2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Cycling race
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The 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 100th running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 27 April 2014 over a distance of 263 kilometres (163.4 miles) and it was the thirteenth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won by Simon Gerrans in a four-rider sprint finish – becoming the first Australian to win the race[1] – ahead of Alejandro Valverde, Michał Kwiatkowski and Giampaolo Caruso.[2]
Dates27 April 2014
Stages1
Distance263 km (163 mi)
Winning time6h 37' 43"
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| Dates | 27 April 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 263 km (163 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 37' 43" | ||||||||||||
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Teams
As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 25-team peloton.
The 25 teams that competed in the race were:[3]
- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- Belkin Pro Cycling
- BMC Racing Team
- Cannondale
- Cofidis
- Colombia
- Team Europcar
- FDJ.fr
- Garmin–Sharp
- Giant–Shimano
- IAM Cycling
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–Merida
- Lotto–Belisol
- Movistar Team
- MTN–Qhubeka
- NetApp–Endura
- Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
- Orica–GreenEDGE
- Team Sky
- Tinkoff–Saxo
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
- Trek Factory Racing
- Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
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| 1 |  Simon Gerrans (AUS) |
Orica–GreenEDGE | 6h 37' 43" | 100 |
| 2 |  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Movistar Team | s.t. | 80 |
| 3 |  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. | 70 |
| 4 |  Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) |
Team Katusha | s.t. | 60 |
| 5 | Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 3" | 50 |
| 6 |  Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) |
Garmin–Sharp | + 3" | 40 |
| 7 |  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) |
Tinkoff–Saxo | + 3" | 30 |
| 8 |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
BMC Racing Team | + 3" | 20 |
| 9 | Daniel Moreno (ESP) |
Team Katusha | + 5" | 10 |
| 10 |  Romain Bardet (FRA) |
Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 6" | 4 |