2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

The 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 100th running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 27 April 2014 over a distance of 263 kilometres (163.4 miles) and it was the thirteenth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won by Simon Gerrans in a four-rider sprint finish – becoming the first Australian to win the race^[1] – ahead of Alejandro Valverde, Michał Kwiatkowski and Giampaolo Caruso.^[2]

2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2014 UCI World Tour, race 13 of 28
Race details
Dates	27 April 2014
Stages	1
Distance	263 km (163.4 mi)
Winning time	6h 37' 43"
Results
Winner  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (Orica–GreenEDGE)   Second  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)
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Teams

As Liège–Bastogne–Liège 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:^[3]

Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana Belkin Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Cannondale Cofidis Colombia 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

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI World Tour Points
1	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	6h 37' 43"	100
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	s.t.	80
3	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	s.t.	70
4	Giampaolo Caruso (ITA)	Team Katusha	s.t.	60
5	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 3"	50
6	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)	Garmin–Sharp	+ 3"	40
7	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 3"	30
8	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 3"	20
9	Daniel Moreno (ESP)	Team Katusha	+ 5"	10
10	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 6"	4