2014 Critérium International

The 2014 Critérium International, was the 83rd edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It took place on the island of Corsica, around the city of Porto Vecchio. As the previous two editions, the race consisted of three stages, with the first two held on the same day. The second stage was a short individual time trial.

2014 Critérium International

2014 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	29–30 March 2014
Stages	3
Distance	272 km (169.0 mi)
Winning time	7h 00' 12"
Results
Winner  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) (Ag2r–La Mondiale)   Second  Mathias Frank (SUI) (IAM Cycling)   Third  Tiago Machado (POR) (NetApp–Endura) Points  Mathias Frank (SUI) (IAM Cycling) Mountains  Mathias Frank (SUI) (IAM Cycling) Youth  Rafał Majka (POL) (Tinkoff–Saxo)   Team IAM Cycling
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The race was won by Jean-Christophe Péraud of Ag2r–La Mondiale, who won the overall classification without winning any stage. Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) was second in the overall classification and won both the Points and the King of the Mountains classifications, while Tinkoff–Saxo's Rafał Majka finished ahead of the Young Rider classification. Suisse team IAM Cycling won the Teams classification.^[1]

Schedule

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner	Ref
1	29 March	Porto-Vecchio – Porto-Vecchio	89 km (55 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	[2]
2		Porto-Vecchio – Porto-Vecchio	7 km (4 mi)		Individual time trial	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	[3]
3	30 March	Porto-Vecchio – Col de l'Ospedale	176 km (109 mi)		Mountain stage	Mathias Frank (SUI)	[1]
Total		272 km (169.0 mi)

Teams

A total of 15 teams took part in the race:^[4]

ProTeams

• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Astana
• Team Europcar
• FDJ.fr
• Garmin–Sharp
• Giant–Shimano
• Tinkoff–Saxo
• Trek Factory Racing

Professional Continental Teams

• Bretagne–Séché Environnement
• Cofidis
• Colombia
• IAM Cycling
• NetApp–Endura

Continental Teams

• BigMat–Auber 93
• Team La Pomme Marseille 13

Stages

Stage 1

29 March 2014 — Porto-Vecchio to Porto-Vecchio, 89 km (55.3 mi)^[5]

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) FDJ.fr 2h 07' 01" 2  Nathan Haas (AUS) Garmin–Sharp s.t. 3  Marko Kump (SLO) Tinkoff–Saxo s.t. 4  Tony Hurel (FRA) Team Europcar s.t. 5  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6  Matthias Brändle (AUT) IAM Cycling s.t. 7  Benjamin Giraud (FRA) Team La Pomme Marseille 13 s.t. 8  Armindo Fonseca (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement s.t. 9  Eugenio Alafaci (ITA) Trek Factory Racing s.t. 10  Julien Bérard (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) FDJ.fr 2h 06' 55" 2  Nathan Haas (AUS) Garmin–Sharp + 2" 3  Matthias Brändle (AUT) IAM Cycling + 3" 4  Marko Kump (SLO) Tinkoff–Saxo + 4" 5  Bob Jungels (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 4" 6  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) BigMat–Auber 93 + 5" 7  Tony Hurel (FRA) Team Europcar + 6" 8  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis + 6" 9  Benjamin Giraud (FRA) Team La Pomme Marseille 13 + 6" 10  Armindo Fonseca (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 6"

Stage 2

29 March 2014 — Porto-Vecchio, 7 km (4.3 mi), individual time trial (ITT)^[6]

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant–Shimano 9' 07" 2  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Garmin–Sharp + 3" 3  Bob Jungels (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 10" 4  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 11" 5  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 6  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) Garmin–Sharp + 14" 7  Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling + 16" 8  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis + 16" 9  Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 18" 10  Nathan Haas (AUS) Garmin–Sharp + 20"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant–Shimano 2h 16' 08" 2  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Garmin–Sharp + 3" 3  Bob Jungels (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 8" 4  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 11" 5  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 6  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) Garmin–Sharp + 14" 7  Nathan Haas (AUS) Garmin–Sharp + 16" 8  Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling + 16" 9  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis + 16" 10  Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 18"

Stage 3

30 March 2014 — Porto-Vecchio to Col de l'Ospedale, 176 km (109.4 mi)^[7]

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling 4h 43' 59" 2  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t. 3  Tiago Machado (POR) NetApp–Endura + 2" 4  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 3" 5  Rafał Majka (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo + 3" 6  Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 13" 7  Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 20" 8  Fabio Duarte (COL) Colombia + 36" 9  Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) Team La Pomme Marseille 13 + 36" 10  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis + 36"

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale 7h 00' 12" 2  Mathias Frank (SUI) IAM Cycling + 1" 3  Tiago Machado (POR) NetApp–Endura + 19" 4  Rafał Majka (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo + 25" 5  Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 26" 6  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 28" 7  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis + 47" 8  Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 48" 9  Bob Jungels (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 57" 10  Fabio Duarte (COL) Colombia + 1' 07"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team Classification
1	Nacer Bouhanni	Nacer Bouhanni	Nacer Bouhanni	Théo Vimpere	Nacer Bouhanni	Team Europcar
2	Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin		Tom Dumoulin	Garmin–Sharp
3	Mathias Frank	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Mathias Frank	Mathias Frank	Rafał Majka	IAM Cycling
Final		Jean-Christophe Péraud	Mathias Frank	Mathias Frank	Rafał Majka	IAM Cycling