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.
Roster
Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season Rider2013 team Former junior rider, stagiair since 1 August 2013 Sengers Ladies Cycling Team Former junior rider Lotto–Belisol Ladies
Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season Rider2014 team Retiring Parkhotel Valkenburg p/b Math Salden
Season victories +Single day and stage races 2014 Date Country Race Cat. Winner 4 February Stage 1 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild 5 February Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Amy Pieters 6 February Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild 7 February Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild 7 February General classification Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild 1 March Omloop het Nieuwsblad 1.2 Amy Pieters 16 March Novilon EDR Cup 1.2 Kirsten Wild 9 April Stage 1 Energiewacht Tour 2.2 Kirsten Wild 10 April Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour 2.2 Kirsten Wild 20 April Ronde van Gelderland 1.2 Kirsten Wild 14 May Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Kirsten Wild 15 May Stage 2 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Kirsten Wild 16 May General classification Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Kirsten Wild 17 May Trofee Maarten Wynants 1.2 Maaike Polspoel 18 May Tour of Chongming Island World Cup CDM Kirsten Wild 4 June Parel van de Veluwe Nat. Floortje Mackaij
Results in major races
Single day races +Results at the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup racesDate#RaceBest riderPlace15 March1Ronde van Drenthe Kirsten Wild 6th 30 March2Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Claudia Lichtenberg 13th6 April3Tour of Flanders Kirsten Wild 13th23 April4La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Claudia Häusler 9th18 May5Tour of Chongming Island Kirsten Wild 1st3 August6Sparkassen Giro Kirsten Wild 9th 22 August7Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Team Giant–Shimano 7th24 August8Open de Suède Vårgårda Kirsten Wild 5th30 August9GP de Plouay Claudia Lichtenberg 16thFinal individual classification Kirsten Wild 5thFinal team classification
+Other major single day racesDateRaceBest riderPlace27 JulyLa Course by Le Tour de France Kirsten Wild 2nd21 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial Team Giant–Shimano 8th 23 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial 27 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
Grand Tours Results of the team in the grand tours Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile Rider (classification) Claudia Häusler (6th) Victories0 stage wins
UCI World Ranking
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.
+ Individual world ranking Rank Rider Points4 Kirsten Wild 877.2515 Amy Pieters 417.520 Claudia Lichtenberg 366.2541 Lucy Garner 16360 Maaike Polspoel 114.2587 Sara Mustonen 69.25166 Floortje Mackaij 28.25538 Willeke Knol 1.25
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