The 2004 Danmark Rundt was held from 4–8 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) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Stuart O'Grady in 3h19'35" 2 Michel van Haecke MrBookmaker.com–Palmans s.t. 3 André Korff s.t. 4 Fabrizio Guidi s.t. 5 Roy Sentjens s.t. Full result
Stage 2: Varde – Århus (185 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Fabrizio Guidi in 5h03'45" 2 Tom Steels s.t. 3 Stefan van Dijk s.t. 4 Giosuè Bonomi s.t. 5 Stuart O'Grady s.t. Full result
Stage 3: Århus – Vejle (115 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Janek Tombak in 2h44'35" 2 Kurt Asle Arvesen s.t. 3 Jens Voigt s.t. 4 Stuart O'Grady at 19" 5 Lars Bak Bankgiroloterij s.t. Full result
Stage 4: Fredericia, (11.7 km, ITT) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Jens Voigt in 14'06" 2 Kurt Asle Arvesen at 5" 3 Víctor Hugo Peña at 6" 4 Brian Vandborg Team Post Danmark at 15" 5 Michael Blaudzun at 19" Full result
Stage 5: Odense – Roskilde (195 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Tomas Vaitkus in 5h01'14" 2 Stuart O'Grady s.t. 3 André Korff s.t. 4 Fabrizio Guidi s.t. 5 Jeremy Hunt MrBookmaker.com–Palmans s.t. Full result
Stage 6: Taastrup – Frederiksberg (195 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Jimmy Casper in 4h34'50" 2 Tomas Vaitkus s.t. 3 Stuart O'Grady s.t. 4 Giosuè Bonomi s.t. 5 Jeremy Hunt MrBookmaker.com–Palmans s.t. Full result
Final classifications
Overall classement (yellow jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Kurt Asle Arvesen in 20h58'01" 2 Jens Voigt at 2" 3 Stuart O'Grady at 49" 4 Brian Vandborg Team Post Danmark at 59" 5 Max van Heeswijk US Postal at 1'07" 6 Michael Barry US Postal at 1'08" 7 Joost Posthuma at 1'14" 8 Ellis Rastelli Alessio–Bianchi at 1'35" 9 Lars Bak Bankgiroloterij at 1'37" 10 Víctor Hugo Peña US Postal at 1'45" Full result Kurt Asle Arvesen's average speed for the race was 40.621 km/h.
Point classement (purple jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Points 1 Stuart O'Grady 55 points 2 Fabrizio Guidi 41 points 3 Kurt Asle Arvesen 37 points 4 Tomas Vaitkus 34 points 5 Giosuè Bonomi 31 points Full result
Hill classement (red-dotted jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Points 1 Jacob Moe Rasmussen Team PH 40 points 2 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens 36 points 3 Jens Voigt 32 points 4 Glenn Bak Team Post Danmark 22 points 5 Jimmy Engoulvent 20 points Full result
Youth classement (white jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Brian Vandborg Team Post Danmark 20h59'00" 2 Joost Posthuma at 15" 3 Lars Bak Bankgiroloterij at 38" 4 Julien Laidoun at 59" 5 Tomas Vaitkus at 1'14" Full result (without times)
Team classement # Team Nat. Time 1 62h55'42" 2 at 4'48" 3 at 7'32" 4 at 7'40" 5 Team Wiesenhof at 7'59" Full result
Fighter classement # Rider Team Nat. Points 1 Jacob Nielsen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens 10 points 2 Lars Høg Thomsen Team Post Danmark 10 points 3 Kasper Klostergaard Team Post Danmark 10 points 4 Jens Voigt 10 points 5 Angelo Furlan Alessio–Bianchi 10 points Full result The order was decided by the same jury that gives the points throughout the race.
References cyclingnews