Vuelta al Táchira 2004

Vuelta al Táchira 2004
Racing series	UCI World Ranking  -  Category 2.5
Host country	Venezuela
Competition period	10-23 January 2004
Stages	14th
overall length	1831.2 km
Starting field	118 drivers from 4 nations in 15 teams (68 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. José Rujano 45:06:35 h 2. Fredy González + 4:27 min 3. Carlos Maya + 5:12 min
Team evaluation	Lotería Del Táchira 135: 33: 13 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	José Rujano
Mountain scoring	José Rujano
Junior ranking U-23	José Rujano
Scoring	Fredy González
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The 39th Vuelta al Táchira took place from January 10 to 23, 2004 in Venezuela . The bike race was held in fourteen stages over a distance of 1,831 kilometers. It was classified in the UCI category 2.5.

The overall winner of the stage race was local José Rujano from Selle Italia-Colombia ahead of his Colombian team mate Fredy González , who also secured victory in the points classification. The podium was completed by Carlos Maya ( Lotería Del Táchira ). In addition to the overall winner's yellow jersey, Rujano also won the mountain classification and the junior classification of the U-23 drivers.

Attendees

At the start were teams from Colombia , Guatemala , Cuba and Venezuela , including two national teams. A total of fifteen teams took part. The teams Triple Gordo and Gobernación Del Zulia Alc De Cabimas each sent two delegations to the start.

Broncomiel Guatemala Farara Tours Lotería del Táchira	Alcaldia de Valera Triple Gordo A Gobernación Del Zulia Alc De Cabimas A	Gobernación Del Zulia Alc De Cabimas B Triple Gordo B Táchira cinema
Colombia national team Pedaca Trujillo Selle Italia-Colombia	Bono del Ciclismo Alcaldía los Guayos  Cuba national team

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Overall leader
1.	10. January	Maracaibo circuit	163.5		Marlon Perez	Marlon Perez
2.	11th January	Maracaibo - Mene Grande	139.5		Miguel Ubeto
3.	January 12th	Cabimas - Valera	178.1		Marlon Perez
4th	13th January	En Dividive - Santa Cruz de Mora	198.1		Honorio Machado	Honorio Machado
5.	January 14th	El Vigía - Mérida	121.1		José Rujano	José Rujano
6th	15. January	La Tovar - La Grita	137.3		Manuel Medina
7th	January 16	Seboruco - Michelena	139.9		Raul Gomez
8th.	January 17th	Táriba - Cerro del Cristo Rey	129.4		Fredy González
9.	January 18th	San Cristóbal circuit	115.2		José Chacón
10.	January 19th	San Cristóbal - Pregonero	143.3		César Salazar
11.	January 20th	Fundación - San Rafael del Piñal	163.7		César Salazar
12.	21th January	Palmira - Rubio	112.4		Fredy González
13.	22nd of January	San Cristóbal - Chorro del Indio	22nd		José Rujano
14th	January 23	Peribeca - San Cristóbal	104.9		Marlon Perez

Web links

• Official website of the Vuelta al Táchira
• Results and reports on the race on ciclismo.8m.net
• Vuelta al Táchira 2004 in the database of Radsportseiten.net