2014 French Road Cycling Cup

Bicycle competition The 2014 French Road Cycling Cup was the 23rd edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. Compared to the previous edition, the same races were held, with the only change being the Tour de la Somme, which moved from September to early May. The defending champion from the last two seasons was Samuel Dumoulin and was succeeded by Julien Simon, who clinched the title on September 21 after the Grand Prix d'Isbergues when he obtained a 64-point lead over Dumoulin, with only 50 points remaining to earn. Events Date Event Winner Team Series leader Leading Team dmy February 2 Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Kenneth Vanbilsen BEL TSV 2014 Baptiste Planckaert BEL RLM 2014 dmy March 22 Classic Loire Atlantique Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2014 Alexis Gougeard FRA dmy March 23 Cholet-Pays de Loire Tom Van Asbroeck BEL TSV 2014 ALM 2014 dmy April 4 Route Adélie Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 Julien Simon FRA dmy April 15 Paris–Camembert Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 Bryan Coquard FRA dmy April 17 Grand Prix de Denain Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 dmy April 19 Tour du Finistère Antoine Demoitié BEL WBC 2014 Julien Simon FRA BSE 2014 dmy April 20 Tro-Bro Léon Adrien Petit FRA COF 2014 dmy May 4 Tour de la Somme Yauheni Hutarovich BLR ALM 2014 dmy May 31 Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Julien Simon FRA COF 2014 dmy June 1 Boucles de l'Aulne Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2014 dmy August 3 Polynormande Jan Ghyselinck BEL WGG 2014 dmy August 24 Chateauroux Classic Châteauroux Classic Iljo Keisse BEL OPQ 2014 dmy September 14 Tour du Doubs Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2014 dmy September 21 Grand Prix d'Isbergues Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 dmy October 5 Tour de Vendée Armindo Fonseca FRA BSE 2014 Final points standings Individual In order to be eligible for the classification, riders either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team. Pos. Rider Team Points 1 Julien Simon FRA COF 2014 194 2 Samuel Dumoulin FRA ALM 2014 121 3 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR ALM 2014 118 4 Armindo Fonseca FRA BSE 2014 106 5 Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2014 100 6 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 100 7 Baptiste Planckaert BEL RLM 2014 62 8 Benoît Jarrier FRA BSE 2014 61 9 Laurent Pichon FRA FDJ 2014 60 10 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA LPM 2014 53 Young rider classification In order to be eligible for the classification, riders had to be younger than 25 and either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team. Pos. Rider Team Points 1 Armindo Fonseca FRA BSE 2014 106 2 Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2014 100 3 Bryan Coquard FRA EUC 2014 100 4 Benoît Jarrier FRA BSE 2014 61 5 Adrien Petit FRA COF 2014 50 6 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2014 50 7 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 50 8 Flavien Dassonville FRA AUB 2014 47 9 Quentin Jaurégui FRA RLM 2014 44 10 Olivier Le Gac FRA FDJ 2014 35 Teams Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification. Pos. Team Points 1 BSE 2014 141 2 ALM 2014 125 3 RLM 2014 116 4 COF 2014 111 5 FDJ 2014 102 6 EUC 2014 99 7 LPM 2014 86 8 AUB 2014 74 External links fr Official website French Road Cycling Cup Category:French Road Cycling Cup Category:2014 in French sport