2014 Amstel Gold Race
Cycling race
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The 2014 Amstel Gold Race was the 49th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 20 April 2014 over a distance of 251 kilometres (156.0 miles) and it was the eleventh race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won for the third time by Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, ahead of countryman Jelle Vanendert and Australia's Simon Gerrans.[1]
Dates20 April 2014
Stages1
Distance251 km (156 mi)
Winning time6h 25' 57"
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 11 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 20 April 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 251 km (156 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 25' 57" | ||||||||||||
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Teams
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 24-team peloton.
The 24 teams competed in the race were:[2]
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
- Astana
- Bardiani–CSF
- Belkin Pro Cycling
- BMC Racing Team
- Cannondale
- CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
- Team Europcar
- FDJ.fr
- Garmin–Sharp
- Giant–Shimano
- IAM Cycling
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–Merida
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Orica–GreenEDGE
- Team Sky
- Tinkoff–Saxo
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
- Trek Factory Racing
- Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Results
| Rider | Team | Time | World Tour Points | |
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| 1 |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
BMC Racing Team | 6h 25' 57" | 80 |
| 2 | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) |
Lotto–Belisol | + 5" | 60 |
| 3 |  Simon Gerrans (AUS) |
Orica–GreenEDGE | + 6" | 50 |
| 4 |  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Movistar Team | + 6" | 40 |
| 5 |  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 6" | 30 |
| 6 |  Simon Geschke (GER) |
Giant–Shimano | + 10" | 22 |
| 7 |  Bauke Mollema (NED) |
Belkin Pro Cycling | + 10" | 14 |
| 8 |  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) |
Astana | + 10" | 10 |
| 9 | Daniel Moreno (ESP) |
Team Katusha | + 10" | 6 |
| 10 |  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) |
Team Europcar | + 12" | 2 |