List of teams and cyclists in the 2014 Tour de France
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The number of riders per nation participated in the 2014 Tour de France:
20+
10–19
2–9
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The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,358.1-kilometre (2,086.6 mi) race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July.[1]
The race was contested by 22 teams.[2] All of the eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race.[3] On 14 January 2014, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations: Cofidis, NetApp–Endura, Bretagne–Séché Environnement and IAM Cycling.[4] The team presentation – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 3 July, two days before the opening stage held in the city. The riders arrived at the arena by a ceremonial ride from the University of Leeds. The event included performances from Embrace and Opera North in front of an audience of 10,000.[5]
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders.[6] Of these, 47 were riding the Tour de France for the first time.[7] The total number of riders that finished the race was 174.[8] The riders came from 34 countries; France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Belgium all had 10 or more riders in the race.[9]Giant–Shimano's Ji Cheng was the first Chinese rider to participate in the Tour.[10] Riders from eight countries won stages during the race; German riders won the largest number of stages, with seven.[11] The average age of riders in the race was 29.88 years,[12] ranging from the 20-year-old Danny van Poppel to the 42-year-old Jens Voigt, both Trek Factory Racing riders.[13] Voigt, riding in his final year as a professional, equalled Stuart O'Grady's record for most appearances in the Tour with 17.[14]Garmin–Sharp had the highest average age, while Trek Factory Racing had the lowest.[12]
Marcel Kittel of Giant–Shimano was the first rider to wear the general classification's yellow jersey after winning stage one. He lost it after the next stage to Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), who won the stage. Nibali held the race lead until the end of the ninth stage, when it was taken by Lotto–Belisol's Tony Gallopin. The yellow jersey returned to Nibali the following stage, and he held it until the conclusion of the race.[15] Second and third respectively were Jean-Christophe Péraud (Ag2r–La Mondiale) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr). The points classification was won by Peter Sagan of the Cannondale team.[8]Rafał Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo), winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification.[16] Pinot was the best young rider and the team classification was won by Ag2r–La Mondiale. Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) was given the award for the most combative rider.[8]
^ Jump up to: abGladstone, Hugh (10 July 2014). "Andre Greipel sprints to Tour de France stage victory in Reims". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 13 February 2016. Katusha's Joaquim Rodriguez was amongst the biggest names to get caught out, while Egor Silin (Katusha) and Sky's Xabier Zandio were both forced to abandon after a couple of crashes around the 80km to go mark.
^"High mountains re-shuffle top of general classification". Team Katusha. Katusha Management SA. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014. Unfortunately due to the illness and fever the Russian Champion Aleksandr Porsev finished the distance of the 13th stage out of time limit and was forced to quit the race.
^"Rafal Majka Wins Stage 17". Bicycling.com. Rodale, Inc.Agence France-Presse. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2016. Katusha’s Simon Spilak abandoned early in the stage.
^ Jump up to: ab"Greipel wins stage six in Reims". Yahoo!Eurosport. TF1 Group. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2016. Frenchmen Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2R-La Mondiale) hit the deck with a cluster of riders, with Spaniard Jesus Hernandez – a team-mate of Alberto Contador at Tinkoff-Saxo – becoming another casualty of the race on a day which also saw Argentina's Max Richeze (Lampre) fail to take to the start.
^ Jump up to: abcAbraham, Richard (11 July 2014). "Matteo Trentin pips Peter Sagan to Tour de France stage seven". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 14 February 2016. The stage wasn't without its casualties; Dutchmen Stef Clement (Belkin) and hitherto youngest rider in the Tour, Danny Van Poppel (Trek Factory) both abandoned following early crashes. BMC's key mountain goat Darwin Atapuma also withdrew after coming down behind Van Garderen: a key loss for the Tour hopeful as the race heads to the hills.
^MacLeary, John (18 July 2014). "Tour de France 2014, stage 13: as it happened". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 February 2016. They're dropping like flies. Janier Acevedo (Garmin-Sharp) has now abandoned. I'm not too sure why the pair just quit but I'm guessing it was heat exhaustion.
^"Tour de France Results: Stage 2". San Francisco Chronicle. Jeffrey M. Johnson; Hearst Corporation. Associated Press. 6 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
^"Abandon de Rafael Valls" [Withdrawal of Rafael Valls]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^McVeigh, Niall (13 July 2014). "Tour de France 2014 stage 9: Gérardmer to Mulhouse – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2016. We have had one withdrawal today – Egoitz Garcia of Cofidis, who had been enduring a lonely ride adrift at the back, has called it quits.
^Bischofberger, Emil (12 July 2014). "Tour-Ende für Mathias Frank" [End of the Tour for Mathias Frank]. Basler Zeitung (in German). Basler Zeitung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^"Haussler 33e opgever in Tour" [Haussler 33rd retirement from Tour]. De Morgen (in Dutch). De Persgroep. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^"Reto Hollenstein suffers pneumothorax on stage 16". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016. Hollenstein was examined in the Tour de France's mobile clinic after finishing in Bagneres-de-Luchon, which detected a pneumothorax of the right lung, in addition to multiple abrasions on his shoulder forcing him out of the race.