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2004 Tour de France Information

The 2004 Tour de France was the 91st, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km.[1]

Lance Armstrong became the first to win six Tours de France. Armstrong had been favored to win, his competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and Iban Mayo, and fellow Americans Levi Leipheimer and Tyler Hamilton. A major surprise in the Tour was the performance of French newcomer Thomas Voeckler, who unexpectedly won the maillot jaune in the fifth stage and held onto it for ten stages before finally losing it to Armstrong.

The route of the 2004 Tour was remarkable. With two individual time trials scheduled in the last week, one of them the climb of Alpe d'Huez, the directors were hoping for a close race until the end. For the first time in years, the mountains of the Massif Central made an appearance.

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Participating teams

The first 14 teams in the UCI ranking at 31 January 2004 were automatically invited. These were:[2]

Wildcards were sent to

Initially the organisers had an option for a 22nd team, which would be Kelme, but after Jesús Manzano exposed doping use in that team, Kelme was not invited, and the race started with 21 teams of nine cyclists.[3]

Stages

Stage results[4][5]
Stage Date Route Terrain Length Winner
P 3 July Liège Individual time trial 6.1 km (3.8 mi) Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
1 4 July Liège – Charleroi Plain stage 202.5 km (125.8 mi) Jaan Kirsipuu (EST)
2 5 July Charleroi – Namur Plain stage 197.0 km (122.4 mi) Robbie McEwen (AUS)
3 6 July Waterloo – Wasquehal Plain stage 210.0 km (130.5 mi) Jean-Patrick Nazon (FRA)
4 7 July Cambrai – Arras Team time trial 64.5 km (40.1 mi) US Postal (USA)
5 8 July Amiens – Chartres Plain stage 200.5 km (124.6 mi) Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
6 9 July Bonneval – Angers Plain stage 196.0 km (121.8 mi) Tom Boonen (BEL)
7 10 July Châteaubriant – Saint-Brieuc Plain stage 204.5 km (127.1 mi) Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
8 11 July Lamballe – Quimper Plain stage 168.0 km (104.4 mi) Thor Hushovd (NOR)
9 13 July Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Guéret Plain stage 160.5 km (99.7 mi) Robbie McEwen (AUS)
10 14 July Limoges – Saint-Flour Hilly stage 237.0 km (147.3 mi) Richard Virenque (FRA)
11 15 July Saint-Flour – Figeac Hilly stage 164.0 km (101.9 mi) David Moncoutié (FRA)
12 16 July Castelsarrasin – La Mongie Stage with mountain(s) 197.5 km (122.7 mi) Ivan Basso (ITA)
13 17 July Lannemezan – Plateau de Beille Stage with mountain(s) 205.5 km (127.7 mi) Lance Armstrong (USA)
14 18 July Carcassonne – Nîmes Plain stage 192.5 km (119.6 mi) Aitor Gonzalez (ESP)
15 20 July Valréas – Villard-de-Lans Stage with mountain(s) 180.5 km (112.2 mi) Lance Armstrong (USA)
16 21 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans – L'Alpe d'Huez Individual time trial 15.5 km (9.6 mi) Lance Armstrong (USA)
17 22 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Le Grand-Bornand Stage with mountain(s) 204.5 km (127.1 mi) Lance Armstrong (USA)
18 23 July Annemasse – Lons-le-Saunier Hilly stage 166.5 km (103.5 mi) Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP)
19 24 July Besançon – Besançon Individual time trial 55.0 km (34.2 mi) Lance Armstrong (USA)
20 25 July Montereau-Fault-Yonne – Paris Plain stage 163.0 km (101.3 mi) Tom Boonen (BEL)

Classification leadership

Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification Combativity award
P Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara N/A Fabian Cancellara US Postal N/A
1 Jaan Kirsipuu Thor Hushovd Jens Voigt Jens Voigt
2 Robbie McEwen Thor Hushovd Paolo Bettini Jakob Piil
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Jens Voigt
4 US Postal Lance Armstrong Matthias Kessler N/A
5 Stuart O'Grady Thomas Voeckler Thomas Voeckler Team CSC Sandy Casar
6 Tom Boonen Stuart O'Grady Jimmy Engoulvent
7 Fillippo Pozzato Thierry Marichal
8 Thor Hushovd Robbie McEwen Jakob Piil
9 Robbie McEwen Iñigo Landaluze
10 Richard Virenque Richard Virenque Richard Virenque
11 David Moncoutié David Moncoutié
12 Ivan Basso Frédéric Finot
13 Lance Armstrong Michael Rasmussen
14 Aitor Gonzalez T-Mobile Team Nicolas Jalabert
15 Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong Team CSC Michael Rasmussen
16 Lance Armstrong T-Mobile Team N/A
17 Lance Armstrong Gilberto Simoni
18 Juan Miguel Mercado José García Acosta
19 Lance Armstrong Vladimir Karpets N/A
20 Tom Boonen Filippo Simeoni
Final Lance Armstrong Robbie McEwen Richard Virenque Vladimir Karpets T-Mobile Team Richard Virenque
Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

Teams

188 riders in 21 teams started; 147 riders finished.

Results

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[4]
Rank Name Team Time
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 83h 36' 02"
2 Andreas Klöden (GER) T-Mobile +6' 19"
3 Ivan Basso (ITA) Team CSC +6' 40"
4 Jan Ullrich (GER) T-Mobile +8' 50"
5 José Azevedo (POR) US Postal Service +14' 30"
6 Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Illes Balears-Banesto-Santander +18' 01"
7 Georg Totschnig (AUT) Gerolsteiner +18' 27"
8 Carlos Sastre (ESP) Team CSC +19' 51"
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank +20' 12"
10 Oscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak +22' 54"
Final general classification (11–147)
Rank Name Team Time
11 Pietro Caucchioli (ITA) Alessio +24' 21"
12 Christophe Moreau (FRA) Credit Agricole +24' 36"
13 Vladimir Karpets (RUS) Illes Balears-Banesto-Santander +25' 11"
14 Michael Rasmussen (DEN) Rabobank +27' 16"
15 Richard Virenque (FRA) Quick Step +28' 11"
16 Sandy Casar (FRA) FDjeux.com +28' 53"
17 Gilberto Simoni (ITA) Saeco +29' 00"
18 Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Brioches la Boulangere +31' 12"
19 José-Luis Rubiera (ESP) US Postal Service +32' 50"
20 Stéphane Goubert (FRA) Ag2r +37' 11"
21 Axel Merckx (BEL) Lotto +39' 54"
22 Michael Rogers (AUS) Quick Step +41' 39"
23 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service +42' 55"
24 Oscar Sevilla (ESP) Phonak +45' 19"
25 Giuseppe Guerini (ITA) T-Mobile +47' 07"
26 Iker Camaño (ESP) Euskaltel +47' 14"
27 Jérôme Pineau (FRA) Brioches la Boulangere +47' 43"
28 José Enrique Gutierrez (ESP) Phonak +50' 39"
29 Laurent Brochard (FRA) Ag2r +51' 35"
30 Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Brioches la Boulangere +54' 43"
31 Santos Gonzalez (ESP) Phonak +1h 01' 01"
32 Michele Scarponi (ITA) Domina Vacanze +1h 03' 01"
33 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service +1h 04' 09"
34 David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis +1h 04' 37"
35 Jens Voigt (GER) Team CSC +1h 07' 07"
36 Alexandre Botcharov (RUS) Credit Agricole +1h 10' 54"
37 Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP) Quick Step +1h 11' 31"
38 Evgueni Petrov (RUS) Saeco +1h 12' 24"
39 Patrice Halgand (FRA) Credit Agricole +1h 12' 24"
40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC +1h 12' 42"
41 Egoi Martínez (ESP) Euskaltel +1h 15' 10"
42 Marius Sabaliauskas (LIT) Saeco +1h 15' 15"
43 Rik Verbrugghe (BEL) Lotto +1h 16' 42"
44 Igor Gonzalez (ESP) Liberty Seguros +1h 16' 45"
45 Aitor Gonzalez (ESP) Fassa Bortolo +1h 17' 23"
46 Manuel Beltran (ESP) US Postal Service +1h 26' 28"
47 Jean-Cyril Robin (FRA) FDjeux.com +1h 32' 06"
48 Daniele Nardello (ITA) T-Mobile +1h 35' 26"
49 Santiago Pérez (ESP) Phonak +1h 35' 54"
50 Aitor Osa (ESP) Illes Balears-Banesto-Santander +1h 38' 38"
51 José Ivan Gutierrez (ESP) Illes Balears-Banesto-Santander +1h 39' 16"
52 Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) Euskaltel +1h 39' 52"
53 Ronny Scholz (GER) Gerolsteiner +1h 42' 44"
54 Marcos Antonio Serrano (ESP) Liberty Seguros +1h 42' 53"
55 Jörg Ludewig (GER) Saeco +1h 44' 57"
56 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros +1h 48' 11"
57 Serguei Ivanov (RUS) T-Mobile +1h 49' 51"
58 Paolo Bettini (ITA) Quick Step +1h 50' 10"
59 Erik Zabel (GER) T-Mobile +1h 50' 21"
60 Iker Flores (ESP) Euskaltel +1h 50' 49"
61 Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Cofidis +1h 51' 41"
62 Mikel Astarloza (ESP) Ag2r +1h 55' 04"
63 Kim Kirchen (LUX) Fassa Bortolo +1h 55' 52"
64 Andrea Peron (ITA) Team CSC +1h 56' 29"
65 Grischa Niermann (GER) Rabobank +1h 57' 25"
66 Benjamin Noval (ESP) US Postal Service +1h 57' 41"
67 Laurent Dufaux (SUI) Quick Step +1h 58' 22"
68 Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo +1h 59' 21"
69 Rolf Aldag (GER) T-Mobile +2h 02' 55"
70 Claus Michael Møller (DEN) Alessio +2h 04' 01"
71 Sylvain Calzati (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +2h 09' 34"
72 Nicolas Portal (FRA) Ag2r +2h 09' 45"
73 Isidro Nozal (ESP) Liberty Seguros +2h 10' 33"
74 Michael Boogerd (NED) Rabobank +2h 10' 39"
75 Santiago Botero (COL) T-Mobile +2h 12' 32"
76 Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Credit Agricole +2h 13' 14"
77 David Etxebarria (ESP) Euskaltel +2h 14' 42"
78 Sebastian Lang (GER) Gerolsteiner +2h 15' 31"
79 Pavel Padrnos (CZE) US Postal Service +2h 16' 19"
80 Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) US Postal Service +2h 16' 44"
81 Bert Grabsch (GER) Phonak +2h 17' 14"
82 Nicolas Jalabert (FRA) Phonak +2h 18' 42"
83 Benoit Salmon (FRA) Credit Agricole +2h 24' 49"
84 Christophe Mengin (FRA) FDjeux.com +2h 25' 08"
85 Carlos De La Cruz (FRA) FDjeux.com +2h 25' 43"
86 José Vicente Garcia (ESP) Illes Balears-Banesto-Santander +2h 26' 14"
87 Dimitiri Fofonov (KAZ) Cofidis +2h 26' 22"
88 Nicki Sørensen (DEN) Team CSC +2h 27' 39"
89 Mark Scanlon (IRE) Ag2r +2h 27' 49"
90 Marc Lotz (NED) Rabobank +2h 29' 48"
91 Unai Etxebarria (VEN) Euskaltel +2h 30' 37"
92 Christophe Rinero (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +2h 31' 34"
93 Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Fassa Bortolo +2h 33' 38"
94 Dariusz Baranowski (POL) Liberty Seguros +2h 33' 54"
95 Yuriy Krivtsov (UKR) Ag2r +2h 34' 16"
96 Scott Sunderland (AUS) Alessio +2h 35' 20"
97 Xabier Zandio (ESP) Illes Balears-Banesto-Santander +2h 35' 48"
98 Allan Davis (AUS) Liberty Seguros +2h 36' 16"
99 Andrea Noè (ITA) Alessio +2h 36' 36"
100 Koos Moerenhout (NED) Lotto +2h 36' 48"
101 Thierry Marichal (BEL) Lotto +2h 37' 58"
102 Walter Bénéteau (FRA) Brioches la Boulangere +2h 38' 36"
103 Anthony Charteau (FRA) Brioches la Boulangere +2h 41' 31"
104 Thor Hushovd (NOR) Credit Agricole +2h 42' 45"
105 David Loosli (SUI) Saeco +2h 44' 24"
106 Danilo Hondo (GER) Gerolsteiner +2h 46' 54"
107 Peter Farazijn (BEL) Cofidis +2h 46' 56"
108 Martin Elmiger (SUI) Phonak +2h 47' 22"
109 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Fassa Bortolo +2h 48' 42"
110 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) Fassa Bortolo +2h 49' 06"
111 Bram de Groot (NED) Rabobank +2h 49' 33"
112 Marc Wauters (BEL) Rabobank +2h 50' 16"
113 Peter Wrolich (AUT) Gerolsteiner +2h 51' 06"
114 Franck Renier (BEL) Brioches la Boulangere +2h 53' 16"
115 Karsten Kroon (NED) Rabobank +2h 53' 22"
116 Filippo Pozzato (ITA) Fassa Bortolo +2h 54' 55"
117 Jan Hruska (CZE) Liberty Seguros +2h 56' 01"
118 Filippo Simeoni (ITA) Domina Vacanze +2h 56' 30"
119 Ludovic Martin (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +2h 59' 00"
120 Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step +2h 59' 07"
121 Massimiliano Mori (ITA) Domina Vacanze +2h 59' 12"
122 Robbie McEwen (AUS) Lotto +2h 59' 18"
123 Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR) Team CSC +3h 00' 35"
124 Salvatore Commesso (ITA) Saeco +3h 01' 21"
125 Uwe Peschel (GER) Gerolsteiner +3h 01' 36"
126 Stefano Zanini (ITA) Quick Step +3h 01' 39"
127 Julian Dean (NZL) Credit Agricole +3h 02' 09"
128 Gilles Bouvard (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +3h 03' 28"
129 Frédérick Guesdon (FRA) FDjeux.com +3h 03' 40"
130 Pierre Bourquenoud (SUI) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +3h 04' 47"
131 Bernhard Eisel (AUT) FDjeux.com +3h 05' 44"
132 Marcus Ljungqvist (SWE) Alessio +3h 07' 51"
133 Erik Dekker (NED) Rabobank +3h 07' 54"
134 Christophe Laurent (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +3h 09' 38"
135 Fabio Baldato (ITA) Alessio +3h 10' 46"
136 Guillaume Auger (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +3h 11' 10"
137 Jean-Patrick Nazon (FRA) Ag2r +3h 13' 10"
138 Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Cofidis +3h 13' 55"
139 Baden Cooke (AUS) FDjeux.com +3h 15' 45"
140 Wim Vansevenant (BEL) Lotto +3h 22' 15"
141 Christophe Edaleine (FRA) Cofidis +3h 22' 39"
142 Servais Knaven (NED) Quick Step +3h 23' 07"
143 Francesco Secchiari (ITA) Domina Vacanze +3h 25' 37"
144 Matthew Wilson (AUS) FDjeux.com +3h 36' 31"
145 Frédéric Finot (FRA) RAGT Semences-MG Rover +3h 39' 21"
146 Sébastien Joly (FRA) Credit Agricole +3h 43' 18"
147 Jimmy Casper (FRA) Cofidis +3h 55' 49"

Points classification

Rank Name Country Team Points
1 Robbie McEwen Australia Lotto-Domo 272
2 Thor Hushovd Norway Crédit Agricole 247
3 Erik Zabel Germany T-Mobile Team 245
4 Stuart O'Grady Australia Cofidis 234
5 Danilo Hondo Germany Gerolsteiner 227
6 Tom Boonen Belgium Quick Step-Davitamon 163
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon France AG2R Prévoyance 146
8 Lance Armstrong United States US Postal 143
9 Laurent Brochard France AG2R Prévoyance 139
10 Andreas Klöden Germany T-Mobile Team 131

Mountains classification

Rank Name Country Team Points
1 Richard Virenque France Quick Step-Davitamon 226
2 Lance Armstrong United States US Postal 172
3 Michael Rasmussen Denmark Rabobank 119
4 Ivan Basso Italy Team CSC 119
5 Jan Ullrich Germany T-Mobile Team 115
6 Christophe Moreau France Crédit Agricole 115
7 Andreas Klöden Germany T-Mobile Team 112
8 Francisco Mancebo Spain Illes Balears-Banesto 77
9 Jens Voigt Germany Team CSC 71
10 Axel Merckx Belgium Lotto-Domo 65

Youth classification

Rank Name Country Team Time
1 Vladimir Karpets Russia Illes Balears-Banesto 84h 01' 13'
2 Sandy Casar France FDJeux.com 3' 42"
3 Thomas Voeckler France Brioches La Boulangère 6' 01"
4 Michael Rogers Australia Quick Step-Davitamon 16' 28"
5 Iker Camaño Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi 22' 03"
6 Jérôme Pineau France Brioches La Boulangère 22' 32"
7 Sylvain Chavanel France Brioches La Boulangère 29' 32"
8 Michele Scarponi Italy Domina Vacanze 37' 50"
9 Mikel Astarloza Spain AG2R Prévoyance 1h 29' 53"
10 Benjamin Noval Spain US Postal 1h 32' 30"

See also

2004 Tour de France
List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Tour de France
Prologue–Stage 9 · Stage 10–20

References

  1. ^ Jacques Augendre (2009). "Guide Historique" (in French) (PDF). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_06.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. ^ Invitations for the Tour de France 2004
  3. ^ Press release from the organisers of the Tour de France
  4. ^ a b "91ème Tour de France 2004" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2004.php. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. ^ Zwegers, Arian. "Tour de France GC Top Ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#2004. Retrieved 15 Aug 2011.

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