2014 Paris–Nice

2014 Paris–Nice 2014 UCI World Tour 2 28 9–16 March 2014 8 1447 km 35h 11' 45" Carlos Betancur ALM 2014 COL yellow Rui Costa LAM 2014 POR Arthur Vichot FDJ 2014 FRA Pim Ligthart LTB 2014 NED polkadot John Degenkolb GIA 2014 GER green Carlos Betancur ALM 2014 COL white MOV 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Paris–Nice was the 72nd running of the Paris–Nice cycling stage race, often known as the Race to the Sun, and the first European World Tour event of the season. It started on 9 March in Mantes-la-Jolie and ended on 16 March in Nice and consisted of eight stages. It was the second race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. The race took on an unusual profile in 2014 in that it did not feature a time trial of any description and did not have any stages with a summit finish. The intention was to make the race more open and encourage attacking racing rather than a defensive race ruled by time trial experts or the climbing specialists. The race was won by Colombia's Carlos Betancur of ALM 2014,http://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/english/news/actualites-detail.asp?id=1038 Carlos Betancur wins Paris-Nice! ALM 2014 EUSRL France Cyclisme 16 March 2014 16 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316224552/http://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/english/news/actualites-detail.asp?id=1038 16 March 2014 dead dmy-all who took the lead after winning the race's queen stage – the sixth stage to Fayence, his second successive stage victory – and held the lead until the finish in Nice, to become the first Colombian rider to win the race. Betancur won the general classification by 14 seconds over runner-up Rui Costa of the LAM 2014 squad,http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2014/03/chiusura-a-nizza/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140316214459/http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2014/03/chiusura-a-nizza/ usurped March 16, 2014 Final in Nice: Rui Costa 2nd in the GC despite a crash LAM 2014 CGS Cycling Team AG 16 March 2014 16 March 2014 while FDJ 2014's Arthur Vichot completed the podium – 6 seconds behind Costa and 20 seconds down on Betancur – after he was victorious on the final stage, picking up enough bonus seconds to move up the classification.http://www.equipecyclistefdj.fr/actualites/paris-nice-etape-8-921.html fr Paris — Nice étape 8 Paris — Nice stage 8 FDJ 2014 Société de Gestion de L'Echappée 16 March 2014 16 March 2014 In the race's other classifications, GIA 2014's John Degenkolb was the winner of the green jersey for the points classification,http://www.teamgiantshimano.com/2014/03/another-strong-ride-dries-devenyns-finish-paris-nice/ Another strong ride from Devenyns as Degenkolb wins green Paris – Nice GIA 2014 SMS Cycling B.V. 16 March 2014 16 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316224716/http://www.teamgiantshimano.com/2014/03/another-strong-ride-dries-devenyns-finish-paris-nice/ 16 March 2014 dead dmy-all amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes, and Pim Ligthart was the winner of the mountains classification for the LTB 2014 team.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2014/stage-8/results Vichot wins final Paris-Nice stage Sadhbh O'Shea Cyclingnews.com Future plc 16 March 2014 16 March 2014 Betancur also won the white jersey for the young rider classification, as he was the highest placed rider born in 1989 or later, while the MOV 2014 won the team classification.http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2014-3-16/rojas-left-out-without-prize Rojas left out without prize MOV 2014 Abarca Sports 16 March 2014 16 March 2014 Movistar Team was somewhat consoled by their first WorldTour teams' overall win of the 2014 season... Teams As Paris–Nice was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Three other squads were given wildcard places, and as such, formed the event's 21-team peloton. The 21 teams that competed in the race were:Teams Selection of Paris-Nice 2014 http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2014/us/pre-race/news/ahc/teams-selection-of-paris-nice-2014.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 6 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140306210653/http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2014/us/pre-race/news/ahc/teams-selection-of-paris-nice-2014.html 6 March 2014 dead dmy-all 22em ALM 2014 AST 2014 RAB 2014 BMC 2014 BSE 2014 CAN 2014 COF 2014 EUC 2014 FDJ 2014 GRM 2014 GIA 2014 IAM 2014 KAT 2014 LAM 2014 LTB 2014 MOV 2014 OPQ 2014 OGE 2014 SKY 2014 SAX 2014 TFR 2014 Route +List of stageshttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/paris-nice-2014-preview-116840 Paris-Nice 2014 preview 7 March 2014 8 March 2014 Cycling Weekly IPC Media Stephen Puddicombe Nigel WynnStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner19 March Mantes-la-Jolie to Mantes-la-Jolie 162.5 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Nacer Bouhanni FRA210 March Rambouillet to Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 205 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Moreno Hofland NED311 March Toucy to Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 180 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage John Degenkolb GER412 March Nevers to Belleville 201.5 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Flat stage Tom-Jelte Slagter NED513 March Crêches-sur-Saône to Rive-de-Gier 153 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Carlos Betancur COL614 March Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon to Fayence 221.5 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Carlos Betancur COL715 March Mougins to Biot Sophia Antipolis 195.5 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Tom-Jelte Slagter NED816 March Nice to Nice 128 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Arthur Vichot FRA Stages Stage 1 9 March 2014 — Mantes-la-Jolie to Mantes-la-Jolie, 162.5 km 1 onStage 1: Mantes-la-Jolie to Mantes-la-Jolie http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-1.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309183826/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-1.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 3h 53' 11" 2 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2014 s.t. 3 Gianni Meersman BEL OPQ 2014 s.t. 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 s.t. 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRS 2014 s.t. 6 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 7 Luca Wackermann ITA LAM 2014 s.t. 8 Fabio Felline ITA TFR 2014 s.t. 9 Fabio Sabatini ITA CAN 2014 s.t. 10 Francesco Gavazzi ITA AST 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Nacer Bouhanni FRA 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey FDJ 2014 3h 53' 01" 2 Gianni Meersman BEL OPQ 2014 + 1" 3 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2014 + 4" 4 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2014 + 8" 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2014 + 9" 6 Sylvain Chavanel FRA IAM 2014 + 9" 7 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 10" 8 Tyler Farrar USA GRS 2014 + 10" 9 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 + 10" 10 Luca Wackermann ITA LAM 2014 + 10" Stage 2 10 March 2014 — Rambouillet to Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, 205 km 1 onStage 2: Rambouillet to Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-2.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309180130/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-2.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2014 4h 53' 46" 2 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2014 s.t. 3 Nacer Bouhanni FRA 20px|Yellow jersey FDJ 2014 s.t. 4 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 s.t. 5 Thor Hushovd NOR BMC 2014 s.t. 6 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 7 Armindo Fonseca FRA BSE 2014 s.t. 8 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 s.t. 9 Jens Keukeleire BEL OGE 2014 s.t. 10 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Nacer Bouhanni FRA 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey FDJ 2014 8h 46' 43" 2 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2014 + 2" 3 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2014 + 4" 4 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2014 + 13" 5 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 + 14" 6 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 14" 7 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 + 14" 8 Nikolay Trusov RUS SAX 2014 + 14" 9 Samuel Dumoulin FRA ALM 2014 + 14" 10 Jens Keukeleire BEL OGE 2014 + 14" Stage 3 11 March 2014 — Toucy to Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, 180 km 1 onStage 3: Toucy to Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-3.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309174412/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-3.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 John Degenkolb GER GIA 2014 4h 27' 26" 2 Matthew Goss AUS OGE 2014 s.t. 3 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 s.t. 4 Borut Božič SLO AST 2014 s.t. 5 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 s.t. 6 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 s.t. 7 Nacer Bouhanni FRA 20px|Yellow jersey FDJ 2014 s.t. 8 Thor Hushovd NOR BMC 2014 s.t. 9 Gert Steegmans BEL OPQ 2014 s.t. 10 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 John Degenkolb GER 20px|Yellow jersey20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey GIA 2014 13h 14' 01" 2 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 + 8" 3 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2014 + 12" 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 18" 5 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2014 + 21" 6 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 + 22" 7 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 + 22" 8 Nikolay Trusov RUS SAX 2014 + 22" 9 Samuel Dumoulin FRA ALM 2014 + 22" 10 Marco Marcato ITA CAN 2014 + 22" Stage 4 12 March 2014 — Nevers to Belleville, 201.5 km 1 onStage 4: Nevers to Belleville http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-4.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309184101/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-4.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 5h 00' 09" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2014 s.t. 3 Wilco Kelderman NED BEL 2014 + 5" 4 Michael Matthews AUS OGE 2014 + 5" 5 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 5" 6 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 + 5" 7 Peter Velits SVK BMC 2014 + 5" 8 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 5" 9 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 5" 10 Samuel Dumoulin FRA ALM 2014 + 5"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|Yellow jersey SKY 2014 18h 14' 25" 2 John Degenkolb GER 20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey GIA 2014 + 3" 3 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 + 4" 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 8" 5 Samuel Dumoulin FRA ALM 2014 + 12" 6 Wilco Kelderman NED BEL 2014 + 15" 7 Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2014 + 17" 8 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 19" 9 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 19" 10 Arnold Jeannesson FRA FDJ 2014 + 19" Stage 5 13 March 2014 — Crêches-sur-Saône to Rive-de-Gier, 153 km 1 onStage 5: Crêches-sur-Saône to Rive-de-Gier http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-5.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309173724/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-5.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2014 3h 38' 15" 2 Bob Jungels LUX TFR 2014 s.t. 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 s.t. 4 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 + 2" 5 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 2" 6 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg RSA GIA 2014 + 2" 7 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 2" 8 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2014 + 2" 9 Borut Božič SLO AST 2014 + 2" 10 Marco Marcato ITA CAN 2014 + 2"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|Yellow jersey SKY 2014 21h 52' 42" 2 John Degenkolb GER 20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey GIA 2014 + 3" 3 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 + 4" 4 Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2014 + 5" 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 8" 6 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 + 13" 7 Jan Bakelants BEL OPQ 2014 + 13" 8 Wilco Kelderman NED BEL 2014 + 15" 9 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 19" 10 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 19" Stage 6 14 March 2014 — Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon to Fayence, 221.5 km 1 onStage 6: Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon to Fayence http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-6.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309173911/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-6.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Carlos Betancur COL ALM 2014 5h 12' 11" 2 Rui Costa POR LAM 2014 s.t. 3 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 3" 4 Geraint Thomas GBR 20px|Yellow jersey SKY 2014 + 3" 5 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 + 3" 6 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 7" 7 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 + 7" 8 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 7" 9 Stefan Denifl AUT IAM 2014 + 7" 10 Gorka Izagirre ESP MOV 2014 + 11"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Carlos Betancur COL 20px|Yellow jersey20px|White jersey ALM 2014 27h 04' 48" 2 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2014 + 8" 3 Rui Costa POR LAM 2014 + 18" 4 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 22" 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 24" 6 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 + 25" 7 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 + 27" 8 Jan Bakelants BEL OPQ 2014 + 29" 9 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 31" 10 Stefan Denifl AUT IAM 2014 + 31" Stage 7 15 March 2014 — Mougins to Biot–Sophia Antipolis, 195.5 km 1 onStage 7: Mougins to Biot Sophia Antipolis http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-7.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309183947/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-7.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 5h 00' 05" 2 Rui Costa POR LAM 2014 s.t. 3 Carlos Betancur COL 20px|Yellow jersey ALM 2014 s.t. 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 s.t. 5 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 6 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 s.t. 7 Stefan Denifl AUT IAM 2014 s.t. 8 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 s.t. 9 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 s.t. 10 Peter Velits SVK BMC 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Carlos Betancur COL 20px|Yellow jersey20px|White jersey ALM 2014 32h 04' 49" 2 Rui Costa POR LAM 2014 + 14" 3 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 26" 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 27" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 + 29" 6 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 + 31" 7 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 35" 8 Stefan Denifl AUT IAM 2014 + 35" 9 Peter Velits SVK BMC 2014 + 39" 10 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2014 + 39" Stage 8 16 March 2014 — Nice to Nice, 128 km 1 onStage 8: Nice to Nice http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-8.html Paris–Nice Amaury Sport Organisation 9 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309175839/http://www.letour.com/paris-nice/2014/us/stage-8.html 2014-03-09 dead Stage 8 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 3h 06' 56" 2 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 s.t. 3 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 4 Damiano Caruso ITA CAN 2014 s.t. 5 Wilco Kelderman NED BEL 2014 s.t. 6 Fränk Schleck LUX TFR 2014 s.t. 7 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED GRS 2014 s.t. 8 Carlos Betancur COL 20px|Yellow jersey ALM 2014 s.t. 9 George Bennett NZL CAN 2014 s.t. 10 Eduardo Sepúlveda ARG BSE 2014 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Carlos Betancur COL 20px|Yellow jersey20px|White jersey ALM 2014 35h 11' 45" 2 Rui Costa POR LAM 2014 + 14" 3 Arthur Vichot FRA FDJ 2014 + 20" 4 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2014 + 21" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN AST 2014 + 29" 6 Cyril Gautier FRA EUC 2014 + 31" 7 Stefan Denifl AUT IAM 2014 + 35" 8 Simon Špilak SLO KAT 2014 + 36" 9 Peter Velits SVK BMC 2014 + 39" 10 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 41" Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification25px Points classification25px Mountains classification25px Young rider classification25px Teams classification25px 1 Nacer Bouhanni Nacer Bouhanni Nacer Bouhanni Christophe Laborie Nacer Bouhanni OPQ 2014 2 Moreno Hofland KAT 2014 3 John Degenkolb John Degenkolb John Degenkolb John Degenkolb 4 Tom-Jelte Slagter Geraint Thomas Valerio Agnoli ALM 2014 5 Carlos Betancur Sylvain Chavanel 6 Carlos Betancur Carlos Betancur Carlos Betancur MOV 2014 7 Tom-Jelte Slagter Pim Ligthart 8 Arthur Vichot Final Carlos Betancur John Degenkolb Pim Ligthart Carlos Betancur MOV 2014 Notes In stage 2, Gianni Meersman, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Nacer Bouhanni (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. Similarly, John Degenkolb, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, as Bouhanni also led that classification. In stage 3, John Degenkolb, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Nacer Bouhanni (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. Similarly, Moreno Hofland, who was third in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, due to Bouhanni and Degenkolb (who was also second in the young rider classification) wearing other jerseys. References External links http://www.letour.fr/paris-nice/2014/us/ Category:Paris–Nice Paris-Nice Paris-Nice Paris-Nice