2014 Tour de France

2014 Tour de France

2014 UCI World Tour, race 18 of 29
Route of the 2014 Tour de France
Race details
Dates		5 July 2014 (2014-07-05) – 27 July 2014 (2014-07-27)
Stages		21
Distance		3,663.5 km (2,276 mi)
Winning time		89h 59' 06" (40.7 km/h or 25.3 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	(Astana)
	Second	Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	(Ag2r-La Mondiale)
	Third	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	(FDJ.fr)
	Points	Peter Sagan (SVK)	(Cannondale)
	Mountains	Rafał Majka (POL)	(Tinkoff-Saxo)
	Youth	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	(FDJ.fr)
	Team	Ag2r-La Mondiale

The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the Tour de France. It started on 5 July in Leeds, England, and concluded on 27 July in Paris, France.^[1][2][3] As is traditionally the case in even-numbered years, it followed a clockwise route through France. Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali won the race by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997.^[4][5]

Teams

All 18 teams in the UCI's Proteam category were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams were also invited.^[6]

Proteams
Ag2r-La Mondiale BMC Racing Team Giant-Shimano Lotto-Belisol Orica-GreenEDGE Trek Factory Racing Astana Bretagne-Séché Environnement FDJ.fr Movistar Team Team Europcar Team Sky Belkin Pro Cycling Cannondale Garmin-Sharp Lampre-Merida Omega Pharma-Quick Step Team Katusha Tinkoff-Saxo

Professional Continental teams
Cofidis NetApp-Endura Bretagne-Séché Environnement IAM Cycling

Before the start of the race, Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, and Vincenzo Nibali were among the favourites for overall victory.^[7][8] Froome crashed out of the Tour on stage 5, and Contador followed on stage 10, after breaking his leg in a crash. German rider Jens Voigt competed in his seventeenth and final Tour.^[9]

Grand Départ

The Grand Départ (French pronunciation: ​[gʀɑ̃ depaʀ]) team presentation took place on 3 July in Leeds at the First Direct Arena, after a ceremonial ride from the University of Leeds. The ceremony included performances from Embrace and Opera North.^[10]

Route and stages

The first three stages were in England, starting in Leeds.^[11][12] This was the fourth Tour de France to contain stages in England (after 1974, 1994 and 2007) and the only edition to contain more than two stages there.

List of stages^[13]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	5 July	Leeds – Harrogate (United Kingdom)	190.5 km (118 mi)		Flat stage	Marcel Kittel (GER)
2	6 July	York – Sheffield (United Kingdom)	201 km (125 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
3	7 July	Cambridge – London (United Kingdom)	155 km (96 mi)		Flat stage	Marcel Kittel (GER)
4	8 July	Le Touquet-Paris-Plage – Lille Metropole	163.5 km (102 mi)		Flat stage	Marcel Kittel (GER)
5	9 July	Ypres (Belgium) – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut	155.5 km (97 mi)		Flat stage with cobblestones[14]	Lars Boom (NED)
6	10 July	Arras – Reims	194 km (121 mi)		Flat stage	André Greipel (GER)
7	11 July	Épernay – Nancy	234.5 km (146 mi)		Flat stage	Matteo Trentin (ITA)
8	12 July	Tomblaine – Gérardmer La Mauselaine	161 km (100 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Blel Kadri (FRA)
9	13 July	Gérardmer – Mulhouse	170 km (106 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Tony Martin (GER)
10	14 July	Mulhouse – La Planche des Belles Filles	161.5 km (100 mi)		Mountain stage	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
	15 July	Rest day
11	16 July	Besançon – Oyonnax	187.5 km (117 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Tony Gallopin (FRA)
12	17 July	Bourg-en-Bresse – Saint-Étienne	185.5 km (115 mi)		Flat stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
13	18 July	Saint-Étienne – Chamrousse	197.5 km (123 mi)		Mountain stage	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
14	19 July	Grenoble – Risoul	177 km (110 mi)		Mountain stage	Rafał Majka (POL)
15	20 July	Tallard – Nîmes	222 km (138 mi)		Flat stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
	21 July	Rest day
16	22 July	Carcassonne – Bagnères-de-Luchon	237.5 km (148 mi)		Mountain stage	Michael Rogers (AUS)
17	23 July	Saint-Gaudens – Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet	124.5 km (77 mi)		Mountain stage	Rafał Majka (POL)
18	24 July	Pau – Hautacam	145.5 km (90 mi)		Mountain stage	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
19	25 July	Maubourguet Pays du Val d’Adour – Bergerac	208.5 km (130 mi)		Flat stage	Ramūnas Navardauskas (LIT)
20	26 July	Bergerac – Périgueux	54 km (34 mi)		Individual time trial	Tony Martin (GER)
21	27 July	Évry – Paris Champs-Élysées	137.5 km (85 mi)		Flat stage	Marcel Kittel (GER)

Classification leadership

There are four main individual classifications contested in the 2014 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification will be considered the winner of the Tour.^[15] In 2014, there are no time bonuses given.

The points classification awards a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists get points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points leads the classification, and is identified with a green jersey.^[15]

The mountains classification is a special points competition awarded to those riders who climb the most difficult ascents the fastest. The organisation categorises some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification are won by the first cyclists that reach the top of these climbs, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The rider with the most mountain points is awarded a polka dot jersey.^[15] There were also two special awards, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange given to first rider over the highest climb in the Tour and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given to the first rider to pass his memorial on the Col du Tourmalet. They did not award any points for the mountains classification, but gave a cash prize of €5000. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange this year was on the Col d'Izoard in stage 14, and was claimed by Joaquim Rodríguez and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet was won by Blel Kadri on stage 18.

The young rider classification, denoted by a white jersey, is calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification is restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1989.^[15]

The team classification is calculated using the finishing times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage; the leading team is the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that lead this classification are identified with yellow numbers and helmets.

In addition, there is a combativity award, given after each stage to the cyclist considered to be the most combative rider that day; it is awarded by a jury vote. The winner wears red numbers on the back of his jersey the following day. At the conclusion of the Tour de France, the cyclist who has received the most total votes across all stages is recognized as the most combative rider of the entire Tour.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Marcel Kittel	Marcel Kittel	Marcel Kittel	Jens Voigt	Peter Sagan	Team Sky	Jens Voigt
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Vincenzo Nibali	Peter Sagan	Cyril Lemoine			Blel Kadri
3	Marcel Kittel						Jan Bárta
4	Marcel Kittel						Thomas Voeckler
5	Lars Boom					Astana Pro Team	Lieuwe Westra
6	André Greipel						Luis Ángel Maté
7	Matteo Trentin						Martin Elmiger
8	Blel Kadri			Blel Kadri	Michał Kwiatkowski		Blel Kadri
9	Tony Martin	Tony Gallopin		Tony Martin			Tony Martin
10	Vincenzo Nibali	Vincenzo Nibali		Joaquim Rodríguez	Romain Bardet	Ag2r-La Mondiale	Tony Martin
11	Tony Gallopin						Nicolas Roche
12	Alexander Kristoff						Simon Clarke
13	Vincenzo Nibali			Vincenzo Nibali			Alessandro De Marchi
14	Rafał Majka			Joaquim Rodríguez			Alessandro De Marchi
15	Alexander Kristoff						Martin Elmiger
16	Michael Rogers			Rafał Majka	Thibaut Pinot		Cyril Gautier
17	Rafał Majka						Romain Bardet
18	Vincenzo Nibali						Mikel Nieve
19	Ramūnas Navardauskas						Tom-Jelte Slagter
20	Tony Martin						no award
21	Marcel Kittel
Final		Vincenzo Nibali	Peter Sagan	Rafał Majka	Thibaut Pinot	Ag2r-La Mondiale	Alessandro De Marchi

Notes

• In stage 2, Bryan Coquard, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Marcel Kittel (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and Peter Sagan (in second place) wore the white jersey as leader of the young riders' classification during that stage
• In stages 3–5, Romain Bardet, who was second in the young riders' classification, wore the white jersey, because Peter Sagan (in first place) wore the green jersey as leader of the points classification. Also, in stages 6–7, Michał Kwiatkowski wore the white jersey for the same reason.
• In stage 14, Joaquim Rodríguez, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka-dot jersey, because Vincenzo Nibali (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the Points classification		Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the Team classification		Denotes the winner of the Combativity award

Team classification

Pos.	Team	Time
1	Ag2r-La Mondiale	270h 27' 02
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 34' 46
3	Movistar Team	+ 1h 06' 10
4	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 07' 51
5	Team Europcar	+ 1h 34' 57
6	Astana	+ 1h 36' 27
7	Team Sky	+ 1h 40' 36
8	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 06' 00
9	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 30' 37
10	Lampre-Merida	+ 2h 32' 46'

References

External links

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