2014 Team Giant–Shimano season
Cycling team season
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The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant–Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil–Argos in 2010.
| 2014 Team Giant–Shimano | |
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| Manager | Iwan Spekenbrink |
| Season victories | |
| One-day races | 10 |
| Stage race overall | 2 |
| Stage race stages | 8 |
| Best ranked rider | Kirsten Wild (4th) |
Roster
As of 1 January 2014. Ages as of 1 January 2014.[1]
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Season victories
Results in major races
Single day races
| Date | # | Race | Best rider | Place |
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| 15 March | 1 | Ronde van Drenthe |  Kirsten Wild |
6th |
| 30 March | 2 | Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio |  Claudia Lichtenberg |
13th |
| 6 April | 3 | Tour of Flanders | Kirsten Wild |
13th |
| 23 April | 4 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | Claudia Häusler |
9th |
| 18 May | 5 | Tour of Chongming Island | Kirsten Wild |
1st |
| 3 August | 6 | Sparkassen Giro | Kirsten Wild |
9th |
| 22 August | 7 | Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT | Team Giant–Shimano | 7th |
| 24 August | 8 | Open de Suède Vårgårda | Kirsten Wild |
5th |
| 30 August | 9 | GP de Plouay | Claudia Lichtenberg |
16th |
| Final individual classification | Kirsten Wild |
5th | ||
| Final team classification | ||||
| Date | Race | Best rider | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July | La Course by Le Tour de France | Kirsten Wild |
2nd |
| 21 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial | Team Giant–Shimano | 8th |
| 23 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 1] | ||
| 27 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 2] |
Grand Tours
| Grand tour | Giro d'Italia Femminile |
|---|---|
| Rider (classification) | Claudia Häusler (6th)[11] |
| Victories | 0 stage wins |
UCI World Ranking
The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.
Team Giant–Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.[12]
| Rank | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Kirsten Wild | 877.25 |
| 15 | Amy Pieters | 417.5 |
| 20 | Claudia Lichtenberg | 366.25 |
| 41 |  Lucy Garner | 163 |
| 60 |  Maaike Polspoel | 114.25 |
| 87 |  Sara Mustonen | 69.25 |
| 166 | Floortje Mackaij | 28.25 |
| 538 |  Willeke Knol | 1.25 |