2014 Gent–Wevelgem

For the women's race, see 2014 Gent–Wevelgem (women).

The 2014 Gent–Wevelgem was the 76th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day cycling race. It was held on 30 March 2014, over a distance of 233 kilometres (144.8 miles) and was the seventh race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won by John Degenkolb in the sprint ahead of Arnaud Démare and Peter Sagan.^[1]

Gent-Wevelgem 2014

2014 Gent–Wevelgem

2014 UCI World Tour, race 7 of 28
Event poster with previous winner Peter Sagan
Race details
Dates	30 March 2014
Stages	1
Distance	233 km (144.8 mi)
Winning time	5h 34' 43"
Results
Winner  John Degenkolb (GER) (Giant–Shimano)   Second  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (FDJ.fr)   Third  Peter Sagan (SVK) (Cannondale)
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Teams

As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 25-team peloton.

The 25 teams that competed in the race were:^[2]

Ag2r–La Mondiale Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Astana Belkin Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Cannondale Cofidis Team Europcar FDJ.fr Garmin–Sharp Giant–Shimano IAM Cycling Team Katusha

Lampre–Merida Lotto–Belisol Movistar Team MTN–Qhubeka NetApp–Endura Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Orica–GreenEDGE Team Sky Tinkoff–Saxo Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Trek Factory Racing Wanty–Groupe Gobert

Results

The podium (from left to right): Arnaud Démare, John Degenkolb and Peter Sagan.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	John Degenkolb (GER)	Giant–Shimano	5h 34' 43"
2	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	FDJ.fr	s.t.
3	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Cannondale	s.t.
4	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	Belkin Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	s.t.
7	Alexey Tsatevich (RUS)	Team Katusha	s.t.
8	Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
10	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	s.t.