List of teams and cyclists in the 2004 Tour de France explained
The 2004 Tour de France was the 91st edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Liège on 3 July and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 25 July.
The first 14 teams in the UCI ranking at 31 January 2004 were automatically invited. These were:[1] Wildcards were sent to a further seven teams.
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, and the race started with 21 teams of nine cyclists.[2]
Teams
Qualified teams
Invited teams
Cyclists
By starting number
No.Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour |
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
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DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
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DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start | |
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By team
"DNF" indicates that a rider did not finish the 2004 Tour de France."DNS" indicates that a rider did not start.
- indicates highest placed rider of the team in the final overall classification.
By nationality
Notes and References
- Web site: Invitations for the Tour de France 2004 . Letour.fr . 2004-01-31 . 2012-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021074619/http://www.letour.fr/2004/presentationus/actualites.html . 21 October 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Press release from the organisers of the Tour de France . Letour.fr . 2004-01-31 . 2012-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021074619/http://www.letour.fr/2004/presentationus/actualites.html . 21 October 2012 . dead .
- Web site: "91ème Tour de France 2004. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124103018/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf2004.php. 24 January 2012.
- Web site: Todos los dorsales del Tour 2004. El Mundo Deportivo. es. All our backs of the Tour 2004. 39. 3 July 2004. 22 August 2016.