Tour Down Under 2014
| Tour Down Under 2014 | |
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour |
| Host country |
 Australia
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| Competition period | January 21-26, 2014 |
| Stages | 6 stages |
| overall length | 815.5 kilometers |
| Starting field | 140 in 20 teams (130 of which arrived at the finish) |
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| Overall rating | 1. Simon Gerrans (OGE) 19h 57 '35 " 2. Cadel Evans (BMC) + 1" 3. Diego Ulissi (LAM) + 5 " 
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| Team evaluation |
Orica GreenEdge 59h 56 '16 "
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Mountain scoring
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Adam Hansen (LTB)
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 Sprint scoring
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Simon Gerrans (OGE)
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 Young talent evaluation
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Jack Haig ( UNI )
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 Most aggressive driver
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William Clarke (DPC)
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| ← 2013 | 2015 → |
The 16th Tour Down Under was the first race of the UCI WorldTour 2014 . It took place from January 21 to 26, 2014. Two days before the start of the tour, the race was opened with the People's Choice Classic (also known as the Down Under Classic ) criterion , which did not count towards the overall standings. In the mass sprint of the Down Under Classic , Marcel Kittel (GIA) prevailed ahead of André Greipel (LTB). The overall ranking of the tour was decided by the Australian Simon Gerrans from the Australian team Orica GreenEdge for the third time after 2006 and 2012 .
Attendees
The 18 ProTeams were entitled to start . In contrast to previous years, a second team received a wildcard in 2014 . As in previous years, one received the team from the University of South Australia (UniSA), the other received the Professional Continental Team Drapac Cycling . Each team started with 7 drivers, so the peloton consisted of 140 drivers.
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Stages
| stage | date | Start finish | km | Type | Stage winner |
 Leader
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| DUC | January 19th | Adelaide - Adelaide | 50 |
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 Marcel Kittel (GIA) |
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| 1. | 21th January | Nuriootpa - Angaston | 135 |
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Simon Gerrans (OGE)
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Simon Gerrans (OGE)
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| 2. | 22nd of January | Prospect - Stirling | 150 |
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Diego Ulissi (LAM)
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| 3. | January 23 | Norwood - Campbelltown | 145 |
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Cadel Evans (BMC)
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Cadel Evans (BMC)
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| 4th | January 24th | Unley - Victor Harbor | 148.5 |
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André Greipel (LTB)
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| 5. | January 25th | McClaren Vale - Willunga Hill | 151.5 |
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Richie Porte (SKY)
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Simon Gerrans (OGE)
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| 6th | January 26th | Adelaide - Adelaide | 85.5 |
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André Greipel (LTB)
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erfurt wins the start of the 16th Tour Down Under - Kittel beats Greipel in the criterion in Adelaide radsport-news.com on January 19, 2014
- ↑ Gerrans takes third overall victory "Down Under" radsport-news.com on January 26, 2014
