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]
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 29 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 6 April 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 259 km (160.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 15' 18" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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Route
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First lap of the circuit (red) and transition to the second lap (green). -
Second lap of the circuit (red) and final (green)
Teams
editAs 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
edit| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
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Trek Factory Racing | 6h 15' 18" | 100 |
| 2 |  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
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BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 80 |
| 3 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
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Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | 70 |
| 4 | Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)
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Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. | 60 |
| 5 |  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
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Team Katusha | + 8" | 50 |
| 6 |  Niki Terpstra (NED)
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Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 18" | 40 |
| 7 | Tom Boonen (BEL)
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Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 35" | 30 |
| 8 |  Geraint Thomas (GBR)
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Team Sky | + 37" | 20 |
| 9 | Björn Leukemans (BEL)
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Wanty–Groupe Gobert | + 41" | – |
| 10 | Sebastian Langeveld (NED)
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Garmin–Sharp | + 43" | 4 |
References
edit- ^ "rvv.be - Roadmap pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Westby, Matt (6 April 2014). "Fabian Cancellara wins after pipping Greg van Avermaet and Sep Vanmarcke". Sky Sports. BSkyB. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Tour of Flanders 2014 start list". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Uitslag – Résultat – Result" (PDF). Tour of Flanders. Wielerbond Vlaanderen. 6 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.