2014 Tour of Flanders

For the women's race, see 2014 Tour of Flanders for Women.

The 2014 Tour of Flanders was the 98th edition of the Tour of Flanders single-day Monument classics. It was held on 6 April 2014 over a distance of 259 kilometres (160.9 miles) from Bruges to Oudenaarde.^[1] In a four-rider sprint finish, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara won the race for a record-equalling^[2] third time – and for the second year in succession – ahead of Belgian trio Greg Van Avermaet, Sep Vanmarcke and Stijn Vandenbergh.^[3]

2014 Tour of Flanders

2014 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 29
Race details
Dates	6 April 2014
Stages	1
Distance	259 km (160.9 mi)
Winning time	6h 15' 18"
Results
Winner  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (Trek Factory Racing)   Second  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (BMC Racing Team)   Third  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (Belkin Pro Cycling)
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Route

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  First lap of the circuit (red) and transition to the second lap (green).
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  Second lap of the circuit (red) and final (green)

Teams

As the Tour of Flanders 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:^[4]

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

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	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI World Tour Points
1	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Trek Factory Racing	6h 15' 18"	100
2	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	s.t.	80
3	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	Belkin Pro Cycling	s.t.	70
4	Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	s.t.	60
5	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Team Katusha	+ 8"	50
6	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 18"	40
7	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 35"	30
8	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Team Sky	+ 37"	20
9	Björn Leukemans (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 41"	–
10	Sebastian Langeveld (NED)	Garmin–Sharp	+ 43"	4