title: 1904 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3
text: # 1904 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3
  
  The 1904 Tour de France was the 2nd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 2 July and Stage 3 occurred on 13 July with a flat stage to Toulouse. The race finished at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 23 July.
  
  ## Stage 1
  
  2 July 1904 — Paris (Montgeron) to Lyon, 467 km (290.2 mi)
  
  Lucien Pothier and César Garin were disqualified after the Tour and Pierre Chevalier was eliminated after the stage.
  
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
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  | 1 | Maurice Garin (FRA) | 17h 07' 06" |
  | 2 | Lucien Pothier (FRA) | + 24" |
  | 3 | Pierre Chevalier (FRA) | + 19' 54" |
  | 4 | Michel Frédérick (SUI) | + 37' 54" |
  | 5 | Giovanni Gerbi (ITA) | + 43' 29" |
  | 6 | César Garin (ITA) | + 1h 04' 54" |
  | 7 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | s.t. |
  | 8 | Émile Lombard (BEL) | + 1h 05' 24" |
  | 9 | Henri Gauban (FRA) | + 1h 06' 09" |
  | 10 | Antoine Fauré (FRA) | + 2h 02' 54" |
  
  ## Stage 2
  
  9 July 1904 — Lyon to Marseille, 374 km (232.4 mi)
  
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
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  | 1 | Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA) | 15h 09' 00" |
  | 2 | César Garin (ITA) | s.t. |
  | 3 | Lucien Pothier (FRA) | + 1" |
  | 4 | Maurice Garin (FRA) | s.t. |
  | 5 | Alfred Faure (FRA) | + 2" |
  | 6 | Émile Lombard (BEL) | s.t. |
  | 7 | Henri Cornet (FRA) | + 3" |
  | 8 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA) | s.t. |
  | 9 | Stéphane Chaput (FRA) | + 4" |
  | 10 | Aloïs Catteau (BEL) | + 40' 00" |
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
  | 1 | Émile Lombard (BEL) | 33h 21' 02" |
  | 2 | Alfred Faure (FRA) | + 57' 30" |
  | 3 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | + 1h 21' 28" |
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  ## Stage 3
  
  13 July 1904 — Marseille to Toulouse, 424 km (263 mi)
  
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
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  | 1 | Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA) | 15h 43' 55" |
  | 2 | Henri Cornet (FRA) | s.t. |
  | 3 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | + 8' 11" |
  | 4 | Lucien Pothier (FRA) | + 8' 12" |
  | 5 | Maurice Garin (FRA) | + 8' 13" |
  | 6 | Camille Fily (FRA) | + 25' 08" |
  | 7 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA) | + 42' 07" |
  | 8 | Aloïs Catteau (BEL) | + 43' 05" |
  | 9 | César Garin (ITA) | + 51' 41" |
  | 10 | Philippe Jousselin (FRA) | + 1h 30' 37" |
  | Rank | Rider | Time |
  | 1 | Henri Cornet (FRA) | 50h 29' 58" |
  | 2 | François Beaugendre (FRA) | + 5' 08" |
  | 3 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA) | + 1h 28' 59" |
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