In the 1904 Tour de France, the favourites for the victory were Garin, Pothier and Aucouturier, who had all performed well in the 1903 Tour de France. Among the competitors was Henri Paret who, at 50 years old, still holds the record of oldest Tour de France cyclist.
By starting number + Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish
No. Name Nationality Age Pos. Time ' 1 Maurice Garin DNF — 3 Victor Devèze DNF — 4 Hippolyte Aucouturier DNF — 5 François Beaugendre DNF — 6 Michel Frédérick DNF — 7 Pierre Chevalier DNF — 8 Lucien Pothier DNF — 9 Ferdinand Payan DNF — 10 Adrien Blanqui DNF — 11 Jean Dargassies 4 + 13h 04' 30" 13 Henri Gauban DNF — 14 Aloïs Catteau 3 + 9h 01' 25" 15 Leopold Treuvelot DNF — 16 Auguste Maisonneuve DNF — 17 Pierre Desvages DNF — 18 Giovanni Gerbi DNF — 19 Philippe Jousselin DNF — 20 Édouard Pillon DNF — 21 Grimenwald DNF — 22 P. Hibon DNF — 23 Jules Sales DNF — 24 Julien Lootens DNF — 25 Auguste Laprée DNF — 26 Émile Moulin DNF — 27 François Marcastel DNF — 28 Vassela DNF — 29 Léon Riche DNF — 30 Henri Paret 11 + 32h 18' 39" 31 Maurice Carrère DNF — 32 DNF — 33 Charles Laeser DNF — 34 Louis Coolsaet 7 + 23h 44' 20" 35 Hubert Dome DNF — 36 Lamouline DNF — 38 Joseph Achten DNF — 39 Jean-Baptiste Jacquet DNF — 40 Franz Breidenbach DNF — 41 Eugène Ventresque DNF — 43 César Garin DNF — 44 Albert Niepçeron DNF — 45 Giovanni Rossignoli DNF — 46 Émile Lombard DNF — 47 Antoine Deflotrière 15 49 Lipman DNF — 50 Louis Lecuona DNF — 51 Philippe De Balade DNF — 52 Julien Gabory DNF — 53 Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq 2 + 2h 16' 14" 55 Maurice Lartigue DNF — 56 Léon Habets DNF — 58 Antoine Fauré DNF — 59 Dieudonné Jamar DNF — 60 Georges Fleury DNF — 61 Eugène Brange DNF — 62 Stéphane Chaput DNF — 63 P. Dufraix DNF — 65 Romain Lardillier DNF — 67 Auguste Rist 13 + 35h 01' 20" 68 Pierre Cnops DNF — 69 Émile Lambœuf DNF — 70 René Saget 9 + 25h 55' 16" 72 Noël Prévost DNF — 73 Auguste Gauthier 12 + 33h 14' 02" 74 Gustave Drioul 10 + 30h 54' 49" 75 Legaux DNF — 76 Eugène Delhaye DNF — 77 Émile Poupin DNF — 78 Henri Cornet 1 96h 05' 55" 79 Albert Leroy DNF — 80 Nicolas Damelincourt 14 + 48h 39' 03" 81 Octave Doury DNF — 82 Laurent Tachet DNF — 83 Charles Delmilhac DNF — 84 Eugène Geay DNF — 85 Julien Maitron 5 + 19h 06' 15" 86 Charles Prévost DNF — 87 Félix Boyer DNF — 88 Henri Boyer DNF — 90 Camille Fily DNF — 92 Monin DNF — 95 Auguste Daumain 6 + 22h 44' 36" 96 Gabriel Cistac DNF — 97 Achille Colas 8 + 25h 09' 50" 99 Eugène Prévost DNF — 100 Ange Varalde DNF — 102 A. Durand DNF — 103 Georges Nemo DNF — 105 G. Sylvain DNF —
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