2014 Tour of Belgium

The 2014 Tour of Belgium was the 84th edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 28 May to 1 June 2014 in Belgium, and was a part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour.

2014 Tour of Belgium

2014 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	28 May – 1 June
Stages	5
Distance	714.6 km (444.0 mi)
Winning time	16h 31' 11"
Results
Winner  Tony Martin (GER) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)   Second  Tom Dumoulin (NED) (Giant–Shimano)   Third  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (IAM Cycling) Points  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (BMC Racing Team) Youth  Tom Dumoulin (NED) (Giant–Shimano) Combativity  Yves Lampaert (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise)   Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
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Schedule

Stage	Course	Distance	Type		Date	Winner
1	Lochristi to Buggenhout	172.6 km (107.2 mi)		Flat stage	Wednesday, 28 May	Tom Boonen (BEL)
2	Lierde to Knokke-Heist	170.4 km (105.9 mi)		Flat stage	Thursday, 29 May	Tom Boonen (BEL)
3	Diksmuide to Diksmuide	16.8 km (10.4 mi)		Individual time trial	Friday, 30 May	Tony Martin (GER)
4	Eau d'Heure lakes to Eau d'Heure lakes	177.1 km (110.0 mi)		Intermediate stage	Saturday, 31 May	André Greipel (GER)
5	Oreye to Oreye	177.7 km (110.4 mi)		Intermediate stage	Sunday, 1 June	Paul Martens (GER)

Teams

20 teams were invited to the 2014 Tour of Belgium: 6 UCI ProTeams, 7 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 7 UCI Continental Teams.^[1]

UCI ProTeams Astana Belkin Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Giant–Shimano Lotto–Belisol Omega Pharma–Quick-Step

UCI Professional Continental Teams Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Cofidis IAM Cycling Neri Sottoli RusVelo Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Wanty–Groupe Gobert

UCI Continental Teams BKCP–Powerplus Cibel Kwadro-Stannah Team 3M Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace Veranclassic-Doltcini Wallonie-Bruxelles

Stages

Stage 1

28 May 2014 – Lochristi to Buggenhout, 172.6 km (107.2 mi)^[2]

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 3h 51' 43" 2  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol s.t. 3  Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling s.t. 4  Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) Giant–Shimano s.t. 5  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Astana s.t. 6  Danilo Napolitano (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert s.t. 7  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Neri Sottoli s.t. 8  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 9  Sascha Weber (GER) Veranclassic-Doltcini s.t. 10  Gert Steegmans (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 3h 51' 33" 2  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol + 4" 3  Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 6" 4  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 7" 5  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 8" 6  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 9" 7  Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) Giant–Shimano + 10" 8  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Astana + 10" 9  Danilo Napolitano (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 10" 10  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Neri Sottoli + 10"

Stage 2

29 May 2014 – Lierde to Knokke-Heist, 170.4 km (105.9 mi)^[3]

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 3h 49' 33" 2  Gert Steegmans (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling s.t. 4  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 5  Thor Hushovd (NOR) BMC Racing Team s.t. 6  Danilo Napolitano (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert s.t. 7  Louis Verhelst (BEL) Cofidis s.t. 8  Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) Giant–Shimano s.t. 9  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 10  Klaas Lodewyck (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 7h 40' 56" 2  Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 12" 3  Gert Steegmans (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 14" 4  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol + 14" 5  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 15" 6  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 16" 7  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 18" 8  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 19" 9  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 20" 10  Danilo Napolitano (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 20"

Stage 3

30 May 2014 – Diksmuide, 16.8 km (10.4 mi), individual time trial (ITT)^[4]

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 19' 43" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant–Shimano + 16" 3  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) IAM Cycling + 26" 4  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 44" 5  Matthias Brändle (AUT) IAM Cycling + 47" 6  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 48" 7  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Cofidis + 51" 8  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) RusVelo + 51" 9  Chad Haga (USA) Giant–Shimano + 53" 10  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) IAM Cycling + 56"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 8h 00' 59" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant–Shimano + 16" 3  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) IAM Cycling + 26" 4  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 46" 5  Matthias Brändle (AUT) IAM Cycling + 47" 6  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Cofidis + 51" 7  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) RusVelo + 51" 8  Chad Haga (USA) Giant–Shimano + 53" 9  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) IAM Cycling + 56" 10  Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 56"

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Stage 4

31 May 2014 – Eau d'Heure lakes to Eau d'Heure lakes, 177.1 km (110.0 mi)^[5]

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Belisol 4h 16' 11" 2  Roman Maikin (RUS) RusVelo s.t. 3  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 4  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 5  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Astana s.t. 6  Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 7  Koen de Kort (NED) Giant–Shimano s.t. 8  Gerry Druyts (BEL) Team 3M s.t. 9  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 10  Sascha Weber (GER) Veranclassic-Doltcini s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 12h 17' 10" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant–Shimano + 16" 3  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) IAM Cycling + 26" 4  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 41" 5  Matthias Brändle (AUT) IAM Cycling + 47" 6  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Cofidis + 51" 7  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) RusVelo + 51" 8  Reto Hollenstein (SUI) IAM Cycling + 56" 9  Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 56" 10  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 56"

Stage 5

1 June 2014 – Oreye to Oreye, 177.7 km (110.4 mi)^[6]

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Paul Martens (GER) Belkin Pro Cycling 4h 14' 01" 2  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) Astana s.t. 3  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 4  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step s.t. 5  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) Lotto–Belisol s.t. 6  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team s.t. 7  Greg Henderson (NZL) Lotto–Belisol s.t. 8  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise s.t. 9  Marcel Meisen (GER) Kwadro-Stannah s.t. 10  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Cofidis s.t.

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Tony Martin (GER) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 16h 31' 11" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Giant–Shimano + 16" 3  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) IAM Cycling + 26" 4  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 38" 5  Matthias Brändle (AUT) IAM Cycling + 47" 6  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Cofidis + 51" 7  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) RusVelo + 51" 8  Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 55" 9  Niki Terpstra (NED) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 56" 10  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 57"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification Algemeen klassement	Points classification Puntenklassement	Combativity classification Prijs van de strijdlust	Young rider classification Jongerenklassement	Teams classification Ploegenklassement
1	Tom Boonen	Tom Boonen	Tom Boonen	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Jonas Ahlstrand	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2	Tom Boonen			Yves Lampaert
3	Tony Martin	Tony Martin			Tom Dumoulin
4	André Greipel		Philippe Gilbert
5	Paul Martens
Final		Tony Martin	Philippe Gilbert	Yves Lampaert	Tom Dumoulin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step

Standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Points classification
	Denotes the leader of the Combativity classification		Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tony Martin (GER)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	16h 31' 11"
2	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Giant–Shimano	+ 16"
3	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	IAM Cycling	+ 26"
4	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 38"
5	Matthias Brändle (AUT)	IAM Cycling	+ 47"
6	Cyril Lemoine (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 51"
7	Artem Ovechkin (RUS)	RusVelo	+ 51"
8	Jan Ghyselinck (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 55"
9	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 56"
10	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 57"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	100
2	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	72
3	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	60
4	Silvan Dillier (SUI)	BMC Racing Team	58
5	André Greipel (GER)	Lotto–Belisol	55
6	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	52
7	Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)	Astana	42
8	Gert Steegmans (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	35
9	Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE)	Giant–Shimano	31
10	Tony Martin (GER)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	30

Combativity classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	36
2	Frédéric Amorison (BEL)	Wallonie-Bruxelles	26
3	Marcel Aregger (SUI)	IAM Cycling	24
4	Sébastien Delfosse (BEL)	Wallonie-Bruxelles	22
5	Edwig Cammaerts (BEL)	Cofidis	22
6	Sascha Weber (GER)	Veranclassic-Doltcini	22
7	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	20
8	Marcus Burghardt (GER)	BMC Racing Team	18
9	Tim De Troyer (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	18
10	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Giant–Shimano	16

Young rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Giant–Shimano	16h 31' 27"
2	Matthias Brändle (AUT)	IAM Cycling	+ 31"
3	Florian Sénéchal (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 43"
4	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 1' 04"
5	Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)	RusVelo	+ 1' 07"
6	Silvan Dillier (SUI)	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 21"
7	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	BKCP–Powerplus	+ 1' 25"
8	Wietse Bosmans (BEL)	BKCP–Powerplus	+ 1' 29"
9	Rudy Molard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 46"
10	Gianfranco Zilioli (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela	+ 2' 03"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	49h 35' 40"
2	BMC Racing Team	+ 48"
3	Cofidis	+ 57"
4	RusVelo	+ 1' 27"
5	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 1' 31"
6	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 1' 57"
7	IAM Cycling	+ 2' 01"
8	Giant–Shimano	+ 2' 23"
9	Lotto–Belisol	+ 3' 00"
10	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela	+ 3' 31"