UCI WorldTour 2014

UCI WorldTour 2014
General
organizer			Union Cycliste Internationale
sport			Road cycling
output			4th
Austragungs- period			January 21 - October 14, 2014
Race locations			Australia Europe Canada China
Attendees			18 UCI ProTeams
Competitions			29
Official website			uciworldtour.com
winner
Individual evaluation			Alejandro Valverde (MOV)		654 P.
Team evaluation			Movistar Team (MOV)		1440 P.
Nations ranking			Spain		1834 P.
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The UCI World Tour in 2014 consisted of 29 cycling races , including the three-week tour Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España ( Grand Tours ), as well as major cycling classics , including the five monuments of cycling Milan-San Remo , Tour of Flanders , Paris-Roubaix , Liège – Bastogne – Liège and Giro di Lombardia . The competitions take place from January to October 2013. In each race, the final placing ( one-day race) or the stage and overall placements ( stage races ) award points that have been added to world rankings for drivers, teams and nations.

Participants were the specially licensed ProTeams . In addition, Professional Continental Teams can be invited by the respective race organizer. A national team from the host country is also entitled to participate in certain competitions such as the Tour Down Under in Australia or the Tour of Poland .

The individual competition was won by the Spaniard Alejandro Valverde with a lead of 66 points over his compatriot Alberto Contador . Movistar repeated its victory from the previous year in the team classification. The Nations Cup was won for the third time in a row by Spain .

Teams

UCI ProTeams

The following ProTeams have been registered by the UCI for the UCI WorldTour 2014.

code	Surname	operator	nationality	Wheel manufacturer	License until ...
ALM	Ag2r La Mondiale	EUSRL France Cyclisme	France	Focus	2016
AST	Astana Pro Team	Olympus Sarl	Kazakhstan	Specialized	2016
BEL	Belkin-Pro Cycling Team	Blanco	Netherlands	Bianchi	2014
BMC	BMC Racing Team	Continuum Sports LLC	United States	BMC	2014
CAN	Cannondale	Brixia Sports Spa	Italy	Cannondale	2014
FDJ	FDJ.fr	Société de Gestion de L'Echappée	France	Lapierre	2014
GRS	Garmin Sharp	Slipstream Sports, LLC	United States	Cervélo	2014
CAT	Team Katusha	Katusha Management SA	Russia	Canyon bicycles	2015
LAM	Lampre-Merida	Cgs Cycling Team	Italy	Merida	2015
LTB	Lotto Belisol	Belgian Cycling Project	Belgium	Ridley	2015
MOV	Movistar team	Abarca Sports SL	Spain	Canyon bicycles	2016
OPQ	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	Decolef lux sarl	Belgium	Specialized	2014
OGE	Orica GreenEdge	GreenEdge Cycling	Australia	Scott Sports	2016
SKY	Team Sky	Tour Racing Limited	United Kingdom	Pinarello	2016
EUC	Team Europcar	SA Vendée Cyclisme	France	Colnago	2015
GIA	Team Giant-Shimano	SMS Cycling BV	Netherlands	Giant	2016
TCS	Tinkoff-Saxo	Tinkoff Sport A / S	Russia	Specialized	2014
TFR	Trek Factory Racing	Trek Bicycle Corporation	United States	Trek	2014

UCI Professional Continental Teams

The UCI registered the following 17 Professional Continental Teams for the 2014 season.

code	Surname	operator	nationality	Wheel manufacturer
AND	Androni Giocattoli Venezuela	Teamgalli srl	Italy	Bianchi
BAR	Bardiani CSF	Aster Sport Limited	Italy	Colnago
BSE	Brittany-Séché Environnement		France	Kemo
CJR	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Club Deportivo Preventia	Spain	Vivelo
CCC	CCC Polsat Polkowice	Miejski Klub Sportowy Polkowice	Poland	Merida
COF	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	Cofidis Compétition EUSRL	France	LOOK
COL	Colombia	Instituto Colombiano del Deportes	Colombia	Wilier
DPC	Drapac Professional Cycling	Drapac Professional Cycling Pty Ltd	Australia	SwiftCarbon
I AM	IAM Cycling		Switzerland	Scott Sports
MTN	MTN Qhubeka	Ryder Cycling	South Africa	Trek Bicycle Corporation
RVL	RusVelo	PROvelo AG	Russia	Cervélo
TNE	Team NetApp-Endura	Ralph Denk pro cycling GmbH	Germany	Fuji bikes
TNN	Team Novo Nordisk		United States	Colnago
TSV	Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise	Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw	Belgium	Eddy Merckx Cycles
UHC	UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team	Momentum Sports Group, LLC	United States	Neil Pryde
WGG	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Belgian Pro Cycling Team NV	Belgium	Zannata
NRI	Neri Sottoli	Yellow Fluo Pro Cycling Team Srl	Italy	MCipollini

run

#	date	run	winner	Result	Leading driver	Leading team	Leading Nation
1	21-26 January	Tour down under	Simon Gerrans (OGE)	Details	Simon Gerrans (OGE)	Orica GreenEdge	Australia
2	9-16 March	Paris – Nice	Carlos Betancur (ALM)	Details	Carlos Betancur (ALM)	Lampre-Merida
3	12-18 March	Tirreno-Adriatico	Alberto Contador ( TCS )	Details		Ag2r La Mondiale
4th	March 23	Milan – Sanremo	Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	Details		Movistar team
6th	28th March	E3 Harelbeke	Peter Sagan (CAN)	Details
7th	March 30	Gent – ​​Wevelgem	John Degenkolb (GIA)	Details	Alberto Contador (TCS)	Ag2r La Mondiale	Spain
5	24.-30. March	Tour of Catalonia	Joaquim Rodríguez (KAT)	Details
8th	April 6th	Tour of Flanders	Fabian Cancellara (TFR)	Details		Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9	7-12 April	Basque Country Tour	Alberto Contador ( TCS )	Details
10	April 13th	Paris – Roubaix	Niki Terpstra (OPQ)	Details
11	20th of April	Amstel Gold Race	Philippe Gilbert (BMC)	Details
12	April 23	La Flèche Wallonne	Alejandro Valverde (MOV)	Details
13	April 27	Liège – Bastogne – Liège	Simon Gerrans (OGE)	Details
14th	April 29–5. May	Tour de Romandie	Chris Froome (SKY)	Details
15th	May 9–1. June	Giro d'Italia	Nairo Quintana (MOV)	Details	Nairo Quintana (MOV)
16	8-15 June	Critérium du Dauphiné	Andrew Talansky (GRS)	Details	Alberto Contador (TCS)
17th	14-22 June	Tour de Suisse	Rui Costa (LAM)	Details
18th	5th - 27th July	Tour de France	Vincenzo Nibali (AST)	Details		Movistar team
19th	August 2nd	Clásica San Sebastián	Alejandro Valverde (MOV)	Details	Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
20th	3rd-9th August	Tour of Poland	Rafał Majka (TCS)	Details
21st	11-17 August	Eneco tour	Tim Wellens (LTB)	Details
23	August 24th	Vattenfall Cyclassics	Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	Details
24	August 31	Grand Prix Ouest France-Plouay	Sylvain Chavanel (IAM)	Details
25th	12th September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	Simon Gerrans (OGE)	Details
26th	September 14th	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	Simon Gerrans (OGE)	Details
22nd	23 August – 14. September	Vuelta a España	Alberto Contador (TCS)	Details	Alberto Contador (TCS)
27	21st September	UCI Road World Championships ( MZF )	BMC Racing Team	Details
28	5th October	Il Lombardia	Daniel Martin (GRS)	Details	Alejandro Valverde (MOV)
29	10-14 October	Tour of Beijing	Philippe Gilbert (BMC)	Details

Ratings

Individual evaluation

(Final score)

space	Surname	team	Points
001.	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar team	686
001.	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	620
003.	Simon Gerrans	Orica GreenEdge	478
004th	Rui Costa	Lampre-Merida	461
005.	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	392
006th	Nairo Quintana	Movistar team	346
007th	Chris Froome	Team Sky	326
008th.	Alexander Kristoff	Team Katusha	321
009.	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	316
010.	Jean-Christophe Péraud	Ag2r La Mondiale	300
011.	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	286
013.	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano	278
034.	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	146
037.	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	136
065.	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	80
088	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol	46
090.	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	42
096.	Simon Geschke	Team Giant-Shimano	34

Team evaluation

(Final score)

space	team	Points	Top 5 drivers	WM
001.	Movistar team	1440	Valverde (686), Quintana (346), Intxausti (119), Izagirre (105), Lobato (74)	110
002.	BMC Racing Team	1212	Gilbert (272), van Garderen (219), Van Avermaet (210), Evans (188), Sánchez (123)	200
003.	Tinkoff-Saxo	1186	Contador (620), Majka (241), Kreuziger (135), Rogers (60), Bennati (10)	120
004th	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1016	Kwiatkowski (257), Terpstra (200), Urán (173), Martin (146), Vandenbergh (100)	140
005.	Orica GreenEdge	953	Gerrans (478), Chaves (80), Albasini (80), Impey (73), Matthews (72)	170
006th	Team Katusha	938	Kristoff (321), Rodríguez (286), Špilak (173), Moreno (84), Caruso (74)
007th	Ag2r La Mondiale	919	Péraud (300), Bardet (247), Pozzovivo (197), Betancur (114), Riblon (61)
008th.	Team Giant-Shimano	905	Degenkolb (278), Dumoulin (240), Kittel (136), Barguil (63), Mezgec (48)	90
009.	Team Sky	890	Froome (326), Thomas (168), Nieve (104), Swift (91), Porte (71)	130
010.	Astana Pro Team	823	Nibali (392), Aru (248), Fuglsang (97), Hrywko (60), Gasparotto (26)
011.	Garmin Sharp	807	Martin (316), Talansky (135), Navardauskas (126), Slagter (84), Hesjedal (76)	70
012.	Belkin-Pro Cycling Team	795	Mollema (246), Vanmarcke (216), Kelderman (162), Boom (109), Gesink (62)
013.	Trek Factory Racing	759	Cancellara (286), Nizzolo (108), Arredondo (101), Zubeldia (84), Kišerlovski (80)	100
014th	Lampre-Merida	706	Costa (461), Ulissi (125), Niemiec (67), Modolo (36), Cimolai (17)
015th	Lotto Belisol	590	Wellens (204), Gallopin (140), Vanendert (104), Van Den Broeck (96), Greipel (46)
016.	FDJ.fr	505	Pinot (162), Vichot (128), Bouhanni (116), Démare (77), Geniez (22)
017th	Cannondale	456	Sagan (263), Caruso (47), Formolo (30), De Marchi (22), Basso (14)	80
018th	Team Europcar	271	Rolland (138), Gautier (84), Sicard (22), Voeckler (16), Coquard (11)

Nations ranking

(Final score)

space	nation	Points	Top 5 drivers
001.	Spain	1834	Valverde (686), Contador (620), Rodríguez (286), Sánchez (123), Intxausti (119)
002.	Italy	1070	Nibali (392), Aru (248), Pozzovivo (197), Ulissi (125), Nizzolo (108)
003.	Belgium	1006	Gilbert (272), Vanmarcke (216), Van Avermaet (210), Wellens (204), Vanendert (104)
004th	France	987	Péraud (300), Bardet (247), Pinot (162), Gallopin (140), Rolland (138)
005.	Netherlands	957	Mollema (246), Dumoulin (240), Terpstra (200), Kelderman (162), Boom (109)
006th	Australia	869	Gerrans (478), Evans (188), Matthews (72), Porte (71), Rogers (60)
007th	Colombia	814	Quintana (346), Urán (173), Betancur (114), Arredondo (101), Chaves (80)
008th.	United Kingdom	721	Froome (326), Thomas (168), Cavendish (92), Swift (91), Yates (44)
009.	Germany	640	Degenkolb (278), Martin (146), Kittel (136), Greipel (46), Geschke (34)
010.	Poland	565	Kwiatkowski (257), Majka (241), Niemiec (67)
013.	Switzerland	423	Cancellara (286), Albasini (80), Morabito (42), Zaugg (9), Dillier (6)
033.	Austria	1	Haller (1)

Distribution of points

In the UCI WorldTour , points are awarded for the UCI World Ranking as follows:

• Category 1 : Tour de France
• Category 2 : Giro d'Italia , Vuelta a España
• Category 3 : Monuments of cycling , remaining eleven stage races
• Category 4 : Remaining nine one-day races

The team ranking and the nation ranking are determined by adding the points of the 5 best drivers of each team or nation. Teams that place in the top ten in the team time trial of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships will receive additional points .

Distribution of points in stage and one-day races

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th	19th	20th
Cat. 1	200	150	120	110	100	90	80	70	60	50	40	30th	24	20th	16	12	10	8th	6th	4th
Cat. 2	170	130	100	90	80	70	60	52	44	38	32	26th	22nd	18th	14th	10	8th	6th	4th	2
Cat. 3	100	80	70	60	50	40	30th	20th	10	4th
Cat. 4	80	60	50	40	30th	22nd	14th	10	6th	2

Distribution of points at stage arrivals

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.
Cat. 1	20th	10	6th	4th	2
Cat. 2	16	8th	4th	2	1
Cat. 3	6th	4th	2	1	1

Distribution of points in the team time trial of the UCI Road World Championships

placement	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
MZF	200	170	140	130	120	110	100	90	80	70

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCI Cycling Regulations, Part 2, Road Races, 2.1.005, 2.15.154 International races and participation , accessed on October 8, 2014
2. ↑ ^{a b} uci.ch of December 10, 2013: Registration of UCI ProTeams and UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2014 season ( Memento of the original of January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ To the UCI ProTeams in previous years: → 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2013 .

Web links

• Official website of the UCI WorldTour (English, French)