2014 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 29 | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 6 April 2014 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 259 km (160.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6h 15' 18" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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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]
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]
Cyclist | Team | Time |
UCI World Tour Points | |
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1 | Fabian Cancellara ( SUI) | Trek Factory Racing | 6h 15' 18" | 100 |
2 | Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL) | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | 80 |
3 | Sep Vanmarcke ( BEL) | Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. | 70 |
4 | Stijn Vandenbergh ( BEL) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. | 60 |
5 | Alexander Kristoff ( NOR) | Team Katusha | + 8" | 50 |
6 | Niki Terpstra ( NED) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 18" | 40 |
7 | Tom Boonen ( BEL) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 35" | 30 |
8 | Geraint Thomas ( GBR) | Team Sky | + 37" | 20 |
9 | Björn Leukemans ( BEL) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | + 41" | – |
10 | Sebastian Langeveld ( NED) | Garmin–Sharp | + 43" | 4 |