Tirreno – Adriatico 2014
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour |
| Host country |
 Italy
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| Competition period | March 12-18, 2014 |
| Stages | 7 stages |
| overall length | 1,028.6 km |
| Starting field | 176 in 22 teams (156 of which arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Alberto Contador ( TCS ) 25:28:45 h 2. Nairo Quintana MOV +2: 05 min 3. Roman Kreuziger ( TCS ) +2: 14 min  
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| Team evaluation |
 Ag2r La Mondiale
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 Overall rating
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Alberto Contador ( TCS )
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 Scoring
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 Peter Sagan CAN
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 Mountain scoring
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Marco Canola BAR
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 Young talent evaluation
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Nairo Quintana MOV
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| ← 2013 | 2015 → |
The 49th long-distance bike ride Tirreno – Adriatico took place from March 12th to 18th, 2014. It was part of the UCI WorldTour 2014 and within this the third race after the Tour Down Under and the long-distance Paris – Nice trip , which overlapped with Tirreno – Adriatico. The total distance of the race was 1,028.6 kilometers.
With an attack on the fifth stage, Alberto Contador laid the foundation for his eventual round trip victory.
Attendees
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The 18 ProTeams were entitled to start . In addition, the organizer RCS Sport gave wild cards to four Professional Continental Teams .
Favorites
Almost all of the big class riders were in a field that was equal to a Tour de France . The favorites for the overall victory were the Colombian Nairo Quintana (MOV), who already impressed at the Tour de San Luis in January , the Australians Richie Porte (SKY) and Cadel Evans (BMC), the Italians Michele Scarponi (AST) Ivan Basso (CAN ) and Domenico Pozzovivo (ALM), the Spaniard Alberto Contador , the Czech Roman Kreuziger (both TCS ), the Dutch Bauke Mollema and Robert Gesink (both BEL ) and the Belgian Jurgen van den Broeck (LBT).
Last year's winner Vincenzo Nibali (AST) waived a start in favor of the parallel Paris – Nice long-distance journey . The Tour de France winner Chris Froome (Sky) had to cancel his start because of back pain.
With Marcel Kittel (GIA), André Greipel (LBT), Mark Cavendish (OPQ) and Peter Sagan (CAN), the world's best sprinters fought for stage wins.
The 176 drivers included 15 Germans, six Swiss and two Austrians.
Stage overview
| stage | date | route | Type | km | Stage winner |
Leading overall ranking
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| 1. | Wed, March 12th | Castagneto Carducci - San Vincenzo MZF |  |
18.5 |
 Deceuninck-Quick-Step
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 Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
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| 2. | Thursday, March 13th | San Vincenzo - Cascina |  |
166 |
Matteo Pelucchi (IAM)
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| 3. | Fri, March 13th | Cascina - Arezzo | |
210 |
Peter Sagan (CAN) |
 Michał Kwiatkowski (OPQ)
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| 4th | Sat, March 15th | Indicatore - Cittareale |  |
244 |
Alberto Contador ( TCS )
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| 5. | Sun March 16 | Amatrice - Guardiagrele | |
192 |
Alberto Contador ( TCS ) |
Alberto Contador ( TCS )
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| 6th | Mon, March 17th | Bucchianico - Porto Sant'Elpidio | |
189 |
Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
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| 7th | Tue, March 18 | San Benedetto del Tronto EZF |  |
9.1 |
Adriano Malori (MOV)
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Web links
- Official website (Italian / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spaniard wins ahead of Geschke and takes the lead - Tirreno-Adriatico: Contador lands a double hit radsport-news.com of March 18, 2014, accessed on March 23, 2014
- ↑ Start list 49. Tirreno-Adriatico - A field like in the Tour de France radsport-news.com of March 11, 2014, accessed on March 13, 2014
