2014 Team Giant–Shimano season explained

Teamname:2014 Team Giant–Shimano
Manager:Iwan Spekenbrink
Onedaywins:10
Stageraceoverall:2
Stageracestages:8
Series:UCI Team
Bestrider:Kirsten Wild (4th)
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant–Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil–Argos in 2010.

Roster

See also: List of 2014 UCI Women's Teams and riders and List of women's road cycling transfers 2014.

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season
Rider2013 team
[1] Former junior rider, stagiair since 1 August 2013
[2]
Sengers Ladies Cycling Team
Former junior rider
Lotto–Belisol Ladies
Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season
Rider2014 team
[3] Bigla Cycling Team
[4] Retiring
[5] Parkhotel Valkenburg p/b Math Salden

Season victories

Single day and stage races 2014[6]
Date Country Race Winner
4 February Stage 1 Ladies Tour of Qatar2.1 Kirsten Wild
5 February Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar2.1 Amy Pieters
6 February Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar2.1 Kirsten Wild
7 February Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Qatar2.1 Kirsten Wild
7 February General classification Ladies Tour of Qatar2.1 Kirsten Wild
1 March Omloop het Nieuwsblad1.2 Amy Pieters
16 March Novilon EDR Cup1.2 Kirsten Wild
9 April Stage 1 Energiewacht Tour2.2 Kirsten Wild
10 April Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour2.2 Kirsten Wild
20 April Ronde van Gelderland1.2 Kirsten Wild
14 May Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island1.2 Kirsten Wild
15 May Stage 2 Tour of Chongming Island1.2 Kirsten Wild
16 May General classification Tour of Chongming Island1.2 Kirsten Wild
17 May Trofee Maarten Wynants1.2 Maaike Polspoel
18 May Tour of Chongming Island World CupCDM Kirsten Wild
4 June Parel van de VeluweNat. Floortje Mackaij

Results in major races

See also: 2014 in women's road cycling.

Single day races

Results at the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[7]
DateRaceBest riderPlace
15 March1Ronde van Drenthe Kirsten Wild6th
30 March2Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Claudia Lichtenberg13th
6 April3Tour of Flanders Kirsten Wild13th
23 April4La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Claudia Häusler9th
18 May5Tour of Chongming Island Kirsten Wild1st
3 August6Sparkassen Giro Kirsten Wild9th
22 August7Open de Suède Vårgårda TTTTeam Giant–Shimano7th
24 August8Open de Suède Vårgårda Kirsten Wild5th
30 August9GP de Plouay Claudia Lichtenberg16th
Final individual classification Kirsten Wild5th
Final team classification
Other major single day races
DateRaceBest riderPlace
27 JulyLa Course by Le Tour de France Kirsten Wild2nd
21 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trialTeam Giant–Shimano8th
23 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
27 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's road race

Grand Tours

Grand tourGiro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification)Claudia Häusler (6th)[8]
Victories0 stage wins

UCI World Ranking

See main article: 2014 UCI Women's Road World Rankings.

The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.

Team Giant–Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.[9]

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RiderPoints
4 Kirsten Wild877.25
15417.5
20366.25
41163
60114.25
8769.25
16628.25
5381.25

Notes and References

  1. News: Team Argos–Shimano women's extends contracts, signs new riders. 1t4i.com. 1 October 2013. 17 October 2013.
  2. News: Team Argos-Shimano women’s team add names to roster for 2014. 1t4i.com. 18 October 2013. 19 October 2013.
  3. News: De Vries, Soek en Mustonen naar Argos-Shimano. cyclingonline.nl. 18 October 2013. 21 October 2013. nl.
  4. News: Knol en Tromp weg bij Argos-Shimano. cyclingonline.nl. 3 October 2013. 17 October 2013. nl.
  5. News: Vijf rensters voor Parkhotel Valkenburg. cyclingonline.nl. 20 October 2013. 21 October 2013. nl.
  6. Web site: 2014 Team Giant-Shimano UCI. procyclingstats. 22 July 2014.
  7. Web site: Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual 2014. https://archive.today/20140621195024/http://www.uci.html.infostradasports.com/asp/redirect/uci.asp?page=worldrankings&SportID=102&CompetitionID=22204&SeasonID=484&EventPhaseID=811789&EventID=12146&ContainerEventID=12146&GenderID=2&ClassID=1&detail=1&Taalcode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2. dead. 21 June 2014. UCI. 2 April 2014.
  8. Web site: Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2014 (2.1). cycling fever. 28 April 2014.
  9. Web site: Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Team Final result. 7 January 2014. UCI. https://web.archive.org/web/20150107231429/http://www.uci.html.infostradasports.com/cache/2/TheASP.asp%40PageID%3D19007%26TaalCode%3D2%26StyleID%3D0%26SportID%3D102%26CompetitionID%3D22204%26EventID%3D12145%26GenderID%3D2%26ClassID%3D1%26SeasonID%3D486%26EventPhaseID%3D899521%26Phase1ID%3D0%26ContainerEventID%3D12146%26Detail%3D1%26Cache%3D2.html?887188. 7 January 2015. dead.