2014 Tour of Flanders

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2014 Tour of Flanders
2014 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 29
Race details
Dates6 April 2014
Stages1
Distance259 km (160.9 mi)
Winning time6h 15' 18"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI) (Trek Factory Racing)
  SecondFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) (BMC Racing Team)
  ThirdFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sep Vanmarcke  (BEL) (Belkin Pro Cycling)
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The 2014 Tour of Flanders was the 98th edition of the Tour of Flanders single-day Monument classics. It was held on 6 April 2014 over a distance of 259 kilometres (160.9 miles) from Bruges to Oudenaarde. [1] In a four-rider sprint finish, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara won the race for a record-equalling [2] third time – and for the second year in succession – ahead of Belgian trio Greg Van Avermaet, Sep Vanmarcke and Stijn Vandenbergh. [3]

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Route

Teams

As the Tour of Flanders 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: [4]

Results

[5]

CyclistTeamTime UCI World Tour
Points
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fabian Cancellara  (SUI) Trek Factory Racing 6h 15' 18"100
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t.80
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sep Vanmarcke  (BEL) Belkin Pro Cycling s.t.70
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Stijn Vandenbergh  (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t.60
5Flag of Norway.svg  Alexander Kristoff  (NOR) Team Katusha + 8"50
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Niki Terpstra  (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 18"40
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 35"30
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR) Team Sky + 37"20
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Björn Leukemans  (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 41" –
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sebastian Langeveld  (NED) Garmin–Sharp + 43"4

References

  1. ↑ "rvv.be - Roadmap pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  2. ↑ Brown, Gregor (6 April 2014). "Cancellara: "I'm the Spartacus of Flanders"". Cycling Weekly . IPC Media. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Westby, Matt (6 April 2014). "Fabian Cancellara wins after pipping Greg van Avermaet and Sep Vanmarcke". Sky Sports . BSkyB . Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tour of Flanders 2014 start list". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Uitslag – Résultat – Result" (PDF). [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|]]. Wielerbond Vlaanderen. 6 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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