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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004

The stages    Route summary    Mountain stages

The Tour in depth

Welcome to Cyclingnews Tour Facts Central. Once the race is underway you'll find links here to each stage's live coverage, results and post-race analysis. For pre-race stage facts, you will be able to follow the links from the stages for the full course profile and description for each stage once those details are made available.

For an overview of the race route, click here.

Below the main table there's a brief summary of this year's major obstacles followed by details of the six crucial mountain stages.

The Stages

Stage

Date

Location

Distance

Start/Finish
time*

Live

Results

Prologue

July 3

Liege ITT

6.1 km

16:00/19:15

Live

Results

Stage 1

July 4

Liège-Charleroi

202.5 km

12:20/17:18

Live

Results

Stage 2

July 5

Charleroi-Namur

197 km

12:45/17:22

Live

Results

Stage 3

July 6

Waterloo - Wasquehal

210 km

12:15/17:18

Live

Results

Stage 4

July 7

Cambrai - Arras TTT

64.5 km

14:15/17:12

Live

Results

Stage 5

July 8

Amiens - Chartres

200.5 km

12:30/17:18

Live

Results

Stage 6

July 9

Bonneval - Angers

196 km

12:45/17:17

Live

Results

Stage 7

July 10

Chateaubriant - Saint Brieuc

204.5 km

12:25/17:27

Live

Results

Stage 8

July 11

Lamballe - Quimper

168 km

13:05/17:09

Live

Results

Rest Day

July 12

Transfer to Limoges

 

 

 

Wrap-up

Stage 9

July 13

St Leonard de Noblat - Guéret

160.5 km

13:30/17:23

Live

Results

Stage 10

July 14

Limoges - St Flour

237 km

10:30/17:12

Live

Results

Stage 11

July 15

St Flour - Figeac

164 km

12:35/16:46

Live

Results

Stage 12

July 16

Castelsarrasin - La Mongie

197.5 km

12:00/17:17

Live

Results

Stage 13

July 17

Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille

205.5 km

10:50/17:03

Live

Results

Stage 14

July 18

Carcassonne - Nimes

192.5 km

12:30/17:19

Live

Results

Rest Day

July 19

Nimes

 

 

 

Wrap up

Stage 15

July 20

Valreas - Villard-de-Lans

180.5 km

12:00/17:05

Live

Results

Stage 16

July 21

Bourg d'Oisans - Alpe d'Huez ITT

15.5 km

14:00/17:37

Live

Results

Stage 17

July 22

Bourg d'Oisans - Le Grand Bornand

204.5 km

11:00/17:06

Live

Results

Stage 18

July 23

Annemasse - Lons le Saunier

166.5 km

13:00/17:21

Live

Results

Stage 19

July 24

Besancon - Besancon ITT

55 km

11:26/17:46

Live

Results

Stage 20

July 25

Montereau - Paris-Champs-Elysees

163 km

13:20/17:29

Live

Results

Total

3391.1 km

     

*All times are in Europe CET. Please see our Live Coverage table for start/stop times for Australia, Europe and the USA. This stage stop time are approximates - actual stage finish will vary depending on race conditions.

Route Summary

  • 3391.1 km total distance in 20 stages and one prologue
  • 11 flat stages
  • 6 mountain stages
  • 2 individual time-trial stages (75 km total)
  • 1 team time-trial stage (65 km)
  • 3 mountain top finishes
  • 21 Category 1, Category 2 and Hors Categorie (HC) passes
  • 2 rest days (1 transfer by plane and 1 transfer by train)
  • 7 new stop over towns: Waterloo, Cambrai, Chartres, Lamballe, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Guéret, Annemasse
  • Prize money: €3 million total, €400,000 for the winner

The Climbs

10th stage (finish in Saint-Flour)

Km 67: Col de Lestards, 7 km at 4.7%
Km 162: Col de Néronne, 8.3 km at 3.5%
Km 173.5: Col du Pas de Peyrol, 5.5 km at 8%
Km 205.5: Plomb du Cantal, 8.2 km at 6%

12th stage (La Mongie)

Km 173: Col d'Aspin, 12.5 km at 6.3%
Km 199: La Mongie, 15 km at 6.8%

13th stage (Plateau de Beille)

Km 49.5: Col des Ares, 9 km at 3.8%
Km 71: Col de Portet d'Asp, 10 km at 5.4%
Km 107.5: Col de la Core, 14.5 km at 5.8%
Km 139: Col de Latrape, 18 km at 3.3%
Km 153.5: Col d'Agnes, 9.5 km at 8.4%
Km 217: Plateau de Beille, 18.5 km at 6.4%

15th stage (Villard-de-Lans)

Km 15: Côte d'Aleryrac, 3.4 km at 4.7%
Km 38: Côte du Puy-Saint-Martin, 3.9 km at 3%
Km 91.5: Col des Limouches, 10.7 km at 6.4%
Km 121: Col de l'Echarasson, 12 km at 7.4%
Km 137: Col de Carri, 6.2 km at 2.6%
Km 164: Côte de Chalimont, 10.3 km at 5.8%
Km 179: Villard-de-Lans (Côte 2000) Montée de 2.3 km at 6.6%

16th stage (L'Alpe d'Huez)

Km 15: L'Alpe d'Huez, 13.8 km at 7.9%

17th stage (Le Grand Bornand)

Km 36: Col du Glandon, 27 km at 4.5%
Km 86: Col de la Madeleine, 19.5 at a 8%
Km 143.5: Col de Tamié, 9 km at 6%
Km 166.5: Col de la Forclaz, 8.5 km at 8%
Km 200.5: Col de la Croix-Fry, 12.5 km at 6.8%

18th stage (Lons-le-Saunier)

Km 34.5: Côte de: Collonges, 2.5 km at 4.2%
Km 75.5: Col de la Faucille, 11.5 km at 6.3%
Km 87.5: Côte de Lajoux, 3.7 km at 5.4%
Km 119: Côte de Saint-Lupicin, 6.2 km at 3.9%
Km 127: Côte des Crozets, 6.3 km at 3.7%
Km 153: Côte de Nogna, 2.2 km at 4.3%