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9th Gala Tour de France - September 19, 2004 - Luxembourg

Riders:

Kim Kirchen

Luxemburgish National Elite Champion on the road 1999 and 2004

Winner of Paris-Bruxelles 2003

Winner of the Ronde van Nederland 2002

Winner of 2 stages of the Tour de Luxembourg (2001 and 2004)

Winner of the Tour de Berne 2002



Vjatscheslav Ekimov

Double olympic champion (poursuit and time-trial)

Four times poursuit world champion (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990)

Winner of the championship of Zurich (1992)

Winner of the Ronde van Netherland (2003)

Winner of stages in the Tour de France (1991), the Vuelta (1999) etc...



Thomas Voeckler

Leader of the Tour de France 2004 during 10 days

French National champioin 2004

Winner of A travers le Morbihan 2004

Stage and overall winner of the Tour de Luxembourg 2003

Winner of a stage at the Tour de l'Avenir 2003



Jacky Durand

Winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen 1992

Winner of Paris-Tours 1998

Stage winner at the Tour de France (1994, 1995 and 1998)

Double French National Champion (1993 and 1994)

Winner of the Grand-Prix d'Isbergues 1999



Markus Ljungkvist

Three times National Swedish Champion (1998, 1999, 2001)

Winner of Paris-Camembert 2002

Winner of a stage at the Tour de Luxembourg 2002

Overall winner of the Tour de Luxembourg 2002

Winner of the route Adelie 2002



Ludo Dierckxens

Stage winner on the Tour de France 1999

Belgian National Champion 1999

Winner of a stage in the Tour of Austria 2004

Winner of the Grand-Prix de Denain 1997

Winner of Paris-Bourges 1998



Christophe Mengin

Winner of a stage at the Tour de France 1997

Leader of the KOM competition in the Tour de France (2002 and 2003)

Two times National French Champion (1997 and 1998)

Winner of the Grand-Prix Ouest-France 1999

Winner of Cholet-Pays de Loire 2003



Maxime Monfort

neo-professionnel

Stage winner at the Tour de Luxembourg 2004

Overall winner at the Tour de Luxembourg 2004

Photos: ACC Contern / marcusljungqvist.com / landbouwkrediet-colnago.be

complete start list

last-minute changes still possible

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