2014 Tour of Qatar

the 2014 Ladies edition 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2014 Tour of Qatar 9–14 February 2014 6 714.4 km 15h 53' 37" gold Niki Terpstra Netherlands OPQ 2014 Tom Boonen Belgium OPQ 2014 Jürgen Roelandts Belgium LTB 2014 grey Tom Boonen Belgium OPQ 2014 white Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Belgium OPQ 2014 OPQ 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Tour of Qatar was the 13th edition of the Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held between 9 and 14 February 2014, in Qatar. The race was won by OPQ 2014 rider Niki Terpstra, who won the opening stage of the race and held the lead throughout.http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-of-qatar-stage-6-opqs-conquers-the-desert/1584 OPQS conquers the desert OPQ 2014 Decolef 14 February 2014 14 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221232921/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-of-qatar-stage-6-opqs-conquers-the-desert/1584 21 February 2014 dead dmy-all Second place went to his teammate Tom Boonen,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/21684/9166148/tour-of-qatar-niki-terpstra-seals-victory-as-arnaud-demare-claims-final-stage Niki Terpstra seals victory as Arnaud Demare claims final stage Sky Sports BSkyB 14 February 2014 14 February 2014 who won two stages and the points classification,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2014/stage-6/results Barry Ryan Démare wins stage 6 Cyclingnews.com Future plc 14 February 2014 14 February 2014 while third place went to Jürgen Roelandts of the LTB 2014 squad.http://www.lottobelisol.be/en/review-tour-of-qatar-1656.htm Review: Tour of Qatar LTB 2014 Belgian Cycling Project 14 February 2014 14 February 2014 22 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222220101/http://www.lottobelisol.be/en/review-tour-of-qatar-1656.htm dead The young rider classification was won by another OPQ 2014 yes rider, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, while the teams classification was also won by OPQ 2014 yes, after five of the team's eight riders – Terpstra, Boonen, Van Keirsbulck (seventh), Stijn Vandenbergh (eighth) and Andrew Fenn (ninth) – finished in the top ten overall. Teams Nineteen teams competed in the 2014 Tour of Qatar. These included thirteen UCI World Tour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams and the Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team. The teams that participated in the race were: 20em ALM 2014 AST 2014 BEL 2014 BMC 2014 CAN 2014 FDJ 2014 LTB 2014 OPQ 2014 OGE 2014 KAT 2014 SKY 2014 SAX 2014 TFR 2014 COG 2014 IAM 2014 APP 2014 TSV 2014 UHC 2014 SKD 2014 Race overview StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner19 February Al Wakra to Dukhan Beach 135.5 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Niki Terpstra NED210 February Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche 160.5 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Tom Boonen BEL311 February Lusail Circuit 10.9 km 1 on 20px|link=Individual time trial Michael Hepburn AUS412 February Dukhan Beach to Mesaieed 135 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Tom Boonen BEL513 February Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal 159 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage André Greipel GER614 February Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche 113.5 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Arnaud Démare FRA Stages Stage 1 9 February 2014 – Al Wakra to Dukhan Beach, 135.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-1.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 11 February 2014 Stage 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20140213095842/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-1.html 13 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2014 3h 13' 42" 2 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 1" 3 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2014 + 1" 4 Martin Elmiger SUI IAM 2014 + 1" 5 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL OPQ 2014 + 7" 6 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 7" 7 Barry Markus NED BEL 2014 + 7" 8 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 + 7" 9 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2014 + 7" 10 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 + 7"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED 20px20px OPQ 2014 3h 13' 26" 2 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 9" 3 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2014 + 12" 4 Martin Elmiger SUI IAM 2014 + 17" 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 + 21" 6 Sam Bennett IRL 20px APP 2014 + 22" 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL OPQ 2014 + 23" 8 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 23" 9 Barry Markus NED BEL 2014 + 23" 10 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 + 23" Stage 2 10 February 2014 – Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche, 160.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-2.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 11 February 2014 Stage 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20140213095204/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-2.html 13 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 3h 30' 07" 2 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 s.t. 3 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 s.t. 4 Andrew Fenn GBR OPQ 2014 s.t. 5 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2014 s.t. 6 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2014 s.t. 7 Niki Terpstra NED 20px OPQ 2014 s.t. 8 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 s.t. 9 Lars Boom NED BEL 2014 + 5" 10 Karsten Kroon NED SAX 2014 + 5"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED 20px20px OPQ 2014 6h 43' 30" 2 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 5" 3 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 14" 4 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 + 20" 5 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 + 26" 6 Andrew Fenn GBR 20px OPQ 2014 + 26" 7 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2014 + 26" 8 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2014 + 26" 9 Lars Boom NED BEL 2014 + 31" 10 Karsten Kroon NED SAX 2014 + 31" Stage 3 11 February 2014 – Lusail Circuit, 10.9 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT)http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-3.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 11 February 2014 Stage 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20140213110357/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-3.html 13 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Michael Hepburn AUS OGE 2014 13' 28" 2 Lars Boom NED BEL 2014 + 1" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA SAX 2014 + 6" 4 Fabian Cancellara SUI TFR 2014 + 6" 5 Niki Terpstra NED 20px OPQ 2014 + 8" 6 Martin Elmiger SUI IAM 2014 + 10" 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL OPQ 2014 + 13" 8 Philippe Gilbert BEL BMC 2014 + 15" 9 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2014 + 16" 10 Gert Steegmans BEL OPQ 2014 + 17"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED 20px20px OPQ 2014 6h 57' 06" 2 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 21" 3 Lars Boom NED BEL 2014 + 24" 4 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 28" 5 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2014 + 35" 6 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 45" 7 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 + 49" 8 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 + 49" 9 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL OPQ 2014 + 58" 10 Andrew Fenn GBR OPQ 2014 + 1' 06" Stage 4 12 February 2014 – Dukhan Beach to Mesaieed, 135 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-4.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 11 February 2014 Stage 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20140213094815/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-4.html 13 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 2h 22' 34" 2 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 s.t. 3 Barry Markus NED BEL 2014 s.t. 4 Aidis Kruopis LTU OGE 2014 s.t. 5 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2014 s.t. 6 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA AST 2014 s.t. 7 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 8 Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2014 s.t. 9 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2014 s.t. 10 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED 20px OPQ 2014 9h 19' 38" 2 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 17" 3 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 20" 4 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2014 + 37" 5 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 47" 6 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 + 48" 7 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 + 51" 8 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL OPQ 2014 + 1' 00" 9 Andrew Fenn GBR OPQ 2014 + 1' 08" 10 Karsten Kroon NED SAX 2014 + 1' 21" Stage 5 13 February 2014 – Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal, 159 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-5.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 11 February 2014 Stage 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20140213110652/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-5.html 13 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 3h 48' 53" 2 Aidis Kruopis LTU OGE 2014 s.t. 3 Theo Bos NED BEL 2014 s.t. 4 Daniele Bennati ITA SAX 2014 s.t. 5 Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2014 s.t. 6 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 s.t. 7 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2014 s.t. 8 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2014 s.t. 9 Niki Terpstra NED 20px OPQ 2014 s.t. 10 Elia Viviani ITA CAN 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED 20px OPQ 2014 13h 08' 31" 2 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 17" 3 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 20" 4 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2014 + 37" 5 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 + 48" 6 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 + 56" 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 57" 8 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL OPQ 2014 + 1' 05" 9 Andrew Fenn GBR OPQ 2014 + 1' 18" 10 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 + 1' 23" Stage 6 14 February 2014 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche, 113.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-6.html Tour of Qatar Amaury Sport Organisation 11 February 2014 Stage 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20140213110923/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/stage-6.html 13 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 2h 45' 06" 2 Daniele Bennati ITA SAX 2014 s.t. 3 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2014 s.t. 4 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2014 s.t. 5 Lucas Sebastián Haedo ARG SKD 2014 s.t. 6 Silvan Dillier SUI BMC 2014 s.t. 7 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2014 s.t. 8 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2014 s.t. 9 Sebastian Lander DEN BMC 2014 s.t. 10 Nicola Ruffoni ITA COG 2014 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Niki Terpstra NED 20px OPQ 2014 15h 53' 37" 2 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 17" 3 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2014 + 20" 4 Ian Stannard GBR SKY 2014 + 37" 5 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 + 48" 6 Marcel Sieberg GER LTB 2014 + 56" 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL 20px OPQ 2014 + 57" 8 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL OPQ 2014 + 1' 05" 9 Andrew Fenn GBR OPQ 2014 + 1' 18" 10 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 + 1' 23" Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Teams classification 1 Niki Terpstra Niki Terpstra Niki Terpstra Sam Bennett OPQ 2014 2 Tom Boonen Andrew Fenn 3 Michael Hepburn Guillaume Van Keirsbulck 4 Tom Boonen Tom Boonen 5 André Greipel 6 Arnaud Démare Final Niki Terpstra Tom Boonen Guillaume Van Keirsbulck OPQ 2014 References External links http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_courseTQA.html Tour of Qatar Tour of Qatar Tour of Qatar 2014