Tour of Flanders (World Cup)
Sunday, April 4, 2004

Podium history of the Tour of Flanders

Tour of Flanders - Rond Van Vlaanderen (World Cup), Sunday, April 4, 257 kilometers.

It was all together at the bottom of the second-to-last climb, the Muur, with 17 kilometers to go. Over the top, Steffen Wesemann, Lief Hoste and Dave Bruylandts got away and made it stick until the end. Hoste sat in the break while Wesemann and Bruylandts did all the work. At the sprint, Bruylandts took off and Wesemann just watched, forcing Hoste to chase. Back together, Hoste led out the sprint and Wesemann came around him for a clean win. Favorites Bettini, Van Petegem, Vandenbroucke, etc. couldn't get up to the leaders.

1. Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) 6hr 39min. 38.647 km/hr

2. Lief Hoste (Lotto-Domo) s.t.

3. Dave Bruylandts (Chocolade Jacques) s.t.

4. Leon Van Bon (Lotto-Domo) @ 28sec

5. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) s.t.

6. Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) s.t.

7. Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile) @ 1min 9sec

8. Frank Hoj (CSC) @ 1min 16sec

9. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), s.t.

10. George Hincapie (US Postal), s.t.

11. Thierry Marichal (Lotto-Domo) s.t.

12. Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 17sec

13. Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) @ 1min 30sec

14. Jorg Ludewig (Saeco) @ 1min 38sec

15. Johan Museeuw (Quick Step) s.t.

16. Peter Van Petegem (Lotto-Domo) s.t.

17. Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) s.t.

18. Xavier Florencio (Relax) s.t.

19. Roberto Petito (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.

20. Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) s.t.