Tour de France ’s course 101st race started last week in Wallonia, France on Saturday, July 3, 2004. After 22 days and 3395 kms, the riders will ride into the Champs-Élysées in Paris...

There will also be seven new town stops:

- Waterloo
- Cambrai
- Chartres
- Lamballe
- Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
- Guéret
- Annemasse

There are 11 flat stages of the 20 stages and one prologue, 6 mountain stages are also included.