2014 La Flèche Wallonne

2014 La Flèche Wallonne

2014 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 28
Race details
Dates	23 April 2014
Stages	1
Distance	199 km (123.7 mi)
Winning time	4h 36' 45"
Results
Winner  Alejandro Valverde (Spain) (Movistar Team)   Second  Dan Martin (Ireland) (Garmin–Sharp)   Third  Michał Kwiatkowski (Poland) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)

The 2014 La Flèche Wallonne was the 78th running of La Flèche Wallonne, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 23 April 2014 over a distance of 199 kilometres (123.7 miles) and it was the twelfth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won for the second time by Spain's Alejandro Valverde, ahead of Ireland's Dan Martin and Poland's Michał Kwiatkowski.^[1]

Teams

As La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 25-team peloton.

The 25 teams that competed in the race were:^[2]

Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana Belkin Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Cannondale Cofidis Colombia Team Europcar FDJ.fr Garmin–Sharp Giant–Shimano IAM Cycling Team Katusha

Lampre–Merida Lotto–Belisol Movistar Team MTN–Qhubeka Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Orica–GreenEDGE Team Sky Tinkoff–Saxo Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Trek Factory Racing UnitedHealthcare Wanty–Groupe Gobert

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time	World Tour Points
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	4h 36' 45"	80
2	Dan Martin (IRL)	Garmin–Sharp	+ 3"	60
3	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 4"	50
4	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 4"	40
5	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)	Garmin–Sharp	+ 6"	30
6	Jelle Vanendert (BEL)	Lotto–Belisol	+ 6"	22
7	Michael Albasini (SUI)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 8"	14
8	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 8"	10
9	Daniel Moreno (ESP)	Team Katusha	+ 11"	6
10	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	+ 15"	2

References

1. Brown, Gregor (23 April 2014). "Alejandro Valverde back on top in Classics with Fleche Wallonne win". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. "La Flèche Wallonne 2014 start list". La Flèche Wallonne. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

External links

• Official website