2014 La Course by Le Tour de France

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2014 La Course by Le Tour de France
Logo of the 2014 La Course by Le Tour de France.jpg
Logo of the 2014 edition
Race details
Dates27 July 2014
Stages1
Distance89.0 km (55.30 mi)
Winning time2h 00' 41"
Results
  WinnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED) (Rabo Liv)
  SecondFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED) (Giant–Shimano)
  ThirdFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leah Kirchmann  (CAN) (Optum Kelly)

  PointsFlag of Italy.svg  Marta Tagliaferro  (ITA) (Alé Cipollini)
  YouthFlag of the United States.svg  Coryn Rivera  (USA) (UnitedHealthcare)
2015  

The 2014 La Course by Le Tour de France was the inaugural edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. The race was run before the 21st stage of the 2014 Tour de France on 27 July. The race was introduced following criticism by the professional women's peloton and campaigners such as Kathryn Bertine regarding the lack of a women's Tour de France. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The race was won by Marianne Vos of Rabo Liv in a sprint finish, with Kirsten Wild of Team Giant–Shimano finishing second and Leah Kirchmann of Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies in third. [4]

Route and organisation

The race consisted of 13 laps on the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, making a distance of 89 kilometres (55 miles). The race was organised by the ASO [5] and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.

Broadcasting

The race was covered in 157 countries by 25 TV broadcasters, 23 of which broadcast the last hour of the race live. [6]

Teams

UCI Women's Teams

National teams

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flag of France.svg France

The race

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Marianne Vos, winner of La Course by Tour de France 2014

The race started at 11:45  Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), and was scheduled to last until 13:00. The race saw many attacks. Dutchwomen Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans), who attacked multiple times, was the only women who was able to get clear for a few laps with a maximal advantage of over half a minute. Besides of her also Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten (both Rabo–Liv), Amy Pieters (Team Giant–Shimano), Chantal Blaak (Specialized–lululemon), Alena Amialiusik (Astana BePink) and Rachel Neylan (Australia National team) attempted to ride away from the peloton, but none were successful. With a few kilometres to go the Mexican national champion Ana Teresa Casas (Estado de México–Faren Kuota) crashed out of the race, and with around a kilometre to go another crash in the bunch took down Lizzie Armitstead (Boels–Dolmans) and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabo–Liv). The race ended in a bunch sprint with a peloton of about 30 riders. Marianne Vos (Rabo–Liv) won the sprint ahead of Kirsten Wild (Team Giant–Shimano). Canada's Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) finished third in the sprint. [7] [8] [4]

Classifications

Besides the individual time classification (finishing time of the riders) there is a sprint and young rider classification. The Young rider classification exists of the individual time classification with riders born since 1 January 1992. The sprint classification is established by adding up the points obtained in each of the intermediate sprints. There were sprints after each of the first eleven laps, where 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point(s) were/was awarded to the top five riders. [9]

Race result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED) Rabo–Liv 2h 00' 41"
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kirsten Wild  (NED) Giant–Shimano + 0"
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leah Kirchmann  (CAN) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies + 0"
4Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Brennauer  (GER) Specialized–lululemon + 0"
5Flag of the United States.svg  Shelley Olds  (USA) Alé Cipollini + 0"
6Flag of the United States.svg  Coryn Rivera  (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women's Team + 0"
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jolien D'Hoore  (BEL) Lotto Belisol Ladies + 0"
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Emma Johansson  (SWE) Orica–AIS + 0"
9Flag of Italy.svg  Simona Frapporti  (ITA) Astana BePink Womens Team + 0"
10Flag of France.svg  Roxane Fournier  (FRA) Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86 + 0"

Source [10]

Sprint classification
RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of Italy.svg  Marta Tagliaferro  (ITA) Alé Cipollini 32
2Flag of Belarus.svg  Alena Amialiusik  (BLR) Astana BePink 25
3Flag of France.svg  Audrey Cordon  (FRA) Hitec Products 16
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED) Boels–Dolmans 13
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Chantal Blaak  (NED) Specialized–lululemon 8


Young rider classification

RiderTeamTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  Coryn Rivera  (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women's Team 2h 00' 41"

Source [4]

Prize money

The total prize money of the race was 22,500: €17,500 was to be awarded to the best 20 riders of the individual time classification, €3,500 to the first 3 riders in the sprint classification and €2,000 to the first three riders of the young rider classification. [9]

Position [9] 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th – 20thTotal
Time classification€6,000€4,000€2,000€1,000€800€700€600€400€300€200€100€17,500
Sprint classification€2,000€1,000€500--------€3,500
Young rider classification€1,000€600€400--------€2,000

See also

References

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  2. Macur, Juliet (26 July 2014). "Women as Athletes, Not Accessories, at Least for a Day". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. "La Course to showcase women's cycling". BBC Sport. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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  6. "Estado de Mexico: è il primo team latino-americano femminile ai Campi Elisi". milanosportiva.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. "Vos klopt Wild in eerste La Course" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  8. "Vos sprint naar winst in eerste editie La Course" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 "Sporting stakes / rules". letour.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  10. "La course by le Tour de France 2014". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.