The 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 100th running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 27 April 2014 over a distance of 263 kilometres (163.4 miles) and it was the thirteenth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won by Simon Gerrans in a four-rider sprint finish – becoming the first Australian to win the race[1] – ahead of Alejandro Valverde, Michał Kwiatkowski and Giampaolo Caruso.[2]
Teams
As Liège–Bastogne–Liège 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]
Results
Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Orica–GreenEDGE | 6h 37' 43" | 100 |
2 | ![]() |
Movistar Team | s.t. | 80 |
3 | ![]() |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. | 70 |
4 | ![]() |
Team Katusha | s.t. | 60 |
5 | ![]() |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 3" | 50 |
6 | ![]() |
Garmin–Sharp | + 3" | 40 |
7 | ![]() |
Tinkoff–Saxo | + 3" | 30 |
8 | ![]() |
BMC Racing Team | + 3" | 20 |
9 | ![]() |
Team Katusha | + 5" | 10 |
10 | ![]() |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 6" | 4 |
References
- ^ Reed, Ron (28 April 2014). "Simon Gerrans first Aussie to win Liege-Bastogne-Liege race". Herald Sun. The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (27 April 2014). "Simon Gerrans wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2014 start list". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
Recent Comments