![]() Route of the 1904 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Montgeron and ending in Paris | ||||||||||
Race details | ||||||||||
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Dates | 2–24 July 1904 | |||||||||
Stages | 6 | |||||||||
Distance | 2,428 km (1,509 mi) | |||||||||
Winning time | 96h 05' 55" | |||||||||
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The 1904 Tour de France was the second Tour de France, held from 2 to 24 July. With a route similar to its previous edition, 1903 Tour de France winner Maurice Garin seemed to have repeated his win by a small margin over Lucien Pothier, while Hippolyte Aucouturier won four of the six stages. But the race became a victim of its own success, plagued by scandals; cyclists were accused of having taken trains during the race.[1] Twelve cyclists, including the first four of the final classification and all stage winners, were disqualified by the Union Vélocipédique Française (UVF). Henri Cornet, originally the fifth-place finisher, was awarded the victory four months after the race.[2] The problems caused the Tour de France to be provisionally cancelled, and subsequently the 1905 Tour de France was run with different rules from the 1903 and 1904 editions.