2014 Tour of the Basque Country

April 2014 2014 Tour of the Basque Country 300 2014 UCI World Tour 9 29 7–12 April 2014 6 840.8 km 21h 09' 11" Alberto Contador Spain SAX 2014 yellow Michał Kwiatkowski Poland OPQ 2014 Jean-Christophe Péraud France ALM 2014 Davide Villella CAN 2014 Italy white dots on red Michał Kwiatkowski OPQ 2014 Poland white Omar Fraile Spain CJR 2014 blue BMC 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Tour of the Basque Country was the 54th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country. It started on 7 April 2014 in Ordizia and ended on 12 April in Markina-Xemein, and consisted of six stages, including a race-concluding individual time trial. It was the ninth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. The race was won for the third timehttps://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/cycling/2014/04/12/contador-wins-3rd-tour-of-basque-country-title/7636675/ Contador wins 3rd Tour of Basque Country title USA Today Larry Kramer; Gannett Company 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 Associated Press by Spanish rider Alberto Contador of SAX 2014,http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/contador-wins-vuelta-pais-vasco/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155210/http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/contador-wins-vuelta-pais-vasco/ dead 13 April 2014 Contador wins Vuelta Pais Vasco SAX 2014 Tinkoff Sport 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 who won the race's opening stage after a late-stage move and eventually held the overall lead for the rest of the race. Contador won the general classification by 49 secondshttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/alberto-contador-wins-tour-basque-country-overall-120125 Alberto Contador wins Tour of the Basque Country overall Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly IPC Media 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 over runner-up Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ 2014) while ALM 2014's Jean-Christophe Péraud completed the podium,http://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/english/news/actualites-detail.asp?id=1054 JC Péraud on the podium ALM 2014 EUSRL France Cyclisme 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143610/http://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/english/news/actualites-detail.asp?id=1054 13 April 2014 dead dmy-all 15 seconds behind Kwiatkowski and 64 seconds down on Contador. Kwiatkowski and Péraud had both started the final stage outside the top three placings, but moved up due to their more proficient performances in the time trial. With five third-place finishes from the six stages, Kwiatkowski was also the winner of the white jersey for the points classification,http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/vuelta-ciclista-al-pais-vasco-stage-6-itt-martin-wins-kwiatkowski-on-stage-and-gc-podium/1683 Martin Wins, Kwiatkowski on Stage and GC Podium! OPQ 2014 Decolef 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155802/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/vuelta-ciclista-al-pais-vasco-stage-6-itt-martin-wins-kwiatkowski-on-stage-and-gc-podium/1683 2014-04-13 dead taking the lead on the final stage from the MOV 2014's Alejandro Valverde; Valverde also dropped from second to fifth overall in the general classification.http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2014-4-12/valverde-left-unrewarded Valverde left unrewarded MOV 2014 Abarca Sports 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 CAN 2014 rider Davide Villella was the winner of the mountains classification,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-ciclista-al-pais-vasco-2014/stage-6/results Stephen Farrand Contador secures overall Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco victory ahead of Kwiatkowski Cyclingnews.com Future plc 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 having held that lead from start to finish, while the sprints classification was won for the second year in a row by a rider from the wildcard team CJR 2014; Omar Fraile won the classification, after Amets Txurruka had done so in 2013. The teams classification was won by BMC 2014,http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index.php?id=115&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2014&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=04&tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=12&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2626&cHash=27f262638ebcbf9e8a1c518a8baa979b BMC Racing Team Wins Pais Vasco Team Title BMC 2014 BMC Trading 12 April 2014 12 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145215/http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index.php?id=115&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2014&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=04&tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=12&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2626&cHash=27f262638ebcbf9e8a1c518a8baa979b 2014-04-13 usurped with three of their riders finishing in the top 15 overall. Teams As the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Only CJR 2014 was given a wildcard place, thus completing the 19-team peloton. The 19 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/vuelta-al-pais-vasco-start-list Tour of the Basque Country 2014 start list Cyclingnews.com Future plc 8 April 2014 22em ALM 2014 AST 2014 BEL 2014 BMC 2014 CAN 2014 CJR 2014 EUC 2014 FDJ 2014 GRS 2014 GIA 2014 KAT 2014 LAM 2014 LTB 2014 MOV 2014 OPQ 2014 OGE 2014 SKY 2014 TFR 2014 Stages Stage 1 7 April 2014 — Ordizia to Ordizia, 153.4 km 1 on Stage 1 Result and General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px20px SAX 2014 4h 05' 07" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2014 + 14" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 + 34" 4 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 36" 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 36" 6 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 36" 7 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 36" 8 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 36" 9 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 54" 10 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2014 + 54" Stage 2 8 April 2014 — Ordizia to Urdazubi, 155.8 km 1 on Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2014 3h 46' 17" 2 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 + 30" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 + 30" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 30" 5 Paul Martens GER BEL 2014 + 30" 6 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2014 + 30" 7 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2014 + 30" 8 Yukiya Arashiro JPN EUC 2014 + 30" 9 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2014 + 30" 10 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2014 + 30"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 7h 51' 54" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2014 + 14" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px OPQ 2014 + 34" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 36" 5 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 36" 6 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 36" 7 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 36" 8 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 36" 9 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 54" 10 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2014 + 54" Stage 3 9 April 2014 — Urdazubi to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 194.5 km 1 on Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2014 5h 02' 09" 2 Kévin Reza FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px OPQ 2014 s.t. 4 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 s.t. 5 Paul Martens GER BEL 2014 s.t. 6 Yukiya Arashiro JPN EUC 2014 s.t. 7 Daniele Ratto ITA CAN 2014 s.t. 8 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2014 s.t. 9 Enrico Gasparotto ITA AST 2014 s.t. 10 Tosh Van der Sande BEL LTB 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 12h 54' 03" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2014 + 14" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px OPQ 2014 + 34" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 36" 5 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 36" 6 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 36" 7 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 36" 8 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 36" 9 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 54" 10 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2014 + 54" Stage 4 10 April 2014 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to Eibar, 151 km 1 on Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Wout Poels NED OPQ 2014 3h 39' 29" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2014 + 1" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2014 + 1" 4 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 + 3" 5 Bauke Mollema NED BEL 2014 + 3" 6 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 3" 7 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 3" 8 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2014 + 3" 9 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 3" 10 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 + 3"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 16h 33' 35" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px MOV 2014 + 12" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 36" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 36" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 36" 6 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 36" 7 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 + 41" 8 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2014 + 54" 9 Wout Poels NED OPQ 2014 + 55" 10 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2014 + 56" Stage 5 11 April 2014 — Eibar to Xemein, 160.2 km 1 on Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 3h 56' 56" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px MOV 2014 s.t. 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 s.t. 4 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 s.t. 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 s.t. 6 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 7 Jonathan Hivert FRA BEL 2014 s.t. 8 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 s.t. 9 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 s.t. 10 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 20h 30' 31" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px MOV 2014 + 12" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2014 + 36" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 36" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 36" 6 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 36" 7 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 + 41" 8 Mikel Landa ESP AST 2014 + 54" 9 Wout Poels NED OPQ 2014 + 55" 10 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2014 + 56" Stage 6 12 April 2014 — Xemein, 25.9 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT) Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2014 38' 33" 2 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 + 7" 3 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 + 15" 4 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2014 + 16" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 35" 6 Tom Dumoulin NED GIA 2014 + 38" 7 Jon Izagirre ESP MOV 2014 + 41" 8 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px MOV 2014 + 1' 02" 9 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2014 + 1' 05" 10 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2014 + 1' 25"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px SAX 2014 21h 09' 11" 2 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px OPQ 2014 + 49" 3 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 1' 04" 4 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2014 + 1' 07" 5 Alejandro Valverde ESP MOV 2014 + 1' 07" 6 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2014 + 1' 56" 7 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2014 + 1' 56" 8 Yuri Trofimov RUS KAT 2014 + 2' 13" 9 Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 2014 + 2' 14" 10 Wout Poels NED OPQ 2014 + 2' 26" Classification leadership table In the 2014 Tour of the Basque Country, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2014 Tour of the Basque Country, and the winner of the classification was the winner of the race. Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a white jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, second place earned 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey with white dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth jersey represented the sprints classification, marked by a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 3 at intermediate sprint points during each stage, with the exception of the final individual time trial stage. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25pxPoints classification25pxMountains classification25pxSprints classification25pxTeams classification 1 Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Davide Villella Matteo Montaguti BMC 2014 2 Tony Martin Michał Kwiatkowski 3 Michael Matthews 4 Wout Poels Alejandro Valverde Omar Fraile 5 Ben Swift 6 Tony Martin Michał Kwiatkowski Final Alberto Contador Michał Kwiatkowski Davide Villella Omar Fraile BMC 2014 References External links http://vueltapaisvasco.diariovasco.com/2014/ Category:Tour of the Basque Country by year Tour of the Basque Country Tour of the Basque Country Category:2014 in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:April 2014 sports events in Spain