2004 Tour de France
 Route of the 2004 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 3–25 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 20 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,391 km (2,107 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 83h 36' 02" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2004 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 July, and the 91st edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005; the Union Cycliste Internationale confirmed this verdict.[3]
The event consisted of 20 stages over 3,391 km (2,107 mi). 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 yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the fifth stage and held onto it for ten stages before finally losing it to Armstrong.
This Tour saw the mistreatment of Filippo Simeoni by Armstrong on Stage 18. Armstrong also made a "zip-the-lips" gesture on camera, apparently referencing Simeoni.
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.
Teams
The first 14 teams in the UCI Road World Rankings at 31 January 2004 were automatically invited. 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.[4]
The teams entering the race were:[5]
Qualified teams
Invited teams
Route and stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 3 July | Liège (Belgium) | 6.1 km (3.8 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  |
| 1 | 4 July | Liège (Belgium) to Charleroi (Belgium) | 202.5 km (125.8 mi) |  | Plain stage |  |
| 2 | 5 July | Charleroi (Belgium) to Namur (Belgium) | 197.0 km (122.4 mi) | | Plain stage |  |
| 3 | 6 July | Waterloo (Belgium) to Wasquehal | 210.0 km (130.5 mi) | | Plain stage |  |
| 4 | 7 July | Cambrai to Arras | 64.5 km (40.1 mi) | | Team time trial |  |
| 5 | 8 July | Amiens to Chartres | 200.5 km (124.6 mi) | | Plain stage | |
| 6 | 9 July | Bonneval to Angers | 196.0 km (121.8 mi) | | Plain stage | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 7 | 10 July | Châteaubriant to Saint-Brieuc | 204.5 km (127.1 mi) | | Plain stage |  |
| 8 | 11 July | Lamballe to Quimper | 168.0 km (104.4 mi) | | Plain stage |  |
| 12 July | Limoges | Rest day | ||||
| 9 | 13 July | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Guéret | 160.5 km (99.7 mi) | | Plain stage | |
| 10 | 14 July | Limoges to Saint-Flour | 237.0 km (147.3 mi) |  | Hilly stage | |
| 11 | 15 July | Saint-Flour to Figeac | 164.0 km (101.9 mi) | | Hilly stage | |
| 12 | 16 July | Castelsarrasin to La Mongie | 197.5 km (122.7 mi) |  | Mountain stage | |
| 13 | 17 July | Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille | 205.5 km (127.7 mi) | | Mountain stage | |
| 14 | 18 July | Carcassonne to Nîmes | 192.5 km (119.6 mi) | | Plain stage |  |
| 19 July | Nîmes | Rest day | ||||
| 15 | 20 July | Valréas to Villard-de-Lans | 180.5 km (112.2 mi) | | Mountain stage | |
| 16 | 21 July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez | 15.5 km (9.6 mi) | | Individual time trial | |
| 17 | 22 July | Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Grand-Bornand | 204.5 km (127.1 mi) | | Mountain stage | |
| 18 | 23 July | Annemasse to Lons-le-Saunier | 166.5 km (103.5 mi) | | Hilly stage | |
| 19 | 24 July | Besançon to Besançon | 55.0 km (34.2 mi) | | Individual time trial | |
| 20 | 25 July | Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris (Champs-Élysées) | 163.0 km (101.3 mi) | | Plain stage | |
| Total | 3,391 km (2,107 mi)[9] | |||||
Race overview
Doping
The 18th stage saw mistreatment of Filippo Simeoni by Lance Armstrong, after Simeoni had testified about doping and doctor Michele Ferrari.[10]
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.[11][12][13]
Subsequent to Armstrong's statement to withdraw his fight against United States Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) charges, on 24 August 2012, the USADA said it would ban Armstrong for life and stripped him of his record seven Tour de France titles.[14][15] Later that day it was confirmed in a USADA statement that Armstrong was banned for life and would be disqualified from any and all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to 1 August 1998, including forfeiture of any medals, titles, winnings, finishes, points and prizes.[1] On 22 October 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale endorsed the USADA sanctions, and decided not to award victories to any other rider or upgrade other placings in any of the affected events.[2]
Classification leadership
- 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.
Final standings
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Denotes the leader of the points classification[17] |  |
Denotes the leader of the mountains classification[17] |
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Denotes the leader of the young rider classification[17] |  |
Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award[17] |
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSQ | | ||
| 2 |  | T-Mobile Team | + 6' 19" |
| 3 | | Team CSC | + 6' 40" |
| 4 | | T-Mobile Team | + 8' 50" |
| 5 |  | U.S. Postal Service | + 14' 30" |
| 6 | | Illes Balears–Banesto | + 18' 01" |
| 7 |  | Gerolsteiner | + 18' 27" |
| 8 | | Team CSC | + 19' 51" |
| DSQ | | ||
| 10 | | Phonak | + 22' 54" |
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Points classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Lotto–Domo | 272 |
| 2 | |
Crédit Agricole | + 247 |
| 3 | |
T-Mobile Team | + 245 |
| 4 | |
Cofidis | + 234 |
| 5 | |
Gerolsteiner | + 227 |
| 6 | |
Quick-Step–Davitamon | + 163 |
| 7 | |
AG2R Prévoyance | + 146 |
| DSQ | |
+ | |
| 9 | |
AG2R Prévoyance | + 139 |
| 10 | |
T-Mobile Team | + 131 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Quick-Step–Davitamon | 226 |
| DSQ | |
+ | |
| 3 |  |
Rabobank | + 119 |
| 4 | |
Team CSC | + 119 |
| 5 | |
T-Mobile Team | + 115 |
| 6 | |
Crédit Agricole | + 115 |
| 7 | |
T-Mobile Team | + 112 |
| 8 | |
Illes Balears–Banesto | + 77 |
| 9 | |
Team CSC | + 71 |
| 10 | |
Lotto–Domo | + 65 |
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Illes Balears–Banesto | 84h 01' 13' |
| 2 | |
FDJeux.com | + 3' 42" |
| 3 | |
Brioches La Boulangère | + 6' 01" |
| 4 | |
Quick-Step–Davitamon | + 16' 28" |
| 5 | |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 22' 03" |
| 6 | |
Brioches La Boulangère | + 22' 32" |
| 7 | |
Brioches La Boulangère | + 29' 32" |
| 8 | |
Domina Vacanze | + 37' 50" |
| 9 | |
AG2R Prévoyance | + 1h 29' 53" |
| 10 | |
U.S. Postal Service | + 1h 32' 30" |
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile Team | 248h 58' 43" |
| 2 | U.S. Postal Service | + 2' 42" |
| 3 | Team CSC | + 10' 33" |
| 4 | Illes Balears–Banesto | + 52' 26" |
| 5 | Quick-Step–Davitamon | + 57' 33" |
| 6 | Phonak | + 57' 42" |
| 7 | Rabobank | + 1h 26' 24" |
| 8 | Crédit Agricole | + 1h 30' 35" |
| 9 | Brioches La Boulangère | + 1h 32' 12" |
| 10 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1h 47' 46" |
See also
Notes and references
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 On 24 August 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his victory in the 2004 Tour de France.[1] The Union Cycliste Internationale, responsible for the international cycling, confirmed this verdict on 22 October 2012.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Lance Armstrong Receives Lifetime Ban And Disqualification Of Competitive Results For Doping Violations Stemming From His Involvement In The United States Postal Service Pro-Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy". United States Anti-Doping Agency. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Lance Armstrong stripped of all seven Tour de France wins by UCI". BBC News. BBC. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ Ryan, Barry (22 October 2012). "UCI confirms Lance Armstrong's life ban". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Limited. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Press release from the organisers of the Tour de France". Letour.fr. 2004-01-31. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ↑ "Invitations for the Tour de France 2004". Letour.fr. 2004-01-31. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ↑ Augendre 2016, p. 95.
- 1 2 "91ème Tour de France 2004" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ Zwegers, Arian. "Tour de France GC Top Ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 15 Aug 2011.
- ↑ Augendre 2016, p. 110.
- ↑ The USADA Report Against Lance Armstrong, by the Numbers, Thursday, October 11, 2012 By Adventure Lab, Outside Magazine, retr 2012 10 18
- ↑ CYCLING; Armstrong Is Suing Accuser, By RICHARD SANDOMIR; Samuel Abt in Paris contributor, June 16, 2004, New York Times, retr 2012 10 20
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Lance Armstrong will be banned from cycling by USADA after saying he won't fight doping charges". The Washington Post. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ "USADA to ban Armstrong for life, strip Tour titles". CBS News. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Règlement de l’épreuve 2004, p. 19.
- 1 2 3 4 Règlement de l’épreuve 2004, p. 8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Maloney, Tim (25 July 2004). "Armstrong atop Tour pantheon with sixth straight win". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
Sources
- Augendre, Jacques (2016). Guide historique [Historical guide] (PDF). Tour de France (in French). Paris: Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- Règlement de l’épreuve [Race regulations] (PDF). Tour de France. Paris: Amaury Sport Organisation. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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