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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = 2004 Danmark Rundt
| image              = 
| image_size         = 
| image_caption      = 
| date               = 4&ndash;8 August 2004
| series             = 
| stages             = 6
| distance           = 851.7
| unit               = km
| time               = 19h 49' 14"
| speed              = 42.9856 
| first              = [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]]
| first_nat          = NOR
| first_team         = {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}}
| first_color        = yellow
| second             = [[Jens Voigt]]
| second_nat         = GER
| second_team        = {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}}
| third              = [[Stuart O'Grady]]
| third_nat          = AUS
| third_team         = {{UCI team code|COF|2004}}
| points             = [[Stuart O'Grady]] 
| points_nat         = AUS
| points_team        = {{UCI team code|COF|2004}}
| points_color       = violet
| mountains          = [[Jacob Moe Rasmussen]]
| mountains_nat      = DEN
| mountains_team     = [[Team PH]]
| mountains_color    = polkadot
| sprints        = 
| sprints_nat    = 
| sprints_team   = 
| sprints_color  = 
| youth          = [[Brian Vandborg]]
| youth_nat      = DEN
| youth_team     = Team Post Danmark
| youth_color       = white
| team = {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}}
| team_nat = DEN
| previous           = [[2003 Danmark Rundt|2003]]
| next               = [[2005 Danmark Rundt|2005]]
}}
The '''2004 [[Danmark Rundt]]''' was held from 4&ndash;8 August 2004. It was the 14th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985.

==Stages==

===Stage 1: [[Aabenraa]] – [[Esbjerg]] (150 km)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| in 3h19'35"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Michel van Haecke]] || [[MrBookmaker.com–Palmans]] || {{flagu|Belgium}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[André Korff]] || {{UCI team code|TMO|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Fabrizio Guidi]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Roy Sentjens]] || {{UCI team code|RAB|2004}} || {{flagu|Netherlands}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/res1etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Stage 2: [[Varde]] – [[Århus]] (185 km)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Fabrizio Guidi]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| in 5h03'45"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Tom Steels]] || {{UCI team code|LAN|2004}} || {{flagu|Belgium}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Stefan van Dijk]] || {{UCI team code|LOT|2004}} || {{flagu|Netherlands}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Giosuè Bonomi]] || {{UCI team code|SAE|2004}} || {{flagu|Belgium}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/res2etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Stage 3: [[Århus]] – [[Vejle]] (115 km)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Janek Tombak]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{EST}} ||align=right| in 2h44'35"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{NOR}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Jens Voigt]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| at 19"
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Lars Bak]] || [[Bankgiroloterij]] || {{DEN}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/res3etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Stage 4: [[Fredericia]], (11.7 km, [[Individual time trial|ITT]])===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Jens Voigt]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| in 14'06"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{NOR}} ||align=right| at 5"
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Víctor Hugo Peña]] || {{UCI team code|USP|2004}} || {{COL}} ||align=right| at 6"
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Brian Vandborg]] || Team Post Danmark || {{DEN}} ||align=right| at 15"
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Michael Blaudzun]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{DEN}} ||align=right| at 19"
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/res4etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Stage 5: [[Odense]] – [[Roskilde]] (195 km)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Tomas Vaitkus]] || {{UCI team code|LAN|2004}} || {{LTU}} ||align=right| in 5h01'14"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[André Korff]] || {{UCI team code|TMO|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Fabrizio Guidi]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)|Jeremy Hunt]] || [[MrBookmaker.com–Palmans]] || {{flagu|England}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/res5etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Stage 6: [[Taastrup]] – [[Frederiksberg]] (195 km)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Jimmy Casper]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|France}} ||align=right| in 4h34'50"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Tomas Vaitkus]] || {{UCI team code|LAN|2004}} || {{LTU}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Giosuè Bonomi]] || {{UCI team code|SAE|2004}} || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)|Jeremy Hunt]] || [[MrBookmaker.com–Palmans]] || {{flagu|England}} ||align=right| s.t.
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/res6etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

==Final classifications==

===Overall classement (yellow jersey)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right bgcolor=gold| 1 || [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{NOR}} ||align=right| in 20h58'01"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Jens Voigt]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| at 2"
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| at 49"
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Brian Vandborg]] || Team Post Danmark || {{DEN}} ||align=right| at 59"
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Max van Heeswijk]] || [[U.S. Postal Service cycling team|US Postal]] || {{flagu|Netherlands}} ||align=right| at 1'07"
|-
|align=right| 6 || [[Michael Barry (cyclist)|Michael Barry]] || [[U.S. Postal Service cycling team|US Postal]] || {{flagu|Canada}} ||align=right| at 1'08"
|-
|align=right| 7 || [[Joost Posthuma]] || {{UCI team code|RAB|2004}} || {{flagu|Netherlands}} ||align=right| at 1'14"
|-
|align=right| 8 || [[Ellis Rastelli]] || [[Alessio–Bianchi]] || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| at 1'35"
|-
|align=right| 9 || [[Lars Bak]] || [[Bankgiroloterij]] || {{DEN}} ||align=right| at 1'37"
|-
|align=right| 10 || [[Víctor Hugo Peña]] || [[U.S. Postal Service cycling team|US Postal]] || {{COL}} ||align=right| at 1'45"
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/gulefter6etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}
Kurt Asle Arvesen's average speed for the race was 40.621&nbsp;km/h.

===Point classement (purple jersey)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Points
|-
|align=right bgcolor=purple style="color:white"| 1 || [[Stuart O'Grady]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|Australia}} ||align=right| 55 points
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Fabrizio Guidi]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| 41 points
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{NOR}} ||align=right| 37 points
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Tomas Vaitkus]] || {{UCI team code|A2R|2004}} || {{LTU}} ||align=right| 34 points
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Giosuè Bonomi]] || {{UCI team code|SAE|2004}} || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| 31 points
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/pointefter6etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Hill classement (red-dotted jersey)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Points
|-
|align=right bgcolor=red style="color:white"| 1 || [[Jacob Moe Rasmussen]] || [[Team PH]] || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 40 points
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Jacob Nielsen (cyclist)|Jacob Nielsen]] || [[Glud & Marstrand–Horsens]] || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 36 points
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Jens Voigt]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| 32 points
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Glenn Bak]] || Team Post Danmark || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 22 points
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Jimmy Engoulvent]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} || {{flagu|France}} ||align=right| 20 points
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/bakkeefter6etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Youth classement (white jersey)===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right bgcolor=gray style="color:white"| 1 || [[Brian Vandborg]] || Team Post Danmark || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 20h59'00"
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Joost Posthuma]] || {{UCI team code|RAB|2004}} || {{flagu|Netherlands}} ||align=right| at 15"
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Lars Bak]] || [[Bankgiroloterij]] || {{DEN}} ||align=right| at 38"
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Julien Laidoun]] || {{UCI team code|A2R|2004}} || {{flagu|France}} ||align=right| at 59"
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Tomas Vaitkus]] || {{UCI team code|LAN|2004}} || {{LTU}} ||align=right| at 1'14"
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/ungdomefter6etape.htm Full result (without times)]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Team classement===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Time
|-
|align=right| 1 || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 62h55'42"
|-
|align=right| 2 || {{UCI team code|USP|2004}} || {{flagu|Netherlands}} ||align=right| at 4'48"
|-
|align=right| 3 || {{UCI team code|A2R|2004}} || {{flagu|France}} ||align=right| at 7'32"
|-
|align=right| 4 || {{UCI team code|LAN|2004}} || {{flagu|Belgium}} ||align=right| at 7'40"
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Team Wiesenhof]] || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| at 7'59"
|-
|align=right colspan=4| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/holdefter6etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

===Fighter classement===
{|class=wikitable
!align=right| # !! Rider !! Team !! Nat. !!align=right| Points
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Jacob Nielsen (cyclist)|Jacob Nielsen]] || [[Glud & Marstrand–Horsens]] || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 10 points
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Lars Høg Thomsen]] || Team Post Danmark || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 10 points
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Kasper Klostergaard]] || Team Post Danmark || {{DEN}} ||align=right| 10 points
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Jens Voigt]] || {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}} || {{flagu|Germany}} ||align=right| 10 points
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Angelo Furlan]] || [[Alessio–Bianchi]] || {{flagu|Italy}} ||align=right| 10 points
|-
|align=right colspan=5| [http://www.postdanmarkrundt.dk/arkiv/2004/resultat_etaper/fighterefter6etape.htm Full result]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}
The order was decided by the same jury that gives the points throughout the race.

==References==
*[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2004/aug04/postdanmark04/default cyclingnews]

{{Danmark Rundt}}

[[Category:Danmark Rundt]]
[[Category:2004 in road cycling|Danmark Rundt]]
[[Category:2004 in Danish sport|Danmark Rundt, 2004]]
[[Category:August 2004 sports events in Europe]]