2004 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Lance Armstrong	83h 36' 02"
Second	Andreas Klöden	+6' 19"
Third	Ivan Basso	+6' 40"
Points	Robbie McEwen	272 points
Second	Thor Hushovd	247 points
Third	Erik Zabel	245 points
Climber	Richard Virenque	226 points
Second	Lance Armstrong	172 points
Third	Michael Rasmussen	119 points
Youth	Vladimir Karpets	84h 01' 13"
Second	Sandy Casar	+3' 42"
Third	Thomas Voeckler	+6' 01"
Teams	T-Mobile Team	248h 58' 43"
Second	U.S. Postal Service	+2' 42"
Third	Team CSC	+10' 33"

The 2004 Tour de France was the 91st Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It was comprised of 20 stages over 3429 km.

Lance Armstrong made history, by being the first person to win six Tours de France.

Going in, Armstrong was the favorite to win his sixth consecutive Tour de France, with his major competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and Iban Mayo, and fellow Americans Levi Leipheimer and Tyler Hamilton.

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

1 Stages
2 Teams
3 Results
- 3.1 General classification
- 3.2 Individual stage winners
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
Prologue	Liège, Belgium	6.1 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 3
1	Liège - Charleroi	202.5 km		Sunday, July 4
2	Charleroi - Namur	210 km		Monday, July 5
3	Waterloo - Wasquehal	195 km		Tuesday, July 6
4	Cambrai - Arras	65 km	Team time trial	Wednesday, July 7
5	Amiens - Chartres	195 km		Thursday, July 8
6	Bonneval - Angers	190 km		Friday, July 9
7	Châteaubriant - Saint-Brieuc	208 km		Saturday, July 10
8	Lamballe - Quimper	172 km		Sunday, July 11
-	Rest day			Monday, July 12
9	Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat - Guéret	160 km		Tuesday, July 13
10	Limoges (Massif Central) - Saint-Flour	237 km	Mountain stage	Wednesday, July 14
11	Saint-Flour - Figeac	164 km		Thursday, July 15
12	Castelsarrasin - La Mongie	199 km	Mountain stage	Friday, July 16
13	Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille	217 km	Mountain stage	Saturday, July 17
14	Carcassonne - Nîmes	200 km		Sunday, July 18
-	Rest day			Monday, July 19
15	Valréas - Villard-de-Lans	179 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 20
16	Bourg d'Oisans - L'Alpe d'Huez	15.5 km	Individual time trial	Wednesday, July 21
17	Bourg d'Oisans - Le Grand Bornand	212 km	Mountain stage	Thursday, July 22
18	Annemasse - Lons-le-Saunier	166 km	Mountain stage	Friday, July 23
19	Besançon - Besançon	60 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 24
20	Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Paris Champs-Élysées	165 km		Sunday, July 25

[edit] Teams

188 riders in 21 teams commenced the 2004 Tour de France, 147 riders finished.

List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Tour de France

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time (Ave. Speed)
1	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	83h 36' 02'
2	Andreas Klöden	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	T-Mobile	6' 19"
3	Ivan Basso	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Team CSC	6' 40"
4	Jan Ullrich	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	T-Mobile	8' 50"
5	José Azevedo	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	U.S. Postal Service	14' 30"
6	Francisco Mancebo	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Illes Balears	18' 01"
7	Georg Totschnig	Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	Gerolsteiner	18' 27"
8	Carlos Sastre	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Team CSC	19' 51"
9	Levi Leipheimer	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Rabobank	20' 12"
10	Óscar Pereiro Sio	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Phonak	22' 54"

[edit] Individual stage winners

Stage	Name	Country	Team	Time
Prologue	Fabian Cancellara	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Fassa Bortolo	6' 50"
1	Jaan Kirsipuu	Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	Ag2r Prévoyance	4h 40' 29"
2	Robbie McEwen	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	Lotto-Domo	4h 18' 39"
3	Jean-Patrick Nazon	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Ag2r Prévoyance	4h 36' 46"
4/TTT	U.S. Postal Service	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	1h 12' 03"
5	Stuart O'Grady	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone	5h 05' 58"
6	Tom Boonen	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	Quick Step - Davitamon	4h 33' 41"
7	Fillippo Pozzato	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Fassa Bortolo	4h 31' 34"
8	Thor Hushovd	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	Crédit Agricole	3h 54' 22"
9	Robbie McEwen	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	Lotto-Domo	3h 32' 55"
10	Richard Virenque	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Quick Step - Davitamon	6h 00' 24"
11	David Moncoutié	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone	3h 54' 58"
12	Ivan Basso	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Team CSC	5h 03' 58"
13	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	6h 04' 38"
14	Aitor González	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Fassa Bortolo	4h 18' 32"
15	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	4h 40' 30"
16	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	39' 41"
17	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	6h 11' 52"
18	Juan Miguel Mercado	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Quick Step - Davitamon	4h 04' 03"
19	Lance Armstrong	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	U.S. Postal Service	1h 06' 49"
20	Tom Boonen	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	Quick Step - Davitamon	4h 08' 26"