2004 Tour Down Under Explained

2004 Tour Down Under
Date:	20—25 January 2004
Stages:	6
Time:	16h 32' 19"
First:	Patrick Jonker
First Team:	Team UniSA
First Nat:	AUS
First Color:	orange
Second:	Robbie McEwen
Second Nat:	AUS
Third:	Baden Cooke
Third Nat:	AUS
Points:	Robbie McEwen
Points Nat:	AUS
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Paolo Tiralongo
Mountains Nat:	ITA
Mountains Color:	blue
Youth:	Philippe Gilbert
Youth Nat:	BEL
Youth Color:	white
Team:	Team UniSA
Previous:	2003
Next:	2005

The 2004 Tour Down Under, known as Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth edition of the Tour Down Under stage race.^[1] It took place from 20 January to 25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia and was the first major stage race of the season. The race was won by Patrick Jonker, who rode for Team UniSA.^[2]

Stages

Stage 1

20 January 2004 – Adelaide - Adelaide, 50km (30miles)

Stage and General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8		UnitedWater	s.t.
9			s.t.
10		- national team	s.t.

Stage 2

21 January 2004 – Norwood to Kapunda, 157km (98miles)

Stage 2 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 - national team 2 BankGiroLoterij + 1" 3 Team UniSA s.t. 4 + 1' 41" 5 s.t. 6 Domina Vacanze s.t. 7 - national team s.t. 8 Domina Vacanze s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Team UniSA s.t. Stage 3 22 January 2004 – Goolwa - Victor Harbor, 150km (90miles) Stage 3 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Domina Vacanze s.t. 8 Team UniSA s.t. 9 Domina Vacanze s.t. 10 s.t. Stage 4 23 January 2004 – Unley - Hahndorf, 141km (88miles) Stage 4 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 - national team s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 BankGiroLoterij s.t. 10 Domina Vacanze s.t. Stage 5 24 January 2004 – Willunga - Willunga, 147km (91miles) Stage 5 result Cyclist Team Time 1 - national team 2 + 4" 3 s.t. 4 - national team s.t. 5 Domina Vacanze s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Team UniSA s.t. 8 Domina Vacanze s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t. Stage 6 25 January 2004 – Adelaide - Adelaide, 90km (60miles) Stage 6 result Cyclist Team Time^[3] 1 1h 43' 19" 2 s.t. 3 - national team s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 BankGiroLoterij s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Domina Vacanze s.t. 10 s.t.

Final standings

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1		Team UniSA	16h 32' 19"
2			+ 1' 13"
3			+ 1' 21"
4			+ 1' 28"
5		Domina Vacanze	+ 1' 28"
6		Domina Vacanze	+ 1' 29"
7			+ 1' 30"
8			+ 1' 31"
9		Team UniSA	+ 1' 47"
10		Team UniSA	+ 2' 56"

Points Classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			36
2			30
3		- national team	18
4			16
5		Team UniSA	16
6			14
7			10
8			10
9		BankGiroLoterij	10
10			8

King of the Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			32
2		Domina Vacanze	28
3		- national team	24
4		- national team	16
5		BankGiroLoterij	16
6		Domina Vacanze	16
7		Team UniSA	14
8		Team UniSA	12
9			12
10			12

Young Riders' classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			16h 33′ 47"
2			+ 36′ 41"
3			+ 1h 03′ 16"
4		United Water	+ 1h 03′ 55"
5		United Water	+ 1h 10′ 21"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astarloza returns to Adelaide. cyclingnews.com. 27 February 2015.
2. Web site: 2004 » 6th Tour Down Under (2.3) General Classification. ProCyclingStats.com. 27 February 2015.
3. Web site: Ekström. Gabriella. Cooke gets his revenge; Jonker goes out on top. cyclingnews.com. 27 February 2015.