1904 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3
# 1904 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3

The 1904 Tour de France was the 2nd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 2 July and Stage 3 occurred on 13 July with a flat stage to Toulouse. The race finished at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 23 July.

## Stage 1

2 July 1904 — Paris (Montgeron) to Lyon, 467 km (290.2 mi)

Lucien Pothier and César Garin were disqualified after the Tour and Pierre Chevalier was eliminated after the stage.

| Rank | Rider | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Maurice Garin (FRA) | 17h 07' 06" |
| 2 | Lucien Pothier (FRA) | + 24" |
| 3 | Pierre Chevalier (FRA) | + 19' 54" |
| 4 | Michel Frédérick (SUI) | + 37' 54" |
| 5 | Giovanni Gerbi (ITA) | + 43' 29" |
| 6 | César Garin (ITA) | + 1h 04' 54" |
| 7 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | s.t. |
| 8 | Émile Lombard (BEL) | + 1h 05' 24" |
| 9 | Henri Gauban (FRA) | + 1h 06' 09" |
| 10 | Antoine Fauré (FRA) | + 2h 02' 54" |

## Stage 2

9 July 1904 — Lyon to Marseille, 374 km (232.4 mi)

| Rank | Rider | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA) | 15h 09' 00" |
| 2 | César Garin (ITA) | s.t. |
| 3 | Lucien Pothier (FRA) | + 1" |
| 4 | Maurice Garin (FRA) | s.t. |
| 5 | Alfred Faure (FRA) | + 2" |
| 6 | Émile Lombard (BEL) | s.t. |
| 7 | Henri Cornet (FRA) | + 3" |
| 8 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA) | s.t. |
| 9 | Stéphane Chaput (FRA) | + 4" |
| 10 | Aloïs Catteau (BEL) | + 40' 00" |
| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Émile Lombard (BEL) | 33h 21' 02" |
| 2 | Alfred Faure (FRA) | + 57' 30" |
| 3 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | + 1h 21' 28" |
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## Stage 3

13 July 1904 — Marseille to Toulouse, 424 km (263 mi)

| Rank | Rider | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA) | 15h 43' 55" |
| 2 | Henri Cornet (FRA) | s.t. |
| 3 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | + 8' 11" |
| 4 | Lucien Pothier (FRA) | + 8' 12" |
| 5 | Maurice Garin (FRA) | + 8' 13" |
| 6 | Camille Fily (FRA) | + 25' 08" |
| 7 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA) | + 42' 07" |
| 8 | Aloïs Catteau (BEL) | + 43' 05" |
| 9 | César Garin (ITA) | + 51' 41" |
| 10 | Philippe Jousselin (FRA) | + 1h 30' 37" |
| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Henri Cornet (FRA) | 50h 29' 58" |
| 2 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | + 5' 08" |
| 3 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA) | + 1h 28' 59" |
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