2014 La Route de France explained

2014 La Route de France
Date:	10–16 August 2014
Stages:	7
Distance:	787
Unit:	km
Time:	21h 41' 22"
Speed:	36.3
First:	Claudia Lichtenberg
First Nat:	GER
First Color:	orange
First Team:	Giant-Shimano
Second:	Alena Amialiusik
Second Nat:	BLR
Second Team:	Astana BePink
Third:	Aude Biannic
Third Nat:	FRA
Third Team:	Lointek
Youth:	Sabrina Stultiens
Youth Nat:	NED
Youth Color:	white
Youth Team:	Netherlands national team
Team:	Giant–Shimano
Team Color:	yellow_number
Previous:	2013
Next:	2015

The 2014 La Route de France was an Elite Women's road race, rated at 2.1 by the UCI. Claudia Lichtenberg of won the first stage by 29 seconds and held on to the leader's jersey for the entire race.

Teams

The following teams are participating:^[1]

UCI Women's Teams

Alé–Cipollini
Astana BePink
Lointek
Lotto–Belisol Ladies
Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86
RusVelo
Team Giant–Shimano
Vaiano Fondriest
Wiggle–Honda

National teams

Australia
France
Lithuania
Netherlands
Slovakia

Stages

The 2014 edition of the race has seven road race stages, with no prologue or time trial stages.^[2]

Stage 1

10 August 2014 – Mouilleron-en-Pareds to Mouilleron-en-Pareds, 106.4km (66.1miles)

Stage 1 result

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 29"
3		+ 1' 44"
4	Australia (national team)	+ 1' 44"
5	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
6		+ 1' 44"
7	Netherlands (national team)	+ 1' 44"
8	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"
9	Lointek	+ 1' 44"
10	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"

General classification after stage 1

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 29"
3		+ 1' 44"
4	Australia (national team)	+ 1' 44"
5	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
6		+ 1' 44"
7	Netherlands (national team)	+ 1' 44"
8	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"
9	Lointek	+ 1' 44"
10	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"

Stage 2

11 August 2014 – Mouilleron-en-Pareds to Ligné, 123.9km (77miles)

Stage 2 result

	Team	Time
1	Alé–Cipollini
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
5		s.t.
6	France (national team)	s.t.
7	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
8	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
9	Lointek	s.t.
10	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.

General classification after stage 2

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 29"
3		+ 1' 44"
4	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
5	Lointek	+ 1' 44"
6	Netherlands (national team)	+ 1' 44"
7		+ 1' 44"
8	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	+ 1' 44"
9	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"
10	Australia (national team)	+ 1' 44"

Stage 3

12 August 2014 – Château-du-Loir to Vendôme, 96km (60miles)

Stage 3 result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
6	Astana BePink	s.t.
7	Australia (national team)	s.t.
8	Lointek	s.t.
9	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
10	Forno d'Asolo–Astute	s.t.

General classification after stage 3

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 29"
3		+ 1' 44"
4	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
5		+ 1' 44"
6	Australia (national team)	+ 1' 44"
7	Netherlands (national team)	+ 1' 44"
8	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"
9	Lointek	+ 1' 50"
10	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 50"

Stage 4

13 August 2014 – Cloyes-sur-le-Loir to Chalette-sur-Loing, 137.1km (85.2miles)

Stage 4 result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
4	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
5	Astana BePink	s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
8	Australia (national team)	s.t.
9	Lointek	s.t.
10	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.

General classification after stage 4

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 29"
3		+ 1' 44"
4	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
5	Lointek	+ 1' 44"
6	Australia (national team)	+ 1' 44"
7	Netherlands (national team)	+ 1' 44"
8		+ 1' 44"
9	Alé–Cipollini	+ 1' 44"
10	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	+ 1' 44"

Stage 5

14 August 2014 – Paucourt to Migennes, 97.3km (60.5miles)

Stage 5 result

	Team	Time
1	France (national team)
2	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
7	RusVelo	s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Lointek	s.t.
10	Australia (national team)	s.t.

General classification after stage 5

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 1' 06"
3	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
4	Lointek	+ 1' 44"
5		+ 1' 44"
6		+ 2' 21"
7	Australia (national team)	+ 2' 21"
8	Netherlands (national team)	+ 2' 21"
9	Alé–Cipollini	+ 2' 21"
10	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	+ 2' 21"

Stage 6

15 August 2014 – Pougues-les-Eaux to Varennes-sur-Allier, 120.5km (74.9miles)

Stage 6 result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
5	France (national team)	s.t.
6	Alé–Cipollini	s.t.
7	RusVelo	s.t.
8	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
9	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	s.t.
10	Lithuania (national team)	s.t.

General classification after stage 6

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 1' 06"
3	France (national team)	+ 1' 44"
4	Lointek	+ 1' 44"
5		+ 1' 44"
6		+ 2' 21"
7	Australia (national team)	+ 2' 21"
8	Netherlands (national team)	+ 2' 21"
9	Alé–Cipollini	+ 2' 21"
10	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	+ 2' 21"

Stage 7

16 August 2014 – Marcigny to Marcigny, 85km (53miles)

Stage 7 result

	Team	Time
1	Netherlands (national team)
2	Astana BePink	+ 2"
3		+ 6"
4	Lointek	+ 1' 57"
5	Alé–Cipollini	+ 2' 00"
6		+ 2' 00"
7	Australia (national team)	+ 2' 00"
8		+ 2' 00"
9	Alé–Cipollini	+ 2' 00"
10	Alé–Cipollini	+ 2' 00"

Final general classification

	Team	Time
1
2	Astana BePink	+ 1' 02"
3	Lointek	+ 3' 35"
4	France (national team)	+ 3' 38"
5		+ 3' 38"
6		+ 4' 15"
7	Australia (national team)	+ 4' 15"
8	Netherlands (national team)	+ 4' 15"
9	Alé–Cipollini	+ 4' 15"
10	Alé–Cipollini	+ 4' 15"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Young rider classification
1	Claudia Lichtenberg	Claudia Lichtenberg	Sabrina Stultiens
2	Barbara Guarischi
3	Giorgia Bronzini
4	Kirsten Wild
5	Audrey Cordon
6	Kirsten Wild
7	Iris Slappendel
Final		Claudia Lichtenberg	Sabrina Stultiens

Notes and References

Web site: Route de France Féminine: Equipes retenues. Organisation Routes et Cycles. 12 August 2014.
Web site: La Route de France 2014. CQ Ranking. 16 August 2014.