2014 E3 Harelbeke

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2014 E3 Harelbeke
2014 UCI World Tour, race 6 of 28
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Race details
Dates28 March 2014
Stages1
Distance212 km (131.7 mi)
Winning time4h 56' 31"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Sagan  (Slovakia) (Cannondale)
  SecondFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Niki Terpstra  (Netherlands) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)
  ThirdFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (Great Britain) (Team Sky)
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The 2014 E3 Harelbeke was the 57th running of the E3 Harelbeke single-day cycling race. It was held on 28 March 2014, over a distance of 212 kilometres (131.7 miles) and was the sixth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. The race is often seen as a preparation race for the Tour of Flanders. [1] The race was won by Peter Sagan in a four-man sprint finish. [2]

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Teams

As E3 Harelbeke was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 25-team peloton.

The 25 teams that competed in the race were: [3]

Pre-race favourites

Tom Boonen during the race E3 Harelbeke 2014, boonen (20072869709).jpg
Tom Boonen during the race

E3 Harelbeke comes early in the year so riders who have preformed well already in the season are considered highly. Peter Sagan (Cannondale) returned to E3 after a podium finish in 2013 he was considered one of the three main contenders along with Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) and Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step). [4] Other riders expected to do well included Filippo Pozzato (Lampre–Merida), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team), Sep Vanmarcke (Belkin Pro Cycling), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team). [4] Matteo Trentin and Mark Renshaw both from Omega Pharma–Quick-Step were expected to finish highly in the race but pulled out of the race following a tough Milan–San Remo. [5]

Race report

The 212 km day started with high paced racing where many riders tried to form a break but were caught by the peloton again. About an hour into the race the first real break was established with five riders. They were: Maxime Daniel (Ag2r–La Mondiale), Jérôme Cousin (Team Europcar), Florian Sénéchal (Cofidis), Jay Thomson (MTN–Qhubeka) and Laurens De Vreese (Wanty–Groupe Gobert). [6] The group worked well together gaining a maximum advantage of seven minutes over the peloton. The race had many crashes with Svein Tuft (Orica–GreenEDGE) the first to abandon.

With 45km to go Thor Hushovd (BMC Racing Team) was part of a high-speed crash involving Michel Kreder (Garmin–Sharp) where they both abandoned. [7] Up next was the Kapelberg, a stretch of road before the decisive Paterberg and Oude Kwaremont. The break's gap had been reduced to one minute and a half with teams working hard to catch them. Cancellara was caught out by a major crash on the Kapelberg forcing him to chase. [8]

Vanmarcke led the front group over the Paterberg while Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) led them over the Oude Kwaremont these efforts blew the peloton apart forming an eight-man group at the front followed by a fourteen-man chase bunch. [9] Over the Karnemelkbeekstraat Sagan attacked with Thomas, Niki Terpstra and Stijn Vandenbergh (both Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) the only riders able to follow. With 10km to go the quartet had 45 seconds lead on the chase bunch. Since Omega Pharma–Quick-Step had two riders in the front bunch Terpstra stopped contributing to the pace making. Vandenbergh tried to attack multiple times in the final kilometeres but each time Thomas or Sagan would close him down. This led to a four-man sprint where Sagan took victory with Terpstra second and Thomas in third. [10]

Results

Sources: [6] [11]

Winner Peter Sagan during the race E3 Harelbeke 2014, sagan (20071461390).jpg
Winner Peter Sagan during the race
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Sagan  (SVK) Cannondale 4h 56' 31"
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Niki Terpstra  (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t.
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR) Team Sky s.t.
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Stijn Vandenbergh  (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t.
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sep Vanmarcke  (BEL) Belkin Pro Cycling + 1' 16"
6Flag of France.svg  Tony Gallopin  (FRA) Lotto–Belisol + 1' 16"
7Flag of Slovenia.svg  Borut Božič  (SLO) Astana + 1' 19"
8Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Farrar  (USA) Garmin–Sharp + 1' 19"
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI) Trek Factory Racing + 1' 19"
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 1' 19"

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