2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar explained

2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar
Date:	4–7 February
Stages:	4
Distance:	388
Unit:	km
Time:	9h 37' 01"
Speed:	40.3
First:	Kirsten Wild
First Nat:	Netherlands
First Team:	Team Giant–Shimano
First Color:	gold
Second:	Amy Pieters
Second Nat:	Netherlands
Second Team:	Team Giant–Shimano
Third:	Chloe Hosking
Third Nat:	Australia
Third Team:	Hitec Products UCK
Points:	Kirsten Wild
Points Nat:	Netherlands
Points Team:	Team Giant–Shimano
Points Color:	grey
Youth:	Amy Pieters
Youth Nat:	Netherlands
Youth Team:	Team Giant–Shimano
Youth Color:	white
Team:	Orica–AIS
Previous:	2013
Next:	2015

The 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the 6th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It was organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from Tuesday 4 February until Friday 7 February 2014 and consisted of 4 stages. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.^[1]

One of the favourites for the title, Ellen van Dijk, was not able to participate because she had not recovered from an illness.^[2]

Teams

Fifteen teams competed in the 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar. These included twelve UCI Women's Teams and three national teams.

UCI teams:

• • RusVelo
• Alé–Cipollini
  • Team Giant–Shimano
• China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling
• Wiggle–Honda
• Astana BePink
• Hitec Products UCK
• Orica–AIS
• 
• Lotto–Belisol Ladies

National teams:

• • Italy
• Australia

Source

Stages

Stage 1

4 February 2014 – Museum of Islamic Art to Mesaieed, 97km (60miles)^[3]

Stage 1 result Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 3 Hitec Products UCK s.t. 4 Lotto–Belisol Ladies s.t. 5 s.t. 6 France (national team) s.t. 7 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 8 Orica–AIS s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Alé–Cipollini + 8" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 11" 4 + 14" 5 Orica–AIS + 15" 6 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 16" 7 France (national team) + 16" 8 Alé–Cipollini + 16" 9 + 16" 10 + 16"

Stage 2

5 February 2014 – Al Zubarah to Shamal City, 112.5km (69.9miles)^[4]

Stage 2 result Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 + 3" 3 + 3" 4 RusVelo + 6" 5 Team Giant–Shimano + 27" 6 Hitec Products UCK + 27" 7 Orica–AIS + 27" 8 RusVelo + 27" 9 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 31" 10 Orica–AIS + 31"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Team Giant–Shimano + 7" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 18" 4 Orica–AIS + 28" 5 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 30" 6 Orica–AIS + 31" 7 + 38" 8 Orica–AIS + 38" 9 + 38" 10 + 38"

Stage 3

6 February 2014 – Katara Cultural Village to Al Khor Corniche, 93.5km (58.1miles)^[5]

Stage 3 result Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 s.t. 3 Hitec Products UCK s.t. 4 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 5 Orica–AIS s.t. 6 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Italy (national team) s.t. 9 Team Giant–Shimano s.t. 10 Orica–AIS s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Team Giant–Shimano + 9" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 21" 4 Orica–AIS + 35" 5 + 47" 6 Orica–AIS + 55" 7 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 1' 29" 8 Italy (national team) + 1' 40" 9 + 1' 48" 10 + 2' 05"

Stage 4

7 February 2014 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche, 85km (53miles)^[6]

Stage 4 result Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 s.t. 3 Orica–AIS s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Lotto–Belisol Ladies s.t. 6 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 7 France (national team) s.t. 8 France (national team) s.t. 9 s.t. 10 China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling s.t.

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Team Giant–Shimano + 22" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 36" 4 Orica–AIS + 50" 5 + 1' 02" 6 Orica–AIS + 1' 06" 7 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 1' 44" 8 Italy (national team) + 1' 55" 9 + 2' 03" 10 + 2' 31"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	Kirsten Wild	Kirsten Wild	Kirsten Wild	Melissa Hoskins	Orica–AIS
2	Amy Pieters	Amy Pieters	Amy Pieters
3	Kirsten Wild	Kirsten Wild
4	Kirsten Wild
Final		Kirsten Wild	Kirsten Wild	Amy Pieters	Orica–AIS

See also

• 2014 in women's road cycling

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 » 6th Ladies Tour of Qatar (2.1). procyclingstats.com. 9 January 2014.
2. News: Van Dijk meldt zich af voor Ladies Tour of Qatar. cyclingonline.nl. 2 February 2014. 2 February 2014. nl.
3. Web site: Stage 1. Tour of Qatar. Amaury Sport Organisation. 4 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223042/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-1.html. 21 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Stage 2. Tour of Qatar. Amaury Sport Organisation. 4 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223040/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-2.html. 21 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Stage 3. Tour of Qatar. Amaury Sport Organisation. 4 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221222935/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-3.html. 21 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: Stage 4. Tour of Qatar. Amaury Sport Organisation. 4 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223038/http://www.letour.fr/ladies-tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-4.html. 21 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.