The route
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th, the 2004 Tour de France will be made up of one prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,390 kilometres.
These 20 stages have the following profiles:
* 11 flat stages,
* 6 mountain stages,
* 2 individual time-trial stages,
* 1 team time-trial stage.
Distinctive aspects of the race
* 3 mountain finishes,
* 2 rest days,
* 75 kilometres of individual time-trials,
* 65 kilometres of team time-trials,
* 1 transfer by plane and 1 transfer by train (TGV),
* 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed,
* 7 new stop-over towns: Waterloo, Cambrai, Chartres, Lamballe, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Guéret, Annemasse.
