2014 in men's road cycling

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 United States BMC Racing Team Australia Orica–GreenEDGE Belgium Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
World Championship Time Trial September 24  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Tony Martin (GER)  Tom Dumoulin (NED)
World Championship Road Race September 28  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)

Grand Tours

Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Italy Giro d'Italia May 9 – June 1  Nairo Quintana (COL)  Rigoberto Urán (COL)  Fabio Aru (ITA) [1]
France Tour de France July 5 – 27  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) [2]
Spain Vuelta a España August 23 – September 14  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Chris Froome (GBR)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)

UCI World Tour

Main article: 2014 UCI World Tour
Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Australia Tour Down Under January 21 – 26  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Cadel Evans (AUS)  Diego Ulissi (ITA) [3]
France Paris–Nice March 9 – 16  Carlos Betancur (COL)  Rui Costa (POR)  Arthur Vichot (FRA) [4]
Italy Tirreno–Adriatico March 12 – 18  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Nairo Quintana (COL)  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) [5]
Italy Milan–San Remo March 23  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)  Ben Swift (GBR) [6]
Spain Volta a Catalunya March 24 – 30  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Tejay van Garderen (USA) [7]
Belgium E3 Harelbeke March 28  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Geraint Thomas (GBR) [8]
Belgium Gent–Wevelgem March 30  John Degenkolb (GER)  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  Peter Sagan (SVK) [9]
Belgium Tour of Flanders April 6  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) [10]
Spain Tour of the Basque Country April 7 – 12  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) [11]
France Paris–Roubaix April 13  Niki Terpstra (NED)  John Degenkolb (GER)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) [12]
Netherlands Amstel Gold Race April 20  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)  Jelle Vanendert (BEL)  Simon Gerrans (AUS) [13]
Belgium La Flèche Wallonne April 23  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Dan Martin (IRL)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) [14]
Belgium Liège–Bastogne–Liège April 27  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) [15]
Switzerland Tour de Romandie April 29 – May 5  Chris Froome (GBR)  Simon Špilak (SLO)  Rui Costa (POR) [16]
Italy Giro d'Italia May 9 – June 1  Nairo Quintana (COL)  Rigoberto Urán (COL)  Fabio Aru (ITA)
France Critérium du Dauphiné June 8 – 15  Andrew Talansky (USA)  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
Switzerland Tour de Suisse June 14 – 22  Rui Costa (POR)  Mathias Frank (SUI)  Bauke Mollema (NED)
France Tour de France July 5 – 27  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) [17]
Spain Clásica de San Sebastián August 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Bauke Mollema (NED)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
Poland Tour de Pologne August 3 – 9  Rafał Majka (POL)  Jon Izaguirre (SPA)  Benat Intxausti (SPA) [18]
BelgiumNetherlands Eneco Tour August 11 – 17  Tim Wellens (BEL)  Lars Boom (NED)  Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Spain Vuelta a España August 23  – September 14  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Chris Froome (GBR)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
Germany Vattenfall Cyclassics August 24  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)  Simon Gerrans (AUS)
France GP Ouest-France August 31  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Andrea Fedi (ITA)  Arthur Vichot (FRA)
Canada GP de Québec September 12  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Tom Dumoulin (NED)  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)
Canada GP de Montréal September 14  Simon Gerrans (AUS)  Rui Costa (POR)  Tony Gallopin (FRA)
Italy Giro di Lombardia October 5  Dan Martin (IRL)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Rui Costa (POR)
China Tour of Beijing October 10 – 14  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)  Dan Martin (IRL)  Esteban Chaves (COL)

2.HC Category Races

Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Qatar Tour of Qatar February 9–14  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) [19]
Oman Tour of Oman February 18–23  Chris Froome (GBR)  Tejay van Garderen (USA)  Rigoberto Urán (COL) [20]
Malaysia Tour de Langkawi February 27 – March 8  Samad Pourseyedi (IRN)  Merhawi Kudus (ERI)  Isaac Bolívar (COL) [21]
France Critérium International March 29–30  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)  Mathias Frank (SUI)  Tiago Machado (POR) [22]
Belgium Three Days of De Panne April 1–3  Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)  Luke Durbridge (AUS)  Gert Steegmans (BEL) [23]
Italy Giro del Trentino April 22–25  Cadel Evans (AUS)  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)  Przemysław Niemiec (POL) [24]
Turkey Presidential Tour of Turkey April 27–May 4  Adam Yates (GBR)  Rein Taaramäe (EST)  Romain Hardy (FRA) [25]
France Four Days of Dunkirk May 7–11  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Michael Valgren (DEN) [26]
United States Tour of California May 11–18  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Rohan Dennis (AUS)  Lawson Craddock (USA) [27]
Norway Tour of Norway May 21–25  Maciej Paterski (POL)  Marc de Maar (NED)  Bauke Mollema (NED) [28]
Belgium Tour of Belgium May 28–June 1  Tony Martin (GER)  Tom Dumoulin (NED)  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
Germany Bayern-Rundfahrt May 28–June 1  Geraint Thomas (GBR)  Mathias Frank (SUI)  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
Luxembourg Tour de Luxembourg June 4–8  Matti Breschel (DEN)  Jempy Drucker (LUX)  Michael Mørkøv (DEN)
Austria Österreich Rundfahrt July 6–13  Peter Kennaugh (GBR)  Javier Moreno (ESP)  Damiano Caruso (ITA)
China Tour of Qinghai Lake July 6–19  Ilya Davidenok (KAZ)  Mykhaylo Kononenko (UKR)  Thomas Vaubourzeix (FRA)
Belgium Tour de Wallonie July 26–30  Gianni Meersman (BEL)  Juan José Lobato (ESP)  Silvan Dillier (SUI)
Denmark Danmark Rundt August 6–10  Michael Valgren (DEN)  Lars Bak (DEN)  Manuele Boaro (ITA)
Spain Vuelta a Burgos August 13–17  Nairo Quintana (COL)  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Janez Brajkovič (SLO)
United States USA Pro Cycling Challenge August 18–24  Tejay van Garderen (USA)  Tom Danielson (USA)  Serghei Tvetcov (ROM)
United Kingdom Tour of Britain September 7–14  Dylan van Baarle (NED)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
China Tour of Hainan October 20–28  Julien Antomarchi (FRA)  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA)  Andrey Zeits (KAZ)

1.HC Category Races

Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Belgium Omloop Het Nieuwsblad March 1  Ian Stannard (GBR)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) [29]
Spain Clásica de Almería March 2  Sam Bennett (IRL)  Juan José Lobato (ESP)  Davide Viganò (ITA) [30]
Belgium Dwars door Vlaanderen March 26  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Tyler Farrar (USA)  Borut Božič (SLO) [31]
Belgium Scheldeprijs April 9  Marcel Kittel (GER)  Tyler Farrar (USA)  Danny van Poppel (NED) [32]
Belgium Brabantse Pijl April 16  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Tony Gallopin (FRA) [33]
Germany Rund um den Finanzplatz May 1  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  John Degenkolb (GER)  Jérôme Baugnies (BEL) [34]
Switzerland GP du canton d'Argovie June 12  Simon Geschke (GER)  Silvan Dillier (SUI)  Jérôme Baugnies (BEL)
United Kingdom Prudential RideLondon August 10  Adam Blythe (GBR)  Ben Swift (GBR)  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
Belgium Brussels Cycling Classic September 6  André Greipel (GER)  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Arnaud Démare (FRA)
France Grand Prix de Fourmies September 7  Jonas Vangenechten (BEL)  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)  Elia Viviani (ITA)
Italy Tre Valli Varesine September 18  Michael Albasini (SUI)  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)  Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
Italy Milano–Torino October 1  Giampaolo Caruso (ITA)  Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)  Daniel Moreno (ESP)
Italy Giro dell'Emilia October 11  Davide Rebellin (ITA)  Ángel Madrazo (ESP)  Franco Pellizotti (ITA)
Italy Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli October 12  Valerio Conti (ITA)  Kristijan Koren (SLO)  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)
France Paris–Tours October 12  Jelle Wallays (BEL)  Thomas Voeckler (FRA)  Jens Debusschere (BEL)
Japan Japan Cup October 19  Nathan Haas (AUS)  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Grega Bole (SLO)

UCI tours

Tour Individual champion Individual champion's team Team champion Nations champion
World Tour  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team Movistar Team  Spain
UCI Africa Tour
UCI America Tour
UCI Asia Tour
UCI Europe Tour  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise  Italy
UCI Oceania Tour

Continental Championships

African Championships

Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race December 5, 2013[35]  Tesfom Okbamariam (ERI)  Dan Craven (NAM)  Merhawi Kudus (ERI)
Individual time trial December 1, 2013[36]  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI)  Willie Smit (ZAF)  Johannes Nel (ZAF)
Team time trial November 29, 2013[37] Eritrea Eritrea national team
Natnael Berhane
Daniel Teklehaymanot
Meron Russom
Meron Teshome		 Algeria Algeria national team
Adil Barbari
Azzedine Lagab
Abdelmalek Madani
Hichem Chaabane		 South Africa South Africa national team
Johannes Christoffel Nell
Shaun-Nick Bester
Calvin Beneke
Ryan Gibbons

Asian Championships

Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race June 1  Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ)  Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)
Individual time trial May 29  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)  Eugen Wacker (KGZ)  Choe Hyeong-Min (KOR)

European Championships (under-23)

Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race (under-23) July 13  Stefan Küng (SUI)  Iuri Filosi (ITA)  Anthony Turgis (FRA)
Individual time trial (under-23) July 11  Stefan Küng (SUI)  Davide Martinelli (ITA)  Alexander Evtushenko (RUS)

Oceania Championships

Race Date Winner Second Third
Road race February 23  Luke Durbridge (AUS)  Bernard Sulzberger (AUS)  Brenton Jones (AUS)
Individual time trial February 21  Joseph Cooper (NZL)  Will Clarke (AUS)  Lachlan Norris (AUS)

Pan American Championships

Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Road race May 11  Byron Guamá (ECU)  Joey Rosskopf (USA)  Juan Pablo Suárez (COL)
Individual time trial May 8  Pedro Herrera (COL)  Joey Rosskopf (USA)  Carlos Oyarzun (CHI) [38]

World University Cycling Championship

Championships Race Date Winner Second Third
World University Cycling Championship Road race July 10, 2014  Petr Vakoč (CZE)  Tim Gebauer (GER)  Emanuel Piaskowy (POL)
Individual time trial July 9, 2014  Petr Vakoč (CZE)  Tim Gebauer (GER)  Adrian Kurek (POL)

International Games

Asian Games

Race Winner Second Third
Road race  Jang Gyung-Gu (KOR)  Arvin Moazemi (IRI)  Leung Chun Wing (HKG)
Time trial  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Eugen Wacker (KGZ)  Hossein Askari (IRI)

Central American and Caribbean Games

Race Winner Second Third Ref
Road race  Carlos Galviz (VEN)  Florencio Ramos (MEX)  Manuel Rodas (GUA) [39]
Time trial  Brayan Ramírez (COL)  Fernando Gaviria (COL)  Bernardo Colex (MEX) [40]

Commonwealth Games

Race Winner Second Third
Road race  Geraint Thomas (WAL)  Jack Bauer (NZL)  Scott Thwaites (ENG)
Time trial  Alex Dowsett (ENG)  Rohan Dennis (AUS)  Geraint Thomas (WAL)

South American Games

Race Winner Second Third Ref
Road race  Gonzalo Garrido (CHI)  Luis Felipe Laverde (COL)  Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) [41]
Time trial  Murilo Ferraz (BRA)  Carlos Oyarzun (CHI)  Brayan Ramírez (COL) [42]

South Asian Games

Race Winner Second Third
Road race
Time trial

Summer Youth Olympics

Race Winner Second Third
Road race
Time trial

National Championships

UCI Teams

UCI ProTeams

The 18 ProTeams in 2014 are:[43]

Code Official Team Name Licence holder Country Groupset Bicycles
ALM Ag2r–La Mondiale (2014 season) EUSRL France Cyclisme  France Campagnolo Focus
AST Astana (2014 season) Abacanto SA  Kazakhstan Campagnolo Specialized
BEL Belkin Pro Cycling (2014 season) Rabo Wielerploegen  Netherlands Shimano Bianchi
BMC BMC Racing Team (2014 season) Continuum Sports LLC  United States Shimano BMC
CAN Cannondale (2014 season) Brixia Sports  Italy SRAM Cannondale
EUC Team Europcar (2014 season) SA Vendée Cyclisme  France Campagnolo Colnago
FDJ FDJ.fr (2014 season) Société de Gestion de L'Echappée  France Shimano Lapierre
GIA Giant–Shimano (2014 season) SMS Cycling B.V.  Netherlands Shimano Giant
GRS Garmin–Sharp (2014 season) Slipstream Sports, LLC  United States Shimano Cervélo
KAT Team Katusha (2014 season) Katusha Management SA  Russia Shimano Canyon
LAM Lampre–Merida (2014 season) CGS Cycling Team AG  Italy Shimano Merida
LTB Lotto–Belisol (2014 season) Belgian Cycling Company sa  Belgium Campagnolo Ridley
MOV Movistar Team (2014 season) Abarca Sports S.L.  Spain Campagnolo Canyon
OGE Orica–GreenEDGE (2014 season) GreenEdge Cycling  Australia Shimano Scott
OPQ Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (2014 season) Esperanza bvba  Belgium SRAM Specialized
SKY Team Sky (2014 season) Tour Racing Limited  Great Britain Shimano Pinarello
TCS Tinkoff–Saxo (2014 season) Tinkoff Sport  Russia SRAM Specialized
TFR Trek Factory Racing (2014 season) Trek Bicycle Corporation  United States Shimano Trek

UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

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See also

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