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2004 Tour De France The 91st Tour de France (July 3 - July 25, 2004). Lance Armstrong made history, by being the first person to win six Tours de France. Going in, Armstrong was the favorite to win his sixth consective Tour de France, with his major competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and Iban Mayo, and fellow Americans Levi Leipheimer and Tyler Hamilton. The route of the 2004 Tour was a remarkable one. With the two individual time trials both scheduled in the last week, one of them being the epic climb of L'Alpe d'Huez, the directors were hoping for a very close race until the very end of the Tour. For the first time in years, the mountains of the Massif Central made an appearance. Stages - Prologue, Lige, Belgium 6.1 km (individual time trial)
- Stage 1, Lige - Charleroi 202.5 km
- Stage 2, Charleroi - Namur 210 km
- Stage 3, Waterloo - Wasquehal 195 km
- Stage 4, Cambrai - Arras 65 km (team time trial)
- Stage 5, Amiens - Chartres 195 km
- Stage 6, Bonneval - Angers 190 km
- Stage 7, Chteaubriant - Saint-Brieuc 208 km
- Stage 8, Lamballe - Quimper 172 km
- Stage 9, Saint-Lonard-de-Noblat - Guret 160 km
- Stage 10, Limoges (Massif Central) - Saint-Flour 237 km
- Stage 11, Saint-Flour - Figeac 164 km
- Stage 12, Castelsarrasin - La Mongie 199 km (Pyrenees)
- Stage 13, Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille 217 km (Col de Agnes)
- Stage 14, Carcassonne - Nmes 200 km
- Stage 15, Valras - Villard-de-Lans 179 km (French Alps)
- Stage 16, Bourg d'Oisans - L'Alpe d'Huez 15 km (individual time trial)
- Stage 17, Bourg d'Oisans - Le Grand Bornand 212 km
- Stage 18, Annemasse - Lons-le-Saunier 166 km
- Stage 19, Besanon - Besanon 60 km (individual time trial)
- Stage 20, Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Paris Champs-lyses 165 km
Total distance: 3429 km Teams Final results For complete results, see the Overall Standingson the official web site. General classification: 1. Lance Armstrong (USA) 83:36:02 2. Andreas Klden (Germany) + 06:19 3. Ivan Basso (Italy) + 06:40 4. Jan Ullrich (Germany) + 08:50 5. Jos Azevedo (Portugal) + 14:30 6. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) + 18:01 7. Georg Totschnig (Austria) + 18:27 8. Carlos Sastre (Spain) + 19:51 9. Levi Leipheimer (USA) + 20:12 10. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spain) + 22:54 Individual stage winners: Prologue: Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) Stage 1: Jann Kirsipuu (Estonia) Stage 2: Robbie McEwen (Australia) Stage 3: Jean-Patrick Nazon (France) Stage 4: US Postal - Berry Floor Stage 5: Stuart O'Grady (Australia) Stage 6: Tom Boonen (Belgium) Stage 7: Fillippo Pozzato (Italy) Stage 8: Thor Hushovd (Norway) Stage 9: Robbie McEwen (Australia) Stage 10: Richard Virenque (France) Stage 11: David Moncouti (France) Stage 12: Ivan Basso (Italy) Stage 13: Lance Armstrong (USA) Stage 14: Aitor Gonzlez (Spain) Stage 15: Lance Armstrong (USA) Stage 16: Lance Armstrong (USA) Stage 17: Lance Armstrong (USA) Stage 18: Juan Miguel Mercado (Spain) Stage 19: Lance Armstrong (USA) Stage 20: Tom Boonen (Belgium) External links 2004 Tour de France Tour de France
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