2014 Team Giant–Shimano season

2014 Team Giant-Shimano
Manager Iwan Spekenbrink
Season victories
One-day races 10
Stage race overall 2
Stage race stages 8
Best ranked rider Kirsten Wild (4th)

The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant-Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil-Argos in 2010.

Roster

As of 1 January 2014. Ages as of 1 January 2014.[1]

Rider Date of birth
 Marijn de Vries (NED) (1978-11-19)19 November 1978 (aged 35)
 Lucy Garner (GBR) (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 19)
 Claudia Häusler (GER) (1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 28)
 Willeke Knol (NED) (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 22)
 Floortje Mackaij (NED) (1995-10-18)18 October 1995 (aged 18)
Rider Date of birth
 Sara Mustonen (SWE) (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 32)
 Maaike Polspoel (BEL) (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 24)
 Julia Soek (NED) (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 23)
 Kyara Stijns (NED) (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 18)
 Kirsten Wild (NED) (1982-10-15)15 October 1982 (aged 31)

    Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season
    Rider 2013 team
     Floortje Mackaij (NED)[2] Former junior rider, stagiair since 1 August 2013
     Sara Mustonen (SWE)[3]
     Maaike Polspoel (BEL)[2] Sengers Ladies Cycling Team
     Julia Soek (NED)[3]
     Kyara Stijns (NED)[2] Former junior rider
     Marijn de Vries (NED)[3] Lotto Belisol Ladies
    Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season
    Rider 2014 team
     Elke Gebhardt (GER)[4] Bigla Cycling Team
     Kelly Markus (NED)[4]
     Janneke Busser Kanis (NED)[5] Retiring
     Esra Tromp (NED)[6] Parkhotel Valkenburg p/b Math Salden

    Season victories

    Single day and stage races 2014[7]
    Date Country Race Cat. Winner
    4 February  Qatar Stage 1 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    5 February  Qatar Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Netherlands Amy Pieters
    6 February  Qatar Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    7 February  Qatar Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    7 February  Qatar General classification Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    1 March  Belgium Omloop het Nieuwsblad 1.2 Netherlands Amy Pieters
    16 March  Netherlands Novilon EDR Cup 1.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    9 April  Netherlands Stage 1 Energiewacht Tour 2.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    10 April  Netherlands Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour 2.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    20 April  Netherlands Ronde van Gelderland 1.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    14 May  China Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    15 May  China Stage 2 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    16 May  China General classification Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    17 May  Belgium Trofee Maarten Wynants 1.2 Netherlands Maaike Polspoel
    18 May  China Tour of Chongming Island World Cup CDM Netherlands Kirsten Wild
    4 June  Netherlands Parel van de Veluwe Nat. Netherlands Floortje Mackaij

    Results in major races

    Single day races

    Results at the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[8]
    Date # Race Best rider Place
    15 March 1 Ronde van Drenthe Netherlands Kirsten Wild 6th
    30 March 2 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Germany Claudia Lichtenberg 13th
    6 April 3 Tour of Flanders Netherlands Kirsten Wild 13th
    23 April 4 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Germany Claudia Häusler 9th
    18 May 5 Tour of Chongming Island Netherlands Kirsten Wild 1st
    3 August 6 Sparkassen Giro Netherlands Kirsten Wild 9th
    22 August 7 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Team Giant-Shimano 7th
    24 August 8 Open de Suède Vårgårda Netherlands Kirsten Wild 5th
    30 August 9 GP de Plouay Germany Claudia Lichtenberg 16th
    Final individual classification Netherlands Kirsten Wild 5th
    Final team classification
    Other major single day races
    Date Race Best rider Place
    27 July La Course by Le Tour de France Netherlands Kirsten Wild 2nd
    21 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial Team Giant-Shimano 8th
    23 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 1]
    27 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 2]
    1. ↑ Riders are part of the national team[9]
    2. ↑ Riders are part of the national team[10]

    Grand Tours

    Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile
    Rider (classification) Claudia Häusler (6th)[11]
    Victories 0 stage wins

    UCI World Ranking

    The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.

    Team Giant-Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.[12]

    Individual world ranking[13]
    Rank Rider Points
    4 Netherlands Kirsten Wild 877.25
    15Netherlands Amy Pieters 417.5
    20 Germany Claudia Lichtenberg 366.25
    41United Kingdom Lucy Garner 163
    60 Belgium Maaike Polspoel 114.25
    87 Sweden Sara Mustonen 69.25
    166Netherlands Floortje Mackaij 28.25
    538 Poland Willeke Knol 1.25

    References

    1. ↑ "UCI Women's Teams". UCI. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
    2. 1 2 3 "Team Argos-Shimano women’s extends contracts, signs new riders". 1t4i.com. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
    3. 1 2 3 "Team Argos-Shimano women’s team add names to roster for 2014". 1t4i.com. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
    4. 1 2 "De Vries, Soek en Mustonen naar Argos-Shimano" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
    5. ↑ "Knol en Tromp weg bij Argos-Shimano" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
    6. ↑ "Vijf rensters voor Parkhotel Valkenburg" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
    7. ↑ "2014 Team Giant-Shimano UCI". procyclingstats. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
    8. ↑ "Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual 2014". UCI. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
    9. ↑ "2014 » World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
    10. ↑ "2014 » 81st World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
    11. ↑ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2014 (2.1)". cycling fever. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
    12. ↑ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Team Final result". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
    13. ↑ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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