2004 UCI Road World Cup explained

2004 UCI Road World Cup
Edition:	16
Competition:	UCI Road World Cup
Dates:	March 20 – October 16
Location:	Europe
Rounds:	10
Previous:	2003
Next:	2005 (UCI ProTour)

The 2004 UCI Road World Cup was the sixteenth and last edition of the UCI Road World Cup. There was no change in the calendar from the 2003 edition, meaning the final seven editions had the same calendar.

Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner took a commanding lead in the standings following an excellent Ardennes campaign, winning both the Amstel Gold Race and the Monument Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Paolo Bettini's consistency through the season, however, saw the rider from Quick-Step–Davitamon overhaul Rebellin to claim his third consecutive World Cup crown and the outright record for competition victories. Bettini's excellent form in August had much input into the final standings: three second places in the three races gave Bettini 210 points compared to the 112 points Rebellin accumulated in this time placing Bettini just 6 points behind in second place. On the August weekend without a World Cup race, Bettini won the gold medal in the Olympic Games road race.

In the team competition, T-Mobile Team edged out Rabobank by a single point after Rabobank had led going into the final round.

The season opener at Milan–San Remo is particularly well remembered. In a sprint finish on the Via Roma, Erik Zabel thought he had done enough to secure victory and raised his arms in celebration. As he did, Óscar Freire was able to overtake him at the line and claim an improbable victory.

Bettini won the World Cup without winning a single race, only the second time this happened in World Cup history, after the 1991 edition.

Races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team	World Cup Leader	Leader's team	Report
March 20	Milan–San Remo						Report
April 4	Tour of Flanders						Report
April 11	Paris–Roubaix			Alessio–Bianchi			Report
April 18	Amstel Gold Race						Report
April 25	Liège–Bastogne–Liège						Report
August 1	HEW Cyclassics						Report
August 7	Clásica de San Sebastián						Report
August 22	Züri-Metzgete						Report
October 10	Paris–Tours						Report
October 16	Giro di Lombardia						Report

Single races details

Denotes the Classification Leader

In the race results the leader jersey identify the rider who wore the jersey in the race (the leader at the start of the race).

In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.

20 March 2004 — Milan–San Remo 294km (183miles)^[1] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Milan–San Remo^[2] Rider Team Points 1 100 2 70 3 50 4 40 5 36 6 32 7 28 8 24 9 20 10 16

4 April 2004 — Tour of Flanders 257km (160miles)^[3] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 28" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 1' 09" 8 + 1' 16" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Tour of Flanders^[4] Rider Team Points 1 103 2 100 3 70 4 70 5 51 6 50 7 50 8 44 9 40 10 40

11 April 2004 — Paris–Roubaix 258.5km (160.6miles)^[5] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 MrBookmaker-Palmans s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 17" 6 + 17" 7 + 29" 8 + 29" 9 + 29" 10 + 29"

General classification after Paris–Roubaix^[6] Rider Team Points 1 110 2 103 3 100 4 84 5 70 6 70 7 68 8 58 9 53 10 51

18 April 2004 — Amstel Gold Race 251.1km (156miles)^[7] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1" 3 + 18" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 26" 7 + 41" 8 + 52" 9 + 53" 10 + 55"

General classification after Amstel Gold Race^[8] Rider Team Points 1 116 2 115 3 100 4 100 5 94 6 94 7 84 8 80 9 79 10 76

25 April 2004 — Liège–Bastogne–Liège 258.5km (160.6miles)^[9] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 4" 4 + 8" 5 + 12" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Liège–Bastogne–Liège^[10] Rider Team Points 1 200 2 146 3 131 4 127 5 115 6 100 7 98 8 95 9 84 10 80

1 August 2004 — HEW Cyclassics 250.3km (155.5miles)^[11] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after HEW Cyclassics^[12] Rider Team Points 1 232 2 168 3 167 4 150 5 146 6 131 7 130 8 108 9 100 10 95

7 August 2004 — Clásica de San Sebastián 227km (141miles)^[13] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 6" 7 s.t. 8 + 1' 19" 9 + 1' 35" 10 + 1' 39"

General classification after Clásica de San Sebastián^[14] Rider Team Points 1 282 2 238 3 182 4 150 5 146 6 137 7 131 8 120 9 108 10 100

22 August 2004 — Züri-Metzgete 241km (150miles)^[15] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 ^[16] s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Züri-Metzgete^[17] Rider Team Points 1 314 2 308 3 202 5 146 4 140 6 137 7 131 8 108 9 100 10 96

10 October 2004 — Paris–Tours 252.5km (156.9miles)^[18] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Paris–Tours^[19] Rider Team Points 1 340 2 327 3 252 4 237 5 140 6 131 7 108 8 105 9 96 10 84

16 October 2005 — Giro di Lombardia 246km (153miles)^[20] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 2" 6 + 17" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Giro di Lombardia Rider Team Points 1 340 2 327 3 252 4 251 5 140 6 131 7 105 8 96 9 72 10 68

Final standings

Individual

Source:^[21]

Points are awarded to the top 25 classified riders. Riders must start at least 6 races to be classified.

The points are awarded for every race using the following system:

Rider Team MSR ToF ROU AGR LBL HEW CSS ZUR TOU LOM Pts. 1 24 20 DNS 50 4 70 70 70 32 0 340 2 0 DNS DNS 100 100 32 50 32 13 0 327 3 100 3 DNS 12 12 40 15 20 50 0 252 4 15 36 DNS 28 36 15 7 0 100 14 251 5 DNS 14 13 0 0 0 13 100 0 0 140 6 0 100 10 6 15 DNS DNS 0 0 0 131 7 16 10 32 36 1 0 DNS DNS 10 DNS 105 8 32 0 DNS DNS DNS 50 14 0 0 0 96 9 14 0 DNS 20 2 14 8 9 5 0 72 10 0 40 28 0 DNS 0 DNS DNS 0 0 68 11 0 0 11 0 0 DNS 0 0 0 36 47 12 DNS 0 40 0 DNS 0 0 DNS 0 DNS 40 13 0 9 7 24 DNS 0 0 DNS DNS DNS 40 14 8 DNS DNS 0 5 0 16 10 0 0 39 15 12 DNS DNS 0 0 13 DNS 0 14 DNS 39 16 5 32 0 DNS DNS 0 DNS DNS 0 0 37 17 DNS DNS DNS 4 28 DNS 0 0 0 0 32 18 0 13 DNS 1 8 8 0 DNS DNS DNS 30 19 7 0 DNS 0 0 0 12 DNS 11 DNS 30 20 0 28 0 0 DNS 0 DNS DNS 0 DNS 28 Race winners not eligible for general classification Rider Team MSR ToF ROU AGR LBL HEW CSS ZUR TOU LOM Pts. - 50 0 DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS DNS 36 DNS 186 - 20 DNS DNS DNS 0 DNS 100 DNS DNS DNS 120 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 5 DNS DNS 100 105 - 0 0 100 DNS DNS 0 DNS DNS DNS DNS 100

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Top ten position Blue Other points position Purple Out of points, retired Red Did not start (DNS)

Teams

Source:^[22]

Points are awarded to the top 10 teams. Teams must start at least 8 races to be classified. The first 18 teams in world ranking must start in all races.The points are awarded for every race using the following system:

	Team	MSR	ToF	ROU	AGR	LBL	HEW	CSS	ZUR	TOU	LOM	Pts.
1		8	12	7	8	12	4	0	1	5	12	69
2		5	8	0	12	9	8	2	3	12	9	68
3		4	0	0	0	7	6	12	12	6	0	47
4		9	6	3	0	0	9	0	9	4	7	47
5		0	9	12	5	0	0	5	5	9	0	45

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Milan–San Remo results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022656/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2637 . 2004-11-04 .
2. Web site: March 20, 2004 . Standing after Milan–San Remo . September 18, 2023.
3. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Tour of Flanders results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022739/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2696 . 2004-11-04 .
4. Web site: April 4, 2023 . Standing after Tour of Flanders . September 18, 2023.
5. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Paris–Roubaix results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022722/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2716 . 2004-11-04 .
6. Web site: April 11, 2004 . Standing after Paris–Roubaix . September 18, 2023.
7. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Amstel Gold Race results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022759/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2731 . 2004-11-04 .
8. Web site: April 18, 2004 . Standing after Amstel Gold Race . September 18, 2023.
9. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Liège–Bastogne–Liège results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022811/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2752 . 2004-11-04 .
10. Web site: April 25, 2004 . Standing after Liège–Bastogne–Liège . September 18, 2023.
11. Web site: 2004-12-12 . HEW Cyclassics results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041212044432/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2926 . 2004-12-12 .
12. Web site: August 1, 2004 . Standing after HEW Cyclassics . September 18, 2023.
13. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Clásica de San Sebastián results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022839/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2932 . 2004-11-04 .
14. Web site: August 7, 2004 . Standing after Clásica de San Sebastián . September 18, 2023.
15. Web site: 2004-10-26 . Züri-Metzgete results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041026170355/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=2958 . 2004-10-26 .
16. Web site: 10 October 2012 . Six former Armstrong USPS teammates receive bans from USADA . CyclingNews.com.
17. Web site: August 22, 2004 . Standing after Züri-Metzgete . September 18, 2023.
18. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Paris–Tours results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022853/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=3085 . 2004-11-04 .
19. Web site: October 10, 2004 . Standing after Paris–Tours . September 18, 2023.
20. Web site: 2004-11-04 . Giro di Lombardia results . 2023-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104022906/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=3&idnews=3092 . 2004-11-04 .
21. Web site: 2004-10-28 . 2004 UCI Road Elite Men World Cup - General Individual Standings. 2023-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041028001324/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=4&idnews=3093 . 2004-10-28 .
22. Web site: 2004-10-28 . 2004 UCI Road Elite Men World Cup - General Teams Standings . 2023-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041028001333/http://www.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=AA&level1=1&level2=4&idnews=3094 . 2004-10-28 .