Giro d'Italia 2014

Giro d'Italia 2014
Racing series	UCI WorldTour
Host country	Italy United Kingdom of Ireland
Competition period	May 9th to June 1st 2014
Stages	21st
overall length	3,445.4 km
Starting field	198 from 30 nations in 20 teams (156 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Nairo Quintana (MOV) 88:14:32 h 2. Rigoberto Urán (OPQ) + 2:58 min 3. Fabio Aru (AST) + 4:04 min
Team evaluation	Ag2r La Mondiale 264: 30: 55 h
Scoring jerseys
Scoring	Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
Mountain scoring	Julián Arredondo (TFR)
Young talent evaluation	Nairo Quintana (MOV)
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The 97th Giro d'Italia took place from May 9th to June 1st, 2014. The tour started in Belfast ( Northern Ireland ) and ended after 21 stages in Trieste . The Giro opened with a team time trial on a Friday. The first of three days of rest took place three days later . The transfer from Ireland to Italy took place during the first day of rest . The total length was 3,445.4 kilometers. The winner was the Colombian Nairo Quintana .

Attendees

overview

The 18 ProTeams were entitled to start . In addition, the organizer RCS Sport awarded wildcards to four Professional Continental Teams . These received the same teams as in the previous year. Vini Fantini-Selle Italia started this season under the name Neri Sottoli . Each team took part in the race with nine drivers, so the field of drivers comprised 198 drivers. There were seven drivers from Germany, three from Switzerland and two from Austria.

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 Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela (AND) Bardiani CSF (BAR)	Colombia (COL) Neri Sottoli (NRI)

Favorites

Last year's winner Vincenzo Nibali was unable to defend his title because he will be competing in the 2014 Tour de France this year . The two biggest favorites for the overall victory were the second of last year's Tour de France 2013, the Colombian Nairo Quintana (MOV) and the Spaniard Joaquim Rodríguez (TFR) who missed the giro win in 2012 by 16 seconds. Other contenders for a place on the podium were Domenico Pozzovivo (ALM), last year's runner-up, Rigoberto Urán (OPQ), the 2011 Tour de France winner , Cadel Evans (BMC) and Przemysław Niemiec (LAM). For the top ten came Michele Scarponi (AST), Ivan Basso (CAN), Robert Kišerlovski (TFR), Wilco Kelderman (BEL), Daniel Martin (GRS), Nicolas Roche and Rafał Majka (both (TCS)) in question.

The biggest favorite for stage wins in the mass sprint was Marcel Kittel (GIA), who won four Tour de France stages last year . His biggest competitors were the Italians Alessandro Petacchi (OPQ) and Elia Viviani (CAN) as well as Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) from France and Michael Matthews (OGE) from Australia . Mark Cavendish (OPQ) and André Greipel (LTB) had originally planned to start, but both were not in top form due to injuries.

Stage overview

stage	date	route	Type	km	Stage winner	Maglia Rosa
1.	Fri, May 9th	Belfast - Belfast MZF		22nd	Orica GreenEdge	Svein Tuft (OGE)
2.	Sat, May 10th	Belfast - Belfast		219	Marcel Kittel (GIA)	Michael Matthews (OGE)
3.	Sun, May 11th	Armagh - Dublin		187	Marcel Kittel (GIA)
R.	Mon, May 12th	1st day of rest
4th	Tuesday May 13th	Giovinazzo - Bari		113	Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
5.	Wed, May 14th	Taranto - Viggiano		203	Diego Ulissi (LAM)
6th	Thursday, May 15th	Sassano - Montecassino		247	Michael Matthews (OGE)
7th	Fri, May 16	Frosinone - Foligno		211	Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
8th.	Sat, May 17th	Foligno - Montecopiolo		179	Diego Ulissi (LAM)	Cadel Evans (BMC)
9.	Sun May 18th	Lugo - Sestola		172	Pieter Weening (OGE)
R.	Mon, May 19	2nd day off
10.	Tuesday, May 20th	Modena - Salsomaggiore		184	Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
11.	Wed, May 21	Collecchio - Savona		249	Michael Rogers (TCS)
12.	Thu, May 22	Barbaresco - Barolo EZF		46.4	Rigoberto Urán (OPQ)	Rigoberto Urán (OPQ)
13.	Fri, May 23	Fossano - Rivarolo Canavese		158	Marco Canola (BAR)
14th	Sat, May 24th	Agliè - Oropa		162	Enrico Battaglin (BAR)
15th	Sun, May 25th	Valdengo - Montecampione		217	Fabio Aru (AST)
R.	Mon, May 26th	3rd day of rest
16.	Tuesday May 27th	Ponte di Legno - Val Martello		139	Nairo Quintana (MOV)	Nairo Quintana (MOV)
17th	Wed, May 28	Sarnonico - Vicenza		204	Stefano Pirazzi (BAR)
18th	May 29th	Belluno - Rif. Panarotta		171	Julián Arredondo (TFR)
19th	Fri, May 30th	Bassano del Grappa - Cima Grappa BZF		26.8	Nairo Quintana (MOV)
20th	Sat May 31	Maniago - Monte Zoncolan		167	Michael Rogers (TCS)
21st	Sun June 1st	Gemona - Trieste		169	Luka Mezgec (GIA)

Regulations

Compared to the previous year , the regulations have been changed.

• The leader of the overall ranking wears the Maglia Rosa . The order of the ranking results from the time intervals between the individual drivers after each stage. In addition, at the finish of each stage, apart from the time trials, there are time credits of 10, 6 and 4 seconds for the first three drivers. In the intermediate sprints, the first three drivers receive a bonus of 3, 2 and 1 second.
• The leader of the points classification wears the Maglia Rossa . Based on the category of the respective stage, the points are awarded as follows:
  • Stage arrivals:
    • eight flat stages: 50, 40, 34, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point for the first 20 riders at the finish
    • four intermediate mountain stages: 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point for the first 15
    • six high mountain stages and two individual time trials: 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point for the first ten
    • Team time trial 1st stage: no points
  • Intermediate sprints:
    • Flat stages: 20, 16, 12, 9, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and one point for the first ten drivers in the sprint classification
    • Middle mountain stages: (for the first 5 riders): 10, 6, 3, 2 and one point for the first five
    • High mountain stages: 8, 4 and one point for the first three
• The leader of the mountain classification wears the Maglia Azzurra . The award of points is based on the difficulty of the ascent in five categories:
  • “Cima Coppi” Passo dello Stelvio : 40, 28, 21, 15, 10, 7, 4, 2 and one point for the first nine riders in the mountain classification
  • twelve mountains of the first category: 32, 20, 14, 10, 7, 4, 2 and one point for the first eight
  • eight mountains of the second category: 14, 9, 6, 4, 2 and one point for the first six
  • four third category climbs: 7, 4, 2, and one point for the top four
  • 15 fourth category climbs: 3, 2 and one point for the top three
• The leader of the junior competition wears the Maglia Bianca . All drivers born before January 1st, 1989 compete for the white jersey of the best young professional. The order results from the placement of these drivers in the overall ranking.
• Team ratings
  • The team evaluation Winning Team is a time evaluation for the teams. For this evaluation, the time of the best three drivers of a team is added up at each stage.
  • The team rating Super Team is a point rating for the teams. For this classification, the first 20 drivers at the finish and the first five drivers in the intermediate sprints of each stage receive points according to the following scheme:
    • Stage arrival: 25, 20, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
    • Intermediate sprint: 8, 5, 3, 2, 1.

Ratings in the course of the tour

The table shows the leaders of the respective overall standings after completing the stage.

stage	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Young talent evaluation	Team ratings
					Winning team	great team
01.	Svein Tuft (OGE)	not forgiven	not forgiven	Luke Durbridge (OGE)	Orica GreenEdge	Orica GreenEdge
02.	Michael Matthews (OGE)	Marcel Kittel (GIA)	Maarten Tjallingii (BEL)	Michael Matthews (OGE)
03.						Team Sky
04th		Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)				Team Giant-Shimano
05.		Elia Viviani (CAN)			Astana Pro Team
06th			Michael Matthews (OGE)		BMC Racing Team
07th		Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)
08th.	Cadel Evans (BMC)		Julián Arredondo (TFR)	Rafał Majka (TCS)		Trek Factory Racing
09.					Omega Pharma-Quick Step	Lampre-Merida
10.
11.
12.	Rigoberto Urán (OPQ)
13.
14th
15th
16.	Nairo Quintana (MOV)			Nairo Quintana (MOV)	Ag2r La Mondiale
17th						Omega Pharma-Quick Step
18th
19th
20th
21st
winner	Nairo Quintana (MOV)	Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ)	Julián Arredondo (TFR)	Nairo Quintana (MOV)	Ag2r La Mondiale	Omega Pharma-Quick Step

See also

• Tour de France 2014
• Vuelta a España 2014
• UCI Road World Championships 2014

Web links

Commons : Giro d'Italia 2014  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Regulations of the Giro d'Italia 2014 (English, PDF)
• Fight for Pink - Roadbook of the Giro d'Italia 2014 (Italian and English, PDF)
• Giro d'Italia 2014 in the database of Radsportseiten.net

References and comments

1. ↑ Three days of rest planned - Giro d'Italia 2014 begins on a Friday radsport-news.com from September 25, 2013 accessed on January 22, 2014
2. ↑ Three Italian teams plus Colombia at the start of radsport-news.com from January 16, 2014 accessed on January 22, 2014
3. ↑ Cycling News presents the Giro favorites - five stars for Quintana and Rodriguez. radsport-news.com, May 7, 2014, accessed May 9, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Erfurt is the top favorite in the sprints - Kittel is just as successful at the Giro as it is at the Tour? radsport-news.com, May 7, 2014, accessed May 9, 2014 . 
5. ↑ IL REGOLAMENTO. RCS Sport SpA, accessed May 10, 2014 (Italian). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Flat stages are the stages: 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 21
7. ↑ ^{a b} Central mountain stages are the stages: 5, 6, 9, 11
8. ↑ ^{a b} High mountain stages are the stages: 8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20
9. ↑ Individual time trials are stages 12 and 19