At the start of the final lap, the peleton is one long line, travelling at high speed.
Nobody leaves a gap now!
The final sprint started at 300m to go, with Simone Cadamuro (De Nardi) outsprinting Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Francesco Chicchi (Fassa Bortolo) for the win.
Riders talk about another hard day in the saddle.

Results - 117 km

1 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                    2.34.58
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
3 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
4 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Saeco
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank
6 Lars Michaelsen (Den) CSC
7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
8 Andre Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak
10 Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier-Duval