2004 Generali Open, Finals, Doubles
František Čermák /  Leoš Friedl defeated  Lucas Arnold Ker /  Martín García 6–3, 7–5


2004 Generali Open – Doubles
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Lucas Arnold Ker and Martín García.


2004 Generali Open – Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl won the tournament by defeating Arnold Ker and García 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2004 Generali Open – Singles
Guillermo Coria was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2004 Generali Open – Singles
Nicolás Massú won the title by defeating Gastón Gaudio 7–6(7–3), 6–4 in the final.


2004 Gent–Wevelgem
These page shows the results for the 66th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycling classic over 208 kilometres, held on Wednesday April 7, 2004. There were a total of 186 competitors, with 56 finishing the race, which was won by Belgium's Tom Boonen.


2004 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 2004 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Georgetown finished last in the Patriot League.


2004 Georgetown Hoyas football team
In their 12th year under head coach Bob Benson, the Hoyas compiled a 3–8 record. Ryan Goethals, Brandon Small and Frank Terrazzino were the team captains.


2004 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The Hoyas were outscored 280 to 174. Their winless (0–6) conference record was the worst in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2004 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Georgetown played its home games at Harbin Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.


2004 Georgia Amendment 1
Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 of 2004, is an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that previously made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 76% of the voters.


2004 Georgia Amendment 1
The amendment was challenged in court. On May 16, 2006 a lower court in Georgia struck down the amendment, but on July 7, 2006 the Supreme Court of Georgia overturned the lower court thus leaving the amendment as part of the Georgia Constitution.


2004 Georgia Amendment 1
As a result of the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges Amendment 1 was declared unconstitutional on June 26, 2015, legalizing same-sex marriage in Georgia.


2004 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2004 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season The Bulldogs completed the season with a 10–2 record. The Bulldogs had a regular season Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 6–2, but did not win the SEC East, having lost to Tennessee and Auburn. Georgia beat Wisconsin in the 2005 Outback Bowl and finished the season ranked 6th in the Coaches' Poll. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' fourth season under the guidance of head coach Mark Richt.


2004 Georgia Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Georgia Democratic presidential primary was held on March 2 in the U.S. state of Georgia as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 2004 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Mike Sewak, in his third year as head coach for the Eagles.


2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 2004 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was former University of Florida quarterback Chan Gailey. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.


2004 Georgian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 28 March 2004. They followed the partial annulment of the November 2003 parliamentary elections, which were widely believed to have been rigged by the former President Eduard Shevardnadze. New elections for the 150 seats elected by proportional representation were ordered following the resignation of Shevardnadze and the election of new president Mikhail Saakashvili in January 2004. The results of the 75 seats elected in single-member constituencies in 2003 were not annulled.


2004 Georgian parliamentary election
The elections were won by the National Movement–Democrats, which won 135 of the 150 proportional seats, giving it control of 153 of the 235 seats.


2004 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
A preliminary report by observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) praised the conduct of the elections.


2004 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
"The 28 March 2004 repeat parliamentary election in Georgia demonstrated commendable progress in relation to previous elections. The Georgian authorities have seized the opportunity, since the 4 January presidential election, to further bring Georgia's election process in closer alignment with European standards for democratic elections, including OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards," the report said.


2004 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
"However, in the wake of the events of November 2003, the political life of Georgia, as reflected in the election process, is not yet fully normalized. The consolidation of the democratic election process will only be fully tested in a more competitive environment, once a genuine level of political pluralism is re-established."


2004 Georgian parliamentary election, Conduct
In an attempt to produce an election result acceptable to both domestic and international opinion, the Georgian government allowed the votes to be counted simultaneously by the CEC and by a non-government organisation, the International Society for Fair Elections and Society (ISFED). This was called the parallel vote tabulation (PVT). Figures released by ISFED on 31 March showed results almost identical to those released by the CEC.


2004 Georgian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on January 4, 2004. The election followed the resignation of former President Eduard Shevardnadze. As expected, the main opposition leader, Mikhail Saakashvili, was soon shown by exit polls to be heading for an overwhelming victory. According to preliminary results issued on January 6 by the Central Election Commission, Saakashvili won over 97% of the votes cast.


2004 Georgian presidential election
The other candidates received less than 2% each. They were former presidential envoy to the Imereti region Temur Shashiashvili, leader of the Lawyers of Georgia Party Kartlos Garibashvili, one of the leaders of the political organization Mdzleveli, Zurab Kelekhsashvili, the President of the Coalition of Non-Government Organisations of the Disabled Zaza Sikharulidze, and leader of the David Agmashenebeli Party Roin Liparteliani.


2004 Georgian presidential election, Results
Early on 5 January Saakashvili claimed victory, although no official figures had been released at that time. He thanked his supporters, who were gathered in the Philharmonic Hall in Tbilisi, and also thanked the voters. "The whole of Georgia has won," he said.


2004 Georgian presidential election, Results
"The primary tasks to be implemented from the first days of my presidency include introduction of a Prime Minister's post, appointment of a date for parliamentary elections and implementation of anti-corruption measures in the country," Saakashvili said.


2004 Georgian presidential election, Aftermath
Saakashvili was inaugurated as President in Tbilisi on January 25.


2004 German Athletics Championships
The 2004 German Athletics Championships were held at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig on 10–11 July 2004.


2004 German Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place on January 2–4, 2004 in Berlin. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating.


2004 German Formula Three Championship
The 2004 ATS Formel 3 Cup was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the second edition of the ATS F3 Cup. It commenced on 24 April at Hockenheim and ended on 9 October at Oschersleben after nine double-header rounds.


2004 German Formula Three Championship
HS Technik Motorsport driver Bastian Kolmsee clinched both championship and rookie title. He achieved four wins, to overcome his closest rival Timo Lienemann by nine points, who won two races. The third place went to Jan Heylen, who started his season at Lausitz and won six races. His JB Motorsport teammate Michael Devaney won races at Oschersleben and Assen. Thomas Holzer, who completed the top-five, lost 54 points to Devaney in the main standings. Other wins were shared between opening round winner Jan Seyffarth and Jochen Nerpel.


2004 German Formula Three Championship, Teams and drivers
All cars were powered by Opel engines, excepting Seyffarth Motorsport cars that were powered by Renault. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.


2004 German Formula Three Championship, Race calendar and results
With the exception of round at TT Circuit Assen, all rounds took place on German soil.


2004 German Grand Prix
The 2004 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2004) was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheim on 25 July 2004. It was Race 12 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.


2004 German Grand Prix
The 66-lap race was won by local driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. Schumacher took his eleventh victory of the season, equalling his record from 2002, after starting from pole position. Englishman Jenson Button finished second in a BAR-Honda despite a ten-place grid penalty for an engine change in practice, and a loose helmet strap during the race, with Spaniard Fernando Alonso third in a Renault. Kimi Räikkönen of McLaren-Mercedes set the fastest lap of the race but retired on lap 14 after his rear wing gave way at Turn 1, sending his car into the barriers at high speed. The first start was aborted after Olivier Panis indicated a problem with his Toyota. This led to a second formation lap, and the shortening of the race by one lap.


2004 German Grand Prix
This was the final Grand Prix for Brazilian driver Cristiano da Matta, and the final time Williams used the "Walrus" front wing. Marc Gené was replaced at Williams by Antônio Pizzonia, returning to Formula One after being sacked by Jaguar following the 2003 British Grand Prix. Pizzonia scored his first points by finishing seventh.


2004 German Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2004 German Skeleton Championship
The 38th German Skeleton Championship 2004 was held on 10-11 January 2004 at the Königssee track.


2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 July 2004 at the Sachsenring.


2004 German motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.


2004 German presidential election
The President of Germany (Bundespräsident) is the titular head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany. The president's tasks are mostly ceremonial, but for the signing of all new federal laws before they go into effect. In practice however, all presidents have had informal influence on politics and society but mostly in a non-partisan way.


2004 German presidential election
The president is not elected directly by the voters but by a special Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung) which is assembled every five years for this task alone. This body consists of the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of members selected by the sixteen federal state parliaments.


2004 German presidential election
The election date was set for 23 May in Berlin, the anniversary of the adoption of the German constitution. Of the 1,206 members only 549 belonged to the parties that controlled the federal government - the Social Democrats (SPD)) and the German Green Party. Also in their camp were the 31 members of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). The opposition parties, the  (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP), however, had a majority of 624 members because they commanded more seats in the federal states. One member belonged to a regional party; one was non-aligned.


2004 German presidential election
Parties nominate candidates for the position, although the outcome of the election is very predictable because the members of the convention normally vote with strict party loyalty. As the majority of the opposition was not overwhelming (624 of 604 needed), "dissident" members could cause a surprise.


2004 German presidential election
CDU/CSU and FDP nominated Horst Köhler, the head of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.. Before that, he had been a senior official and was involved in negotiating both the German reunification treaty and the Maastricht Treaty on behalf of the German government. He is said to be rather modest but independently minded.


2004 German presidential election
SPD and Greens had nominated Gesine Schwan, the head of the Viadrina European University in Frankfurt (Oder). She is a political scientist who also has been active for a long time in politics for the SPD - but has not always been in line with the party.


2004 German presidential election
All eight preceding presidents had been men. Once in office, the President can be subsequently re-elected only once. The previous president Johannes Rau (SPD) cited personal reasons for his decision not to run for a second term and died in 2006.


2004 German presidential election
Köhler won in the first voting round, receiving an immediate absolute majority of 604 (50.1%). Schwan won 589 votes, apparently attracting opposition voters.


2004 Gerry Weber Open
The 2004 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 12th edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 7 June through 14 June 2004. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title.


2004 Gerry Weber Open, Finals, Doubles
Leander Paes /  David Rikl defeated  Tomáš Cibulec /  Petr Pála 6–2, 7–5


2004 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.


2004 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Leander Paes and David Rikl won in the final 6–2, 7–5, against Tomáš Cibulec and Petr Pála.


2004 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–0, 6–3, against Mardy Fish.


2004 Gerry Weber Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2004 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 percent of the vote in the first round, enough to win without the need for a runoff. The parliamentary elections saw the NPP win 128 seats in the expanded 230-seat Parliament, an outright majority.


2004 Girabola
The 2004 Girabola was the 26th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 15 February to 6 November 2004. ASA were the defending champions.


2004 Girabola
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2005 Gira Angola.


2004 Girabola
ASA were crowned champions, winning a third title in a row, while Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango and Bravos do Maquis, the three clubs that were promoted that same season, were relegated.


2004 Girabola
Arsénio Kabungula aka Love of ASA finished as the top scorer with 17 goals.


2004 Girabola, Changes from the 2004 season
Relegated: Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla and Ritondo Promoted: Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango and Bravos do Maquis


2004 Giro d'Italia
The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa with a 6.9 km (4.3 mi) prologue. The race came to a close with a 133 km (82.6 mi) mass-start road stage that stretched from Clusone to Milan. Nineteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Damiano Cunego of the Saeco Macchine per Caffè team. Second and third were the Ukrainian Serhiy Honchar and Italian Gilberto Simoni.


2004 Giro d'Italia
In the race's other classifications, Gerolsteiner rider Fabian Wegmann won the mountains classification, Raffaele Illiano of the Colombia–Selle Italia team won the intergiro classification, and Fassa Bortolo rider Alessandro Petacchi won the points classification. In addition to the points classification, Petacchi also won the secondary most combative and Azzurri d'Italia classifications. Saeco Macchine per Caffè finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the nineteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Alessio–Bianchi.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of 19 teams were invited to participate in the 2004 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 171 cyclists. Out of the 171 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 140 riders made it to the finish in Milan.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Teams
The 19 teams that took part in the race were:


2004 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 2004 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Angelo Zomegnan on 8 November 2003 in Milan. It contained two time trial events, all of which were individual. The organizers divided the remaining nineteen stages into three categories: flat stages, rolling stages, and mountain stages. Twelve of the stages were declared flat stages. Of the seven stages remaining, three stages were designated rolling stages and three were ranked as mountain stages.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
In the stages containing categorized climbs, three had summit finishes: stage 3, to Corno alle Scale; stage 7, to Montevergine di Mercogliano; and stage 18, to Bormio 2000. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 52.6 km (33 mi) shorter, contained the same amount of rest days, and the same amount of time trials. In addition, this race opened with a prologue, which the last year's race did not.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The 2004 Giro d'Italia began with a 6.9 km (4.3 mi) prologue around the Italian city of Genoa. Bradley McGee won the first leg of the race after besting the second place rider Olaf Pollack by ten seconds. The race's first mass-start stage came down to a sprint finish in the city of Alba. The stage was won by Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi and Pollack managed to take the race lead after earning a twelve-second time bonus by finishing second on the stage. Stage 2 saw the race lead switch back to McGee after he finished second to the stage winner Damiano Cunego.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Success in stages was limited to eight of the competing teams, three of which achieved multiple stage victories, while two individual riders won multiple stages. The riders that won more than once were Alessandro Petacchi in stages 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, and 20 and Damiano Cunego in stages 2, 7, 16, and 18. Fassa Bortolo won nine stages with Petacchi. Saeco Macchine per Caffè won five stages, four with Cunego and one with Gilberto Simoni in stage 3. Vini Caldirola–Nobili Rubinetterie won two stages, with Pavel Tonkov in stage 17 and Stefano Garzelli in stage 19.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
FDJeux.com, Lotto–Domo, Acqua & Sapone, Ceramica Panaria–Margres, and De Nardi each won one stage at the Giro d'Italia. FDJeux.com won the opening prologue with Bradley McGee. Lotto-Domo's Robbie McEwen won stage 4 by out-sprinting the rest of the field for the stage win, as did Acqua & Sapone rider Fred Rodriguez in stage 9. Ceramica Panaria-Margres's Emanuele Sella won the hilly stage 11. De Nardi rider Serhiy Honchar won the stage 13 individual time trial.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
In the 2004 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2004 was Passo di Gavia, afforded more points than the other first-category climbs.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications
Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Italian Alessandro Petacchi won the Most Combative classification. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was also won by Alessandro Petacchi.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications
The Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. The classification was won by Daniele Righi. Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. Phonak was the most successful in avoiding penalties, and so won the Fair Play classification.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10
The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa, with a Prologue individual time trial on 8 May, and Stage 10 occurred on 19 May with a stage to Ascoli Piceno. The race finished in Milan on 30 May.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
8 May 2004 — Genoa, 6.9 km (4.3 mi) (ITT)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
9 May 2004 — Genoa to Alba, 143 km (89 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
10 May 2004 — Novi Ligure to Pontremoli, 184 km (114 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
11 May 2004 — Pontremoli to Corno alle Scale, 191 km (119 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
12 May 2004 — Porretta Terme to Civitella in Val di Chiana, 184 km (114 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
13 May 2004 — Civitella in Val di Chiana to Spoleto, 177 km (110 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
14 May 2004 — Spoleto to Valmontone, 164 km (102 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
15 May 2004 — Frosinone to Montevergine di Mercogliano, 214 km (133 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
16 May 2004 — Giffoni Valle Piana to Policoro, 214 km (133 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
17 May 2004 — Policoro to Carovigno, 142 km (88 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
19 May 2004 — Porto Sant'Elpidio to Ascoli Piceno, 146 km (91 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20
The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa, with a Prologue individual time trial on 8 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 20 May with a stage from Porto Sant'Elpidio. The race finished in Milan on 30 May.


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 11
20 May 2004 — Porto Sant'Elpidio to Cesena, 228 km (142 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 12
21 May 2004 — Cesena to Treviso, 210 km (130 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 13
22 May 2004 — Trieste to Trieste, 52 km (32 mi) (ITT)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 14
23 May 2004 — Trieste to Pula, 175 km (109 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 15
24 May 2004 — Poreč to San Vendemiano, 243 km (151 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 16
25 May 2004 — San Vendemiano to Pfalzen, 217 km (135 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 17
27 May 2004 — Bruneck to Fondo/Sarnonico, 153 km (95 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 18
28 May 2004 — Cles to Bormio 2000, 118 km (73 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 19
29 May 2004 — Bormio to Presolana, 122 km (76 mi)


2004 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20, Stage 20
30 May 2004 — Clusone to Milan, 154 km (96 mi)


2004 Giro del Trentino
The 2004 Giro del Trentino was the 28th edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 20 April to 23 April 2004. The race started and finished in Arco. The race was won by Damiano Cunego.


2004 Giro di Lombardia
The 2004 Giro di Lombardia was the 98th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 16 October 2004. The race started in Mendrisio and finished in Bergamo. The race was won by Damiano Cunego of the Saeco team.


2004 Gloucester City Council election
The 2004 Gloucester City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. One-third of council were up for election and still a No Overall Control council and there were no elections for Kingsholm and Wotton, Podsmead, Quedgeley Fieldcourt, Quedgeley Severn Vale or Westgate in 2004.


2004 Golden Corral 500
The 2004 Golden Corral 500 was the 4th race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, held at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 14, 2004. The race was won by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who led 55 laps that day.


2004 Golden Corral 500
Ryan Newman of Penske Racing would win the pole, while Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would lead the most laps with 127 laps led. 125,000 were in attendance for the race.


2004 Golden Corral 500, Qualifying
Ryan Newman would win the pole with a 28.640. Kirk Shelmerdine would qualify for his first ever NASCAR Cup Series race.


2004 Golden Globes (Portugal)
The 2004 Golden Globes (Portugal) were held at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon on 25 May 2004.


2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb
The 2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 37th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom Sportova between November 11 and 14, 2004. Figure skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The Junior-level equivalent was the 2004 Golden Bear of Zagreb.


2004 Gosport Borough Council election
Elections to Gosport Council were held on 10 June 2004. Half of the council was up for election, and the council stayed under no overall control.


2004 Governor General's Awards
The 2004 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (68 books) were announced October 26, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 15, other winners announced and presented November 16. The prize for writers and illustrators was $15,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book bound by master bookbinder Pierre Ouvrard".


2004 Governor General's Awards
As introduced in 2003, the four children's literature awards were announced and presented separately from the others. The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature.


2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
The 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate was the fourteenth and final round of the2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 7, 2004, at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Sébastien Bourdais won the pole and the race and in doing so also secured his first of four Champ Car titles.


2004 Grand National
The 2004 Grand National (officially known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 157th official annual running of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 3 April 2004 and attracted the maximum permitted field of 40 competitors for total prize money of £600,000 including £348,000 to the winner.


2004 Grand National
39 of the 40 original entrants took part in the race – Tyneandthyneagain was withdrawn. On the run-in after the final fence (where Hedgehunter fell when in close contention), any one of three horses looked capable of clinching victory, but it was 16–1 shot Amberleigh House who finished first, three lengths ahead of Clan Royal, who in turn was two lengths from Lord Atterbury. The winning horse was trained by Ginger McCain, who secured his fourth Grand National win, 31 years after his first with Red Rum. 11 of the 39 starters completed the course, with all of the fallers returning safely to the stables.


2004 Grand National
For the second year running Bramblehill Duke was a late replacement for the withdrawn Red Striker a day before the race.


2004 Grand National, Leading contenders
The public gambled an estimated £200 million on the outcome of the race but no clear favourite emerged as four horses started off as joint-favourites.


2004 Grand National, Leading contenders
2002 National winner Bindaree was one of the 10–1 joint-favourites after winning the Welsh National at Chepstow in the last December. He had also run well to finish second over one circuit of the Aintree course in the Becher Chase in November where he had been beaten another joint-favourite, Clan Royal. The inexperienced Jurancon II also attracted public attention after being chosen as the ride of champion jockey Tony McCoy having won the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup in February, and Joss Naylor completed the quartet after finishing second in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup in November. Hedgehunter was 11–1, the 2001 Irish Grand National winner David's Lad was 12/1, and 2003 National winner Monty's Pass was also among the leading fancies at 20/1.


2004 Grand National, The race
Alexander Banquet led the field over Melling Road towards the first fence, were Artic Jack was a faller and Kelami was brought down by the fall of Luzcadou. Alcapone led the field onto the next fences before Beecher's Brook. At the third fence which was the first open ditch Shardam blundered and unseated its rider, when chasing the leaders. At the next fence one of the joint favourites Jurancon II fell in mid division. There was no fallers at the fifth fence.


2004 Grand National, The race
At Beecher's Brook the loose horse Shardam caused pandemonium when badly hampering and causing the fall of Akarus, who brought down Montreal, Bindaree and What's Up Boys. Bounce Back also fell, Risk Accessor unseated its rider as did Skycab who was badly hampered. Bramblehill Duke and Blowing Wind both refused the fence. The horses still running managed to negotiate the Foinavon and Canal Turn fence safely. Exit to Wave was pulled up towards the rear of the field before Valentine's Brook. Hedgehunter followed by Puntal and Lord Atterbury led them towards The Chair, where Takagi blundered and unseated its rider.


2004 Grand National, The race
Mantle's Prince tailed off and was pulled up at the Water Jump. Twenty two horses were still left standing as they began the second circuit of the course with one of the joint favourites Joss Naylor at the back the field. At the 18th fence Alexander Banquet fell and Southern Star was pulled up. The 19th fence which is was an open ditch claimed Puntal who unseated its rider while just behind the leaders, where Clan Royal blundered and made a mistake. Joss Naylor tailed off and was pulled up. At the next fence Gunner Welburn was pulled up.


2004 Grand National, The race
Onto Beecher's Brook second time where Le Coudray fell, after this fence was Foinavon which saw Just In Debt who unseated its rider after being hampered by a loose horse when behind. Alcapone was pulled up at 25th fence after weakening, Wonder Weasel was pulled up 3 out after tailing off. Two fences from the finish Clan Royal, Lord Atterbury and Hedgehunter gained a lead of a couple of lengths from Amberleigh House in fourth. Clan Royal led over the last ahead of Lord Atterbury and Hedgehunter who fell.


2004 Grand National, The race
As they went up the run-in Clan Royal wandered to the left after his rider Liam Cooper had lost his whip earlier in the race, at the elbow Clan Royal still held the lead from Lord Atterbury and Amberleigh House who had joined the two. Amberleigh House stayed on well to lead the final 100 yards of the race and win by 3 lengths from Clan Royal in 2nd followed by Lord Atterbury in 3rd, nearly 30 lengths ahead of Monty's Pass and Spot Thedifference in 4th and 5th respectively. Behind these were Smarty, Ardent Scout, Bear on Board, Kingsmark, The Bunny Boiler and last to complete David's Lad. Eleven horses completed the race.


2004 Grand National, Media coverage
The race was covered live on television and radio by the BBC, in accordance with the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, for the 46th consecutive year. The coverage was also syndicated globally and broadcast on the Internet for the first time to UK subscribers on the BBC website. The television coverage was presented by Claire Balding and Sue Barker. The race commentary team consisted of Ian Bartlett, Tony O'Hehir, Darren Owen and lead commentator Jim McGrath, who called the runners home for the seventh year. After the race Lydia Hislop, Richard Pitman, Peter Scudamore and Norman Williamson talked the viewers through a full re-run of the race.


2004 Grand National, Media coverage
Both Bartlett and Owen were covering their first Grand National on television after the retirement of John Hanmer; Bartlett had previously been part of the radio commentary team. This was also the first time since 1967 that the race was commentated on by a team of four rather than three.


2004 Grand National, Media coverage
Racing UK provided its own coverage of the race to bookmakers' outlets across the country. The BBC also broadcast radio commentary of the race on national radio for the 74th year as part of its Radio Five Saturday sports show.


2004 Grand National, Media coverage
All of the leading daily newspapers in the United Kingdom ran centre spread pullouts of various sizes with colour guides and profiles of all the runners, while office sweepstake kits were printed by three major dailys during the week prior to the race.


2004 Grand National, Jockeys
Carl Llewellyn was the most experienced rider in the race, being only the twelfth man to weigh out for the fourteenth time for a Grand National.


2004 Grand National, Jockeys
Six riders made their debut in the race with Andrew Tinkler and Ross Geraghty completing the course. James Barry, Bobby McNally, James Davies and Joey Elliott failed to reach the finishing post.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 2004 Snooker Grand Prix (known as the 2004 Totesport  Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons) was the 2004 edition of the Grand Prix snooker tournament and was held from 2 to 10 October 2004 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament defeating Ian McCulloch by nine frames to five (9–5) in the final. In the semi-finals O'Sullivan defeated Paul Hunter 6–3 and McCulloch beat Michael Judge 6–1. Mark Williams, who won the same event under the name LG Cup the year before, lost in the first round.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker)
John Higgins made the highest break with a 147. The 64-man tournament was the first of eight World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking events in the 2004/2005 snooker season and the next event following last season's World Championship, which was won by O'Sullivan. It preceded the second ranking event of the season, the British Open.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary
The tournament was created as the Professional Players Tournament in 1982 by the snooker governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), to provide another ranking event. It was renamed the Grand Prix for the 1984 event until 2001, when it was called the LG Cup, before reverting to the Grand Prix this year. The tournament was the first of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2004/2005 snooker season, and the next event following last season's World Championship, which was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan, now a two-time world champion and the world number one.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary
Mark Williams won the same event under the name LG Cup last year. The tournament preceded the second ranking event of the season, the British Open. Sponsored by totesport for the first time after signing a one-year contract announced the day before the event started, it had a prize fund of £400,000 and was broadcast on the BBC and Eurosport.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Qualifying
The qualifying rounds were played between players on the main tour ranked 33 and lower for one of 32 places in the final stage at Pontin's Snooker Centre in Prestatyn, Wales. The matches were best-of-9 frames until the semi-finals. Highly regarded 17-year-old Chinese player Ding Junhui narrowly missed out in qualifying. The other successful qualifiers included the likes of Mark Selby, Barry Hawkins, Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
In round one the 32 qualifiers faced members of the top 32, including the top 16 seeds. In this round O'Sullivan defeated Mark Davis 5–2, compiling a century break of 114. After the match O'Sullivan praised his mentor Ray Reardon. World number 51 Andy Hicks won against the UK champion Matthew Stevens 5–1, compiling two century breaks and three half-centuries in the 72-minute match. After struggling early on, 1997 world champion Ken Doherty went through by beating Anthony Davies 5–1. Dominic Dale, the 1997 winner, made breaks of 108, 68, 61 and 58 in defeating Scott MacKenzie 5–1. David Gray whitewashed Lee Walker 5–0, while Joe Perry beat Pakistan's Shokat Ali 5–1. James Wattana lost a frame after three consecutive misses from an unsnookered position, but still defeated John Parrott 5–2, a match in which Parrott's highest break was 32.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
Six-time world champion Steve Davis, at 47 the oldest player on the tour, defeated Sean Storey 5–1, after which he said "At the start I couldn't hit the side of a bus station, but Sean let me off and in the end I didn't play badly." Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry prevailed 5–4 over Jamie Burnett in a narrowly fought contest. Burnett, the world number 49, was 4–3 ahead and had potted the final red, but he missed the black, however, and Hendry forced a deciding frame which he won. After the match, Hendry said "I got out of jail".


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
Breaks of 75, 61 and 56 enabled 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon to claim a 5–2 victory over Simon Bedford. Chinese player Jin Long, in his first appearance in the final stage of a ranking event, led Tony Drago 3–0 before Drago won five consecutive frames. Nigel Bond defeated Gerard Greene 5–2, while Anthony Hamilton overcame Jimmy Michie by the same scoreline. Marco Fu, a former Grand Prix runner-up, claimed a 5–2 victory over David Roe. After coming back from 3–4 down to beat Patrick Wallace 5–4, Jimmy White revealed he nearly withdrew from the tournament because of a back injury he sustained in a charity pool match the week before the tournament.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
Williams, the world number two, was the highest ranked player to lose in the round when he lost 2–5 against Michael Judge. In the fifth frame, at 2–2, Williams was 64–0 ahead but a black ball clearance of 70 gave Judge the lead, who went on to win the match. After the match, Williams said that he was nowhere near the player he was a year ago. World number four and Masters champion Paul Hunter made breaks of 108 and 127 in defeating Darren Morgan 5–3.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
European Open winner Stephen Maguire defeated Murphy 5–2, a match in which Maguire had a frame docked. As the match was about to begin and after they had shaken hands, Maguire realised he had not brought his chalk with him. He asked for permission to retrieve it from referee Johan Oomen, which was granted. As Maguire was away, Murphy spoke to the referee and questioned whether Maguire should be docked a frame, as he was technically not ready to play at the scheduled time.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
Mike Ganley, the tournament director, was called and docked a frame from Maguire, a ruling which angered Maguire. Of the incident Maguire said "Rules are rules but I've never heard of anything like that happening before." The incident was said to be a key point in the rivalry between Maguire and Murphy.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round one
John Higgins made the highest break in the tournament with a maximum break in his 3–5 loss to Ricky Walden. It was his fifth maximum and the 49th in snooker history. It also earned him a bonus of £20,000. For Walden it was the second time he reached the second round of a ranking event. In a match in which the deciding frame lasted 64 minutes and ended past midnight, Alan McManus overcame Fergal O'Brien 5–4. Graeme Dott, the surprise runner-up at the World Championship, emerged a 5–4 winner over Ryan Day. Of the other seeded players, Chris Small lost 4–5 to Selby, Stephen Lee beat Hugh Abernethy 5–2 and Quinten Hann lost 3–5 against Marcus Campbell.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round two
Davis became the first player through to the last 16 when he defeated Drago 5–1, after which he expressed his surprise he was still in the tournament. O'Sullivan overcame a chest infection to beat Joe Swail 5–1, but missed his post-match press conference. Hunter came from 2–4 down with a score of 0–39 in the seventh to beat Ali Carter, compiling a century break in the decider. Preston's Ian McCulloch beat White 5–4 with a break of 73 in the deciding frame. After beating Robert Milkins 5–3, Hendry expressed dissatisfaction with his performance.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round two
Maguire, the Snooker Writers' Association Young Player of the Year, saw off Walden 5–3 and said of the chalk incident "I made sure I had it this time." In the match between Fu and Hawkins Fu led 4–2, before Hawkins forced a deciding frame, which Fu won. Judge continued his run by defeating Campbell 5–4 with breaks of 76, 61, and 52, and said his victory over Williams had given him confidence. Although he fluked the final brown from a snooker, Wattana potted the blue and pink balls in the final frame of his match against Doherty to win 5–3.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round two
Doherty said "It was a cruel blow. ... I had James in a really good snooker and from where I was sat it did not even look as though he could hit it." Of the other seeds, Lee enjoyed a 5–1 victory over Hamilton, Dott defeated Dale 5–2, Ebdon beat Joe Jogia 5–4, Perry beat David Gray 5–3 and McManus lost 4–5 against Nigel Bond. The other non-seeded victors were Selby and Australian Robertson.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round three
In the third round Dott failed to comeback from his loss in the final of the World Championship, as he was defeated 3–5 by O'Sullivan. After beating Davis 5–1, Hunter said he wished Davis would speed up his play. In the match Hunter made his fourth century break of the tournament and had breaks of 71, 66, 43, and 53. Hendry was defeated 3–5 by McCulloch by losing five of the last six frames, and said he was not the player he was.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Round three
His break of 67 in the last frame was eclipsed by McCulloch's 72, who also made a break of 105 in the match. Breaks of 133 and 103 plus further runs of 41, 70, and 87 enabled Perry to beat Robertson 5–3 from 1–3 down. Selby saw off Ebdon 5–3 and said "Hopefully there's more to come." Maguire defeated Bond 5–1, while Wattana beat Lee and Judge beat Fu by the same scoreline.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals O'Sullivan took 71 minutes to whitewash Selby 5–0, compiling two breaks of 135 and outscoring Selby 522–46. After the match O'Sullivan said "My safety was good, so was my thinking, and so was my break-building. It's as well as I have played in the tournament." Another whitewash occurred when Wattana was defeated 0–5 by Hunter, a match eight minutes longer than O'Sullivan's, whom he would face in the semi-finals. After the match Hunter said "I was racing Ronnie. I could see from the scoreboard that he was 3–0 up when I was leading 2–0."


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
In the other quarter-finals McCulloch defeated Maguire 5–2 after an error from Maguire, when he missed the pink for a probable 2–0 lead. The match included a 137 clearance from McCulloch. After the match Maguire said "I went for a crazy one and paid the price but I think today I was just a bit too cocky. I didn't believe I was going to lose." Judge beat Perry 5–1 to face McCulloch in his first ranking event semi-final, and became the fourth Irish player to achieve this feat after Eugene Hughes, Doherty and Fergal O'Brien.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
In the semi-final, now best-of-11 frames, O'Sullivan defeated Hunter 6–3. O'Sullivan started strongly and opened up a lead of 3–1 at the mid-session interval. Hunter closed the gap to 2–3, before O'Sullivan won the sixth frame. A break of 80 from Hunter followed, before O'Sullivan won the next two for the match, compiling a 107 in the final frame.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The other semi-final saw McCulloch beat Judge 6–1, a match in which Judge's highest break was 44 early in the game. McCulloch achieved runs of 132 and 89 after Judge hit a kick shot on a red ball that went away from its projected path on his way to victory. After his defeat Judge said he was happy with his form during the tournament.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
In the best-of-17 frame final O'Sullivan defeated McCulloch 9–5 to win his second consecutive ranking title. It was his 21st ranking final and 16th ranking title, which meant he was now third on the list ahead of Williams and Higgins. The victory earned him £60,000 and meant he had won all the ranking events on the calendar at least once. After the match O'Sullivan said he could still improve: "I have set myself high standards and I don't think I was firing on any cylinders." McCulloch said he was sure he would win a ranking title: "I have lost two finals now but I will win one—it is just a matter of when."


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary, Final
In the first session of the final O'Sullivan won the first frame with a break of 86. The next two frames were shared, before O'Sullivan made a century, which he followed with a 72 in the frame after. The sixth frame lasted 36 minutes, when O’Sullivan struck in the pink to a distant pocket before clipping in a tricky black for a 5–1 lead. McCulloch won the next to bring the score to 5–2 in O'Sullivan's favour at the end of the first session. In the second session O'Sullivan took the first two frames with breaks of 66 and 104. O'Sullivan won two of the next three frames to bring the score to 8–4, before missing a relatively straightforward pot in the 13th, which allowed McCulloch to take the frame. A break of 71 in the next gave O'Sullivan the victory.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw
Numbers to the left of the players' names are the tournament seedings. Players in bold indicate match winners.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Final
Scores in bold denote winning frame scores and the winning participant.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Qualifying
The qualifying for the tournament took place between 8 and 9 September 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales. All matches were best of 9 frames. Players in bold denote match winners.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
The qualifying stage of the 2004 Grand Prix yielded a total of eight century breaks compiled by eight different players. The highest was a 142 made by Rory McLeod.


2004 Grand Prix (snooker), Century breaks, Televised stage centuries
A total of 34 century breaks were made by 16 different players during the main stages of the 2004 Grand Prix. The highest break was a maximum break which was made by Higgins in his first round 3–5 loss to Walden.


2004 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2004 Grand Prix Hassan II was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from May 17 to May 24.


2004 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles
Enzo Artoni /  Fernando Vicente defeated  Yves Allegro /  Michael Kohlmann 3–6, 6–0, 6–4


2004 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2004 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Enzo Artoni and Fernando Vicente won in the final 3–6, 6–0, 6–4, against Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlmann.


2004 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Julien Boutter was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


2004 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Santiago Ventura won the title, defeating Dominik Hrbatý 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 in the final.


2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco that was part of the Tier V category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 April until 11 April 2004. First-seeded Émilie Loit won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Finals, Doubles
Marion Bartoli /  Émilie Loit defeated  Els Callens /  Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–2


2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Gisela Dulko and María Emilia Salerni were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit won the title by defeating Els Callens and Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Rita Grande was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Émilie Loit.


2004 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Loit defeated Ľudmila Cervanová 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win her WTA title.


2004 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2004 Grand Prix de Denain was the 46th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 15 April 2004. The race was won by Thor Hushovd.


2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The 2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was played at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, and was part of the 2004 ATP Tour. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and took place from 4 October through 11 October 2004. Unseeded Robin Söderling won the singles title.


2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles
Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram defeated  Jonas Björkman /  Radek Štěpánek 7–6(7–2), 6–2


2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Jonas Björkman and Radek Štěpánek 7–6(7–2), 6–2 in the final.


2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Rainer Schüttler was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.


2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Robin Söderling won the tournament, beating Xavier Malisse 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 in the final.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 56th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted of 16 races, beginning with the South African motorcycle Grand Prix on 18 April 2004 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 31 October.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, MotoGP class
At the end of 2003, HRC and Valentino Rossi had parted ways, and HRC held Rossi to the letter of their contract which stipulated he could not ride another manufacturer's machine until 31 December 2003. Rossi's move to Yamaha, therefore, was a gamble on a manufacturer that hadn't had won a world championship in 12 years.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, MotoGP class
Rossi won the first round of the season and lay to rest doubts about whether the rider or the motorcycle was more important when he achieved what no rider since Eddie Lawson had done in the history of the premier-class: he won back-to-back championships on different machines, Honda in 2003 and Yamaha in 2004.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, MotoGP class
Runner-up Sete Gibernau gave Rossi a strong challenge initially, but faded towards the end of the season. The friendship between him and Rossi frayed over the season, and snapped completely at the Qatar round.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, MotoGP class
Another change in 2004 was also d'Antin Team, who switched their alliance from Yamaha to Ducati motorcycles after five-year alliance with Yamaha, marked the first time Ducati MotoGP manufacturer introduced a satellite customer team.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, MotoGP class
At the Italian round, the race ran for 17 laps before rain started, and according to the rules at the time, the race was decided on a second, 6-lap race and the previous 17 laps only counted for grid positions. Conditions dried enough that the riders started the new race in slicks instead of wet-weather tires. In 2005 the rules were changed so that rain would no longer stop a race in MotoGP.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, 250cc class
The 250cc title was won by Dani Pedrosa on a Honda.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary, 125cc class
The 125cc title was won by Andrea Dovizioso on a Honda.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2004 Grand Prix season calendar
On 19 August 2003, the FIM released the initial 2004 calendar. In it, both the Japanese and the Pacific GPs were originally scheduled to take place. On 24 October 2003, the FIM confirmed the 2004 calendar. In it, the Japanese GP at Suzuka had been scrapped and was moved to Motegi and the all-new Qatar GP were to be held on a Saturday. On 16 December 2003, changes were made to the calendar. The date of the British GP was moved from 11 to 25 July and the date and day of the Rio GP were moved from Saturday 31 July to Sunday 4 July.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2004 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2004:


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes
The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2004 season:


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
This rule was additionally added on the 27th of March 2004:


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
These rules were additionally added on the 27th of March 2004:


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, MotoGP riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 250cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 125cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, Teams' standings, MotoGP
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2004 Grand Prix of Mosport
The 2004 Toronto Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car race held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 6 to the 8, 2004. It was the sixth race of the 2004 American Le Mans Series season and the 19th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.


2004 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
The LMP1 and overall race victory went to Dyson Racing drivers Butch Leitzinger and James Weaver for their first victory of the season in the MG-Lola EX257. After winning the previous four rounds, ADT Champion Racing drivers Marco Werner and JJ Lehto finished second in the Audi R8, with the second Dyson Racing entry of Chris Dyson and Andy Wallace finishing third.


2004 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
The GTS class win went to Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, with Intersport Racing's Clint Field and Robin Liddell taking the LMP2 victory in the Lola B2K/40. Alex Job Racing drivers Jörg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard won the GT class in a Porsche 911 GT3-RSR.


2004 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
The race was broadcast across North America on CBS Sports with Ralph Sheheen and Bill Adam calling the race.


2004 Grand Prix of Mosport, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2004 Grand Prix of Portorož
The 2004 Grand Prix of Portorož was a non-championship Formula 3000 race held on a temporary circuit at Portorož Airport, Portorož, Slovenia on 2 October 2004.


2004 Grand Prix of Portorož
It was contested over five laps by eight drivers from four Italian teams that had contested that year's International F3000 championship: Coloni Motorsport, CMS Performance, Durango and AEZ IE Engineering. All eight drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek engines, as in the championship.


2004 Grand Prix of Portorož
Austrian driver Patrick Friesacher won the race for Coloni, with Italians Matteo Meneghello and Matteo Bobbi second and third respectively for CMS.


2004 Grand Prix of Road America
The 2004 Grand Prix of Road America was the eighth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presented the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 8, 2004 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Sébastien Bourdais won the pole and Alex Tagliani won the race, his first and only win in his Champ Car/IndyCar career.


2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma
The 2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma was the fourth race for the 2004 American Le Mans Series season held at Infineon Raceway. It took place on July 18, 2004.


2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma
This race saw Corvette Racing enter a third Corvette C5-R for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and co-driven by Boris Said. The car was successfully qualified but in warm-up the morning of the race, Earnhardt, Jr. went off course and collided with a barrier, causing a rupture of a fuel line. The broken fuel line was sparked when the car came to a stop and caused the car to be engulfed in flames, with Earnhardt, Jr. inside dazed by the accident and unable to get himself out immediately.


2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma
Once Earnhardt, Jr. was able to become aware of his situation and rescue crews were able to arrive, Earnhardt, Jr. was successfully pulled from the burning vehicle. He received second and third degree burns to his neck, chest, and legs, partially due to not wearing a fire-retardant balaclava with his helmet.


2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma
The Corvette C5-R was burned beyond repair and did not race. The Corvette Racing team quickly examined the car and found that there was no design flaw in their fuel system. At the end of the 2004 ALMS season, Corvette Racing restored the car (Chassis No. C5-009) to its 2003 Le Mans specification and sold it to a collector.


2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma
Earnhardt, Jr. was forced to return to the Nextel Cup Series unable to complete full races as he underwent treatment, being relieved the next two races by Martin Truex, Jr. and John Andretti.


2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
The 2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 9. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 March 2004. The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won the elections, ending eleven years of rule by PASOK. PASOK was led into the elections by George Papandreou, who succeeded retiring Prime Minister Costas Simitis as party leader in February.


2004 Greek legislative election, Leaders
Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas Karamanlis is the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis, who was six times (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1977) Prime Minister and twice President of Greece (1980–1985, 1990–1995), and the founder of New Democracy after the restoration of democracy in 1974. George Papandreou is the son of Andreas Papandreou, three times (1981, 1985, 1993) Prime Minister and the founder of PASOK, and the grandson of Georgios Papandreou, a liberal centrist who entered national politics in the 1920s and was twice Prime Minister (1944, 1963). Athens daily Kathimerini quoted a voter during the campaign as saying: "We Greeks like to know where our leaders come from. We feel we know these families as well as we know our own."


2004 Greek legislative election, The campaign
In January New Democracy was leading PASOK in opinion polls by 7%. But Papandreou's election to the party leadership allowed PASOK to regain ground. During February Papandreou campaigned on "the need for change" in Greece, hoping to neutralise the strong sentiment for a change of government. By late February New Democracy's lead in the opinion polls had been cut to 3%.


2004 Greek legislative election, The campaign
The Athens daily Kathemerini commented: "Now, two weeks before the elections, all opinion polls show PASOK 3 to 4.5 percentage points behind ND. This raises the question of whether PASOK can snatch victory away from ND. The fact is that much is unclear. For example, although PASOK has little support, its leader has a good image in public opinion polls."


2004 Greek legislative election, The campaign
The electoral campaign concluded on in the traditional manner, with huge televised mass rallies in the centre of Athens by each of the major parties. On the evening of 4 March Karamanlis addressed an estimated 200,000 at the ND's concluding rally. PASOK claimed that twice that number attended their rally on 6 March, but these numbers cannot be independently verified. At the ND rally, Karamanlis said that PASOK had been in power too long and had grown lazy and corrupt. At the PASOK rally, Papandreou evoked the memory of his father but said that he would lead a government dedicated to reform and change, as well as action against corruption.


2004 Greek legislative election, The campaign
Since publication of opinion polls is banned in the last two weeks of Greek election campaigns, it was not possible to predict the outcome of the election, except to say that ND appeared to have been leading when the last polls were published, and that most commentators expected the result in terms of votes to be close. Greek electoral law ensures, through a complex algorithm of parliamentary seat redistribution, that a party polling a plurality of the vote (that is, more than any other party but also more than 40%) is practically guaranteed a majority in Parliament.


2004 Greek legislative election, The campaign
A "threshold" of 3% of the total popular vote is also required by law for a party to be eligible for representation in Parliament. This provision kept all but the four top-polling parties from securing parliamentary seats.


2004 Greek legislative election, Results
The result of the election was not as close as observers expected. It appears that ND regained its earlier lead over PASOK in the two weeks after the last opinion polls, and that the election of George Papandreou as PASOK leader was not sufficient to overcome the desire of the electorate for a change after a long period of PASOK rule.


2004 Green Bay Packers season
The 2004 season was the Green Bay Packers' 84th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 86th overall. The team started the season by losing four of their first five games, before winning their next six in a row, followed by victories over their three divisional opponents in their last five to finish with a 10–6 record and qualify for the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. As the number three seed in the NFC, they hosted their divisional rivals, the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round, but lost 31–17; it was the second time the Packers had lost a playoff game at Lambeau Field.


2004 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason
The Packers did not make many offseason moves, signing safety Mark Roman, cornerback Chris Watson, as well as quarterback Tim Couch who was cut after the preseason. They lost punter Josh Bidwell and safety Antuan Edwards to free agency and released defensive tackle Gilbert Brown, defensive end Jamal Reynolds, and wide receiver Travis Williams.


2004 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
With the 25th pick of the 2004 NFL Draft, the Packers selected cornerback Ahmad Carroll from the University of Arkansas.


2004 Green National Convention
The 2004 national convention of the Green Party of the United States was held at the Hyatt Regency and the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 23–28, 2004.


2004 Green National Convention
Ralph Nader, the Green Party nominee for president in 2000, did not seek the nomination of the Green Party, but instead sought the endorsement of his independent candidacy by the party. An endorsement of Nader's campaign would have allowed for each state party affiliated with the national Green Party to choose their own candidate. On the opening day of the convention, Nader's running mate and former Green Party nominee for Governor of California Peter Camejo debated David Cobb of Texas, who was seeking the Green Party's nomination against the Nader candidacy.


2004 Green National Convention
In that interview, Camejo called on the Green National Convention to endorse both Nader and David Cobb and allow individual parties to choose which candidate to put on their primary ballot. Cobb criticized the Nader-Camejo ticket for not seeking the Green Party's nomination and running independently of the party.


2004 Green National Convention, Round 1 of presidential nomination voting
The voting at the national convention was complicated by the broad support for Ralph Nader, the 2000 nominee, in spite of his not seeking nor expressing interest in accepting the Green nomination in 2004. Several candidates, most notably Peter Camejo, presented themselves in various states as stand-ins for Nader. Many Nader supporters voted "no nominee" in order to free the convention and state parties to endorse Nader's independent candidacy. At the time of the convention, Nader had already been endorsed by the Reform Party of the United States of America.


2004 Green National Convention, Round 2 of presidential nomination voting
According to the Green papers website, Peter Camejo, Carol Miller, Ralph Nader, and Lorna Salzman were eliminated because they did not indicate, in writing, that they would accept the nomination as the Green Party candidate for president.


2004 Green National Convention, Vice-presidential candidate
The party also nominated former gubernatorial candidate Pat LaMarche of Maine as its candidate for vice president.


2004 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 2004 Coca-Cola GM was the 34th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Nuuk, Greenland. It was won by FC Malamuk for the first time in its history.


2004 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Central Greenland
B-67 Nuuk and Nuuk IL qualified for the Final Round.


2004 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2004 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 38th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 5 September 2004. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Allan Johansen.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing
The 2004 Grozny stadium bombing occurred on 9 May 2004 when a bomb exploded in the Dynamo Stadium in the Chechen capital, Grozny, killing 10 people including the republic's president Akhmad Kadyrov. Another 100 people were wounded.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing, Background
The attack occurred during a parade and concert celebrating the 59th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing, Bombing
The explosion was caused by a bomb planted underneath the concrete floor of the VIP podium and occurred at 10:35 am during a cultural presentation that followed the parade. The blast tore a hole in the section designated for dignitaries. Other fatalities of the attack included Khussein Isayev (Chairman of the State Council), and Adlan Khasanov (a reporter for Reuters). Colonel General Valery Baranov, the de facto commander of the Russian Army in the northern Caucasus, lost a leg in the attack.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing, Bombing
Although estimates of total casualties varied, at least ten people were killed and around a hundred more injured, including many civilians and war veterans who were attending the celebrations. The blast was detonated by remote control and was installed below the VIP section where Kadyrov was sitting. It was supposedly planted some time before during the recent renovations to the venue. The type of explosive was identical to one used to blow up a similar parade two years prior in the Dagestani city of Kaspiysk. Two other blasts were prevented as emergency services defused a landmine and an additional explosive device. On 12 May, another explosive device was found in the stadium.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing, Investigation
Initial investigations focused on the security staff at the stadium and the builders who took part in the renovations. Investigators had given a more specific list of suspects who were under investigation to the State Duma.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing, Reactions
Rebel leader Shamil Basayev claimed that he was involved in and had organized the blast. The attack may have been intended to sow panic and disorder among the pro-Russian Chechen leadership. The Russian-appointed Prime Minister Sergei Abramov served as president until new elections were held sometime before September, as stipulated by the republic's constitution. The attack served a blow to President Vladimir Putin and his strategy for ending the conflict in Chechnya. On 5 August, three suspects were arrested in connection with the attack. Another man was later arrested and cooperated with the investigators in providing useful information.


2004 Grozny stadium bombing, Legacy
The Victory Day holiday has subsequently also served as a day of remembrance for the victims of the attack. On 9 May, the entire leadership of the republic visit the grave of the president in Tsentoroy and pray there. This takes place prior to a Victory Day parade on a square named in Kadyrov's honor.


2004 Guamanian general election
General elections were held in Guam on November 2, 2004 in order to elect all 15 members of the legislature, the federal delegate, mayors of 14 cities, vice mayors of three cities, the public auditor, the Consolidated Commission on Utilities, two judges of the Superior Court, running for retention and the Guam Public Education Policy Board. Voters also voted on the President of the United States although the territory sent no representatives to the electoral college. There was also a referendum on allowing gambling, which was rejected by voters.


2004 Guamanian general election, Background
In the United States territory of Guam, elections to the Legislature and multi-member boards are run via open primary (This following the outlawing of the previous blanket primary similar to Louisiana).


2004 Guamanian general election, Background
Both the Public Auditor and Consolidated Commission on Utilities are required to be nonpartisan and as such candidates are not allowed to state affiliations or list them on the ballot.


2004 Guamanian general election, Background
In the case of the Auditor, affiliating with a party is grounds for disqualification.


2004 Guamanian general election, Campaign
A total of 30 candidates ran for 15 seats in the Legislature, with both the Democratic and Republican parties nominating a full slate.


2004 Guamanian general election, Campaign
The Guam Bar Association conducted an internal survey to determine feelings towards the two judges running for retention. Both were given strong marks of approval by the less than 100 members.


2004 Guamanian general election, Campaign
During the run-up, "Proposition A", the gaming/gambling legalization measure received significant coverage. A group called "Citizens for Economic Diversity" proposed it.


2004 Guamanian general election, Results, President of the United States
Despite not having any electoral votes, Guam approved of George W. Bush by 64% over John Kerry. Ralph Nader and Michael Badnarik both received less than one percent.


2004 Guamanian general election, Results, Legislature
In the election to the legislature, the top fifteen vote-getters are elected, and the remaining candidates aren't. A recount was held due to the closeness of the vote counts of the critical 15th/16th candidates. As a result, Joanne Brown (Republican), an incumbent, pushed then Speaker Ben Pangelinan into 16th place with a two-vote lead.


2004 Guamanian general election, Results, Judicial retention
Both judges standing for retention kept their seats by large majorities.


2004 Guamanian general election, Results, Education board
Elections for the Guam Education Policy Board suffered for a shortage of candidates: Only in the district of Luchan were there more running then returned (4, including write-in, for two seats). In the other two 2 seat districts, the second had to be filled by write-in, and in the 3 seat Lagu district, NO candidates were on the ballot, resulting in a 100% write-in return.


2004 Guamanian general election, Results, Mayors
Ten Republican mayors were elected against four Democratic mayors and all three vice mayors. The vice mayor of Barrigada, June Blas was elected without opposition.


2004 Guamanian general election, Results, Referendum
Shall proposal A, an initiative to establish the Guam Casino Gaming Control Commission Act be adopted by the voters of Guam?


2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2003–04 is the 26th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.


2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The first leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium while the second leg was played in Guangzhou.


2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong captured champion again by winning an aggregate 2–1 against Guangdong.


2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Guangdong
The team was formed mainly by players from Jia B League 2003 third-placed team Guangzhou Xiangxue. The rest of the team include a few players from Guangzhou Kejian and Tan Ende from Zhejiang Lücheng. Some of the players in the squad include:


2004 Guangzhou F.C. season
The 2004 season is the 53rd year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 39th season in the Chinese football league and the 13th season in the professional football league.


2004 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2004 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2004 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from late September through early October, 2004. Total prize money for the tournament was $170,000.


2004 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Finals results, Doubles
Li Ting /  Sun Tiantian def. Yang Shu-jing /  Yu Ying, 6–4, 6–1


2004 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Li Ting and Sun Tiantian won the first edition of this tournament in an all-Chinese final.


2004 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Li Na won her maiden WTA singles title, defeating Martina Suchá in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Li also became the first Chinese player to win a WTA singles title.


2004 Guernsey general election
The 2004 Guernsey general election was held on 21 April 2004 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey. All 45 elected members were independents.


2004 Guernsey general election
There was a by-election in September 2005 to fill a vacancy in the district of St Peter Port South.


2004 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 March 2004 after repeated postponements caused by political and financial chaos in the country, including a coup d'état that overthrew President Kumba Ialá in September 2003. The former ruling party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), won the largest number of seats, but did not obtain a majority. Former President Yala's party, the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), came second with 35 seats.


2004 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
The PAIGC reached an agreement with the PRS for its legislative support (a previous attempt at reaching a deal with the United Social Democratic Party, which won 17 seats, failed), and in May 2004 the new parliament was sworn in, with PAIGC leader Carlos Gomes Júnior becoming Prime Minister.


2004 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Conduct
Although voting reportedly took place on time in the interior of Guinea-Bissau, it was delayed in much of the capital Bissau, as electoral materials were delivered late to many polling stations. The National Electoral Commission ordered the polling stations that opened late to remain open past the scheduled end of voting to ensure that everyone would have a chance to vote. About a third of polling stations in Bissau reportedly never opened on the day of the election, and these stations were ordered to open on the following day, March 29.


2004 Guinea-Bissau legislative election, Conduct
Over 100 international observers were present for the election. The United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, and La Francophonie sent observers, as did Portugal, Russia and the United States.


2004 HEW Cyclassics
The 2004 HEW Cyclassics was the ninth edition of the German single-day race. It took place August 1, 2004 and it was won by Stuart O'Grady, racing for Cofidis.


2004 HR56
2004 HR56, is a micro-asteroid, classified as near-Earth object belonging to the Apollo group. It was first observed by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak National Observatory on 25 April 2004.


2004 HR56, Description
2004 HR56 and was visible between 25 April 25 to 10 May 2005. This find was documented as part of the FMO Project and was reported by six different observatories. Reports indicate that the object is about 74 meters wide and has an absolute magnitude of 23.28. The object could also be classified as a meteoroid, although the most common definition uses a diameter of 10 m as the demarcation.


2004 HR56, Description
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.9–2.2 AU once every 23 months (708 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.44 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.


2004 HSBC World Match Play Championship
The 2004 HSBC World Match Play Championship was the 41st HSBC World Match Play Championship played and the 1st time played as an official European Tour event. It was played from 14–17 October at the Wentworth Club. The champion received €1,443,830 (£1,000,000 or $2,042,513.20) making it the biggest first prize in golf at the time. Each match was played over 36 holes. Ernie Els defeated Lee Westwood 2 and 1 in the final to win the tournament for the sixth time, (his first official HSBC World Match Play Championship victory on the European Tour).


2004 Haarlem Baseball Week
The 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 23 to August 1, 2004. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.


2004 Haarlem Baseball Week
In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament for the first time.


2004 Haarlem Baseball Week, Group stage, Standings
Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.) The United States were represented by a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team  from Reno, Nevada named the Reno Astros.


2004 Haarlem Baseball Week, Group stage, Game results
Regarding a benefit game, the results didn't affect the standings.


2004 Haitian coup d'état
A coup d'état in Haiti during February 2004, which occurred after conflicts lasting for several weeks, resulted in the removal of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office. Aristide was flown from Haiti by U.S. military/security personnel, preventing him from finishing his second term.


2004 Haitian coup d'état
Aristide afterwards claimed that he had been "kidnapped" by U.S. forces and stated that the United States had orchestrated a coup d'état in Haiti, a claim disputed by U.S. officials. Haiti's neighboring Caribbean countries, through the Caribbean Community, deplored the "dangerous precedent for democratically elected governments anywhere and everywhere, as it promotes the removal of duly elected persons from office." Aristide was forced into exile, being flown directly out of Haiti to the Central African Republic, eventually settling in South Africa.


2004 Haitian coup d'état
An interim government led by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue and President Boniface Alexandre was installed in Haiti.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Controversy over Aristide's election in 2000
The opposition in Haiti accused the government party of election fraud in the Haitian general election, 2000, as did Europe and the United States. The National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR) stated that there were delays in the distribution of voter identification cards. U.S. Congressman John Conyers wrote:


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Controversy over Aristide's election in 2000
Unfortunately, there were irregularities that occurred in the election and there is a post-election problem of the vote count that is threatening to undo the democratic work of the citizens of Haiti. Without doubt there were irregularities that occurred in the election which have been conceded by the CEP.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Controversy over Aristide's election in 2000
In contrast, Aristide's supporters claim that an opposition boycott of the election was used as a ploy in order to discredit it.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Controversy over Aristide's election in 2000
In response to this election, European nations suspended government-to-government assistance to Haiti. The U.S. Congress banned any U.S. assistance from being channeled through the Haitian government, codifying an existing situation.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Aristide's request for reparations from France
In 2003, Aristide requested that France pay Haiti over US$21 billion in reparations, which he said was the equivalent in today's money of the 90 million gold francs Haiti was forced to pay Paris after winning independence from France 200 years ago.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Aristide's request for reparations from France
The United Nations Security Council, of which France is a permanent member, rejected a 26 February 2004, appeal from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for international peacekeeping forces to be sent into its member state Haiti, but voted unanimously to send in troops three days later, just hours after Aristide's forced resignation.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Aristide's request for reparations from France
"I believe that (the call for reparations) could have something to do with it, because they (France) were definitely not happy about it, and made some very hostile comments," Myrtha Desulme, chairperson of the Haiti-Jamaica Exchange Committee, told IPS. "(But) I believe that he did have grounds for that demand, because that is what started the downfall of Haiti," she says."


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Aristide's request for reparations from France
Following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état, the appointed provisional prime minister Gerard Latortue rescinded the reparations demand, calling it "foolish" and "illegal".


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Cross-border paramilitary campaign against Haiti's state 2001–2004
The role of rightwing paramilitary groups in violently targeting activists and government officials aligned with the Aristide government has been well documented. Freedom of Information Act documents have shown how paramilitary forces received support from sectors of Haiti's elite as well as from sectors of the Dominican military and government at the time. It is also believed that they had contact with U.S. and French intelligence. While the paramilitary campaign was launched in late 2001 and immediately targeted key governmental infrastructure in Port-au-Prince, during 2002 and 2003 it targeted rural areas of the country. In early 2004, paramilitary forces launched a ramped up offensive into the country.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Ottawa Initiative
The Ottawa Initiative on Haiti was a conference hosted by Canada that took place at Meech Lake, Quebec (a federal government resort near Ottawa) on 31 January and 1 February 2003, to decide the future of Haiti's government, though no Haitian government officials were invited. The conference was attended by Canadian, French, and U.S. and Latin American officials.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Ottawa Initiative
Journalist Michel Vastel leaked information about the conference that he says was told to him by his friend and conference host Denis Paradis, Canada's Secretary of State for Latin America, Africa, and the French-speaking world, in his 15 March 2003, article in Quebec news magazine L'actualité. In the article, he claims that the officials at the conference wanted to see regime change in Haiti in less than a year. "Michel Vastel wrote that the possibility of Aristide's departure, the need for a potential trusteeship over Haiti, and the return of Haiti's dreaded military were discussed by Paradis and the French Minister for La Francophonie, Pierre-André Wiltzer." Paradis later denied this, but neither Vastel nor L'actualite retracted the story.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Events prior to the coup d'état, Student protests
Multiple protests by Haitian students were organized in 2002, 2003 and 2004 against the Aristide government. On 5 December 2003, some of Aristide's supporters, backed by the police according to witnesses, entered the social studies department of the Université d'État d'Haïti to attack students who were rallying for an anti-government protest later that day. Dozens of students were injured and the University dean had his legs broken. This tragic event led to more protests by students, eventually joined by other groups. A student protest against Aristide on 7 January 2004 led to a clash with police and Aristide supporters that left two dead.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Coup d'état
In September 2003, Amiot Métayer was found dead, his eyes shot out and his heart cut out, most likely the result of machete-inflicted wounds. He was, prior to his death, the leader of the Gonaives gang known as "The Cannibal Army." After his death, his brother Buteur Métayer swore vengeance against those he felt responsible for Amiot's death—namely, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Buteur took charge of the Cannibal Army and promptly renamed it the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Coup d'état
On 5 February 2004, this rebel group seized control of Haiti's fourth-largest city, Gonaïves, marking the beginning of a minor revolt against Aristide. During their sack of the city, they burned the police station and looted it for weapons and vehicles, which they used to continue their campaign down the coast. By 22 February, the rebels had captured Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Haïtien. As the end of February approached, rebels threatened to take the capital, Port-au-Prince, fueling increasing political unrest and the building of barricades throughout the capital. Haitians fled their country on boats, seeking to get to the United States. After a three-week rebellion, Aristide involuntarily left Haiti on a US plane accompanied by US security personnel as the rebels took over the capital and was flown without knowledge of his route and destination, via Antigua to Bangui, Central African Republic.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Coup d'état
Many international politicians, including members of the U.S. congress and the Jamaican Prime Minister, expressed concern that the United States had interfered with Haiti's democratic process by removing Aristide with excessive force. According to Rep. Maxine Waters D-California, Mildred Aristide called her at her home at 6:30 am to inform her "the coup d'etat has been completed", and Jean-Bertrand Aristide said the U.S. Embassy in Haiti's chief of staff came to his house to say he would be killed "and a lot of Haitians would be killed" if he refused to resign immediately and said he "has to go now."


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Coup d'état
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York expressed similar words, saying Aristide had told him he was "disappointed that the international community had let him down" and "that he resigned under pressure" – "As a matter of fact, he was very apprehensive for his life. They made it clear that he had to go now or he would be killed."


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Coup d'état
When asked for his response to these statements Colin Powell said that "it might have been better for members of Congress who have heard these stories to ask us about the stories before going public with them so we don't make a difficult situation that much more difficult" and he alleged that Aristide "did not democratically govern or govern well".


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Coup d'état
Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson released a statement saying "we are bound to question whether his resignation was truly voluntary, as it comes after the capture of sections of Haiti by armed insurgents and the failure of the international community to provide the requisite support. The removal of President Aristide in these circumstances sets a dangerous precedent for democratically elected governments anywhere and everywhere, as it promotes the removal of duly elected persons from office by the power of rebel forces."


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
Supreme Court Chief Justice Boniface Alexandre succeeded Aristide as interim president and petitioned the United Nations Security Council for the intervention of an international peacekeeping force. The Security Council passed a resolution the same day, "[t]aking note of the resignation of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti and the swearing-in of President Boniface Alexandre as the acting President of Haitiin accordance with the Constitution of Haiti" and authorized such a mission.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
As a vanguard of the official UN force and Operation Secure Tomorrow, a force of about 1,000 United States Marines arrived in Haïti within the day, and Canadian, French and Chilean troops arrived the next morning; the United Nations indicated it would send a team to assess the situation within days.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
On 1 June 2004, the peacekeeping mission was passed to MINUSTAH and comprised a 7000-person force led by Brazil and backed up by Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka and Uruguay.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
In November 2004, the University of Miami School of Law carried out a Human Rights Investigation in Haiti and documented serious human rights abuses. It stated that "Summary executions are a police tactic." It also stated the following:


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
U.S. officials blame the crisis on armed gangs in the poor neighborhoods, not the official abuses and atrocities, nor the unconstitutional ouster of the elected president. Their support for the interim government is not surprising, as top officials, including the Minister of Justice, worked for U.S. government projects that undermined their elected predecessors. Coupled with the U.S. government’s development assistance embargo from 2000–2004, the projects suggest a disturbing pattern.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
On 15 October 2005, Brazil called for more troops to be sent due to the worsening situation in the country.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
A number of figures from Haiti's past re-appeared in government after the rebellion, including Hérard Abraham at the Ministry of the Interior, Williams Régala (a former aide to Henri Namphy) and Colonel Henri-Robert Marc-Charles, a member of the post-1991 military junta.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, Aftermath
In the Haitian general election, 2006, René Préval was elected president.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, CARICOM
CARICOM (The Caribbean Community) governments denounced the removal of Aristide from government. They also questioned the legality of the new government. The Prime Minister of Jamaica, P. J. Patterson, said that the episode set "a dangerous precedent for democratically elected governments anywhere and everywhere, as it promotes the removal of duly elected persons from office by the power of rebel forces."


2004 Haitian coup d'état, CARICOM
As reported by the BBC, on 3 March 2004, CARICOM called for an independent inquiry into the departure of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and says it would not be sending peacekeepers. Patterson said there had been no indication during discussions with the U.S. and France that the plan which CARICOM had put forward prior to Aristide's departure was not acceptable. "In respect of our partners we can only say this, at no time in our discussions did they convey to us that the plan was unacceptable so long as president Aristide remained in office.


2004 Haitian coup d'état, CARICOM
Nor did they suggest to us anything of a nature pertaining to the conduct of President Aristide in office that would cause us to come to the judgment ourselves that he was unsuited to be the President of Haïti," Mr. Patterson said. The U.S. and France have been accused of using pressure on CARICOM to not make a formal UN request for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Aristide's removal.