2014 Amstel Gold Race | |
Series: | 2014 UCI World Tour |
Race No: | 11 |
Season No: | 28 |
Date: | 20 April 2014 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 251 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 6h 25' 57" |
Speed: | 39.02 |
First: | Philippe Gilbert |
First Nat: | BEL |
Second: | Jelle Vanendert |
Second Nat: | BEL |
Third: | Simon Gerrans |
Third Nat: | AUS |
Previous: | 2013 |
Next: | 2015 |
The 2014 Amstel Gold Race was the 49th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 20 April 2014 over a distance of 251km (156miles) and it was the eleventh race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won for the third time by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, ahead of countryman Jelle Vanendert and Australia's Simon Gerrans.[1]
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 24-team peloton.
The 24 teams competed in the race were:[2]
Rider | Team | Time | World Tour Points | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=center | 1 | align=right | 6h 25' 57" | align=center | 80 | ||
align=center | 2 | align=right | + 5" | 60 | |||
align=center | 3 | align=right | + 6" | 50 | |||
align=center | 4 | align=right | + 6" | 40 | |||
align=center | 5 | align=right | + 6" | 30 | |||
align=center | 6 | align=right | + 10" | 22 | |||
align=center | 7 | align=right | + 10" | 14 | |||
align=center | 8 | align=right | + 10" | 10 | |||
align=center | 9 | align=right | + 10" | 6 | |||
align=center | 10 | align=right | + 12" | 2 |