2014 Holland Ladies Tour
The 2014 Boels Ladies Tour also known as the 2014 Holland Ladies Tour is the 17th edition of the Holland Ladies Tour, a women's cycle stage race in the Netherlands. The tour is part of the 2014 women's road cycling calendar and will be held from 2 September to 7 September. The tour has six stages, it starts with an individual trial over 10.1 km (6.3 mi) in Tiel and concludes with a hilly stage in Limburg. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.1.[1]
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| Race details | |
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| Dates | 2–7 September 2014 |
| Stages | 6 |
Ellen van Dijk won the tour in 2013 and will defend her title.
Teams
20 teams of maximal 6 riders take part.[2]
- UCI teams
- Other teams
- RC Jan van Arckel
- De Jonge Renner
- MIX Futurumshop Zannata-NWVG
- Restore Cycling
- Swaboladies.nl
- National teams
- Italy
- United States
- Belgium
Stages
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Stage 1 (ITT)
The first stage of the Boels Rental Ladies Tour was a time trial of 10.1 km (6.3 mi) over the dike between Varik and Tiel. The course was flat but there was head wind during the race.
World Time Trial Champion Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) won the time trial 12 seconds ahead of Lisa Brennauer and 24 seconds ahead of Trixi Worrack (both Specialized–lululemon).[3] Van Dijk said after the race that the time trial was very hard and she started a bit too fast. Furthermore, she said that she was very happy with the victory. She invested a lot of time in the time trial the last period and was pleased that after several second places in time trials this year she now took home the victory.[4]
Stage 1 result & General classification
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ellen van Dijk (NED) |
Boels–Dolmans | 13' 15" |
| 2 |  Lisa Brennauer (GER) |
Specialized–lululemon | + 12" |
| 3 | Trixi Worrack (GER) |
Specialized–lululemon | + 24" |
| 4 | Marianne Vos (NED) |
Rabo–Liv | + 29" |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL) |
Belgium (National team) | + 30" |
| 6 |  Evelyn Stevens (USA) |
Specialized–lululemon | + 31" |
| 7 |  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) |
Boels–Dolmans | + 35" |
| 8 |  Emma Johansson (SWE) |
Orica–AIS | + 35" |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) |
Specialized–lululemon | + 38" |
| 10 | Alison Tetrick (USA) |
Astana BePink | + 38" |
Stage 2
- 3 September – Tiel to Tiel, 120.1 km (74.6 mi)
500 m (1,640.4 ft) before the finish the last two leaders Willeke Knol (Giant–Shimano) en Carmen Small (Specialized–lululemon) were pulled back by the bunch. They were in the attack together with Anouska Koster (Futurumshop-NWVG) and Michela Pavin (Alé–Cipollini) for over 50 km (31.1 mi). The race ended in a bunch sprint won by Lisa Brennauer (Specialized–lululemon) ahead of Jolien D'Hoore (Lotto–Belisol Ladies) and Marianne Vos (Rabo–Liv). Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) kept her lead in the general classification. But with Brennauer taking 10 bonification seconds at the finish line, she is now less than a second in second place behind Van Dijk in the classification.[5]
Stage 3
Stage 3 result
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General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
- 5 September – Gennep to Gennep, 123.4 km (76.7 mi)
Stage 4 result
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5
- 6 September – Wijchen to Wijchen, 117.8 km (73.2 mi)
Stage 5 result
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General Classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6
- 7 September – Bunde to Berg en Terblijt, 103.61 km (64.4 mi)
Stage 6 result
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General Classification after Stage 6
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Sprint classification |
Young rider classification |
Mountains classification |
Combative rider |
Team classification |
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| 1 | Ellen van Dijk | Ellen van Dijk | Ellen van Dijk | Ann-Sophie Duyck | Elisa Longo Borghini | Evelyn Stevens | Henriette Woering | Specialized–lululemon |
| 2 | Lisa Brennauer | Lisa Brennauer | Anouska Koster | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Willeke Knol | |||
| 3 | Marianne Vos | Sara Mustonen | Valentina Scandolara | |||||
| 4 | Kelly Druyts | Evelyn Stevens | Valentina Scandolara | Alison Tetrick | ||||
| 5 | Jolien D'Hoore | Jolien D'Hoore | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Ilona Hoeksma | ||||
| 6 | Emma Johansson | Lisa Brennauer | Roxane Knetemann | |||||
| Final Classification | Evelyn Stevens | Lisa Brennauer | Sara Mustonen | Elisa Longo Borghini | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Specialized–lululemon | ||
See also
References
- "Boels Ladies Tour (2.1)". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- "Boels Rental Ladies Tour 2014 (2.1)". women.cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- "Van Dijk een blije eerste leidster Ladies Tour" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- "Boels Rental Ladies Tour; etappewinst in tijdrit!" (in Dutch). ellenvandijk.nl. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- "Brennauer wint tweede rit Ladies Tour" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Dutch)