1904 Tour de France

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Final general standings

1. Henri Cornet France	96h05'55"
2. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq France	+ 2h16'14"
3. Aloïs Catteau Belgium	+ 9h01'25"
4. Jean Dargassies France	+ 13h04'30"
5. Julien Maitron France	+ 19h06'15"
6. Auguste Daumain France	+ 22h44'36"
7. Louis Coolset Belgium	+ 23h44'20"
8. Achille Colas France	+ 25h09'50"
9. René Saget France	+ 25h55'16"
10. Gustave Drioul Belgium	+ 30h54'49"
88 competitors, 15 finishers

The Tour de France 1904 was the second edition of the Tour de France, and was held from July 2 to July 24, 1904. The route of the race was exactly the same as in 1903, and Maurice Garin repeated his winning performance of the previous year by a small margin over Lucien Pothier, with Hippolyte Aucouturier winning four of the six stages.

However, the race itself was a victim of its own success, and was plagued by a series of scandals. During the race, some of the cyclists were excluded because of illegal use of cars or trains. The French cycling union (UVF) formed an investigative committee which heard testimony of dozens of competitors and witnesses, and in December 1904, they disqualified all of the stage winners and the first four finishers (Maurice Garin, Lucien Pothier, César Garin, and Hippolyte Aucouturier) because of illegal agreements, and fifth placed Henri Cornet, aged 20, therefore became the youngest winner of the Tour to date.

[edit] Stages

Stage	Date	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Race leader
1	2 July	Montgeron - Lyon	467	Michel Frédérick	17h 45' 00"	Michel Frédérick
2	9 July	Lyon - Marseille	374	André Faure	15h 09' 02"	Emile Lombard
3	13 July	Marseille - Toulouse	424	Henri Cornet	15h 43' 55"	Henri Cornet
4	17 July	Toulouse - Bordeaux	268	François Beaugendre	8h 40' 06"	François Beaugendre
5	20 July	Bordeaux - Nantes	425	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq	16h 49' 54"	Henri Cornet
6	23 July	Nantes - Paris	471	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq	19h 28' 10"	Henri Cornet