The 2004 Tour of Slovenia () was the 11th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as UCI‑2.5 stage race held between 4 and 9 May 2004.
The race consisted of 7 stages with 922 km (572.9 mi) in total.
The original race was 995 km (618.3 mi) long, but the 6th stage from Villach (AUT)–Vršič finish ha to be shortened due to bad weather at Vršič Pass for 72 km (45 mi), with new finish at Ljubelj.
The 1st time race crossed the national borders, at 5 stages; Italy (2x), Austria (2x) and Croatia (1x).
Teams Total 115 riders (79 finished it) from 20 teams started the race.
Professional
Sava Kranj
Team Hervis Apossort Team Macandina-Kewa Rad
Team Nippo Japan Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit Cyber Team Faresin Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon Axa Cycling Team Team Moser-AH.nl
Amateur Radenska Rog TBP Lenart Krka Novo mesto Štajerska Kamen Pazin
National Austria Slovakia Germany
Route and stages +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseLengthTypeWinner14 May Izola – Trst/Trieste (Italy) Hilly stage Aleksandr Kuschynski 24 May Trst/Trieste (Italy) – Nova Gorica Plain stage Borut Božič35 May Ljubljana – Zagreb (Croatia) Plain stage Borut Božič46 May Ormož – Ptuj Plain stage Jonas Ljungblad57 May Lenart – Beljak/Villach (Austria) Plain stage Mitja Mahorič68 May Beljak/Villach (Austria) – LjubeljBeljak/Villach (Austria) –Vršič Mountain stage Tomaž Nose79 May Grosuplje – Novo mesto Plain stage Peter Möhlmann Total
Classification leadership + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner Generalclassification Pointsclassification Mountainsclassification Young riderclassification Intermediate sprintsclassification Teamclassification 1 Aleksandr KuschynskiAleksandr Kuschynski Aleksandr KuschynskiMatic StrgarAndrej OmulecJonas Ljungblad Amore & Vita Beretta 2 Borut Božič Jure Zrimšek 3 Borut Božič Andrej OmulecBorut BožičRadenska Rog 4 Jonas Ljungblad Borut Božič Jure Zrimšek Perutnina Ptuj 5 Mitja Mahorič Aleksandr Kuschynski Jonas Ljungblad Leon MakarovičMitja Mahorič 6 Tomaž Nose Mitja MahoričMatic StrgarMatic StrgarJonas LjungbladKrka Novo mesto 7 Peter Möhlmann FinalMitja Mahorič Matic StrgarJonas Ljungblad Krka
Final classification standings Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the int. sprints classification Denotes the leader of the team classification
General classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Mitja Mahorič Perutnina Ptuj 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski Amore & Vita Beretta 3 Matic Strgar Radenska Rog 4 Miha Švab Krka Novo mesto 5 Jani Brajkovič Krka Novo mesto 6 Matija Kvasina Perutnina Ptuj 7 Leon Makarovič Radenska Rog 8 Drąsutis Stundžia Cyber Team Faresin 9 Kjell Carlström Amore & Vita Beretta 10 Jonas Ljungblad Amore & Vita Beretta
Points classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Matic Strgar Radenska Rog 642 Petr Herman Team Hervis Apossort 463 Mitja Mahorič Perutnina Ptuj 454 Christian Heule Team Macandina(Kewa Rad) 455 Aleksandr Kuschynski Amore & Vita Beretta 44
Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Matic Strgar Radenska Rog 182 Mitja Mahorič Perutnina Ptuj 163 Tomaž Nose Krka Novo mesto 114 Jani Brajkovič Krka Novo mesto 95 Sascha Urweider Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon9
Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime1 Matic Strgar Radenska Rog 21h 48' 44"2 Miha Švab Krka Novo mesto 3 Jani Brajkovič Krka Novo mesto 4 Leon Makarovič Radenska Rog 5 Markus Eibegger Avstrija
Intermediate sprints classification RankRiderTeamPoints1 Jonas Ljungblad Amore & Vita Beretta 122 Mitja Mahorič Perutnina Ptuj 83 Sascha Urweider Saeco-Romer's-Wetzikon 74 Andrej Omulec Radenska Rog 65 Valter Bonča Perutnina Ptuj 4
Team classification RankTeamTime1 Krka Novo mesto 65h 25' 36"2 Perutnina Ptuj+ 1′ 21″3 Amore & Vita Beretta+ 3′ 17″4 Team Macandina-Kewa Rad + 6′ 14″5 Slovaška + 9′ 07″...... ...6 Radenska Rog + 14′ 02″7 Sava Kranj + 30′ 14″14 TBP Lenart + 1h 40′ 26″
References
External links
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