2014 in men's road cycling explained

World Championships

See main article: 2014 UCI Road World Championships. The World Road Championships were held in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
World Championship Team Time Trial	September 21
World Championship Time Trial	September 24
World Championship Road Race	September 28

Grand Tours

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Giro d'Italia	May 9 – June 1				^[1]
Tour de France	July 5–27				^[2]
Vuelta a España	August 23 – September 14

UCI World Tour

See main article: 2014 UCI World Tour.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Tour Down Under	January 21–26				^[3]
Paris–Nice	March 9–16				^[4]
Tirreno–Adriatico	March 12–18				^[5]
Milan–San Remo	March 23				^[6]
Volta a Catalunya	March 24–30				^[7]
E3 Harelbeke	March 28				^[8]
Gent–Wevelgem	March 30				^[9]
Tour of Flanders	April 6				^[10]
Tour of the Basque Country	April 7–12				^[11]
Paris–Roubaix	April 13				^[12]
Amstel Gold Race	April 20				^[13]
La Flèche Wallonne	April 23				^[14]
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	April 27				^[15]
Tour de Romandie	April 29 – May 5				^[16]
Giro d'Italia	May 9 – June 1
Critérium du Dauphiné	June 8–15
Tour de Suisse	June 14–22
Tour de France	July 5–27				^[17]
Clásica de San Sebastián	August 2
Tour de Pologne	August 3–9				^[18]
Eneco Tour	August 11–17
Vuelta a España	August 23  – September 14
Vattenfall Cyclassics	August 24
GP Ouest-France	August 31
GP de Québec	September 12
GP de Montréal	September 14
Giro di Lombardia	October 5
Tour of Beijing	October 10–14

2.HC Category Races

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Tour of Qatar	February 9–14				^[19]
Tour of Oman	February 18–23				^[20]
Tour de Langkawi	February 27 – March 8				^[21]
Critérium International	March 29–30				^[22]
Three Days of De Panne	April 1–3				^[23]
Giro del Trentino	April 22–25				^[24]
Presidential Tour of Turkey	April 27–May 4				^[25]
Four Days of Dunkirk	May 7–11				^[26]
Tour of California	May 11–18				^[27]
Tour of Norway	May 21–25				^[28]
Tour of Belgium	May 28–June 1
Bayern Rundfahrt	May 28–June 1
Tour de Luxembourg	June 4–8
Österreich Rundfahrt	July 6–13
Tour of Qinghai Lake	July 6–19
Tour de Wallonie	July 26–30
Danmark Rundt	August 6–10
Vuelta a Burgos	August 13–17
USA Pro Cycling Challenge	August 18–24
Tour of Britain	September 7–14
Tour of Hainan	October 20–28

1.HC Category Races

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	March 1				^[29]
Clásica de Almería	March 2				^[30]
Dwars door Vlaanderen	March 26				^[31]
Scheldeprijs	April 9				^[32]
Brabantse Pijl	April 16				^[33]
Rund um den Finanzplatz	May 1				^[34]
GP du canton d'Argovie	June 12
Prudential RideLondon	August 10
Brussels Cycling Classic	September 6
Grand Prix de Fourmies	September 7
Tre Valli Varesine	September 18
Milano–Torino	October 1
Giro dell'Emilia	October 11
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli	October 12
Paris–Tours	October 12
Japan Cup	October 19

UCI tours

Tour	Individual champion	Individual champion's team	Team champion	Nations champion
World Tour
UCI Africa Tour
UCI America Tour
UCI Asia Tour
UCI Europe Tour
UCI Oceania Tour

Continental Championships

African Championships

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Road race	December 5, 2013^[35]
Individual time trial	December 1, 2013^[36]
Team time trial	November 29, 2013^[37]	Eritrea national team Natnael Berhane Daniel Teklehaymanot Meron Russom Meron Teshome	Algeria national team Adil Barbari Azzedine Lagab Abdelmalek Madani Hichem Chaabane	South Africa national team Johannes Christoffel Nell Shaun-Nick Bester Calvin Beneke Ryan Gibbons

Asian Championships

See main article: 2014 Asian Cycling Championships.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Road race	June 1
Individual time trial	May 29

European Championships (under-23)

See main article: 2014 European Road Championships.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Road race (under-23)	July 13
Individual time trial (under-23)	July 11

Oceania Championships

See main article: Oceanian Cycling Championships.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Road race	February 23
Individual time trial	February 21

Pan American Championships

See main article: Pan American Road and Track Championships.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Road race	May 11
Individual time trial	May 8				^[38]

World University Cycling Championship

Championships	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
World University Cycling Championship	Road race	July 10, 2014
	Individual time trial	July 9, 2014

International Games

Asian Games

See main article: Cycling at the 2014 Asian Games.

Race	Winner	Second	Third
Road race
Time trial

Central American and Caribbean Games

See main article: Cycling at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Race	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Road race				^[39]
Time trial				^[40]

Commonwealth Games

See main article: Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Race	Winner	Second	Third
Road race
Time trial

South American Games

See main article: Cycling at the 2014 South American Games.

Race	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Road race				^[41]
Time trial				^[42]

South Asian Games

Race	Winner	Second	Third
Road race
Time trial

Summer Youth Olympics

See main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Race	Winner	Second	Third
Road race
Time trial

National Championships

See main article: 2014 national road cycling championships.

UCI Teams

UCI ProTeams

See main article: List of 2014 UCI ProTeams and riders.

UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

See main article: List of 2014 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams.

See also

• 2014 in women's road cycling

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colombia celebrates Quintana's first Grand Tour victory. 2 June 2014.
2. Web site: Tour de France 2014: Stage 21 Results Cyclingnews.com . 2011-11-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140920230609/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-21/results . 2014-09-20 .
3. News: Australia's Simon Gerrans wins in Adelaide. BBC Sport. 26 January 2014. 26 January 2014.
4. News: Carlos Betancur overall victor in Paris–Nice stage race. The Guardian. 16 March 2014. 18 March 2014.
5. News: Alberto Contador wins race as Bradley Wiggins takes third on last stage. Sky Sports. BSkyB. 18 March 2014. 18 March 2014.
6. News: Team Sky's Ben Swift is third behind Alexander Kristoff. The Guardian. Reuters. 23 March 2014. 24 March 2014.
7. News: Rodriguez seals second Tour of Catalunya triumph . . . 30 March 2014 . 30 March 2014 . Reuters. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140331011912/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cycling-rodriguez-seals-second-tour-catalunya-triumph-154530621--spt.html . 31 March 2014 .
8. News: Peter Sagan sees off sprint rivals to win E3 Harelbeke in Belgium. The Guardian. 28 March 2014. 30 March 2014. Associated Press.
9. News: John Degenkolb outpaces Demare and Sagan. BBC Sport. 30 March 2014. 30 March 2014.
10. News: Fabian Cancellara wins after pipping Greg van Avermaet and Sep Vanmarcke. Matt. Westby. Sky Sports. BSkyB. 6 April 2014. 6 April 2014.
11. News: Contador wins 3rd Tour of Basque Country title. USA Today. Larry Kramer; Gannett Company. 12 April 2014. 17 April 2014. Associated Press.
12. News: Niki Terpstra wins as Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas make top 10. Matt. Westby. Sky Sports. BSkyB. 13 April 2014. 17 April 2014.
13. News: Philippe Gilbert bursts clear for third win. BBC Sport. 20 April 2014. 20 April 2014.
14. News: Alejandro Valverde back on top in Classics with Flèche Wallonne win. Gregor. Brown. Cycling Weekly. 23 April 2014. 24 April 2014.
15. News: Simon Gerrans wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Stephen. Puddicombe. Cycling Weekly. 27 April 2014. 27 April 2014.
16. News: Chris Froome triumphs in Tour de Romandie after time trial win. BBC Sport. 4 May 2014. 7 May 2014.
17. News: Nibali wins the Tour de France . . . 27 July 2014 . 1 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140920230609/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-21/results . 20 September 2014 .
18. News: Tour of Poland: Majka secures overall victory. Cycling News. Cycling News. 9 August 2014. 1 August 2014.
19. News: Démare wins stage 6. Barry. Ryan. Cyclingnews.com. 14 February 2014. 15 February 2014.
20. News: Chris Froome wins second successive Tour of Oman title. BBC Sport. 23 February 2014. 23 February 2014.
21. News: Guardini wins final stage. Sadhbh. O'Shea. Cyclingnews.com. 8 March 2014. 13 March 2014.
22. News: Jean-Christophe Péraud wins Critérium International by a second. VeloNews. 30 March 2014. 31 March 2014. 31 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140331144305/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/03/news/jean-christophe-peraud-wins-criterium-international-second_321957. dead.
23. News: Bodnar wins stage 3b, Van Keirsbulck takes overall at Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde. VeloNews. 3 April 2014. 3 April 2014. 5 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140405214602/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/04/news/bodnar-wins-stage-3b-van-keirsbulck-takes-overall-driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde_322649. dead.
24. News: Cadel Evans takes Giro del Trentino victory. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. 25 April 2014. 3 May 2014.
25. News: Yates secures overall success at Tour of Turkey. Cyclingnews.com. 4 May 2014. 7 May 2014.
26. News: Engoulvent and Demare share the spoils in Dunkirk. Emil. Axelgaard. CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. 11 May 2014. 12 May 2014.
27. News: Bradley Wiggins wins Tour of California. USA Today. Associated Press. 18 May 2014. 24 May 2014.
28. News: Kristoff wins final stage as Paterski takes the overall. Jean-François. Quénet. Cyclingnews.com. 25 May 2014. 26 May 2014.
29. News: Ian Stannard out-kicks Greg Van Avermaet to win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. VeloNews. 1 March 2014. 1 March 2014. 4 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304045727/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/03/news/ian-stannard-out-kicks-greg-van-avermaet-to-win-omloop-het-nieuwsblad_318281. dead.
30. News: Lobato edged out in Almería. . Abarca Sports. 2 March 2014. 2 March 2014.
31. News: Niki Terpstra wins solo for second time in three years. Sky Sports. BSkyB. 26 March 2014. 30 March 2014.
32. News: Marcel Kittel wins for third time as Luke Rowe sees late attack fall short. Sky Sports. BSkyB. 9 April 2014. 17 April 2014.
33. News: Philippe Gilbert ready for Ardennes Classics with Brabantse Pijl win. Gregor. Brown. Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2014. 17 April 2014.
34. News: Kristoff wins in Frankfurt. Cyclingnews.com. 1 May 2014. 3 May 2014.
35. Web site: 2023 UCI cycling calendar | 2013 Champ. Continentaux Afrique - en ligne/ African Continental Champ. - ind. RR :: velowire.com :: (photos, videos + actualités cyclisme). Thomas Vergouwen /. velowire.com. Thomas Vergouwen /. www.velowire.com. velowire.com.
36. Web site: 2023 UCI cycling calendar | 2013 Champ. Continentaux Afrique en ligne / African Continental Champ. RR (WJ) :: velowire.com :: (photos, videos + actualités cyclisme). Thomas Vergouwen /. velowire.com. Thomas Vergouwen /. www.velowire.com. velowire.com.
37. Web site: African Continental Championships - TTT 2013 - ProCyclingStats. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131205034031/http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Champ_Continentaux_d_Afrique_CLM_par_equipeAfrican_Continental_Cham_Team_TT. 2013-12-05.
38. News: Stevens TT win leads three-medal day for U.S. at Pan Am Road Championships. Puebla, Mexico. USA Cycling. 8 May 2014. 8 May 2014. 11 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140511230406/http://www.usacycling.org/stevens-tt-win-leads-three-medal-day-for-us-at-pan-am-road-championships.htm. dead.
39. Web site: Gálviz devoró la ruta. La Nación Deportes. Veracruz, Mexico. EFE. Spanish. 2014-11-24. 2014-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207011716/http://lanaciondeportes.com/noticias/galviz-devoro-la-ruta/. 2014-12-07. dead.
40. Web site: María Luisa Calle y Brayan Ramírez sumaron dos nuevas medallas de oro para Colombia . https://web.archive.org/web/20141120130002/http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/atleta-colombiana-obtuvo-la-medalla-de-plata-en-nado-sincronizado-175352 . dead . 2014-11-20 . RCN Radio . EFE . Spanish . 2014-11-16 . 2014-11-29 .
41. News: Chile brilla con dos oros en el ciclismo de ruta en los Odesur. EFE. Caracol. Spanish. 16 March 2014. 8 May 2014. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224132/http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/deportes/chile-brilla-con-dos-oros-en-el-ciclismo-de-ruta-en-los-odesur/20140316/nota/2131028.aspx. dead.
42. News: El brasileño Murilo Ferraz gana oro en la contrarreloj masculina del ciclismo. EFE. lainformacion.com. Spanish. 9 March 2014. 8 May 2014.