2014 Baltic Chain Tour

International cycling stage race 2014 Baltic Chain Tour 2014 UCI Europe Tour 20–24 August 2014 5 851.8 km 18h 36' 54" Mathieu van der Poel NED BKP 2014 yellow Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR KLS 2014 Mathieu van der Poel NED BKP 2014 green Uladzimir Harakhavik BLR Belarus (national team) polkadot Mathieu van der Poel NED BKP 2014 white KLS 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Baltic Chain Tour was the fourth modern edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of five days between 20 and 24 August 2014.Programme of the event The race was a part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. This year the tour coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Chain, a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989, with approximately two million people joining their hands to form a human chain spanning over 600 km across the three Baltic states. Teams A total of 20 teams raced in the 2014 Baltic Chain Tour: 12 UCI Continental teams, 5 national teams and 3 amateur tams. 22em ALB2 2014 BDC 2014 Belarus (national team) BKP 2014 CKB 2014 EC St Etienne-Loire Estonia (national team) Experiment 23 Team Frøy–Bianchi Germany (national team) TIK 2014 KLS 2014 Lithuania (national team) RBD 2014 Russia (national team) SJK Viiking SSG 2014 TIR2 2014 Top Team Cycling V4E 2014 Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Winner1 20 AugustVilnius (Lithuania) to Panevėžys (Lithuania) 184.5 km onMykhaylo Kononenko UKR2 21 AugustRiga (Latvia) to Sigulda (Latvia) 157.7 km onIvan Balykin RUS3 22 AugustValmiera (Latvia) to Pärnu (Estonia) 164.5 km onMykhaylo Kononenko UKR4 23 AugustPärnu (Estonia) to Viljandi (Estonia) 165.5 km onMathieu van der Poel NED5 24 AugustViljandi (Estonia) to Tallinn (Estonia) 179.6 km onPhil Bauhaus GER Stages Stage 1 20 August 2014 — Vilnius (Lithuania) to Panevėžys (Lithuania), 184.5 km mi on Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR KLS 2014 3h 50' 55" 2 Mathieu van der Poel NED BKP 2014 + 4" 3 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 4" 4 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 17" 5 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 17" 6 Andris Vosekalns LAT RBD 2014 + 17" 7 Oleksandr Polivoda UKR KLS 2014 + 17" 8 Andriy Vasylyuk UKR KLS 2014 + 17" 9 Piotr Kirpsza POL BDC 2014 + 17" 10 Māris Bogdanovičs LAT ALB2 2014 + 17"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR 20px|General Classification20px|Sprint KLS 2014 3h 50' 45" 2 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 4" 3 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px|Young riders classification BKP 2014 + 7" 4 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 22" 5 Andriy Vasylyuk UKR KLS 2014 + 22" 6 Māris Bogdanovičs LAT ALB2 2014 + 26" 7 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 27" 8 Andris Vosekalns LAT RBD 2014 + 27" 9 Oleksandr Polivoda UKR KLS 2014 + 27" 10 Piotr Kirpsza POL BDC 2014 + 27" Stage 2 21 August 2014 — Riga (Latvia) to Sigulda (Latvia), 157.7 km mi on Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Ivan Balykin RUS Russia (national team) 3h 22' 56" 2 Martin Weiss AUT TIR2 2014 + 0" 3 David van der Poel NED BKP 2014 + 9" 4 Maxim Pokidov RUS TIK 2014 + 9" 5 Trond Trondsen NOR Team Frøy–Bianchi + 9" 6 Adam Stachowiak POL BDC 2014 + 9" 7 Krists Neilands LAT RBD 2014 + 9" 8 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 9" 9 Nikita Zharoven BLR Belarus (national team) + 9" 10 Stepan Astafyev KAZ V4E 2014 + 9"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Clemens Fankhauser AUT 20px|General Classification TIR2 2014 7h 13' 54" 2 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR KLS 2014 + 0" 3 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px|Young riders classification BKP 2014 + 3" 4 Māris Bogdanovičs LAT ALB2 2014 + 22" 5 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 22" 6 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU Lithuania (national team) + 23" 7 Maxim Pokidov RUS TIK 2014 + 26" 8 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 27" 9 Andris Vosekalns LAT RBD 2014 + 27" 10 Piotr Kirpsza POL BDC 2014 + 27" Stage 3 22 August 2014 — Valmiera (Latvia) to Pärnu (Estonia), 164.5 km on Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR KLS 2014 3h 46' 50" 2 Mamyr Stash RUS TIK 2014 + 0" 3 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px BKP 2014 + 0" 4 Oskar Nisu EST Estonia (national team) + 0" 5 Clemens Fankhauser AUT 20px TIR2 2014 + 0" 6 Aidis Kruopis LTU Lithuania (national team) + 0" 7 Igor Boev RUS Russia (national team) + 0" 8 Aksel Nõmmela EST Estonia (national team) + 0" 9 Daan Hoeyberghs BEL BKP 2014 + 0" 10 Wietse Bosmans BEL BKP 2014 + 0"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR 20px20px KLS 2014 11h 00' 33" 2 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 9" 3 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px BKP 2014 + 10" 4 Māris Bogdanovičs LAT ALB2 2014 + 33" 5 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 33" 6 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU Lithuania (national team) + 34" 7 Maxim Pokidov RUS TIK 2014 + 37" 8 Andris Vosekalns LAT RBD 2014 + 38" 9 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 38" 10 Matvey Zubov RUS Russia (national team) + 42" Stage 4 23 August 2014 — Pärnu (Estonia) to Viljandi (Estonia), 165.5 km on Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px BKP 2014 3h 47' 51" 2 Krists Neilands LAT RBD 2014 + 10" 3 Philipp Walsleben GER BKP 2014 + 10" 4 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 10" 5 Wietse Bosmans BEL BKP 2014 + 14" 6 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 14" 7 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 14" 8 Maxim Pokidov RUS TIK 2014 + 14" 9 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU Lithuania (national team) + 14" 10 Daan Hoeyberghs BEL BKP 2014 + 22"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px20px20px BKP 2014 14h 48' 23" 2 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 20" 3 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR KLS 2014 + 35" 4 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 45" 5 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU Lithuania (national team) + 49" 6 Maxim Pokidov RUS TIK 2014 + 52" 7 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 53" 8 Māris Bogdanovičs LAT ALB2 2014 + 1' 17" 9 Matvey Zubov RUS Russia (national team) + 1' 17" 10 Andris Vosekalns LAT RBD 2014 + 1' 34" Stage 5 24 August 2014 — Viljandi (Estonia) to Tallinn (Estonia), 179.6 km on Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Phil Bauhaus GER SSG 2014 3h 48' 35" 2 Aidis Kruopis LTU Lithuania (national team) + 0" 3 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px BKP 2014 + 0" 4 Ivan Balykin RUS Russia (national team) + 0" 5 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 0" 6 Krists Neilands LAT RBD 2014 + 0" 7 Oskar Nisu EST Estonia (national team) + 0" 8 Trond Trondsen NOR Team Frøy–Bianchi + 0" 9 Andris Smirnovs LAT RBD 2014 + 0" 10 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 0"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Mathieu van der Poel NED 20px20px20px BKP 2014 18h 36' 54" 2 Clemens Fankhauser AUT TIR2 2014 + 24" 3 Mykhaylo Kononenko UKR KLS 2014 + 39" 4 Martin Laas EST SJK Viiking + 49" 5 Maxim Pokidov RUS TIK 2014 + 56" 6 Jan Oelerich GER SSG 2014 + 57" 7 Žydrūnas Savickas LTU Lithuania (national team) + 1' 19" 8 Matvey Zubov RUS Russia (national team) + 1' 27" 9 Piotr Kirpsza POL BDC 2014 + 2' 11" 10 Andriy Vasylyuk UKR KLS 2014 + 2' 34" Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification25px|alt=A jersey with a yellow design Sprints classification25px|alt=A jersey with a green design Mountains classification25px|alt=A jersey with a red polka-dot design Young rider classification25px|alt=A jersey with a white design Teams classification 1 Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Not awarded Mathieu van der Poel KLS 2014 2 Ivan Balykin Clemens Fankhauser Ivan Balykin Ivan Balykin 3 Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Uladzimir Harakhavik 4 Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel 5 Phil Bauhaus Final Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Uladzimir Harakhavik Mathieu van der Poel KLS 2014 References External links http://balticchaintour.com/ Baltic Chain Tour Baltic Chain Tour Baltic Chain Tour Baltic Chain Tour Category:Baltic Chain Tour