2004 Tour de France
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| Route of the 2004 Tour de France | |||
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| Dates | July 3–July 25, 2004 | ||
| Stages | 20+Prologue | ||
| Distance | 3,391.1 km (2,107 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 83h 36' 02" (41.016 km/h or 25.486 mph) | ||
| Palmarès | |||
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Winner |  Lance Armstrong (USA) |
(US Postal) |
| Second |  Andreas Klöden (Germany) |
(T-Mobile Team) | |
| Third |  Ivan Basso (Italy) |
(Team CSC) | |
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Points |  Robbie McEwen (Australia) |
(Lotto-Domo) |
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Mountains |  Richard Virenque (France) |
(Quick Step-Davitamon) |
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Youth |  Vladimir Karpets (Russia) |
(Illes Balears-Banesto) |
| Team | T-Mobile Team | ||
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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 | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
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| 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 González (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 – 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 (Champs-Élysées) | Plain stage |
163.0 km (101.3 mi) | Tom Boonen (BEL) |
Classification leadership
- Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions
- In stage 1, Lance Armstrong wore the green jersey.
- In stages 1 and 2, Bernhard Eisel wore the white jersey.
- In stage 3, Jaan Kirsipuu wore the green jersey.
- In stage 4, Jean-Patrick Nazon wore the green jersey.
- In stages 6 through 15, Sandy Casar wore the white jersey.
Teams
188 riders in 21 teams started; 147 riders finished.
Results
General classification
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Points classification
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See also
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Invitations for the Tour de France 2004
- ^ Press release from the organisers of the Tour de France
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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