Tour de Suisse 2014

78th Tour de Suisse 2014
Racing series	UCI WorldTour
Host country	Switzerland France
Competition period	14-22 June 2014
Stages	9
overall length	1322 km
Starting field	176 in 22 teams (of which 121 arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Rui Costa 33:08:35 h 2. Mathias Frank + 0:33 min 3. Bauke Mollema + 0:50 min
Team evaluation	Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 99:38:25 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Rui Costa
Scoring	Peter Sagan
Mountain scoring	Bjorn Thurau
Best Swiss	Mathias Frank
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The 78th Tour de Suisse ran over nine stages from June 14, 2014. It was the 17th race of the UCI WorldTour 2014 . World champion Rui Alberto Costa from the Lampre-Merida team won the Tour de Suisse for the third time in a row. He relegated Mathias Frank , who won the white jersey of the best Swiss, and the Dutchman Bauke Mollema to places two and three. Fourth was world time trial champion Tony Martin , who wore the yellow jersey of the leader in the overall standings throughout the tour . It was only in the last stage that he was ousted from first place. The mountain classification won the German Björn Thurau , the points classification went to the Slovak Peter Sagan for the fourth time in a row . The Belgian Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team won four out of the nine stages to decide for which team score won the Dutch Belkin Pro Cycling Team . The organizers received massive criticism after a mass fall in the final of the 5th stage in Büren an der Aare due to two tight bends in the last 400 meters before the finish.

Attendees

All ProTeams were entitled to start . There were also four professional continental teams who received a wildcard from the organizer .

ProTeams Ag2r La Mondiale (ALM) Astana Pro Team (AST) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team (BEL) BMC Racing Team (BMC) Cannondale (CAN) Team Europcar (EUC)	FDJ.fr (FDJ) Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) Garmin Sharp (GRS) Team Katusha (KAT) Lampre-Merida (LAM) Lotto Belisol (LTB)	Movistar Team (MOV) Orica GreenEdge (OGE) Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ) Team Sky (SKY) Tinkoff Saxo (TCS) Trek Factory Racing (TFR)
Professional Continental Teams CCC Polsat Polkowice (CCC) IAM Cycling (IAM)	MTN Qhubeka (MTN) Wanty-Groupe Gobert (WGG)

Stage overview

The stage plan was presented to the public on June 16, 2013.

The Tour de Suisse 2014 began with a prologue in Bellinzona and ended with a high mountain stage in Saas Fee . Saas Fee was the last destination of the Tour de Suisse in 2003 .

stage	date	Start and finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Most active driver	Yellow jersey
1.	Sat, June 14th	Bellinzona - Bellinzona	9.4		Tony Martin	Tony Martin	Tony Martin
2.	Sun June 15th	Bellinzona - Sarnen	181.8		Cameron Meyer	Lawrence Warbasse
3.	Mon, June 16	Sarnen - pagans	202.9		Peter Sagan	Nino Schurter
4th	Tuesday 17th June	Heiden - Ossingen	160.4		Mark Cavendish	Laurens De Vreese
5.	Wed June 18	Ossingen - Büren on the Aare	183.6		Sacha Modolo	Frederik Veuchelen
6th	Thursday June 19th	Büren an der Aare - Delsberg	183.5		Matteo Trentin	Michael Albasini
7th	Fri June 20	Worb - Worb	24.7		Tony Martin	Tony Martin
8th.	Sat, June 21	Delémont - Verbier	219.1		Esteban Chaves	Danilo Wyss
9.	Sun June 22nd	Martigny - Saas Fee	156.7		Rui Costa	Marcel Wyss	Rui Costa

Stages

1st stage: Bellinzona - Bellinzona (EZF)

Result and overall classification driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 13:48 min 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:06 min 3. Rohan Dennis Garmin Sharp + 0:13 min 4th Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 0:16 min 5. Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:19 min 6th Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:19 min 7th Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:22 min 8th. Tom Slagter Garmin Sharp + 0:23 min 9. Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:27 min 10. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 0:29 min

2nd stage: Bellinzona - Sarnen

Result driver team time 1. Cameron Meyer Orica GreenEdge 5:08:18 h 2. Philip Deignan Team Sky + 0:00 min 3. Lawrence Warbasse BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 4th Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:14 min 5. Ben Swift Team Sky + 0:14 min 6th Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team + 0:14 min 7th Koen de Kort Team Giant-Shimano + 0:14 min 8th. Nino Schurter Orica GreenEdge + 0:14 min 9. Enrico Gasparotto Astana Pro Team + 0:14 min 10. Alexander Kolobnew Team Katusha + 0:14 min

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5:22:20 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:06 min 3. Rohan Dennis Garmin Sharp + 0:13 min 4th Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:19 min 5. Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:22 min 6th Tom Slagter Garmin Sharp + 0:23 min 7th Philip Deignan Team Sky + 0:27 min 8th. Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:27 min 9. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 0:29 min 10. Peter Kennaugh Team Sky + 0:29 min

3rd stage: Sarnen - Heiden

Result driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Cannondale 5:22:09 h 2. Michael Albasini Orica GreenEdge + 0:00 min 3. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 0:00 min 4th Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:00 min 5. Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 6th José Joaquín Rojas Gil Movistar team + 0:00 min 7th Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 0:00 min 8th. Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr + 0:00 min 9. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:00 min 10. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10:44:34 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:06 min 3. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:14 min 4th Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:17 min 5. Tom Slagter Garmin Sharp + 0:23 min 6th Davide Formolo Cannondale + 0:27 min 7th Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:27 min 8th. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:28 min 9. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:29 min 10. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 0:29 min

4th stage: Heiden - Ossingen

Result driver team time 1. Mark Cavendish Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3:35:03 h 2. Juan José Lobato Movistar team + 0:00 min 3. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:00 min 4th Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida + 0:00 min 5. Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 0:00 min 6th Danny van Poppel Trek Factory Racing + 0:00 min 7th Jonas Vangenechten Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:00 min 8th.  Italy Davide Appollonio Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:00 min 9. José Joaquín Rojas Movistar team + 0:00 min 10. Matthew Goss Orica GreenEdge + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 4th stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 14:19:41 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:06 min 3. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:14 min 4th Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:17 min 5. Tom Slagter Garmin Sharp + 0:23 min 6th Davide Formolo Cannondale + 0:27 min 7th Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:27 min 8th. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:28 min 9. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:29 min 10. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 0:29 min

5th stage: Ossingen - Büren an der Aare

Result driver team time 1. Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida 4:08:06 h 2. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:00 min 3. John Degenkolb Team Giant-Shimano + 0:00 min 4th Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 0:00 min 5. José Joaquín Rojas Gil Movistar team + 0:00 min 6th Danny van Poppel Trek Factory Racing + 0:00 min 7th Jonas Vangenechten Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:00 min 8th. Heinrich Haussler IAM Cycling + 0:00 min 9. Nino Schurter Orica GreenEdge + 0:00 min 10. Jacopo Guarnieri Astana Pro Team + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 5th stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 18:27:47 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:06 min 3. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:14 min 4th Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:17 min 5. Tom Slagter Garmin Sharp + 0:23 min 6th Davide Formolo Cannondale + 0:27 min 7th Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:27 min 8th. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:28 min 9. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:29 min 10. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 0:29 min

6th stage: Büren an der Aare - Delsberg

Result driver team time 1. Matteo Trentin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4: 43: 19h 2. Daniele Bennati Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:00 min 3. Francesco Gavazzi Astana Pro Team + 0:00 min 4th Ben Swift Team Sky + 0:00 min 5. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:00 min 6th Sacha Modolo Lampre-Merida + 0:00 min 7th José Joaquín Rojas Gil Movistar team + 0:00 min 8th. Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 9. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 0:00 min 10. Tosh Van der Sande Lotto Belisol + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 6th stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 23:11:06 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:06 min 3. Peter Sagan Cannondale + 0:10 min 4th Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:17 min 5. Tom Slagter Garmin Sharp + 0:23 min 6th Davide Formolo Cannondale + 0:27 min 7th Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:27 min 8th. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:28 min 9. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:29 min 10. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 0:29 min

7th stage: Worb - Worb (EZF)

Result driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 31:37 min 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:22 min 3. Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 0:28 min 4th Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 0:41 min 5. Mathias Frank Cannondale + 0:45 min 6th Lawson Craddock Team Giant-Shimano + 0:59 min 7th Stef Clement Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 1:02 min 8th. Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 1:06 min 9. Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr + 1:13 min 10. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 1:13 min

Overall ranking after the 7th stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 23:42:43 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:28 min 3. Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 1:05 min 4th Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 1:14 min 5. Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 1:33 min 6th Peter Sagan Cannondale + 1:36 min 7th Lawson Craddock Team Giant-Shimano + 1:42 min 8th. Mattia Cattaneo Lampre-Merida + 1:42 min 9. Davide Formolo Cannondale + 1:47 min 10. Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr + 1:48 min

8th stage: Delémont - Verbier

Result driver team time 1. Esteban Chaves Orica GreenEdge 5:11:16 h 2. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:03 min 3. Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:03 min 4th Eros Capecchi Movistar team + 0:16 min 5. Janier Acevedo Garmin Sharp + 0:17 min 6th Philip Deignan Team Sky + 0:17 min 7th Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 0:17 min 8th. Davide Formolo Cannondale + 0:17 min 9. Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 0:17 min 10. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:17 min

Overall ranking after the 8th stage driver team time 1. Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step 28:54:16 h 2. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 0:51 min 3. Rui Costa Lampre-Merida + 1:05 min 4th Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 1:14 min 5. Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 1:41 min 6th Davide Formolo Cannondale + 1:47 min 7th Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 1:50 min 8th. Janier Acevedo Garmin Sharp + 2:07 min 9. Eros Capecchi Movistar team + 2:29 min 10. Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team + 2:30 min

9th stage: Martigny - Saas Fee

Result driver team time 1. Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 4:13:14 h 2. Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:14 min 3. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:24 min 4th Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 0:47 min 5. Oliver Zaugg Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:47 min 6th Andre Cardoso Garmin Sharp + 1:28 min 7th Jérémy Roy FDJ.fr + 1:41 min 8th. Marcel Wyss IAM Cycling + 1:48 min 9. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 2:18 min 10. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 2:18 min

Overall ranking after the 9th stage driver team time 1. Rui Costa Lampre-Merida 33:08:35 h 2. Mathias Frank IAM Cycling + 0:33 min 3. Bauke Mollema Belkin-Pro Cycling Team + 0:50 min 4th Tony Martin Omega Pharma-Quick Step + 1:13 min 5. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Shimano + 2:04 min 6th Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2:47 min 7th Davide Formolo Cannondale + 3:00 min 8th. Roman Kreuziger Tinkoff-Saxo + 3:03 min 9. Janier Acevedo Garmin Sharp + 3:20 min 10. Eros Capecchi Movistar team + 3:46 min

Overall rating and special ratings

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Mountain scoring	Scoring	Best Swiss	Team evaluation
1.	Tony Martin	not forgiven	Tony Martin	Fabian Cancellara	Garmin Sharp
2.		Bjorn Thurau	Peter Sagan	Mathias Frank
3.					Team Giant-Shimano
4th
5.
6th
7th
8th.					Lampre-Merida
9.	Rui Costa				Belkin-Pro Cycling Team

Web links

• Official website
• Technical guide
• Tour de Suisse 2014 in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tony Martin disappointed with fourth place - Rui Costa wins the Tour de Suisse in the rainbow jersey. radsport-news.com, June 22, 2014, accessed June 22, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Tour de Suisse organizers criticized - Lefevere: “Another irresponsible finish”. radsport-news.com, June 19, 2014, accessed June 22, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Tour de Suisse 2013 with good results and stage locations in 2014!  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Published on June 16, 2013 on the Tour de Suisse website