Paris – Roubaix 2014

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Race result
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Niki Terpstra 6h 09 '01 "
2. GermanyGermany John Degenkolb + 0:20 min.
3. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Cancellara equal time
4th BelgiumBelgium Sep Vanmarcke equal time
5. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Zdeněk Štybar equal time
6th SlovakiaSlovakia Peter Sagan equal time
7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas equal time
8th. NetherlandsNetherlands Sebastian Langeveld equal time
9. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bradley Wiggins equal time
10. BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen equal time
Niki Terpstra on the last few meters in the Velodrome

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 2014 was the 112th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The race was part of the UCI WorldTour .

The race led from Compiègne , around 80 kilometers north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The entire route was 257 kilometers long and led over 28 pavé sectors with a length of 51.1 kilometers. The winner Niki Terpstra completed the race with an average speed of 41.787  km / h .

It was dry and dusty. 60 kilometers from the finish, Tom Boonen worked his way forward to a breakaway group, which included Geraint Thomas . About 36 kilometers later, Boonen broke out of this group, Peter Sagan and Fabian Cancellara tried to follow him, but Cancellara was unable to get out of the peloton . 20 kilometers from the finish, the breakaway group was swallowed up by the group around Cancellara, while Sagan had moved slightly forward. At the Carrefour de l'Arbre , Sagan drove ahead, while a small group of John Degenkolb and Bradley Wiggins followed him seconds later, until he was finally overtaken by Cancellara, Sep Vanmarcke and Degenkolb, with Wiggins, Boonen, Terpstra and 15 seconds behind Geraint Thomas. Boonen also caught up with this group with nine kilometers to go. Six kilometers before Roubaix, Terpstra managed to pull away and quickly gain a lead. Since the pursuers could not agree, he was able to bring this lead to the finish and win. With Peter Sagan, the first Slovak placed in the top ten at Paris-Roubaix .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 2014. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b 2014 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 20, 2015 .