2004 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 2004 Tour de France Route of the 2004 Tour de France.png 360px Route of the 2004 Tour de France 3–25 July 2004 20 + Prologue 3391 km 83h 36' 02" Lance Armstrong nonearmstrong 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.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 http://www.usada.org/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-conspi/ 17 October 2016 United States Anti-Doping Agency 24 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20161104220333/http://www.usada.org/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-conspi/ 4 November 2016 live The Union Cycliste Internationale, responsible for the international cycling, confirmed this verdict on 22 October 2012.Lance Armstrong stripped of all seven Tour de France wins by UCI https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/20008520 17 October 2016 BBC News 22 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160908151552/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/20008520 8 September 2016 live Andreas Klöden GER THR 2004 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2004 Robbie McEwen AUS SIL 2004 green Richard Virenque FRA QST 2004 polkadot Vladimir Karpets RUS GCE 2004 white THR 2004 Richard Virenque FRA QSD 2004 blue_number 2003 2005 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 the result.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-confirms-lance-armstrongs-life-ban/ UCI confirms Lance Armstrong's life ban Barry Ryan 22 October 2012 16 July 2017 Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company Limited https://web.archive.org/web/20170722231058/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-confirms-lance-armstrongs-life-ban/ 22 July 2017 live The event consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km 0 on. 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. 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 List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Tour de France thumb|CSC 2004 during the team time trial on stage four 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,http://www.letour.fr/2004/presentationus/actualites.html Invitations for the Tour de France 2004 Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 27 February 2004 6 April 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040406030530/http://www.letour.fr/2004/presentationus/actualites.html 6 April 2004 and the race started with 21 teams of nine cyclists.Tour de France 2004 – The riders http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/coureurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20050502224659/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/coureurs.html 2 May 2005 dead The teams entering the race were:Tour de France 2004 – The teams http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/peloton.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20050114035603/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/peloton.html 14 January 2005 dead Qualified teams 20em margin-right:20%; ALB 2004 CSC 2004 COF 2004 EUS 2004 FAS 2004 FDJ 2004 GST 2004 GCE 2004 ONC 2004 QST 2004 RAB 2004 SAE 2004 TMO 2004 USP 2004 Invited teams 20em margin-right:20%; ALM 2004 BBO 2004 C.A 2004 Domina Vacanze LOT 2004 PHO 2004 JDT 2004 Route and stages The highest point of elevation in the race was 2000 m ft on at the summit of the Col de la Madeleine mountain pass on stage 17.Augendre 2016 17991st Tour de France – The Climbs http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=stages 23 December 2019 Cyclingnews.com https://web.archive.org/web/20200213082536/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=stages 13 February 2020 live + Stage characteristics and winnersTour de France 2004 – The map http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/parcours.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20050306015148/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/parcours.html 6 March 2005 deadTour de France 2004 – All the stages http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/etapes.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20050305213432/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/etapes.html 5 March 2005 dead91ème Tour de France 2004 91st Tour de France 2004 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2004.php Mémoire du cyclisme 6 April 2020 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20200405234720/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2004.php 5 April 2020 liveThe history of the Tour de France – Year 2004 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2004/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012406/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2004/vainqueurs.html 3 April 2020 live Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P3 July Liège (Belgium) 6.1 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Fabian Cancellara SUI 14 July Liège (Belgium) to Charleroi (Belgium) 202.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jaan Kirsipuu EST 25 July Charleroi (Belgium) to Namur (Belgium) 197.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Robbie McEwen AUS 36 July Waterloo (Belgium) to Wasquehal 210.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA 47 July Cambrai to Arras 64.5 km on alt=|link=Team time trial|20px Team time trial USP 2004 USA 58 July Amiens to Chartres 200.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Stuart O'Grady AUS 69 July Bonneval to Angers 196.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Tom Boonen BEL 710 July Châteaubriant to Saint-Brieuc 204.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Filippo Pozzato ITA 811 July Lamballe to Quimper 168.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Thor Hushovd NOR 12 July Limoges Rest day 913 July Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Guéret 160.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Robbie McEwen AUS 1014 July Limoges to Saint-Flour 237.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Richard Virenque FRA 1115 July Saint-Flour to Figeac 164.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage David Moncoutié FRA 1216 July Castelsarrasin to La Mongie 197.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Ivan Basso ITA 1317 July Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille 205.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Lance Armstrong USAarmstrong 1418 July Carcassonne to Nîmes 192.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Aitor González ESP 19 July Nîmes Rest day 1520 July Valréas to Villard-de-Lans 180.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Lance Armstrong USAarmstrong 1621 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez 15.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Lance Armstrong USAarmstrong 1722 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Le Grand-Bornand 204.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Lance Armstrong USAarmstrong 1823 July Annemasse to Lons-le-Saunier 166.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Juan Miguel Mercado ESP 1924 July Besançon to Besançon 55.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Lance Armstrong USAarmstrong 2025 July Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 163.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Tom Boonen BEL Total 3391 km 0 onAugendre 2016 110 Race overview 2004 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 9 2004 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 20 Before the Tour started, British favourite David Millar was in Biarritz, France with David Brailsford, the head coach of Great Britain for the upcoming Athens Olympics, when French police entered the restaurant they were dining in and forced Millar back to his flat and then arrested him on suspicion of doping. He was left off the Olympic team because of the incident, would likely face termination from Team COF 2004 and was going to be brought before a French court to answer questions regarding doping in cycling.https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/462/the-fall-and-rise-of-david-millar The Rise and Fall of David Millar Joseph Delves Cyclist.co.uk 3 May 2016 26 June 2022 Team Cofidis had only begun riding again in May, after a self-imposed suspension to conduct an internal doping investigation of their own team. Grand Depart in Belgium and the first week The opening prologue was in Liège Belgium and was 6.1 kilometres long. Fabian Cancellara, riding the first stage of his first Tour, won the stage and therefore the first yellow jersey.https://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf2004.html 2004 Tour de France Bike Race Info McGann Publishing 25 July 2004 26 June 2022 Francesco Moser, Dietrich Thurau and Chris Boardman are among other riders to have done this to begin their career. Lance Armstrong finished in 2nd two seconds behind and was therefore the highest GC contender. The closest contenders to him were Levi Leipheimer and Jan Ullrich. The two riders who defeated Armstrong in the recently held 2004 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré were Iban Mayo and Tyler Hamilton, both of whom were considered potential challengers. Hamilton finished +0:16 behind Armstrong and Mayo was +0:19 slower. Gilberto Simoni of Team SAE 2004, who had won two of the previous four Giro's and podiumed five of the previous six had a tough day and finished +0:42 behind Cancellara. This Tour would end up being the best finish of his career, but in part due to this tough start he would not be a threat to the elite riders for the remainder of the race. Stage 1 was a flat stage that was run entirely in Belgium and not long into the stage it began to rain heavily which would eventually be responsible for many crashes. 37 year old elite sprinter Mario Cipollini went down and had a difficult time getting back to the main pack and was not among the riders fighting for the stage win. The final breakaway was caught with 4 km to go and the stage was won by Jaan Kirsipuu of ALM 2004 ahead of Robbie McEwen of LOT 2004 and Thor Hushovd of C.A 2004. During this stage Lance Armstrong wore the green jersey for the only time in his career, being placed 2nd in the points competition behind Cancellara.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/photo_galleries/3864405.stm Tour de France stage one photos BBC 4 July 2004 26 June 2022 During stage 2 the weather wasn't as severe but there were still several crashes which resulted in the abandonment of a few riders. Marco Velo crashed violently, broke his collarbone and when he hit the ground landed on a glass bottle which cut his other shoulder open. He would continue the race but only survived a few more stages before calling it quits. A breakaway of five riders eventually went clear and Team FAS 2004 tried controlling the escape in a manner similar to what they had done during the Giro a few months earlier where they were able to get sprinter Alessandro Petacchi in position to win an astonishing nine stages. They also were intent on protecting the yellow jersey of Cancellara as long as they could, however they were not able to control the Tour as they had done at the Giro and even though they were in good position as the end of the stage neared Cancellara had lost his yellow jersey and Petacchi finished 8th in the sprint. McEwen had won the sprint, attacking with 250 meters to go as Hushovd took 2nd place, but also moved into the yellow jersey as a result of the bonus seconds he won. This made him the first rider from Norway to lead the Tour de France. Stage 3 would begin in Waterloo, Belgium and end just over the border in Wasquehal in Hauts-de-France. For the first time since the 1985 Tour de France a stage which included sections traversed during Paris–Roubaix was included. There were some sections of cobbles, but it was limited to only about four kilometres in two segments. A two rider breakaway of Jens Voigt of Team CSC 2004 and Bram de Groot of Team RAB 2004 eventually got a gap of nearly seven minutes before it started coming down. The pavé did cause some flat tires and crashes, including GC favorite Iban Mayo of EUS 2004, who crashed hard, shredding some of his uniform and costing him so much time he likely lost any chance of competing for victory. Christophe Moreau, GC rider for Team Credit Agricole who had finished in the top ten twice in recent years also got caught out in the peloton split and lost nearly four minutes. Thor Hushovd was stuck back in this group meaning he would likely lose his yellow and green jerseys. Roberto Heras of Team ONC 2004, who was an instrumental Lieutenant of Armstrong in previous Tour victories and himself a multi-time champion of the Vuelta a España, also had a tough time through the cobbles but he was able to fight his way back to the elite group. The two man breakaway was eventually caught but Jens Voight was able to finish in the group containing the GC riders. The stage was won by Jean-Patrick Nazon of Team AG2R who bested Erik Zabel of TMO 2004 in the sprint. Robbie McEwen finished 3rd but moved into both the yellow and green jerseys. Stage 4 was a team time trial (TTT) but there were new rules written regarding how much time could be lost by riders. The most any team could lose to the winning team was +3:00. The most the 2nd place team could lose was +0:20 and 3rd place would only lose +0:30. Some riders complained that their teams had worked hard to master the TTT and felt that time losses should be just as severe as they can be during an ITT. The TTT was dominated by Team USP 2004. George Hincapie rode at the front near the end and when the finish line approached and they knew the race had been won they pulled up and celebrated while crossing the line. Team PHO 2004 of Tyler Hamilton finished 2nd +1:07 behind. Phonak, who was riding in their first Tour as a team had a tough start to the stage and had only five riders remaining, the amount required to finish, with 15 km still remaining. Despite this Hamilton rode a high pace at the front and the team still finished strongly having the best time when they crossed the line. Team GCE 2004 finished 3rd at +1:15 and the T-Mobile team of Ullrich and Andreas Klöden finished 4th. Team CSC of Ivan Basso finished in 5th place, and even though Team FDJ 2004 started five minutes before Team CSC, they actually caught up to the FDJ riders, who finished in last place. As a result, the general classification shifted to Armstrong taking over the maillot jaune and the next places being taken by his teammates Hincapie, Landis, Azevedo and Chechu Rubiera making up the new top 5. The closest GC riders to Armstrong were Hamilton in 8th at +0:36 and Ullrich, Kloden and Bobby Julich of Team CSC about a minute behind. The green jersey was kept by McEwen, Paolo Bettini of Team QST 2004 kept the polka dot jersey and the white jersey of the best young rider was worn by Matthias Kessler of T-Mobile. Stage 5 was the 60th day Lance Armstrong had worn the yellow jersey, tying him with Miguel Induráin for the 3rd most all time. A five rider breakaway got a massive gap during this stage and the US Postal team of Armstrong did nothing to prevent or reduce their advantage during the escape. Stuart O'Grady of Team COF 2004, Jakob Piil of Team CSC, Sandy Casar of Team FDJ, Thomas Voeckler of Team BBO 2004 and Magnus Bäckstedt of Team ALB 2004 eventually built a gap approaching +17:00. They would finish in that order about +12:30 ahead of the main field and all five of them would make up the new top 5 overall. Being as Voeckler was the highest placed among them he moved into the yellow jersey, +9:35 ahead of 6th place Armstrong. 33 drug tests were conducted following the stage. Every rider tested produced a negative result, meaning all 33 riders would be cleared to sign in and start stage 6. Earlier in the year the book L.A. Confidentiel was released which claimed there was doping going on at the highest levels. Emma O'Reilly was a primary source for this book. She was paid a reasonable fee and confessed to some of the relatively minor things she had seen while working for Team US Postal, because she was worried some younger riders elsewhere in the sport may have died as a result of doping gone wrong. Prior to the start of stage 6 Alessandro Petacchi, Bradley McGee and Mario Cipollini abandoned the Tour. Crashes earlier in the tour hindered them and the flat stages were all but over in this year's edition. 2004 was the eighth Tour de France Cipollini entered in his career and he abandoned every single one of them. He did however, win a total of twelve stages. During stage 6 riders formed a breakaway but never extended their gap much beyond +5:00 and weren't expected to survive to the finish. Impressively with 10 km to go they still had a gap but Credit Agricole, Team Lotto and Team GST 2004 were pulling at the front to make sure it would be a sprint finish. With about 5 km to Antonio Flecha of Team Fassa Bortolo, who had been in the breakaway for nearly 170 km, attacked shortly before the peloton caught them and built a bit of a gap. 1 km before the line he too was caught, and he shot back through the ranks as the sprint trains came by. A crash inside the flamme rouge caused McEwen to miss the sprint as Tom Boonen of Team Quick Step defeated O'Grady, who would maintain his narrow lead over the four closest opponents in the points competition. Danilo Hondo of Gerolsteiner and Baden Cooke of FDJ rounded out the top 5. This would be the last stage without a categorized climb for the remainder of the Tour with the exception of stage 14 and the semi-neutralized stage on the Champs-Élysées. Throughout this Tour there would be many crashes and GC favorite Tyler Hamilton went down in stage 6. He didn't lose time but he suffered a lower back injury that would likely cause pain in the coming days. Adding briefly to the psychological stress, he also found out his dog, Tugboat, died.https://www.legendinc.com/Pages/MarbleheadNet/MM/Articles/TylersTourdeFrance04.html 2004: Tyler Hamiliton's Year? Colleen Martin-Moceri Legend Inc. Marblehead Magazine 18 July 2004 26 June 2022 By stage 7 there had already been 100 riders who had gone down in crashes including most GC contenders. The stage saw a two rider breakaway remain out front until there were about 30 km to go. After that some elements of the peloton were trying to keep the race together while others tried breaking away for the stage win. Towards the end of the stage the powerful riding of Francisco Mancebo of Team Illes Balears was enough open a small gap ahead of the yellow jersey group. Filippo Pozzato of Fassa Bortolo, the youngest rider in the Tour at 22, and Iker Flores of Team Euskaltel were able to hold his wheel until the line where Pozzato pulled around an exhausted Mancebo for the win. In the GC Voekler's lead of +9:35 over Armstrong had not yet begun to come down. Armstrong led by +0:36 over Hamilton, the next closest contender not riding for US Postal. Mancebo jumped ahead of Ullrich and Julich with his late attack and was +0:43 behind Armstrong with Ullrich and Julich being the only other elites within a minute as Basso and Heras were within +2:00. The second week and the Pyrenees Stage 8 had four categorized climbs, all of which were Cat-3 or Cat-4 meaning the stage would likely be decided between a successful breakaway or a sprint finish if all escape attempts could be destroyed. Four riders eventually went away, but one of them Karsten Kroon got a flat and wasn't able to get a new tire in time to re-acquire contact with the break. They would hold out until just under 10 km and around this same time a dog ran into the back half of the peloton and caused a crash. As the finish approached Bettini made a break for the line but was caught, and then Kim Kirchen made a break for it but Thor Hushovd was able to overpower everyone and take the decisive victory ahead of Kirchen, Zabel and McEwen. In the points competition McEwen reclaimed the Maillot Vert. Even though O'Grady, Zabel, Hushovd and Danilo Hondo were all within twenty points of the jersey, McEwen would not relinquish it for the rest of the race. The next day was the first rest day. Stage 9, just as the day before, saw many escape attempts early in the stage but none materialized. Eventually Iñigo Landaluze of Team EUS 2004 and Filippo Simeoni of Team Domina Vacanze got a gap higher than +1:00 and were considered broken away. It is not known if Lance Armstrong was planning to ambush and humiliate Simeoni during this breakaway attempt, or if Armstrong was considering it petty revenge against Simeoni that could only be attempted if the race was well in hand. In regards to comments Simeoni made about Michele Ferrari. Simeoni and Landaluze extended their advantage considerably as Karsten Kroon tried his luck again, hoping to have better luck than yesterday. Kroon rode on his own for much of the stage, staying a few minutes ahead of the peloton, but not able to bridge the gap and join the other two escapees. When it became clear he would not catch them he pulled off to the side of the road, went to the bathroom to kill time until the peloton arrived, and then rejoined the pack. Meanwhile, Simeoni pulled hard for much of the stage, with Landaluze on his wheel. The pair held out all day but Simeoni was not going to allow Landaluze to come around him and steal the victory after he just did all the work so he stopped working as hard and just before the line the pair got swooped up by the sprinters operating at maximum speed. Simeoni and Landaluze finished inside the top 20 as McEwen won the day with Hushovd and O'Grady rounding out the podium. Stage 10 was Bastille Day and had eight categorized climbs with one of them being Cat-1 and a pair of Cat-2's meaning the polka dot jersey would likely change hands. Richard Virenque was attempting to break the record he shared with Lucien Van Impe and Federico Bahamontes by winning his 7th King of the mountains competition and he was the first rider to launch an attack. He was joined by Sylvain Chavanel, teammates with Voeckler on BBO 2004 as well as Axel Merckx of LOT 2004. Chavanel, like many riders before him was a young rider who was predicted to have a long and successful career. On this day he did not last long and it would end up being Virenque and Merckx who stayed away. Virenque eventually dropped Merckx and went on to win the stage by over +5:00 and take over the polka dot jersey from Paolo Bettini. The GC riders crossed together with no major changes among them, however with his successful attack Virenque moved into 4th some two and a half minutes ahead of Armstrong. At the end of the stage the always emotional Virenque dedicated the stage victory to two people very close to him who had died recently, his grandmother and Joel Chabiron, a team coach of many years who had also gone through the entire Festina affairhttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/15-detained-as-tvm-begin-to-feel-1.176421 15 detained as TVM begin to feel William Fotheringham Irish Times 24 July 1998 26 June 2022 with him. Stage 11 began much the same way as the previous stage with three riders eventually breaking free. David Moncoutié of Cofidis, Juan Antonio Flecha of Fassa Bortolo and Egoi Martínez of Euskaltel. This breakaway would stay away together all day and eventually be successful. Moucoutié was able to successfully attack Flecha and Martínez with just under 10 km to go. He soloed to victory just over two minutes ahead of the other two escapees. The peloton came across just under six minutes after Moucoutié with no major changes in the overall situation. In stage 12 Voeckler was expected to lose considerable time if not lose the yellow jersey outright. His defense of the jersey had been admirable but this stage included the Col d'Aspin as well as a Cat-1 version of the Col du Tourmalet with a mountaintop finish at La Mongie. There were several breakaway attempts and going up the Aspin Virenque, Moreau, Simeoni and Michael Rasmussen of Team RAB 2004 all attacked. On the final climb it was the GC favorites who would produce the winner. As expected Voeckler got dropped, but he did not come entirely unhinged and kept his losses to under four minutes. More surprising was that Ullrich and Julich lost some two and a half minutes and Tyler Hamilton lost three and a half. Carlos Sastre, Ivan Basso and Lance Armstrong were the final riders remaining, but Sastre got dropped leaving Armstrong and Basso to contest the stage win. As the finish line approached Basso jolted ahead to take the win over Armstrong, who had picked up time on all of his other rivals. Armstrong was now in 2nd place having cut Voeckler's lead down to +5:24. Sandy Casar and Jakob Piil, who were part of the Voeckler breakaway, still remained in the top 10 but the closest rivals to Armstrong were Virenque, Klöden, Basso and Mancebo who were about a minute behind him as Julich, Ullrich, Leipheimer and Hamilton were about four minutes behind. The previous night, Hamilton had a problem with bad blood being given to him while blood doping.https://www.westword.com/news/tyler-hamilton-ex-boulder-cyclist-blood-doping-turned-my-urine-black-5852744 Tyler Hamilton, ex-Boulder cyclist: Blood doping turned my urine black Michael Roberts Westword 20 February 2013 26 June 2022 He had a bad night, was urinating a colour close to black from all the dead red blood cells, had developed a fever and was nervous to the point he wondered if he might die in his sleep. He asked a team doctor to keep an eye on him while he tried to sleep that night. Luckily the fever broke and he woke up in the morning; and rode as hard as he could during the stage.Effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw89iqyLEIg USADA YouTube 26 June 2022 Stage 13 would be more high mountains with a Cat-HC mountaintop finish at Plateau de Beille. The race was making its closest approach to Basque Country so the fans were anticipated to be in the hundreds of thousands. 165 riders started the stage meaning 23 riders had abandoned so far. Tyler Hamilton would lose contact less than halfway through the stage and abandon the Tour citing lower back pain.http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/17/cycling.hamilton/index.html Hamilton forced to quit the Tour CNN International 17 July 2004 26 June 2022 This was his eighth Tour de France entry and the first time he abandoned. Following the stage Urs Freuler, the D.S. of PHO 2004 commented to a Marblehead, Massachusetts magazine reporter, who was there to cover the hometown hero Tyler Hamilton, about Hamilton's withdrawal and because of it, the now dire future for the team for the remainder of the Tour, "Mentally he's 100%.The team morale was not that bad yesterday. Clear we lost the leader and didn't makethe podium, but I thinkthe guys here are goodguys and we change a little bit the strategy and we gonowto try to win a stage."https://www.legendinc.com/Pages/MarbleheadNet/MM/Articles/TylersTourdeFrance04.html 2004 - Tyler Hamilton's Year? Colleen Martin-Moceri Legend Inc. Marblehead Magazine 18 July 2004 26 June 2022 Óscar Pereiro, a young domestique initially riding in support of Hamilton, now became the highest GC rider for Phonak and would end the Tour in 10th. Other abandons by this point in the Tour included Denis Menchov and last year's 5th-place finisher Haimar Zubeldia. His teammate, Iban Mayo, would suffer tremendously during the stage to the point he got off his bike and told the team he was quitting. After a few moments he decided to fight on to and he went up the rest of the climb with two Fassa Bartalo riders. Late in the stage it was once again Basso proving himself to be the only one capable of staying with Armstrong in this second week of racing. José Azevedo of Team USP 2004 broke the majority of the competition before pulling up and turning Armstrong loose against Basso. Georg Totschnig of GST 2004, finished 3rd about a minute behind climbing his way into the top 10 in the process. Near the end of the stage some rowdy and over enthusiastic fans could have caused Armstrong trouble but he managed to deal with the Americans until he was safely inside the barriers where the finish line was. Armstrong won the stage, charging forward with a surge at the end that Basso did not answer. Voeckler once again valiantly fought to stay in contact with the riders above his level. He managed to finish 11th, which was good enough to keep him in the yellow jersey for another day as he now had a +0:22 advantage over Armstrong. Stage 13 was Voeckler's ninth day in yellow, the longest a French rider had worn the leader's jersey since Laurent Fignon in 1989. Armstrong was ahead of Basso by +1:17, Kloden by +2:56, Mancebo by +3:06, then at nearly +6:00 or beyond was Totschnig, Armstrong's lieutenant José Azevedo and Jan Ullrich. Stage 14 was a return to the flatlands where a group of ten breakaway riders was able to finish some fourteen minutes ahead of the main field. Aitor González of FAS 2004 broke free near the end to defeat Nicolas Jalabert, the Phonak rider Freuler sent to attack in their first stage without Hamilton, and Christophe Mengin who rounded out the stage podium. The GC saw no changes. The next day would be the second rest day, prior to going into three high mountain stages in the Alps including a mountain ITT. The third week and the Alps From stage 15 on the Directeur Sportif's began their game of attacks and plans and employing strategies to either win a stage in the Alps, or try to challenge Armstrong. Walter Godefroot of T-Mobile and Bjarne Riis of Team CSC, who among the Omerta code of secrecy within the sport had the nickname of "Mr. Sixty", were the leaders of the only two teams who had realistic hope of challenging Bruyneel and US Postal. Other team managers of note during the Tour included Marc Sergeant and Patrick Lefevere both of whom were in the 2nd year of their two decade runs at Lotto and Quickstep respectively, Eusebio Unzué of Illes Balears who directed Delgado, Induráin and would stay with the team through the Movistar era, "The Iron Sergeant" Giancarlo Ferretti and Jean-René Bernaudeau, who directed Voeckler in this Tour. Stage 15 was the first of three in the high Alps. The flat start prompted several riders to break away, including those in search of points being as the top 4 riders were still within 20 points of McEwen and even Danilo Hondo in 5th place was within 20 points of 4th place Stuart O'Grady. As the heavy climbing began Floyd Landis did the heavy work at the front of the elite group. Voigt, Virenque, Rasmussen, Leipheimer and Jan Ullrich attacked. As they neared the finish of the final climb the final riders included Armstrong, Basso, Kloden, Ullrich and Leipheimer, who would enter the top 10 at the end of the day. As expected Voeckler finally lost the yellow jersey, but as expected he went down fighting as he did his best to stay in the top 10 overall.https://www.velonews.com/news/voecklers-time-in-yellow-gives-france-plenty-to-celebrate/ Voeckler's time in yellow gives France plenty to celebrate Velo News Outside Magazine 20 July 2004 26 June 2022 In the end Armstrong was the strongest with only Basso with him as he crossed the finish as the TMO 2004 pair of Ullrich and Kloden crossed a few seconds later. Later that night Armstrong received death threats targeting him during the time trial the following day when 750,000 fans were expected on and around Alpe d'Huez and crowd control would be, for all intents and purposes, impossible. During the 1986 Tour de France Greg LeMond, the only other American Tour winner, had to deal with similar threats during his first Tour victory. LeMond suffered from extreme paranoiahttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-28-sp-18464-story.html LeMond Packs Up Tour de France : But French Hearts Still Belong to the Runner-up, Hinault Randy Harvey LA Times 28 July 1986 26 June 2022 because he also had to worry about his food being poisoned, his brakes being manipulated, his drug tests being altered, being attacked from within his own team and being pushed off his bike while riding through potentially hostile crowds; many of these warnings coming from the Tour Directeur himself confirming their validity. Armstrong did not have these additional food poisoning, bike manipulation, team rivalry or drug test concerns as severely, being as he had the complete support of US Postal and riders during this era had the protective base of the team bus. The ITT of stage 16 was held on Alpe d'Huez and would decide whether Basso would set up a final battle with Armstrong on stage 17 or if Armstrong would end the Tour right then and there. There were expected to be 750,000 fans in attendance and each rider would have to ride through the masses of humanity. The bottom half of the standings took to the course and the early times were set but as the top ranked riders started taking to the course the crowds became more unruly, aggressive, angry and excited as the day wore on and more people showed up and crowded their way alongside the road. Despite the conditions, including many riders being spat on and screamed at violently, Armstrong all but ended the Tour when he caught and then dropped Basso, even though Basso had started two minutes before him. Armstrong's time, at the time, was good enough for 2nd on the top 100 times at Alpe d'Huez. Jan Ullrich finished 2nd on the stage, his time good enough for 7th all time. The previous year Armstrong defeated Ullrich by +1:01 in the closest of Armstrong's victories. Armstrong defeated Ullrich by +1:01 in the time trial and finished +2:33 ahead of Basso, who in reality rode a decent time trial considering he finished 8th. Kloden finished 3rd +1:41 behind. Wearing the green jersey Robbie McEwen rode a slow race and there was briefly worry he might miss the time cut and be thrown out of the race. When he realized he made it inside the time cut, he did a wheelie across the finish line. Armstrong now led Basso by just under four minutes and led Kloden by just over five. Both Ullrich and Azevedo jumped over Mancebo as Totschnig remained in 7th. Stage 17 was the final high mountain stage and finished at Le Grand-Bornand. The Col du Glandon and Col de la Madeleine were the most difficult climbs to be dealt with. Virenque and Moreau went off in search of KOM points, although Virenque was the only rider with a chance of beating the GC riders for the polka dot jersey. Filippo Simeoni attacked as did Gilberto Simoni, Rasmussen, Merckx and several others but in the end it would be the GC elites to fight it out for the win. As the end of the stage neared it was clear that neither Basso, Kloden nor Ullrich had a chance at even making Armstrong nervous let alone threaten him. Floyd Landis did much of the work yet again for US Postal, as did Azevedo and Ruberia. Landis was the last domestique standing and this time he attacked off the front of the final elite group in an attempt to win the stage. Kloden, Basso and Ullrich would not allow it and saw to it he was chased down. Kloden then went for the stage win but Armstrong pounced and hunted him down and bested him at the line to take the stage win, again. In the young rider classification Vladimir Karpets had closed within a minute of Thomas Voeckler. In the overall situation Armstrong had over a +4:00 advantage on Basso, +5:00 on Kloden and +8:00 on Ullrich. In stage 18 the high mountains were gone and it was the type of stage that could produce a successful breakaway. Six riders went away but when Simeoni went clear Armstrong chased him down. With the Tour now won Armstrong decided to make an example of a rider who was suing him. Simeoni had testified of knowledge he personally had experienced in regards to doping, and Armstrong called him a liar. This was the incident when Armstrong made the "zip your lips" motion to the camera. Simeoni was aware of his situation and his word not counting for much against the fame of Armstrong in a public situation being broadcast on TV. José Vicente García asked Simeoni to back off because if Armstrong remained in the breakaway the peloton would certainly hunt them down. Simeoni fell back, as did Armstrong and the break ended up building a winning gap of over ten minutes. Two riders fought for the win in the sprint where Juan Miguel Mercado edged García at the line. Stage 19 was the final ITT, a typical flat route, although with the dominant lead Armstrong held there wasn't expected to be much excitement. Just the same Armstrong vowed not to back off and to go for the stage win. Viatcheslav Ekimov of Team USP 2004 set the early time to be beat. Ekimov finished the race in 80th, right next to teammate Pavel Padrnos. Padrnos and Stefano Zanini nearly had to leave the Tour because a doping hearing concerning the 2001 Giro d'Italia was taking place in Italy, and they may have had to give testimony. They were allowed to continue the race and finish if they were able to. Americans Bobby Julich and Floyd Landis set the next best times and Landis' would be good enough for 4th, which in conjunction with his performance in the mountains made him a potential contender in future Tours. The podium was made up by Kloden, Ullrich and Armstrong with very similar time gaps as the mountain time trial on Alpe d'Huez. Basso finished 5th and was jumped by Kloden in the standings. Vladimir Karpets was able to take the white jersey from Voeckler during the time trial, the polka dot jersey was secured by Virenque, but the green jersey was not yet won and would be fought over on stage 20 during the finale in Paris. The final stage was intended to be ceremonial, as the final stage typically is, where Team US Postal would celebrate the record breaking sixth Tour victory of Armstrong. 147 riders survived to the finish and only two teams, Team USP 2004 and Team RAB 2004 survived with every rider. From the time 'the race is on' was declared Simeoni attacked, having become angry over the incident with Armstrong over the previous two days. US Postal increased the pace at the front of the peloton to bring him back in, but before long Simeoni attacked again. Other teams, perhaps might have empathized with what Simeoni was trying to do, but there were five teams who were taking this stage very seriously and weren't going to allow any breakaway to work. Teams LOT 2004, GST 2004, COF 2004, TMO 2004 and C.A 2004 were either in contention of winning the green jersey or were intending to win the stage so they were going to make every effort to destroy any escape attempts. Once the race reached the Champs-Élysées a breakaway of ten riders went clear. There were several strong riders in this break, including Pereiro and Jalabert of Team PHO 2004 as well as Merckx Bettini, Voeckler and Scott Sunderland of ALB 2004 among a few others. If this breakaway stayed clear McEwen would win the green jersey. They stayed away for about 25 km, several laps around the circuit, but the peloton worked hard to contain this group, even to the point of Jan Ullrich coming to the front for T-Mobile to help chase them down because his teammate Erik Zabel had to win the stage and hope McEwen had a bad sprint in order for him to win yet another green jersey. On the final lap Fabian Cancellara took a shot, but wasn't able to get a gap and fell back into the bunch as the leadout trains formed for the upcoming sprint. Tom Boonen of Team QST 2004 who finished 6th in the points competition won the stage, announcing his arrival as one of the strongest sprinters in the coming years. He had ridden for US Postal, but changed teams because he felt he could win in his own right and did not want to be a support rider for Armstrong, as US Postal did not pursue stage wins or other jersey competitions. Jean-Patrick Nazon of Team ALM 2004 got 2nd place in the sprint and finished 7th in the points competition while Danilo Hondo took the final podium place. As a result of these results, in conjunction with McEwen finishing 4th, McEwen won the points competition. The best young rider was Vladimir Karpets, Richard Virenque won the king of the mountains and Lance Armstrong won the Tour. Aftermath Lance Armstrong: With this victory Lance Armstrong became the first rider to six Tour wins. This victory would be followed with his 7th Tour victory the following year. The 2005 Tour de France would also tie Armstrong for 2nd on the list of all time podium finishes with Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk. He would tie Raymond Poulidor for the most podiums all time when he finished 3rd in the 2009 Tour de France. Following the 'Lance Armstrong Doping Case' the record of five tour victories reverted to a tie between Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Induráin, and the record for podium finishes reverted to Poulidor. Jan Ullrich: was always the primary favorite thought to be able to challenge the Armstrong machine of US Postal. He was never able to defeat Armstrong and finished 2nd to him on multiple occasions. Armstrong himself said Ullrich was the only rider he feared. He would be caught up in a doping scandal, admit to doping, have results voided because of it and retired prior to the 2007 cycling season considered one of the strongest riders of his generation. He said he never once felt like he cheated other cyclists he was competing against. Like Marco Pantani, Ullrich would develop substance abuse problems. Fortunately they did not take his life and as of 2022 he has been in recovery for several years.https://www.velonews.com/news/road/how-a-clean-and-sober-jan-ullrich-pedaled-back-from-the-brink/ How a clean and sober Jan Ullrich pedaled back from the brink Andrew Hood Velo News by Outside Magazine 4 November 2021 26 June 2022 Filippo Simeoni: was not a stranger to controversy prior to the stage 18 incident with Armstrong. The September 11 attacks happened during the first week of the 2001 Vuelta a España. Two weeks later Simeoni won a stage, and prior to the finish line he got off his bike, hoisted it above his head like a trophy and walked across the line. It is against the rules to do this, and there was question as to whether or not this was a tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks in America. He rode for a few more years, winning the national championship of Italy in 2008. Like Levi Leipheimer he would face ridicule and bullying for being forced to testify by court order. Levi Leipheimer: rode for well over a decade and had top tier results in several grand tours putting him behind only LeMond and Armstrong among American riders in many respects. In 2010 he was forced, as a law abiding American citizen, to testify to a grand jury regarding what he knew of doping in cycling.http://www.doping.nl/media/kb/2095/Affidavit%20Levi%20Leipheimer%20(S).pdf Levi Leipheimer statement to USADA, signed as received by Notary Public Haven Parchinski, June 30, 2012 in Dallas, Texas USADA Investigation Doping.nl 30 June 2012 26 June 2020 He was received harshly in the cycling world, received threats from riders on opposing teams and even the team boss of his own team, Johan Bruyneel, saw to it that Team Radioshack did not re-sign him whether it was for personal reasons, or to protect Leipheimer from the impending backlash. He rode for Team Quickstep at the end of his career and retired with a six-month suspension in the aftermath of the USADA case against Lance Armstrong. Tyler Hamilton: He went on to win a gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics. On September 11, 2004, he became the first American to win a stage in all three grand tours. He did not finish the race, and then got caught in a doping control. He appealed initially, and even though they were fierce rivals, Lance Armstrong came to his defense offering to pay his legal fees. He went on to ride a few more years, but never again attempted to compete at the highest level. In 2005 and 2006 his only wins were riding in his native New England where he would win the Mount Washington mountain climb. In 2012 his book, written along with Daniel Coyle, won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Thomas Voeckler: Following this performance Voeckler had offers coming at him in all directions, including an offer to become the highest paid French rider. Voeckler turned down the offer to remain riding for his current coach, Jean-René Bernaudeau. The next time a French rider would wear the yellow jersey as long as Voeckler did in 2004, wasn't until 2011, and it was once again Voeckler, while still riding for Bernaudeau, wearing the maillot jaune for half the Tour.https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/2011/07/11/thomas-voeckler-takes-yellow-jersey-tour-de-france/15896999007/ Thomas Voeckler takes yellow jersey at Tour de France Jerome Pugmire Jacksonville Times 11 July 2011 26 June 2022 Doping Lance Armstrong doping case Operación Puerto doping case The 18th stage saw mistreatment of Filippo Simeoni by Lance Armstrong, after Simeoni had testified about doping and doctor Michele Ferrari.The USADA Report Against Lance Armstrong, by the Numbers https://web.archive.org/web/20121013183857/http://www.outsideonline.com/blog/the-usada-report-against-lance-armstrong-by-the-numbers.html 13 October 2012 , Thursday, 11 October 2012 By Adventure Lab, Outside Magazine, retr 2012 10 18 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.CYCLING; Armstrong Is Suing Accuser https://web.archive.org/web/20170701005148/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/16/sports/cycling-armstrong-is-suing-accuser.html 1 July 2017 , By RICHARD SANDOMIR; Samuel Abt in Paris contributor, 16 June 2004, New York Times, retr 2012 10 20Armstrong wants doping denial in book https://web.archive.org/web/20161027200636/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-06-19/armstrong-wants-doping-denial-in-book/1995852 27 October 2016 , ABC News (Australia) 19 June 2004, retr 2012 10 20Judge calls Armstrong's request 'abuse' of system, Associated Press, 2004 6 21, via espn.go.com, retr 2012 10 20 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.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/lance-armstrong-faces-lifetime-ban-from-usada-tour-de-france-titles-in-jeopardy/2012/08/24/053a2320-ed98-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html Lance Armstrong will be banned from cycling by USADA after saying he won't fight doping charges The Washington Post 24 August 2012 24 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121014160449/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/lance-armstrong-faces-lifetime-ban-from-usada-tour-de-france-titles-in-jeopardy/2012/08/24/053a2320-ed98-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html 14 October 2012 liveUSADA to ban Armstrong for life, strip Tour titles https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usada-to-ban-armstrong-for-life-strip-tour-titles/ CBS News 24 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120824162637/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57499550/usada-to-ban-armstrong-for-life-strip-tour-titles/ 24 August 2012 live 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. 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. After Hamilton's doping scare at the 2004 Tour he had several other incidents that were the result of improper medical procedures. At one point he was in Madrid getting blood drawn to be transfused in a future race. Upon leaving the "medical facility" he was out on the streets of Madrid wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses so he wouldn't be identified by any fans, when he noticed that his arm was covered in blood, dripping all the way down his arm. The needle wasn't withdrawn properly or bandaged properly and at that moment Hamilton came to the realization that he was bleeding all over himself on the side of the road from one arm, and in his other hand he was holding a primitive version of a "burner phone", a secret phone he used that had the numbers of all of his doping contacts. Hamilton was caught in a doping incident during the 2004 Vuelta. His "doctor" had accidentally mixed up the rider's blood and transfused the blood of another rider into Hamilton. This was discovered during a doping control and Hamilton was suspended for doping. Having the blood of another human could have caused him serious health trouble, although luckily for Hamilton it did not. Hamilton paid in excess of $100,000 of his own money for this medical 'treatment'. See Operación Puerto doping case. Classification leadership and minor prizes There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2004 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.Race regulations 2004 18 Time bonuses given at the end of each mass start stage.Race regulations 2004 20 If a crash had happened within the final 3 km 1 on of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.Race regulations 2004 12 The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour.Race regulations 2004 18 The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.Race regulations 2004 8 The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type.Race regulations 2004 18 The leader was identified by a green jersey.Race regulations 2004 8 The third classification was the mountains classification. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower.Race regulations 2004 19 The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.Race regulations 2004 8 The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1979.Race regulations 2004 19 The leader wore a white jersey.Race regulations 2004 8 The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.Race regulations 2004 19 In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass start stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the most effort and who has demonstrated the best sportsmanship".Race regulations 2004 19 The winner wore a blue number bib the following stage.Race regulations 2004 8 At the conclusion of the Tour, Richard Virenque (QST 2004 yes) was given the overall super-combativity award.Tour de France 2004 – Overall combativity standings http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=ICG Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20040803222735/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=ICG 3 August 2004 dead The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the highest climb in the Tour, the Col de la Madeleine on stage 17. This prize was won by Gilberto Simoni.Maloney Tim Jones Jeff "No Gifts": Armstrong sprints to third consecutive stage win http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/stage17 2 March 2019 Cyclingnews.com 22 July 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302161732/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results%2Fstage17 2 March 2019 live +Classification leadership by stageTour de France 2004 – Leaders overview https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2004/gc/stages/leaders-overview ProCyclingStats 16 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190216221842/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2004/gc/stages/leaders-overview 16 February 2019 livevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 2004 Information about the Tour de France from 2004 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302052716/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=2004 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=Yellow jersey Points classification25px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=Green jersey Mountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polkadot jersey Young rider classification25px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=White jersey Team classification Combativity award20px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a red number bib. P Fabian CancellaraFabian CancellaraFabian Cancellara no awardFabian CancellaraDSC 2004 no award 1 Jaan KirsipuuThor HushovdJens VoigtJens Voigt 2 Robbie McEwenThor HushovdPaolo BettiniJakob Piil 3 Jean-Patrick NazonRobbie McEwenRobbie McEwenJens Voigt 4 DSC 2004Lance ArmstrongarmstrongMatthias Kessler no award 5 Stuart O'GradyThomas VoecklerThomas VoecklerSAX 2004Sandy Casar 6 Tom BoonenStuart O'GradyJimmy Engoulvent 7 Filippo PozzatoThierry Marichal 8 Thor HushovdRobbie McEwenJakob Piil 9 Robbie McEwenIñigo Landaluze 10 Richard VirenqueRichard VirenqueRichard Virenque 11 David MoncoutiéDavid Moncoutié 12 Ivan BassoFrédéric Finot 13 Lance ArmstrongarmstrongMichael Rasmussen 14 Aitor González THR 2004Nicolas Jalabert 15 Lance ArmstrongarmstrongLance Armstrongarmstrong SAX 2004Michael Rasmussen 16 Lance ArmstrongarmstrongTHR 2004 no award 17 Lance ArmstrongarmstrongGilberto Simoni 18 Juan Miguel MercadoJosé García Acosta 19 Lance ArmstrongarmstrongVladimir Karpets no award 20 Tom BoonenFilippo Simeoni FinalLance ArmstrongarmstrongRobbie McEwenwhite Richard Virenque yesVladimir Karpets THR 2004white Richard Virenque yes 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 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=Green jersey Denotes the leader of the points classificationRace regulations 2004 8 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polka dot jersey Denotes the leader of the mountains classificationRace regulations 2004 8 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=White jersey Denotes the leader of the young rider classificationRace regulations 2004 8 20px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a red number bib. Denotes the winner of the super-combativity awardRace regulations 2004 8 General classification + Final general classification (1–10)Tour de France 2004 – Overall individual standing http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=ITG Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20050305190833/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=ITG 5 March 2005 dead Rank Rider Team Time DSQ Lance Armstrong USAarmstrong USP 2004 83h 36' 02" 2 Andreas Klöden GER TMO 2004 + 6' 19" 3 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2004 + 6' 40" 4 Jan Ullrich GER TMO 2004 + 8' 50" 5 José Azevedo POR USP 2004 + 14' 30" 6 Francisco Mancebo ESP GCE 2004 + 18' 01" 7 Georg Totschnig AUT GST 2004 + 18' 27" 8 Carlos Sastre ESP CSC 2004 + 19' 51" DSQ Levi Leipheimer USA RAB 2004 + 20' 12" 10 Óscar Pereiro ESP PHO 2004 + 22' 54" Final general classification (11–147) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Pietro Caucchioli ITA ALB 2004 + 24' 21" 12 Christophe Moreau FRA C.A 2004 + 24' 36" 13 Vladimir Karpets RUS 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=White jersey GCE 2004 + 25' 11" 14 Michael Rasmussen DEN RAB 2004 + 27' 16" 15 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polka dot jersey 20px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a red number bib. QST 2004 + 28' 11" 16 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2004 + 28' 53" 17 Gilberto Simoni ITA SAE 2004 + 29' 00" 18 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2004 + 31' 12" 19 José Luis Rubiera ESP USP 2004 + 32' 50" 20 Stéphane Goubert FRA ALM 2004 + 37' 11" 21 Axel Merckx BEL LOT 2004 + 39' 54" 22 Michael Rogers AUS QST 2004 + 41' 39" 23 Floyd Landis USA USP 2004 + 42' 55" 24 Óscar Sevilla ESP PHO 2004 + 45' 19" 25 Giuseppe Guerini ITA TMO 2004 + 47' 07" 26 Iker Camaño ESP EUS 2004 + 47' 14" 27 Jérôme Pineau FRA BBO 2004 + 47' 43" 28 José Enrique Gutiérrez ESP PHO 2004 + 50' 39" 29 Laurent Brochard FRA ALM 2004 + 51' 35" 30 Sylvain Chavanel FRA BBO 2004 + 54' 43" 31 Santos González ESP PHO 2004 + 1h 01' 01" 32 Michele Scarponi ITA Domina Vacanze + 1h 03' 01" DSQ George Hincapie USA USP 2004 + 1h 04' 09" 34 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2004 + 1h 04' 37" 35 Jens Voigt GER CSC 2004 + 1h 07' 07" 36 Alexander Bocharov RUS C.A 2004 + 1h 10' 54" 37 Juan Miguel Mercado ESP QST 2004 + 1h 11' 31" 38 Evgueni Petrov RUS SAE 2004 + 1h 12' 24" 39 Patrice Halgand FRA C.A 2004 + 1h 12' 24" 40 Bobby Julich USA CSC 2004 + 1h 12' 42" 41 Egoi Martínez ESP EUS 2004 + 1h 15' 10" 42 Marius Sabaliauskas LIT SAE 2004 + 1h 15' 15" 43 Rik Verbrugghe BEL LOT 2004 + 1h 16' 42" 44 Igor González ESP ONC 2004 + 1h 16' 45" 45 Aitor González ESP FAS 2004 + 1h 17' 23" 46 Manuel Beltrán ESP USP 2004 + 1h 26' 28" 47 Jean-Cyril Robin FRA FDJ 2004 + 1h 32' 06" 48 Daniele Nardello ITA TMO 2004 + 1h 35' 26" 49 Santiago Pérez ESP PHO 2004 + 1h 35' 54" 50 Aitor Osa ESP GCE 2004 + 1h 38' 38" 51 José Iván Gutiérrez ESP GCE 2004 + 1h 39' 16" 52 Iñigo Landaluze ESP EUS 2004 + 1h 39' 52" 53 Ronny Scholz GER GST 2004 + 1h 42' 44" 54 Marcos Antonio Serrano ESP ONC 2004 + 1h 42' 53" 55 Jörg Ludewig GER SAE 2004 + 1h 44' 57" DSQ Christian Vande Velde USA ONC 2004 + 1h 48' 11" 57 Serguei Ivanov RUS TMO 2004 + 1h 49' 51" 58 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2004 + 1h 50' 10" 59 Erik Zabel GER TMO 2004 + 1h 50' 21" 60 Iker Flores ESP EUS 2004 + 1h 50' 49" 61 Stuart O'Grady AUS COF 2004 + 1h 51' 41" 62 Mikel Astarloza ESP ALM 2004 + 1h 55' 04" 63 Kim Kirchen LUX FAS 2004 + 1h 55' 52" 64 Andrea Peron ITA CSC 2004 + 1h 56' 29" 65 Grischa Niermann GER RAB 2004 + 1h 57' 25" 66 Benjamín Noval ESP USP 2004 + 1h 57' 41" 67 Laurent Dufaux SUI QST 2004 + 1h 58' 22" 68 Marzio Bruseghin ITA FAS 2004 + 1h 59' 21" 69 Rolf Aldag GER TMO 2004 + 2h 02' 55" 70 Claus Michael Møller DEN ALB 2004 + 2h 04' 01" 71 Sylvain Calzati FRA JDT 2004 + 2h 09' 34" 72 Nicolas Portal FRA ALM 2004 + 2h 09' 45" 73 Isidro Nozal ESP ONC 2004 + 2h 10' 33" 74 Michael Boogerd NED RAB 2004 + 2h 10' 39" 75 Santiago Botero COL TMO 2004 + 2h 12' 32" 76 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA C.A 2004 + 2h 13' 14" 77 David Etxebarria ESP EUS 2004 + 2h 14' 42" 78 Sebastian Lang GER GST 2004 + 2h 15' 31" 79 Pavel Padrnos CZE USP 2004 + 2h 16' 19" 80 Viatcheslav Ekimov RUS USP 2004 + 2h 16' 44" 81 Bert Grabsch GER PHO 2004 + 2h 17' 14" 82 Nicolas Jalabert FRA PHO 2004 + 2h 18' 42" 83 Benoit Salmon FRA C.A 2004 + 2h 24' 49" 84 Christophe Mengin FRA FDJ 2004 + 2h 25' 08" 85 Carlos De La Cruz FRA FDJ 2004 + 2h 25' 43" 86 José Vicente Garcia ESP GCE 2004 + 2h 26' 14" 87 Dimitiri Fofonov KAZ COF 2004 + 2h 26' 22" 88 Nicki Sørensen DEN CSC 2004 + 2h 27' 39" 89 Mark Scanlon IRE ALM 2004 + 2h 27' 49" 90 Marc Lotz NED RAB 2004 + 2h 29' 48" 91 Unai Etxebarria VEN 1930 EUS 2004 + 2h 30' 37" 92 Christophe Rinero FRA JDT 2004 + 2h 31' 34" 93 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP FAS 2004 + 2h 33' 38" 94 Dariusz Baranowski POL ONC 2004 + 2h 33' 54" 95 Yuriy Krivtsov UKR ALM 2004 + 2h 34' 16" 96 Scott Sunderland AUS ALB 2004 + 2h 35' 20" 97 Xabier Zandio ESP GCE 2004 + 2h 35' 48" 98 Allan Davis AUS ONC 2004 + 2h 36' 16" 99 Andrea Noè ITA ALB 2004 + 2h 36' 36" 100 Koos Moerenhout NED LOT 2004 + 2h 36' 48" 101 Thierry Marichal BEL LOT 2004 + 2h 37' 58" 102 Walter Bénéteau FRA BBO 2004 + 2h 38' 36" 103 Anthony Charteau FRA BBO 2004 + 2h 41' 31" 104 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2004 + 2h 42' 45" 105 David Loosli SUI SAE 2004 + 2h 44' 24" 106 Danilo Hondo GER GST 2004 + 2h 46' 54" 107 Peter Farazijn BEL COF 2004 + 2h 46' 56" 108 Martin Elmiger SUI PHO 2004 + 2h 47' 22" 109 Fabian Cancellara SUI FAS 2004 + 2h 48' 42" 110 Matteo Tosatto ITA FAS 2004 + 2h 49' 06" 111 Bram de Groot NED RAB 2004 + 2h 49' 33" 112 Marc Wauters BEL RAB 2004 + 2h 50' 16" 113 Peter Wrolich AUT GST 2004 + 2h 51' 06" 114 Franck Rénier BEL BBO 2004 + 2h 53' 16" 115 Karsten Kroon NED RAB 2004 + 2h 53' 22" 116 Filippo Pozzato ITA FAS 2004 + 2h 54' 55" 117 Jan Hruška CZE ONC 2004 + 2h 56' 01" 118 Filippo Simeoni ITA Domina Vacanze + 2h 56' 30" 119 Ludovic Martin FRA JDT 2004 + 2h 59' 00" 120 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2004 + 2h 59' 07" 121 Massimiliano Mori ITA Domina Vacanze + 2h 59' 12" 122 Robbie McEwen AUS 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=Green jersey LOT 2004 + 2h 59' 18" 123 Kurt Asle Arvesen NOR CSC 2004 + 3h 00' 35" 124 Salvatore Commesso ITA SAE 2004 + 3h 01' 21" 125 Uwe Peschel GER GST 2004 + 3h 01' 36" 126 Stefano Zanini ITA QST 2004 + 3h 01' 39" 127 Julian Dean NZL C.A 2004 + 3h 02' 09" 128 Gilles Bouvard FRA JDT 2004 + 3h 03' 28" 129 Frédérick Guesdon FRA FDJ 2004 + 3h 03' 40" 130 Pierre Bourquenoud SUI JDT 2004 + 3h 04' 47" 131 Bernhard Eisel AUT FDJ 2004 + 3h 05' 44" 132 Marcus Ljungqvist SWE ALB 2004 + 3h 07' 51" 133 Erik Dekker NED RAB 2004 + 3h 07' 54" 134 Christophe Laurent FRA JDT 2004 + 3h 09' 38" 135 Fabio Baldato ITA ALB 2004 + 3h 10' 46" 136 Guillaume Auger FRA JDT 2004 + 3h 11' 10" 137 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA ALM 2004 + 3h 13' 10" 138 Jimmy Engoulvent FRA COF 2004 + 3h 13' 55" 139 Baden Cooke AUS FDJ 2004 + 3h 15' 45" 140 Wim Vansevenant BEL LOT 2004 + 3h 22' 15" 141 Christophe Edaleine FRA COF 2004 + 3h 22' 39" 142 Servais Knaven NED QST 2004 + 3h 23' 07" 143 Francesco Secchiari ITA Domina Vacanze + 3h 25' 37" 144 Matthew Wilson AUS FDJ 2004 + 3h 36' 31" 145 Frédéric Finot FRA JDT 2004 + 3h 39' 21" 146 Sébastien Joly FRA C.A 2004 + 3h 43' 18" 147 Jimmy Casper FRA COF 2004 + 3h 55' 49" Points classification + Final points classification (1–10)Tour de France 2004 – Overall points standing http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=IPG Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20040804010224/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=IPG 4 August 2004 dead Rank Rider Team Points 1 Robbie McEwen AUS 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=Green jerseySIL 2004272 2 Thor Hushovd NORC.A 2004 247 3 Erik Zabel GERTHR 2004 245 4 Stuart O'Grady AUSCOF 2004 234 5 Danilo Hondo GERGST 2004 227 6 Tom Boonen BELQST 2004 163 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRAALM 2004 146 DSQLance Armstrong USAarmstrongDSC 2004 143 9 Laurent Brochard FRAALM 2004 139 10 Andreas Klöden GERTHR 2004 131 Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10)Tour de France 2004 – Overall climber standing http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=IMG Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20040804004900/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=IMG 4 August 2004 dead Rank Rider Team Points 1 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polka dot jersey 20px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a red number bib.QST 2004226 DSQLance Armstrong USAarmstrongDSC 2004 172 3 Michael Rasmussen DENRAB 2004 119 4 Ivan Basso ITASAX 2004 119 5 Jan Ullrich GERTHR 2004 115 6 Christophe Moreau FRAC.A 2004 115 7 Andreas Klöden GERTHR 2004 112 8 Francisco Mancebo ESPGCE 2004 77 9 Jens Voigt GERSAX 2004 71 10 Axel Merckx BELSIL 2004 65 Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10)Tour de France 2004 – Overall youth standing http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=IJG Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20040803223609/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=IJG 3 August 2004 dead Rank Rider Team Time 1 Vladimir Karpets RUS 20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=White jersey GCE 200484h 01' 13' 2 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2004 + 3' 42" 3 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2004 + 6' 01" 4 Michael Rogers AUS QST 2004 + 16' 28" 5 Iker Camaño ESP EUS 2004 + 22' 03" 6 Jérôme Pineau FRA BBO 2004 + 22' 32" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA BBO 2004 + 29' 32" 8 Michele Scarponi ITA Domina Vacanze + 37' 50" 9 Mikel Astarloza ESP ALM 2004 + 1h 29' 53" 10 Benjamín Noval ESP DSC 2004 + 1h 32' 30" Team classification + Final team classification (1–10)Tour de France 2004 – Overall team standing http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=ETG Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20040803221346/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/classements.oft?service=RaceServer&RaceType=TDF&RaceYear=2004&StageNumber=2000&Language=ANG&StandingType=ETG 3 August 2004 dead Rank Team Time 1 TMO 2004 248h 58' 43" 2 USP 2004 + 2' 42" 3 CSC 2004 + 10' 33" 4 GCE 2004 + 52' 26" 5 QST 2004 + 57' 33" 6 PHO 2004 + 57' 42" 7 RAB 2004 + 1h 26' 24" 8 C.A 2004 + 1h 30' 35" 9 BBO 2004 + 1h 32' 12" 10 EUS 2004 + 1h 47' 46" See also List of doping cases in cycling Notes References 30em Bibliography Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live Race regulations http://www.letour.fr/2004/docs/reglement_us.pdf Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20040804001045/http://www.letour.fr/2004/docs/reglement_us.pdf 4 August 2004 dead 27 October 2016 2004 Race regulations 2004 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 224–225 9780007543991 872700415 Roll Bob Bob Roll The Tour de France Companion: A Nuts, Bolts & Spokes Guide to the Greatest Race in the World https://archive.org/details/tourdefrancecomp00roll_0 registration 2004 Workman Publishing Company New York City 978-0-7611-3520-3 Wilcockson John John Wilcockson 23 Days in July: Inside Lance Armstrong's Record-breaking Victory in the Tour de France https://archive.org/details/23daysinjulyinsi0000wilc registration 2004 Da Capo Press Boston 978-0-306-82212-4 External links https://web.archive.org/web/20040806042002/http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/index.html 6 August 2004 Official website 2004 Tour de France at Cyclingnews.com 2004 Tour de France P 9 10 20 Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France