2014 Giant–Shimano season explained

Team:Giant–Shimano
Season:2014
Men:yes
Manager:Iwan Spekenbrink
Onedaywins:5
Stageraceoverall:1
Stageracestages:34
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 season for the began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

After Argos Oil withdrew sponsorship from the team at the end of the 2013 season,[1] Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles took over main naming rights for the 2014 season.[2]

Team roster

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Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season
Rider2013 team
Lawson Craddockneo-pro
Dries Devenyns[4]
Chad Haganeo-pro
Loh Sea Keongneo-pro (OCBC Singapore)
Daan Olivierneo-pro
Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season
Rider2014 team
Will Clarke[5]
Patrick Gretsch[6]
Yann Huguet[7] Retired
François Parisien[8] Retired
Xing Yan Dong

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Dubai Tour, Stage 2 The Palm
Dubai Tour, Stage 3 Hatta
Dubai Tour, Stage 4 Burj Khalifa
Dubai Tour, Points classification
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 5 Alès
Étoile de Bessèges, Overall
Étoile de Bessèges, Points classification
Étoile de Bessèges, Young rider classification
Étoile de Bessèges, Teams classification [9]
Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 1 Montagnac
Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 2 Rousset
Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 3 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
Tour Méditerranéen, Points classification
Paris–Nice, Stage 3 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Paris–Nice, Points classification
Handzame
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1 Calella
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 Girona
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5 Valls
Critérium International, Stage 2 Porto-Vecchio
Wevelgem
Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2 Angers
Schoten
Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 4 Licques
Giro d'Italia, Stage 2 Belfast
Giro d'Italia, Stage 3 Dublin
Tour of California, Young rider classification
World Ports Classic, Stage 2 Rotterdam
World Ports Classic, Young rider classification [10]
Tour of Belgium, Young rider classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 Trieste
Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 3 Le Teil
Gippingen
Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 1 Sint Willebrord
Tour de France, Stage 1 Harrogate
Tour de France, Stage 3 London
Tour de France, Stage 4 Lille
Tour de France, Stage 21 Paris
Eneco Tour, Stage 3 Breda
Eneco Tour, Points classification
Vuelta a Burgos, Young rider classification
Vuelta a España, Stage 4 Córdoba
Vuelta a España, Stage 5 Ronda
Tour of Alberta, Prologue Calgary
Vuelta a España, Stage 12 Logroño
Tour of Alberta, Stage 2 Red Deer
Tour of Britain, Stage 1 Liverpool
Tour of Alberta, Young rider classification
Vuelta a España, Stage 17 A Coruña
Tour of Britain, Stage 8b London
Vuelta a España, Points classification
Bourges
Tour of Beijing, Stage 1 Zhangjiakou

Notes and References

  1. News: Argos-Shimano to have new title sponsor in 2014. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 30 October 2013. 24 February 2014.
  2. News: Argos-Shimano becomes Giant-Shimano. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 13 January 2014. 24 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED. https://archive.today/20140101032506/http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(psmd4pf5nrcjs4sg3skgfwyd))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3008. dead. 1 January 2014. 14 February 2014. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
  4. News: Devenyns to Argos, G. Izagirre and Malori to Movistar. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 September 2013. 24 February 2014.
  5. News: Drapac announce three more signings. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 October 2013. 24 February 2014.
  6. News: Gretsch excited about move to Ag2r-La Mondiale. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 September 2013. 24 February 2014.
  7. News: Contract extensions for Degenkolb, Geschke, Dumoulin and Kittel. . SMS Cycling BV. 2 October 2013. 24 February 2014. Yann Huguet has decided to retire from professional cycling at the end of this year..
  8. News: Parisien opts to retire from cycling. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 November 2013. 24 February 2014.
  9. The riders on the squad were Tobias Ludvigsson, Jonas Ahlstrand, Roy Curvers, John Degenkolb, Dries Devenyns, Chad Haga, Tom Stamsnijder and Albert Timmer
  10. Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.