The 2014 Tour of Qatar was the 13th edition of the Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held between 9 and 14 February 2014, in Qatar.
The race was won by rider Niki Terpstra, who won the opening stage of the race and held the lead throughout. Second place went to his teammate Tom Boonen, who won two stages and the points classification, while third place went to Jürgen Roelandts of the squad. The young rider classification was won by another rider, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, while the teams classification was also won by , after five of the team's eight riders – Terpstra, Boonen, Van Keirsbulck (seventh), Stijn Vandenbergh (eighth) and Andrew Fenn (ninth) – finished in the top ten overall.
Teams Nineteen teams competed in the 2014 Tour of Qatar. These included thirteen UCI World Tour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams and the Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team.
The teams that participated in the race were:
Race overview StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner19 February Al Wakra to Dukhan Beach Flat stage 210 February Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche Flat stage 311 February Lusail Circuit Individual time trial 412 February Dukhan Beach to Mesaieed Flat stage 513 February Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal Flat stage 614 February Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche Flat stage
Stages
Stage 1 9 February 2014 – Al Wakra to Dukhan Beach,
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 1" 4 + 1" 5 + 7" 6 + 7" 7 + 7" 8 + 7" 9 + 7" 10 + 7"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 9" 3 + 12" 4 + 17" 5 + 21" 6 + 22" 7 + 23" 8 + 23" 9 + 23" 10 + 23"
Stage 2 10 February 2014 – Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche,
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 5" 10 + 5"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 5" 3 + 14" 4 + 20" 5 + 26" 6 + 26" 7 + 26" 8 + 26" 9 + 31" 10 + 31"
Stage 3 11 February 2014 – Lusail Circuit, , individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 6" 4 + 6" 5 + 8" 6 + 10" 7 + 13" 8 + 15" 9 + 16" 10 + 17"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 21" 3 + 24" 4 + 28" 5 + 35" 6 + 45" 7 + 49" 8 + 49" 9 + 58" 10 + 1' 06"
Stage 4 12 February 2014 – Dukhan Beach to Mesaieed,
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 17" 3 + 20" 4 + 37" 5 + 47" 6 + 48" 7 + 51" 8 + 1' 00" 9 + 1' 08" 10 + 1' 21"
Stage 5 13 February 2014 – Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal,
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 17" 3 + 20" 4 + 37" 5 + 48" 6 + 56" 7 + 57" 8 + 1' 05" 9 + 1' 18" 10 + 1' 23"
Stage 6 14 February 2014 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche,
Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 17" 3 + 20" 4 + 37" 5 + 48" 6 + 56" 7 + 57" 8 + 1' 05" 9 + 1' 18" 10 + 1' 23"
Classification leadership table
Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationYoung rider classificationTeams classification 1 Niki Terpstra Niki Terpstra Niki Terpstra Sam Bennett 2 Tom Boonen Andrew Fenn 3 Michael Hepburn Guillaume Van Keirsbulck 4 Tom Boonen Tom Boonen 5 André Greipel 6 Arnaud Démare Final Niki Terpstra Tom Boonen Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
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