Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2014
| Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2014 | |
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour - Category 1.UWT |
| Host country |
 Belgium
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| Competition period | April 27, 2014 |
| Stages | 1 |
| overall length | 263 km |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Simon Gerrans (OGE) 6:37:43 h 2. Alejandro Valverde (MOV) same time 3. Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQ) same time  
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| ← 2013 | 2015 → |
Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2014 was the 100th edition of the Belgian one-day race Liège – Bastogne – Liège . It was held on April 27, 2014 over a distance of 263 kilometers and was the thirteenth race of the UCI WorldTour 2014 . The race was won by Simon Gerrans in a four-man sprint and thus became the first Australian winner at Liège-Bastogne-Liège ahead of Alejandro Valverde , Michał Kwiatkowski and Giampaolo Caruso .
Teams
Since Liège-Bastogne-Liège is a UCI World Tour race, all 18 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. Six other teams were given a wildcard for the race and the field of drivers consisting of 25 teams was formed.
18 UCI ProTeams took part in the race:
Result
| space | driver | nation | team | time | Points |
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| 1. | Simon Gerrans | |
Orica GreenEdge | 6:37:43 h |
100 |
| 2. | Alejandro Valverde |
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Movistar team | same time | 80 |
| 3. | Michał Kwiatkowski |
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Omega Pharma-Quick Step | same time | 70 |
| 4th | Giampaolo Caruso |
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Team Katusha | same time | 60 |
| 5. | Domenico Pozzovivo |
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Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3 ″ | 50 |
| 6th | Tom-Jelte Slagter |
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Garmin Sharp | same time | 40 |
| 7th | Roman Kreuziger |
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Tinkoff-Saxo | same time | 30th |
| 8th. | Philippe Gilbert |
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BMC Racing Team | same time | 20th |
| 9. | Daniel Moreno |
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Team Katusha | + 5 ″ | 10 |
| 10. | Romain Bardet |
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Ag2r La Mondiale | + 6 ″ | 4th |
Liège – Bastogne – Liège was a 3rd category race within the UCI WorldTour 2014 . That is why the ten best drivers - provided they drove for a UCI WorldTeam - received points for the UCI WorldTour Ranking with the distribution of points shown.
Web links
- Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2014 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Winner photo Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2014
- Gerrans wins 100th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège on radsport-news.com
