July 11, 2004 – Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) is having his best-ever Tour, having led a few days ago and now taking stage 8 over Fassa’s Kim Kirchen and T-Mobile’s Erik Zabel. Tomorrow is the rest day, and from there, things get tougher as the mountains and a key time trial looms..

Stage 8: Lamballe – Quimper, 168 km

1. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.54.22 (43.01 km/h)
2. Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
3. Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
4. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
5. Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
6. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
7. Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
8. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Cofidis – Le Crédit Par Téléphone
9. Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
10. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner

Overall:

1. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33.03.36
2. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Cofidis – Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.01
3. Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.06
4. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 6.27
5. Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 7.09
6. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.35
7. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.45
8. Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.57
9. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.02
10. Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.06