2014 Tour de Wallonie

The 2014 Tour de Wallonie was the 41st edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 26–30 July 2014. The race started in Frasnes-lez-Anvaing and finished in Ans.^[2] The race was won by Gianni Meersman.^[3][4][5]

2014 Tour de Wallonie

2014 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	26–30 July 2014
Stages	5
Distance	888[1] km (551.8 mi)
Winning time	22h 17' 11"
Results
Winner  Gianni Meersman (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)   Second  Juan José Lobato (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third  Silvan Dillier (SUI) (BMC Racing Team)   Points  Gianni Meersman (BEL) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) Mountains  Kevin Van Melsen (BEL) (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) Youth  Silvan Dillier (SUI) (BMC Racing Team) Sprints  Zico Waeytens (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise)   Combativity  Maxime Anciaux (BEL) (Wallonie-Bruxelles)   Team Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
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Teams

Seventeen teams competed in the 2014 Tour de Wallonie. These included eleven UCI ProTeams, four UCI Professional Continental and two UCI Continental teams.

The teams that participated in the race were:

• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Belkin Pro Cycling
• BMC Racing Team
• Bretagne–Séché Environnement
• Cofidis
• Color Code–Biowanze
• Team Europcar
• FDJ.fr
• Team Katusha
• Lotto–Belisol
• Movistar Team
• Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
• Tinkoff–Saxo
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Trek Factory Racing
• Wallonie-Bruxelles
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	26 July	Frasnes-lez-Anvaing to Tournai	147.9 km (92 mi)		Flat stage	Jens Debusschere (BEL)
2	27 July	Péronnes-lez-Antoing [fr] to Perwez	196.2 km (122 mi)		Flat stage	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
3	28 July	Somme-Leuze to Neufchâteau	180.9 km (112 mi)		Flat stage	Juan José Lobato (ESP)
4	29 July	Herve to Waremme	179.5 km (112 mi)		Hilly stage	Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)
5	30 July	Malmedy to Ans	183.5 km (114 mi)		Hilly stage	Gianni Meersman (BEL)

Stages

Stage 1

26 July 2014 — Frasnes-lez-Anvaing to Tournai, 147.9 km (92 mi)

Stage 1 result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jens Debusschere (BEL) Lotto–Belisol 3h 39' 18" 2  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Trek Factory Racing + 0" 5  Marko Kump (SLO) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 6  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 0" 7  Louis Verhelst (BEL) Cofidis + 0" 8  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 9  Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 0" 10  Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) Team Katusha + 0"

General classification after stage 1[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jens Debusschere (BEL) Lotto–Belisol 3h 39' 08" 2  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 1" 3  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 4" 4  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 6" 5  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Trek Factory Racing + 10" 6  Marko Kump (SLO) Tinkoff–Saxo + 10" 7  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 10" 8  Louis Verhelst (BEL) Cofidis + 10" 9  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 10" 10  Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 10"

Stage 2

27 July 2014 — Péronnes-lez-Antoing [fr] to Perwez, 196.2 km (122 mi)

Stage 2 result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Trek Factory Racing 4h 51' 35" 2  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 0" 4  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 0" 5  Jens Debusschere (BEL) Lotto–Belisol + 0" 6  Marko Kump (SLO) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 7  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 8  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 9  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 0" 10  Antoine Demoitié (BEL) Wallonie-Bruxelles + 0"

General classification after stage 2[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 8h 30' 38" 2  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Trek Factory Racing + 5" 3  Jens Debusschere (BEL) Lotto–Belisol + 5" 4  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 6" 5  Sebastian Lander (DNK) BMC Racing Team + 10" 6  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 11" 7  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 12" 8  Pieter Jacobs (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 12" 9  Matti Breschel (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 14" 10  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 15"

Stage 3

28 July 2014 — Somme-Leuze to Neufchâteau, 180.9 km (112 mi)

Stage 3 result[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 35' 20" 2  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 0" 4  Anthony Roux (FRA) FDJ.fr + 0" 5  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 6  Pim Ligthart (NED) Lotto–Belisol + 0" 7  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 0" 8  Laurent Évrard (BEL) Wallonie-Bruxelles + 0" 9  Matti Breschel (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 10  Thomas Sprengers (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"

General classification after stage 3[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 13h 05' 49" 2  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 11" 3  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 15" 4  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 16" 5  Christopher Juul-Jensen (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 19" 6  Sebastian Lander (DNK) BMC Racing Team + 19" 7  Pieter Jacobs (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 21" 8  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 22" 9  Matti Breschel (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 23" 10  Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Team Europcar + 23"

Stage 4

29 July 2014 — Herve to Waremme, 179.5 km (112 mi)

Stage 4 result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise 4h 38' 41" 2  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) Team Katusha + 0" 4  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 0" 5  Nick van der Lijke (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 0" 6  Matti Breschel (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 7  Anthony Roux (FRA) FDJ.fr + 0" 8  Francisco Ventoso (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 9  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 10  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 0"

General classification after stage 4[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 17h 44' 21" 2  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 20" 3  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 23" 4  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 23" 5  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 24" 6  Christopher Juul-Jensen (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 28" 7  Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) Team Katusha + 30" 8  Pieter Jacobs (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 30" 9  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 31" 10  Pim Ligthart (NED) Lotto–Belisol + 31"

Stage 5

30 July 2014 — Malmedy to Ans, 183.5 km (114 mi)

Stage 5 result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 4h 33' 00" 2  Yves Lampaert (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 3  Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Trek Factory Racing + 0" 4  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 0" 5  Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 6  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 0" 7  Anthony Roux (FRA) FDJ.fr + 0" 8  Pablo Lastras (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 9  Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) Team Katusha + 0" 10  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 0"

Final general classification[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 22h 17' 11" 2  Juan José Lobato (ESP) Movistar Team + 30" 3  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 33" 4  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 33" 5  Zico Waeytens (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 34" 6  Christopher Juul-Jensen (DNK) Tinkoff–Saxo + 38" 7  Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) Team Katusha + 40" 8  Lloyd Mondory (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 41" 9  Pim Ligthart (NED) Lotto–Belisol + 41" 10  Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) Team Katusha + 42"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Sprints classification	Points classification	Combativity classification	Teams classification
1[6]	Jens Debusschere	Jens Debusschere	Julien Stassen	Louis Verhelst	Zico Waeytens	Jens Debusschere	Thomas Wertz	Team Katusha
2[7]	Giacomo Nizzolo	Gianni Meersman		Silvan Dillier		Gianni Meersman	Sebastian Lander	Ag2r–La Mondiale
3[8]	Juan José Lobato		Christopher Juul-Jensen					Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
4[9]	Tom Van Asbroeck		Kevin Van Melsen	Tom Van Asbroeck			Sébastien Turgot
5[10]	Gianni Meersman			Silvan Dillier			Maxime Anciaux
Final[10]		Gianni Meersman	Kevin Van Melsen	Silvan Dillier	Zico Waeytens	Gianni Meersman	Maxime Anciaux	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise