The 2014 Friends Life Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the eleventh running of the 2004 incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 75th British tour in total. The race started on 7 September in Liverpool, finishing on 14 September in London. The race was part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.HC race, for the first time.
Teams
The twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain were:
UCI ProTeams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams Great Britain
Stages
There were 8 stages in the 2014 race. Notable stages were Stage 3, which featured a summit finish, and Stage 5, a hilly stage to Exeter. +List of stagesStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinnerRef17 September Liverpool – Liverpool Flat stage 28 September Knowsley – Llandudno Flat stage39 September Newtown – The Tumble Medium-mountain stage 410 September Worcester – Bristol Hilly stage 511 September Exmouth – Exeter Hilly stage 612 September Bath – Hemel Hempstead Flat stage 713 September Camberley – Brighton Hilly stage 8a14 September London – London Individual time trial 8b Flat stage
Stage 1 7 September 2014 — Liverpool to Liverpool,
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 Great Britain + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 4" 4 NFTO + 4" 5 + 6" 6 + 7" 7 + 10" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 Great Britain + 10"
Stage 2 8 September 2014 — Knowsley to Llandudno,
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 4" 4 + 6" 5 + 6" 6 + 7" 7 + 7" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 3 9 September 2014 — Newtown to The Tumble, Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 9" 3 + 11" 4 + 11" 5 + 14" 6 + 14" 7 + 14" 8 + 16" 9 + 16" 10 + 16"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 13" 3 + 17" 4 + 21" 5 + 24" 6 + 24" 7 + 26" 8 + 26" 9 + 26" 10 + 37"
Stage 4 10 September 2014 — Worcester to Bristol, Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 6" 8 + 6" 9 + 6" 10 + 6"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 14" 4 + 14" 5 + 23" 6 + 27" 7 + 27" 8 + 29" 9 + 29" 10 + 40"
Stage 5 11 September 2014 — Exmouth to Exeter, Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 8" 3 + 8" 4 + 14" 5 + 14" 6 + 14" 7 + 14" 8 + 14" 9 + 14" 10 + 14"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 14" 4 + 14" 5 + 23" 6 + 27" 7 + 27" 8 + 29" 9 + 29" 10 + 40"
Stage 6 12 September 2014 — Bath to Hemel Hempstead, Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 1" 4 + 1' 51" 5 + 1' 51" 6 + 1' 51" 7 + 1' 51" 8 + 1' 51" 9 + 1' 51" 10 + 1' 51"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 34" 3 + 40" 4 + 50" 5 + 51" 6 + 1' 00" 7 + 1' 02" 8 + 1' 04" 9 + 1' 06" 10 + 1' 06"
Stage 7 13 September 2014 — Camberley to Brighton, Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 23" 3 + 23" 4 + 1' 20" 5 + 1' 20" 6 + 1' 20" 7 + 1' 20" 8 + 1' 20" 9 + 1' 20" 10 + 1' 20"General Classification after Stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 19" 3 + 25" 4 + 35" 5 + 36" 6 + 45" 7 + 47" 8 + 49" 9 + 51" 10 + 59"
Stage 8a 14 September 2014 — London to London, Stage 8a Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 8" 3 + 9" 4 + 14" 5 + 15" 6 + 16" 7 + 20" 8 + 20" 9 + 24" 10 + 25"General Classification after Stage 8a RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 10" 3 + 22" 4 + 37" 5 + 42" 6 + 46" 7 + 50" 8 + 54" 9 + 1' 10" 10 + 1' 11"
Stage 8b 14 September 2014 — London to London, Stage 8b Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 Great Britain + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 10" 3 + 22" 4 + 37" 5 + 42" 6 + 46" 7 + 50" 8 + 54" 9 + 1' 09" 10 + 1' 10"
Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classificationSprint ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationTeam Classification 1 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Sonny Colbrelli Mark McNally Marcel Kittel 2 Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw Ben Swift 3Edoardo ZardiniEdoardo Zardini 4Michał KwiatkowskiMichał Kwiatkowski Sebastian Lander Michał Kwiatkowski 5Matthias Brändle 6Matthias BrändleAlex Dowsett Ben Swift 7Julien VermoteDylan van Baarle Michał Kwiatkowski 8aBradley Wiggins 8bMarcel Kittel Final Dylan van Baarle Sebastian Lander Mark McNally Michał Kwiatkowski
Standings Legend Denotes the leader of the General classification Denotes the leader of the Points classification Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification Denotes the leader of the Sprints classification
General classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 10" 3 + 22" 4 + 37" 5 + 42" 6 + 46" 7 + 50" 8 + 54" 9 + 1' 09" 10 + 1' 10"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 70 2 55 3 49 4 45 5 41 6 41 7 34 8 33 9 30 10 30
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 51 2 30 3 25 4 24 5 23 6 22 7 20 8 19 9 19 10 16
Sprints classification RiderTeamTime 1 16 2 14 3 9 4 9 5 7 6 7 7 6 8 4 9 4 10 4
Team classification TeamTime 1 2 + 2' 27" 3 + 3' 25" 4 + 3' 31" 5 + 5' 48" 6 + 7' 58" 7 + 8' 11" 8 + 9' 05" 9 + 20' 12" 10 + 21' 03"
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