2004 Tour de France
![]() 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" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
On 24 August 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his victory in the 2004 Tour de France. In October 2012 the Union Cycliste International (UCI) accepted USADA's verdict and stripped his titles since August 1998, including the 2004 Tour de France.
Participating teams
The first 14 teams in the UCI ranking at 31 January 2004 were automatically invited. These were:[2]
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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 | ![]() |
6.1 km (3.8 mi) | ![]() |
1 | 4 July | Liège – Charleroi | ![]() |
202.5 km (125.8 mi) | ![]() |
2 | 5 July | Charleroi – Namur | ![]() |
197.0 km (122.4 mi) | ![]() |
3 | 6 July | Waterloo – Wasquehal | ![]() |
210.0 km (130.5 mi) | ![]() |
4 | 7 July | Cambrai – Arras | ![]() |
64.5 km (40.1 mi) | ![]() {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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5 | 8 July | Amiens – Chartres | ![]() |
200.5 km (124.6 mi) | ![]() |
6 | 9 July | Bonneval – Angers | ![]() |
196.0 km (121.8 mi) | ![]() |
7 | 10 July | Châteaubriant – Saint-Brieuc | ![]() |
204.5 km (127.1 mi) | ![]() |
8 | 11 July | Lamballe – Quimper | ![]() |
168.0 km (104.4 mi) | ![]() |
9 | 13 July | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Guéret | ![]() |
160.5 km (99.7 mi) | ![]() |
10 | 14 July | Limoges – Saint-Flour | ![]() |
237.0 km (147.3 mi) | ![]() |
11 | 15 July | Saint-Flour – Figeac | ![]() |
164.0 km (101.9 mi) | ![]() |
12 | 16 July | Castelsarrasin – La Mongie | ![]() |
197.5 km (122.7 mi) | ![]() |
13 | 17 July | Lannemezan – Plateau de Beille | ![]() |
205.5 km (127.7 mi) | ![]() |
14 | 18 July | Carcassonne – Nîmes | ![]() |
192.5 km (119.6 mi) | ![]() |
15 | 20 July | Valréas – Villard-de-Lans | ![]() |
180.5 km (112.2 mi) | ![]() |
16 | 21 July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Alpe d'Huez | ![]() |
15.5 km (9.6 mi) | ![]() |
17 | 22 July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Le Grand-Bornand | ![]() |
204.5 km (127.1 mi) | ![]() |
18 | 23 July | Annemasse – Lons-le-Saunier | ![]() |
166.5 km (103.5 mi) | ![]() |
19 | 24 July | Besançon – Besançon | ![]() |
55.0 km (34.2 mi) | ![]() |
20 | 25 July | Montereau-Fault-Yonne – Paris (Champs-Élysées) | ![]() |
163.0 km (101.3 mi) | ![]() |
Classification leadership
Stage | Winner | General classification![]() |
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Young rider classification![]() |
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P | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | N/A | Fabian Cancellara | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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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 | |||
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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 | Michael Rasmussen | ||||||
14 | Aitor González | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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17 | Gilberto Simoni | ||||||
18 | Juan Miguel Mercado | José García Acosta | |||||
19 | Vladimir Karpets | N/A | |||||
20 | Tom Boonen | Filippo Simeoni | |||||
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- 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.
Doping
The book L. A. Confidentiel, by David Walsh and Pierre Ballester, came out shortly before the 2004 Tour, accusing Lance Armstrong of doping. Lance Armstrong and his lawyers asked for an emergency hearing in French court to insert a denial into the book. The French judge denied this request. Armstrong also launched defamation suits against the publisher and the authors, as well as magazine L'Express and UK newspaper The Sunday Times which both referenced it. [6][7][8]
The 18th stage saw mistreatment of Filippo Simeoni by Lance Armstrong, after Simeoni had testified about doping and doctor Michele Ferrari. [9]
Teams
188 riders in 21 teams started; 147 riders finished.
Results
General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Youth classification
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See also
References
- ^ Jacques Augendre (2009). "Guide Historique" (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
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- ^ "Press release from the organisers of the Tour de France". Letour.fr. 2004-01-31. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ^ a b "91ème Tour de France 2004" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Zwegers, Arian. "Tour de France GC Top Ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 15 Aug 2011.
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- ^ Armstrong wants doping denial in book, ABC News (Australia) Jun 19, 2004, retr 2012 10 20
- ^ Judge calls Armstrong's request 'abuse' of system, Associated Press, 2004 6 21, via espn.go.com, retr 2012 10 20
- ^ The USADA Report Against Lance Armstrong, by the Numbers, Thursday, October 11, 2012 By Adventure Lab, Outside Magazine, retr 2012 10 18
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