2014 Team Giant–Shimano season

The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant–Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil–Argos in 2010.

2014 Team Giant–Shimano
ManagerIwan Spekenbrink
Season victories
One-day races10
Stage race overall2
Stage race stages8
Best ranked riderKirsten Wild (4th)
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Roster

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As of 1 January 2014. Ages as of 1 January 2014.[1]

Rider Date of birth
  Marijn de Vries (NED) (1978-11-19)19 November 1978 (aged 35)
  Lucy Garner (GBR) (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 19)
  Claudia Häusler (GER) (1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 28)
  Willeke Knol (NED) (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 22)
  Floortje Mackaij (NED) (1995-10-18)18 October 1995 (aged 18)
Rider Date of birth
  Sara Mustonen (SWE) (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 32)
  Maaike Polspoel (BEL) (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 24)
  Julia Soek (NED) (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 23)
  Kyara Stijns (NED) (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 18)
  Kirsten Wild (NED) (1982-10-15)15 October 1982 (aged 31)

Season victories

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Single day and stage races 2014[7]
Date Country Race Cat. Winner
4 February   Qatar Stage 1 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1   Kirsten Wild
5 February   Qatar Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1   Amy Pieters
6 February   Qatar Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1   Kirsten Wild
7 February   Qatar Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1   Kirsten Wild
7 February   Qatar General classification Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1   Kirsten Wild
1 March   Belgium Omloop het Nieuwsblad 1.2   Amy Pieters
16 March   Netherlands Novilon EDR Cup 1.2   Kirsten Wild
9 April   Netherlands Stage 1 Energiewacht Tour 2.2   Kirsten Wild
10 April   Netherlands Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour 2.2   Kirsten Wild
20 April   Netherlands Ronde van Gelderland 1.2   Kirsten Wild
14 May   China Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2   Kirsten Wild
15 May   China Stage 2 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2   Kirsten Wild
16 May   China General classification Tour of Chongming Island 1.2   Kirsten Wild
17 May   Belgium Trofee Maarten Wynants 1.2   Maaike Polspoel
18 May   China Tour of Chongming Island World Cup CDM   Kirsten Wild
4 June   Netherlands Parel van de Veluwe Nat.   Floortje Mackaij

Results in major races

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Single day races

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Results at the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[8]
Date # Race Best rider Place
15 March 1 Ronde van Drenthe   Kirsten Wild 6th
30 March 2 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio   Claudia Lichtenberg 13th
6 April 3 Tour of Flanders   Kirsten Wild 13th
23 April 4 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine   Claudia Häusler 9th
18 May 5 Tour of Chongming Island   Kirsten Wild 1st
3 August 6 Sparkassen Giro   Kirsten Wild 9th
22 August 7 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Team Giant–Shimano 7th
24 August 8 Open de Suède Vårgårda   Kirsten Wild 5th
30 August 9 GP de Plouay   Claudia Lichtenberg 16th
Final individual classification   Kirsten Wild 5th
Final team classification
Other major single day races
Date Race Best rider Place
27 July La Course by Le Tour de France   Kirsten Wild 2nd
21 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial Team Giant–Shimano 8th
23 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 1]
27 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 2]
  1. ^ Riders are part of the national team[9]
  2. ^ Riders are part of the national team[10]

Grand Tours

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Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification) Claudia Häusler (6th)[11]
Victories 0 stage wins

UCI World Ranking

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The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.

Team Giant–Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.[12]

Individual world ranking[13]
Rank Rider Points
4   Kirsten Wild 877.25
15   Amy Pieters 417.5
20   Claudia Lichtenberg 366.25
41   Lucy Garner 163
60   Maaike Polspoel 114.25
87   Sara Mustonen 69.25
166   Floortje Mackaij 28.25
538   Willeke Knol 1.25

References

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  1. ^ "UCI Women's Teams". UCI. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Team Argos–Shimano women's extends contracts, signs new riders". 1t4i.com. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Team Argos-Shimano women's team add names to roster for 2014". 1t4i.com. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b "De Vries, Soek en Mustonen naar Argos-Shimano" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Knol en Tromp weg bij Argos-Shimano" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Vijf rensters voor Parkhotel Valkenburg" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. ^ "2014 Team Giant-Shimano UCI". procyclingstats. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual 2014". UCI. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  9. ^ "2014  » World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  10. ^ "2014  » 81st World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2014 (2.1)". cycling fever. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Team Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.