2004 Giro d'Italia

2004 Giro d'Italia 8–30 May 2004 20 + Prologue 3423.9 km 88h 40' 43" Damiano Cunego ITA SAE 2004 pink Serhiy Honchar UKR De Nardi Gilberto Simoni ITA SAE 2004 Alessandro Petacchi ITA FAS 2004 violet Fabian Wegmann GER GST 2004 green Raffaele Illiano ITA CLM 2004 blue Alessandro Petacchi ITA FAS 2004 SAE 2004 ALB 2004 2003 2005 The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Genoa with a 6.9 km 1 on prologue. The race came to a close with a 133 km 1 on mass-start road stage that stretched from Clusone to Milan.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results/stage20 The 2004 Giro: A tale of two Italians Cycling News 2004-05-30 2012-09-26 Chris Henry https://web.archive.org/web/20140726191205/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results%2Fstage20 26 July 2014 live Nineteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Damiano Cunego of the SAE 2004 team.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2004/05/31/EMD20040531041MDP.pdf Cungeo, un soplo de aire fresco es 31 May 2004 41 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 PDF Cungeo, a Breath of Fresh Air https://web.archive.org/web/20141012041213/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2004/05/31/EMD20040531041MDP.pdf 12 October 2014 live Second and third were the Ukrainian Serhiy Honchar and Italian Gilberto Simoni. In the race's other classifications, GST 2004 rider Fabian Wegmann won the mountains classification, Raffaele Illiano of the CLM 2004 team won the intergiro classification, and FAS 2004 rider Alessandro Petacchi won the points classification. In addition to the points classification, Petacchi also won the secondary most combative and Azzurri d'Italia classifications. SAE 2004 finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the nineteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by ALB 2004. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Giro d'Italia A total of 19 teams were invited to participate in the 2004 Giro d'Italia.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=startlist Start List Cycling News 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203154335/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=startlist 3 February 2014 live Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 171 cyclists.http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/giro2004_presentazione/inglese/lacorsasintesi.htm Summary of the Race La Gazzetta dello Sport 2012-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044652/http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/giro2004_presentazione/inglese/lacorsasintesi.htm 4 March 2016 live Out of the 171 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 140 riders made it to the finish in Milan. The 19 teams that took part in the race were: 22em ASA 2004 ALB 2004 PAN 2004 CLM 2004 CHO 2004 AUR 2004 DVE 2004 FAS 2004 FDJ 2004 MDN 2004 GST 2004 LAM 2004 CRE 2004 DVL 2004 PHO 2004 SAE 2004 SDV 2004 Tenax 2004 VIN 2004 Route and stages right|thumb|alt=A mountain top.|The Corno alle Scale hosted the finish of the 191 km 0 on third stage. The route for the 2004 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Angelo Zomegnan on 8 November 2003 in Milan.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/ 2004 Giro d'Italia revealed Cycling News 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203161512/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/ 3 February 2014 live http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=5215 87th Giro d'Italia Route Presentation: Special Report Fabio Daily Peloton 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230334/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=5215 3 March 2016 dead It contained two time trial events, all of which were individual. The organizers divided the remaining nineteen stages into three categories: flat stages, rolling stages, and mountain stages. Twelve of the stages were declared flat stages. Of the seven stages remaining, three stages were designated rolling stages and three were ranked as mountain stages. In the stages containing categorized climbs, three had summit finishes: stage 3, to Corno alle Scale;http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=stages/stage3 Stage 3 – May 11: Pontremoli – Corno Alle Scale, 191 Km Cycling News 2012-09-26 https://archive.today/20130408010143/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=stages/stage3 8 April 2013 live stage 7, to Montevergine di Mercogliano;http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=stages/stage7 Stage 7 – May 15: Frosinone – Montevergine Di Mercogliano, 214 Km Cycling News 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302053543/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=stages%2Fstage7 2 March 2014 live and stage 18, to Bormio 2000.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=preview 2004 Giro d'Italia revealed Cycling News 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203150716/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=preview 3 February 2014 live http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=stages/stage18 Stage 18 - May 28: Cles Val Di Non - Bormio 2000, 118 Km Cycling News 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518204011/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=stages%2Fstage18 18 May 2015 live The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 52.6 km 0 on shorter, contained the same amount of rest days, and the same amount of time trials. In addition, this race opened with a prologue, which the last year's race did not. + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/fra/Regolamentofra2004.pdf 87° Giro d'Italia – Le Règlement fr 1–24 La Gazzetta dello Sport 2012-09-30 PDF 87th Giro d'Italia – The Regulations https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161326/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/fra/Regolamentofra2004.pdf 24 September 2015 live StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner P 8 May Genoa 6.9 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Bradley McGee AUS 1 9 May Genoa to Alba 143 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Medium mountain stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 2 10 May Novi Ligure to Pontremoli 184 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Medium mountain stage Damiano Cunego ITA 3 11 May Pontremoli to Corno alle Scale 191 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Medium mountain stage Gilberto Simoni ITA 4 12 May Porretta Terme to Civitella in Val di Chiana 184 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 5 13 May Civitella in Val di Chiana to Spoleto 177 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Robbie McEwen AUS 6 14 May Spoleto to Valmontone 164 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 7 15 May Frosinone to Montevergine di Mercogliano 214 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Medium mountain stage Damiano Cunego ITA 8 16 May Giffoni Valle Piana to Policoro 214 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 9 17 May Policoro to Carovigno 142 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Fred Rodriguez USA18 May Rest day 10 19 May Porto Sant'Elpidio to Ascoli Piceno 146 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Medium mountain stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 11 20 May Porto Sant'Elpidio to Cesena 228 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Medium mountain stage Emanuele Sella ITA 12 21 May Cesena to Treviso 210 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 13 22 May Trieste to Trieste 52 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trial Serhiy Honchar UKR 14 23 May Trieste to Pula 175 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 15 24 May Poreč to San Vendemiano 234 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA 16 25 May San Vendemiano to Pfalzen 217 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Mountain stage Damiano Cunego ITA26 May Rest day 17 27 May Bruneck to Fondo/Sarnonico 153 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Mountain stage Pavel Tonkov RUS 18 28 May Cles to Bormio 2000 118 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Mountain stage Damiano Cunego ITA 19 29 May Bormio to Presolana 122 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Mountain stage Stefano Garzelli ITA 20 30 May Clusone to Milan 149 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Flat stage Alessandro Petacchi ITA Total 3423.9 km 0 on Race overview The 2004 Giro d'Italia began with a 6.9 km 1 on prologue around the Italian city of Genoa.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results/stage0 Superb McGee takes Maglia Rosa in Genova Cycling News 2004-05-08 2012-09-26 Tim Maloney https://web.archive.org/web/20150919044742/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results%2Fstage0 19 September 2015 live Bradley McGee won the first leg of the race after besting the second place rider Olaf Pollack by ten seconds. The race's first mass-start stage came down to a sprint finish in the city of Alba.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results/stage1 Who's The Man? I'm The Man! Cycling News 2004-05-09 2012-09-26 Tim Maloney https://web.archive.org/web/20130620145953/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results%2Fstage1 20 June 2013 live The stage was won by Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi and Pollack managed to take the race lead after earning a twelve-second time bonus by finishing second on the stage. Stage 2 saw the race lead switch back to McGee after he finished second to the stage winner Damiano Cunego.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results/stage2 The kid comes good again Cycling News 2004-05-10 2012-09-26 Tim Maloney https://web.archive.org/web/20150919050502/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/giro04/?id=results%2Fstage2 19 September 2015 live Success in stages was limited to eight of the competing teams, three of which achieved multiple stage victories, while two individual riders won multiple stages. The riders that won more than once were Alessandro Petacchi in stages 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, and 20 and Damiano Cunego in stages 2, 7, 16, and 18. FAS 2004 won nine stages with Petacchi. SAE 2004 won five stages, four with Cunego and one with Gilberto Simoni in stage 3. VIN 2004 won two stages, with Pavel Tonkov in stage 17 and Stefano Garzelli in stage 19. FDJ 2004, DVL 2004, ASA 2004, PAN 2004, and De Nardi each won one stage at the Giro d'Italia. FDJeux.com won the opening prologue with Bradley McGee. Lotto-Domo's Robbie McEwen won stage 4 by out-sprinting the rest of the field for the stage win, as did Acqua & Sapone rider Fred Rodriguez in stage 9. Ceramica Panaria-Margres's Emanuele Sella won the hilly stage 11. De Nardi rider Serhiy Honchar won the stage 13 individual time trial. Classification leadership In the 2004 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 13 May 2008 Cycling News 13 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=%2Ffeatures%2F2008%2Fgiro_classifications08 8 May 2013 live Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints. thumb|right|The Passo di Gavia was the Cima Coppi for the 2004 Giro d'Italia.|alt=A mountain road with writing on it. There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2004 was Passo di Gavia, afforded more points than the other first-category climbs. The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification25px|link=|alt= Points classification25px|link=|alt= Mountains classification25px|link=|alt= Intergiro classification25px|link=|alt=Trofeo Fast TeamTrofeo Super Team P Bradley McGee Bradley McGee not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Alessandro Petacchi Olaf Pollack Alessandro Petacchi Fabian Wegmann Marlon Pérez Arango LAM 2004 FDJ 2004 LAM 2004 2 Damiano Cunego Bradley McGee Damiano Cunego Alexandre Moos Ruggero Marzoli FDJ 2004 3 Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni SAE 2004 SAE 2004 4 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Vanotti 5 Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Crescenzo d'Amore 6 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Fabian Wegmann ASA 2004 7 Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego Massimo Strazzer SAE 2004 8 Alessandro Petacchi 9 Fred Rodriguez 10 Alessandro Petacchi Crescenzo d'Amore 11 Emanuele Sella Fabian Wegmann Marlon Pérez Arango ALB 2004 12 Alessandro Petacchi 13 Serhiy Honchar Yaroslav Popovych ALB 2004 14 Alessandro Petacchi Crescenzo d'Amore 15 Alessandro Petacchi 16 Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego SAE 2004 ASA 2004 17 Pavel Tonkov ALB 2004 18 Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego 19 Stefano Garzelli Fabian Wegmann Raffaele Illiano 20 Alessandro Petacchi Final Damiano Cunego Alessandro Petacchi Fabian Wegmann Raffaele Illiano SAE 2004 ALB 2004 Final standings Legend   20px|alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classificationhttp://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGEN.html Classifica generale it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 General Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204750/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGEN.html 3 March 2016 live   20px|alt=Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classificationhttp://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGPMGEN.html Classifica GPM Generale it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Mountains Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180650/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGPMGEN.html 3 March 2016 live   20px|alt=Purple jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classificationhttp://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLPUNGEN.html Classifica a punti generale it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Points Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060813/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLPUNGEN.html 4 March 2016 live   20px|alt=Blue jersey   Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classificationhttp://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLINT.html Classifica Intergiro it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Intergiro Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20140626160124/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLINT.html 26 June 2014 live General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Damiano Cunego ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey SAE 2004 88h 40' 43" 2 Serhiy Honchar UKR De Nardi–Piemme Telekom + 2' 02" 3 Gilberto Simoni ITA SAE 2004 + 2' 05" 4 Dario Cioni ITA FAS 2004 + 4' 36" 5 Yaroslav Popovych UKR CRE 2004 + 5' 05" 6 Stefano Garzelli ITA VIN 2004 + 5' 31" 7 Wladimir Belli ITA LAM 2004 + 6' 12" 8 Bradley McGee AUS FDJ 2004 + 6' 15" 9 Tadej Valjavec SLO PHO 2004 + 6' 34" 10 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP LAM 2004 + 7' 47" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1Alessandro Petacchi ITA 20px|alt=Purple jerseyFAS 2004 250 2Damiano Cunego ITA 20px|alt=Pink jerseySAE 2004 153 3Olaf Pollack GERGST 2004 148 4Alexandre Usov BLRPHO 2004 111 5Marco Zanotti ITAVIN 2004 102 6Fred Rodriguez USAASA 2004 96 7Bradley McGee AUSFDJ 2004 88 8Gilberto Simoni ITASAE 2004 78 9Stefano Garzelli ITAVIN 2004 76 10Iván Parra COL De Nardi–Piemme Telekom 73 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1Fabian Wegmann GER 193020px|alt=Green jerseyGST 2004 56 2Damiano Cunego ITA 20px|alt=Pink jerseySAE 2004 54 3Gilberto Simoni ITASAE 2004 36 4Stefano Garzelli ITAVIN 2004 33 5Alexandre Moos SUIPHO 2004 27 6Vladimir Miholjević CROALB 2004 20 7Raffaele Illiano ITA 20px|alt=Blue jerseyCLM 2004 16 8Niki Aebersold SUIPHO 2004 15 9Luis Felipe Laverde COLFormaggi Pinzolo Fiavè 14 10Bradley McGee AUSFDJ 2004 13 Intergiro classification RiderTeamTime 1Raffaele Illiano ITA 20px|alt=Blue jerseyCLM 2004 49h 39' 14" 2Crescenzo d'Amore ITA ASA 2004 + 13" 3Mariano Piccoli ITALAM 2004 + 19" 4Marlon Pérez Arango COLCLM 2004 + 22" 5Alessandro Vanotti ITA De Nardi–Piemme Telekom + 36" 6Aart Vierhouten NEDDVL 2004 + 39" 7Robert Förster GERGST 2004 8Daniele Righi ITALAM 2004 + 44" 9Alessandro Bertolini ITAALB 2004 + 56" 10Yaroslav Popovych UKRCRE 2004 + 1' 05" Trofeo Fast Team classification TeamTime 1SAE 2004 265h 52' 05" 2VIN 2004 + 19' 15" 3LAM 2004 + 26' 12" 4ALB 2004 + 29' 13" 5Saunier Duval–Prodir + 39' 21" 6CSF 2004 + 43' 02" 7ASA 2004 + 57' 54" 8PHO 2004 + 1h 03' 04" 9De Nardi–Piemme Telekom + 1h 20' 18" 10Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave + 2h 04' 05" Trofeo Super Team classification TeamPoints 1ALB 2004 384 2SAE 2004 359 3FAS 2004 339 4LAM 2004 327 5ASA 2004 315 6VIN 2004 301 7PAN 2004 273 8PHO 2004 265 9GST 2004 250 10De Nardi–Piemme Telekom 217 Minor classifications Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Italian Alessandro Petacchi won the Most Combative classification.http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLCOMGEN.html Classifica combattività generale it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Combativity Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163832/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLCOMGEN.html 14 July 2014 live The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was also won by Alessandro Petacchi.http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLAZZGEN.html Class. azzurri d'italia generale it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Azzurri d'Italia classification https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133621/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLAZZGEN.html 14 July 2014 live The Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. The classification was won by Daniele Righi.http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFUGGEN.html Fuga piaggio generale it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222442/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFUGGEN.html 14 July 2014 live Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. PHO 2004 was the most successful in avoiding penalties, and so won the Fair Play classification.http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFAPL.html Classifica FAIR PLAY it La Gazzetta dello Sport 2004-05-30 2012-10-01 Fair Play Classification https://web.archive.org/web/20140714214743/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2004/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFAPL.html 14 July 2014 live References Citations 30em 2004 Giro d'Italia P 10 11 20 Category:2004 in road cycling 2004 Category:May 2004 sports events in Italy