International Peace Tour 2004

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The 57th International Peace Tour (Course de la paix) was a cycling race that was held from May 8th to 16th, 2004.

The 57th edition of the International Peace Tour consisted of 9 individual stages and led over a total length of 1580 km from Brussels via Hanover to Wrocław . It was the last peace trip so far that had stages in all three classic peace travel countries of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany (in 1991 there were no stages in Germany).

The Italian Michele Scarponi from the Domina Vacance team won the tour ahead of the Pole Sławomir Kohut and the Swiss Roger Beuchat . The team winner was the German T-Mobile team . The best climber was Seweryn Kohut from Poland from the Hoop CCC-Polsat team . A total of 133 drivers were at the start, with up to 8 drivers per team being allowed. The Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave team started with only 7 drivers and the Alessio-Bianchi team with only 6 drivers.

Participating teams

Teams
T-Mobile Team ( Germany )GermanyGermany  Saeco ( Italy )ItalyItaly 
Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie ( Italy )ItalyItaly  Mr. Bookmaker.com-Palmans ( Belgium )BelgiumBelgium 
Alessio-Bianchi ( Italy )ItalyItaly  Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave ( Italy )ItalyItaly 
Knauf-Mikomax ( Poland )PolandPoland  Ed 'System ZVVZ ( Czech Republic )Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
PSK Whirlpool ( Czech Republic )Czech RepublicCzech Republic  Domina Vacance ( Italy )ItalyItaly 
Team Wiesenhof ( Germany )GermanyGermany  Acqua & Sapone / Caffe Mokambo ( Italy )ItalyItaly 
Miche ( Italy )ItalyItaly  Action-ATI ( Poland )PolandPoland 
Hoop CCC-Polsat ( Poland )PolandPoland  Legia Bazyliszek-Sopro ( Poland )PolandPoland 
ELK House Radteam Sportunion ( Austria )AustriaAustria 

Results

Result
First Michele Scarponi ø 40.3 km / h Femdom Vacance ( )ItalyItaly
Second Sławomir Kohut Hoop CCC-Polsat ( )Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Third Roger Beuchat Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie ( )ItalyItaly
stage Start finish Stage winner Stage
length		 Travel time
01st stage Around Brussels Lars Wackernagel ( Team W. )GermanyGermany 143 km 3:07:02
02nd stage Around Hanover Denis Bertolini ( A & S / CM )ItalyItaly 133 km 3:03:16
03rd stage Hemmingen - Halberstadt Sebastian Siedler (Team W. )GermanyGermany 144 km 3:11:26
04th stage Lutherstadt Eisleben - Beierfeld Michele Scarponi ( Domina V. )ItalyItaly 207 km 5:15:35
05th stage Görlitz - Wrocław Martin Hvastija ( Alessio-Bianchi )ItalyItaly 193 km 4:08:50
06th stage Szczawno Zdrój - Jelenia Góra Sławomir Kohut ( Hoop CCC P. )PolandPoland 188 km 5:06:12
07th stage Szklarska Poręba - Teplice Erik Zabel ( Team T-Mobile )GermanyGermany 203 km 5:26:42
08th stage Bílina - Karlovy Vary David Loosli ( Saeco )ItalyItaly 185 km 4:46:31
09th stage Karlovy Vary - Prague Erik Zabel (Team T-Mobile )GermanyGermany 184 km 5:08:47

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