Tour de France 2004/20. stage
| Final result - 20th stage | |
| Stage winner | Tom Boonen 4:08:26 h |
| Second | Jean-Patrick Nazon +0: 00 min |
| Third | Danilo Hondo +0: 00 min |
| Yellow jersey | Lance Armstrong 83:36:02 h |
| Second | Andreas Klöden +6: 19 min |
| Third | Ivan Basso +6: 40 min |
| Fourth | Jan Ullrich +8: 50 min |
| fifth | José Azevedo +14: 30 min |
| Green jersey | Robbie McEwen 272 P. |
| Second | Thor Hushovd 247 P. |
| Third | Erik Zabel 245 P. |
| Dotted jersey | Richard virusesque 226 P. |
| Second | Lance Armstrong 172 P. |
| Third | Ivan Basso 119 P. |
| White jersey | Vladimir Karpez 84:01:13 h |
| Second | Sandy Casar +3: 42 min |
| Third | Thomas Voeckler +6: 01 min |
The twentieth stage of the Tour de France 2004 led over 163 kilometers from Montereau to Paris on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées . As always, the final stage of the Tour de France was a Tour d'honneur . The stage included a mountain in the 4th category and two sprint ratings at kilometers 87 and 116. In Paris, eight laps were driven over the Champs-Élysées.
Shortly after the start there was an attack by the Italian Simeoni, who did not adhere to the unofficial law that there would be no attack on the first half of the final stage. In addition to the attack by Simeoni, the French national heroes Richardirusenque and Thomas Voeckler drove ahead .
Ten riders attacked on the Champs-Élysées: Sunderland, Merckx, Voeckler, Bettini, Flecha, Jalabert, Pereiro, Gutiérre, Astarloza and Kroon. These drivers were able to achieve a maximum lead of 40 seconds. When the field reached the group, Paolo Bettini attacked from the leading group; the other riders in the group were able to follow him and thus move away from the large field. Karsten Kroon from the Dutch Rabobank Cycling Team pulled away from the top group, but fell back immediately afterwards. After a few kilometers, however, the group was captured. Just before the last lap, Juan Antonio Flecha from the Spanish Fassa Bortolo team attacked , but he was also taken off the field again.
In the mass sprint, Belgian Tom Boonen won ahead of Jean-Patrick Nazon and Danilo Hondo . Erik Zabel finished fifth.
Intermediate sprints
Intermediate sprint 1 in Livry-Gargan (86.5 km)
| First | Robbie McEwen , 6 p. And 6 s |
| Second | Thor Hushovd, 4 p. And 4 s |
| Third | Erik Zabel, 2 p. And 2 s |
Intermediate sprint 2 in Hauts des Champs-Élysées (115.5 km)
| First | Thor Hushovd , 6 p. And 6 s |
| Second | Robbie McEwen, 4 p. And 4 s |
| Third | Pierrick Fédrigo, 2 p. And 2 p |
Mountain price
| Côte de Montfermeil, category 4 | |
| First | Christophe Moreau , 3 points |
| Second | José Azevedo, 2 points |
| Third | George Hincapie, 1 point |