2014 Tirreno–Adriatico

2014 Tirreno–Adriatico 2014 UCI World Tour 3 28 12–18 March 2014 7 1034.6 km 25h 28' 45" Alberto Contador SAX 2014 Spain blue Nairo Quintana MOV 2014 Colombia Roman Kreuziger SAX 2014 Czech Republic Marco Canola CSF 2014 Italy green Peter Sagan CAN 2014 Slovakia red Nairo Quintana MOV 2014 Colombia white ALM 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 49th edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycling stage race, often known as the Race of the Two Seas. It started on 12 March in Donoratico and ended on 18 March in San Benedetto del Tronto. It consisted of seven stages, including a team time trial to begin the race and an individual time trial to conclude it. It was the third race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by Spain's Alberto Contador of SAX 2014,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/12040/9220351/tirreno-adriatico-alberto-contador-wins-race-as-bradley-wiggins-takes-third-on-last-stage Alberto Contador wins race as Bradley Wiggins takes third on last stage Sky Sports BSkyB 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 who took the lead after winning his second successive stage on the fifth stage. This was following on from a win in the race's queen stage to Cittareale. Contador held the lead until the finish in San Benedetto del Tronto and became the first Spanish rider to win the race since Óscar Freire in 2005.http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2014/03/18/actualidad/1395156246_448337.html es En el cielo de Contador Contador in heaven El País Ediciones El País, S.L. Carlos Arribas 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 He won the general classification by two minutes and five seconds over runner-up Nairo Quintana of the MOV 2014,http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2014-3-18/adriano-nairo-make-for-double-surprise Adriano & Nairo make for double surprise MOV 2014 Abarca Sports 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 while Contador's teammate Roman Kreuziger completed the podium,http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/contador-wins-tirreno-adriatico-grand-style/ Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico in grand style SAX 2014 Tinkoff Sport 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 nine seconds behind Quintana and two minutes and fourteen seconds down on Contador.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/26635872 Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico with Wiggins third in time trial BBC Sport BBC 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 In the race's other classifications, CAN 2014's Peter Sagan was the winner of the red jersey for the points classification.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tirreno-adriatico-2014/stage-7/results Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico Peter Hymas Cyclingnews.com Future plc 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 He amassed the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. Meanwhile, Marco Canola became the winner of the mountains classification for the CSF 2014 team.http://www.bardianicsf.com/news-bilancio-positivo-br-della-tirreno-adriatico-en.php Positive evaluation of the Tirreno-Adriatico CSF 2014 Aster Sport Ltd. 18 March 2014 18 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140319012734/http://www.bardianicsf.com/news-bilancio-positivo-br-della-tirreno-adriatico-en.php 19 March 2014 dead dmy-all Quintana also won the white jersey for the young rider classification, as he was the highest placed rider born in 1989 or later. Whereas, the ALM 2014 squad won the team classification, placing riders Jean-Christophe Péraud and Domenico Pozzovivo inside the top ten overall.http://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/english/news/actualites-detail.asp?id=1038 The Ag2r La Mondiale Team shines on Tirreno-Adriatico ALM 2014 EUSRL France Cyclisme 18 March 2014 18 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 The final time trial was almost irrelevant from the winner's point of view as Alberto Contador had more than two minutes in hand on next best placed rider Nairo Quintana of the MOV 2014. There were some changes further down the GC as a result of the time trial though as Jean-Christophe Péraud moved above Julián Arredondo into 4th place and Michele Scarponi moved up to the top ten as a result of a strong ride. Race overview StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner 1 12 March Donoratico to San Vincenzo 18.5 km 1 on 20px|link= Team time trial OPQ 2014 2 13 March San Vincenzo to Cascina 166 km 1 on 22px Flat stage Matteo Pelucchi ITA 3 14 March Cascina to Arezzo 212 km 1 on 22px Flat stage Peter Sagan SVK 4 15 March Indicatore to Cittareale 244 km 1 on 22px Mountain stage Alberto Contador ESP 5 16 March Amatrice to Guardiagrele 192 km 1 on 22px Mountain stage Alberto Contador ESP 6 17 March Bucchianico to Porto Sant'Elpidio 193 km 1 on 22px|alt=|link= Intermediate stage Mark Cavendish GBR 7 18 March San Benedetto del Tronto 9.1 km 1 on 20px|link= Individual time trial Adriano Malori ITA Teams As Tirreno–Adriatico was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Four other squads were given wildcard places in the race,RCS Sport: Wild cards for 2014 World Tour races revealed http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2014/en/16-01-2014/rcs-sport-wild-cards-for-2014-world-tour-races-revealed-202080239818.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport RCS Sport 12 March 2014 16 January 2014 completing the 22-team peloton. The 22 teams that competed in the race are: 22em ALM 2014 AST 2014 COG 2014 RAB 2014 BMC 2014 CAN 2014 FDJ 2014 GRM 2014 GIA 2014 IAM 2014 KAT 2014 LAM 2014 LTB 2014 MOV 2014 MTN 2014 APP 2014 OPQ 2014 OGE 2014 SKY 2014 SAX 2014 TFR 2014 Stages Stage 1 12 March 2014 — Donoratico to San Vincenzo, 18.5 km 1 on team time trial (TTT)Stage 1: Donoratico to San Vincenzo — Team time trial http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/it/download/info_tappe/1/T01_alt.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 12 March 2014 PDF Stage 1 Result TeamTime 1 OPQ 2014 20' 13" 2 OGE 2014 + 11" 3 MOV 2014 + 18" 4 SAX 2014 + 24" 5 CAN 2014 + 26" 6 SKY 2014 + 27" 7 LTB 2014 + 28" 8 TFR 2014 + 36" 9 BEL 2014 + 37" 10 FDJ 2014 + 43"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px|Blue jersey OPQ 2014 20' 13" 2 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px|White jersey OPQ 2014 + 0" 3 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 0" 4 Mark Renshaw AUS OPQ 2014 + 0" 5 Wout Poels NED OPQ 2014 + 0" 6 Alessandro Petacchi ITA OPQ 2014 + 2" 7 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2014 + 3" 8 Daryl Impey RSA OGE 2014 + 11" 9 Simon Clarke AUS OGE 2014 + 11" 10 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2014 + 11" Stage 2 13 March 2014 — San Vincenzo to Cascina, 166 km 1 onStage 2: San Vincenzo to Cascina http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/it/download/info_tappe/2/T02_alt.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 12 March 2014 PDF Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2014 3h 56' 12" 2 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 3 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 s.t. 4 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2014 s.t. 5 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 s.t. 6 Davide Appollonio ITA ALM 2014 s.t. 7 Filippo Fortin ITA COG 2014 s.t. 8 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2014 s.t. 9 Tony Hurel FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 10 Kristian Sbaragli ITA MTN 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px|Blue jersey OPQ 2014 4h 16' 25" 2 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px|White jersey OPQ 2014 + 0" 3 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 0" 4 Mark Renshaw AUS OPQ 2014 + 0" 5 Alessandro Petacchi ITA OPQ 2014 + 2" 6 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2014 + 3" 7 Simon Clarke AUS OGE 2014 + 11" 8 Daryl Impey RSA OGE 2014 + 11" 9 Svein Tuft CAN OGE 2014 + 11" 10 Ivan Santaromita ITA OGE 2014 + 11" Stage 3 14 March 2014 — Cascina to Arezzo, 212 km 1 onStage 3: Cascina to Arezzo – Order of arrival http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/2014/it/download/T03_Ordine_Arrivo_2014.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 14 March 2014 18 March 2014 PDF Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 5h 10' 17" 2 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px|White jersey OPQ 2014 s.t. 3 Simon Clarke AUS OGE 2014 s.t. 4 Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2014 s.t. 5 Daryl Impey RSA OGE 2014 s.t. 6 Daniele Bennati ITA SAX 2014 s.t. 7 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 s.t. 8 Simon Geschke GER GIA 2014 s.t. 9 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2014 + 4" 10 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2014 + 4"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px|Blue jersey20px|White jersey OPQ 2014 9h 26' 36" 2 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 10" 3 Simon Clarke AUS OGE 2014 + 13" 4 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2014 + 15" 5 Daryl Impey RSA OGE 2014 + 17" 6 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|Red jersey CAN 2014 + 22" 7 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 + 30" 8 Daniele Bennati ITA SAX 2014 + 30" 9 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2014 + 31" 10 Cameron Meyer AUS OGE 2014 + 31" Stage 4 15 March 2014 — Indicatore to Cittareale, 244 km 1 onStage 4: Indicatore (Arezzo) to Cittareale (Selva Rotonda) http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/it/download/info_tappe/4/T04_alt.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 12 March 2014 PDF Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2014 6h 39' 56" 2 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2014 + 1" 3 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 5" 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 5" 5 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2014 + 5" 6 Michele Scarponi ITA AST 2014 + 8" 7 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px|Blue jersey OPQ 2014 + 10" 8 Robert Kišerlovski CRO TFR 2014 + 11" 9 Chris Horner USA LAM 2014 + 11" 10 Giampaolo Caruso ITA KAT 2014 + 17"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Michał Kwiatkowski POL 20px|Blue jersey20px|White jersey OPQ 2014 16h 06' 42" 2 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2014 + 16" 3 Nairo Quintana COL MOV 2014 + 23" 4 Richie Porte AUS SKY 2014 + 34" 5 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 38" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 39" 7 Robert Kišerlovski CRO TFR 2014 + 49" 8 Moreno Moser ITA CAN 2014 + 1' 01" 9 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 1' 02" 10 Julián Arredondo COL TFR 2014 + 1' 03" Stage 5 16 March 2014 — Amatrice to Guardiagrele, 192 km 1 onStage 5: Amatrice to Guardiagrele http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/it/download/info_tappe/5/T05_alt.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 12 March 2014 PDF Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2014 4h 54' 42" 2 Simon Geschke GER GIA 2014 + 6" 3 Ben King USA GRS 2014 + 45" 4 Adam Hansen AUS LTB 2014 + 1' 01" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 1' 26" 6 Giampaolo Caruso ITA KAT 2014 + 1' 39" 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 1' 42" 8 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 1' 42" 9 Julián Arredondo COL TFR 2014 + 1' 42" 10 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2014 + 1' 42"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px|Blue jersey20px|Red jersey SAX 2014 21h 01' 30" 2 Nairo Quintana COL 20px|White jersey MOV 2014 + 2' 08" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 2' 15" 4 Julián Arredondo COL TFR 2014 + 2' 39" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 2' 40" 6 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 2' 50" 7 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 2' 51" 8 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 2' 56" 9 Giampaolo Caruso ITA KAT 2014 + 2' 58" 10 Robert Kišerlovski CRO TFR 2014 + 3' 06" Stage 6 17 March 2014 — Bucchianico to Porto Sant'Elpidio, 193 km 1 onStage 6: Bucchianico to Porto Sant'Elpidio – Order of arrival http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/2014/it/download/T06_Ordine_Arrivo_2014.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 17 March 2014 18 March 2014 PDF Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2014 4h 16' 15" 2 Alessandro Petacchi ITA OPQ 2014 s.t. 3 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 s.t. 4 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 5 Tony Hurel FRA EUC 2014 s.t. 6 Robert Wagner GER BEL 2014 s.t. 7 Kristian Sbaragli ITA MTN 2014 s.t. 8 Bartosz Huzarski POL TNE 2014 s.t. 9 Mark Renshaw AUS OPQ 2014 s.t. 10 Davide Appollonio ITA ALM 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px|Blue jersey SAX 2014 25h 17' 51" 2 Nairo Quintana COL 20px|White jersey MOV 2014 + 2' 08" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 2' 15" 4 Julián Arredondo COL TFR 2014 + 2' 39" 5 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 2' 40" 6 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 2' 50" 7 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 2' 51" 8 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 2' 56" 9 Giampaolo Caruso ITA KAT 2014 + 2' 58" 10 Robert Kišerlovski CRO TFR 2014 + 3' 06" Stage 7 18 March 2014 — San Benedetto del Tronto, 9.1 km 1 on individual time trial (ITT)Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto — Individual time trial http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/it/download/info_tappe/7/T07_alt.pdf Tirreno–Adriatico RCS Sport 12 March 2014 PDF Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Adriano Malori ITA MOV 2014 10' 13" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI TFR 2014 + 6" 3 Bradley Wiggins GBR SKY 2014 + 11" 4 Tony Martin GER OPQ 2014 + 15" 5 Tom Dumoulin NED GIA 2014 + 19" 6 Alex Dowsett GBR MOV 2014 + 20" 7 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2014 + 22" 8 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2014 + 23" 9 Stijn Devolder BEL TFR 2014 + 24" 10 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2014 + 26"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP 20px|Blue jersey SAX 2014 25h 28' 45" 2 Nairo Quintana COL 20px|White jersey MOV 2014 + 2' 05" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 2' 14" 4 Jean-Christophe Péraud FRA ALM 2014 + 2' 39" 5 Julián Arredondo COL TFR 2014 + 2' 54" 6 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 3' 04" 7 Robert Kišerlovski CRO TFR 2014 + 3' 09" 8 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 3' 16" 9 Michele Scarponi ITA LAM 2014 + 3' 16" 10 Mikel Nieve ESP SKY 2014 + 3' 19" Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Mountains classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Teams classification 1 OPQ 2014 Mark Cavendish not awarded not awarded Michał Kwiatkowski OPQ 2014 2 Matteo Pelucchi Matteo Pelucchi Marco Canola 3 Peter Sagan Michał Kwiatkowski Peter Sagan 4 Alberto Contador ALM 2014 5 Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Nairo Quintana 6 Mark Cavendish Peter Sagan 7 Adriano Malori Final Alberto Contador Peter Sagan Marco Canola Nairo Quintana ALM 2014 References External links http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/en/ Category:Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno-Adriatico Tirreno-Adriatico