2014 in women's road cycling

2014 in women's road cycling is about the 2014 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2014 UCI Women's Teams.

UCI Road World Rankings

Main article: 2014 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

Final ranking 2014

Top-ranked individual	Second-ranked individual	Third-ranked individual	Top-ranked team	Top-ranked nation
Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv	Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica–AIS	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans	Rabo–Liv	Netherlands

World Championships

Main article: 2014 UCI Road World Championships

The World Road Championships is set to be held in Ponferrada, Spain.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
World Championship Team Time Trial	September 21	Specialized–lululemon	Orica–AIS	Astana BePink Womens Team
		Chantal Blaak (NED) Lisa Brennauer (GER) Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) Carmen Small (USA) Evelyn Stevens (USA) Trixi Worrack (GER)	Annette Edmondson (AUS) Melissa Hoskins (AUS) Emma Johansson (SWE) Jessie MacLean (AUS) Valentina Scandolara (ITA) Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR) Simona Frapporti (ITA) Doris Schweizer (SUI) Alison Tetrick (USA) Silvia Valsecchi (ITA) Susanna Zorzi (ITA)
World Championship Time Trial	September 23	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Hanna Solovey (UKR)	Evelyn Stevens (USA)
World Championship Road Race	September 27	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Emma Johansson (SWE)

UCI World Cup

Main article: 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Ronde van Drenthe ()	15 March	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Shelley Olds (USA)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio ()	30 March	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
Tour of Flanders ()	6 April	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine ()	23 April	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup ()	18 May	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Elena Cecchini (ITA)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Sparkassen Giro ()	3 August	Marianne Vos (NED)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT ()	22 August	Specialized–lululemon Lisa Brennauer (GER) Chantal Blaak (NED) Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) Carmen Small (USA) Evelyn Stevens (USA) Trixi Worrack (GER)	Rabo–Liv Lucinda Brand (NED) Thalita de Jong (NED) Roxane Knetemann (NED) Anna van der Breggen (NED) Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Marianne Vos (NED)	Boels–Dolmans Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Megan Guarnier (USA) Romy Kasper (GER) Christine Majerus (LUX) Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Open de Suède Vårgårda ()	24 August	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Amy Pieters (NED)	Roxane Knetemann (NED)
GP de Plouay ()	30 August	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
Final standings		Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Marianne Vos (NED)

Source

Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)

Race	Date	Cat. †	Winner	Second	Third
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ()	March 1	1.2	Amy Pieters (NED)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
Le Samyn des Dames ()	March 5	1.2	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Sofie De Vuyst (BEL)
Grand Prix GSB ()	March 6	1.1	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Mara Abbott (USA)
Grand Prix de Oriente ()	March 7	1.1	Mara Abbott (USA)	Flávia Oliveira (BRA)	Sharon Laws (GBR)
Grand Prix el Salvador ()	March 8	1.1	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Mara Abbott (USA)
Omloop van het Hageland ()	March 9	1.2	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Audrey Cordon (FRA)
Drentse 8 ()	March 13	1.2	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Lucy Garner (GBR)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
Novilon EDR Cup ()	March 16	1.2	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Shelley Olds (USA)	Emma Johansson (SWE)
Cholet Pays de Loire Dames ()	March 23	1.2	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
GP Comune di Cornaredo ()	March 23	1.2	Shelley Olds (USA)	Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Gent–Wevelgem ()	March 30	1.2	Lauren Hall (USA)	Janneke Ensing (NED)	Vera Koedooder (NED)
Grand Prix de Dottignies ()	April 7	1.2	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Shelley Olds (USA)	Lucy Garner (GBR)
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic ()	April 18	1.2	Shelley Olds (USA)	Joëlle Numainville (CAN)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)
Ronde van Gelderland ()	April 20	1.2	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Melissa Hoskins (AUS)
EPZ Omloop van Borsele (Time Trial) ()	April 25	1.2	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Tayler Wiles (USA)
EPZ Omloop van Borsele (Road Race) ()	April 26	1.2	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Dwars door de Westhoek ()	April 27	1.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Lucy Garner (GBR)
Ronde van Overijssel ()	May 2	1.1	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Nina Kessler (NED)
Trofee Maarten Wynants ()	May 17	1.2	Maaike Polspoel (BEL)	Amy Cure (AUS)	Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
Copa Federación Venezolana de Ciclismo ()	May 17	1.2	Angie González (VEN)	Ingrid Porras (VEN)	Lilibeth Chacón (VEN)
Clasico FVCiclismo Corre Por la VIDA ()	May 18	1.2	Zuralmy Rivas (VEN)	Gleydimar Tapia (VEN)	Angie González (VEN)
Grand Prix of Maykop ()	May 20	1.2	Yulia Ilyinykh (RUS)	Anastasia Chulkova (RUS)	Elena Utrobina (RUS)
Boels Rental Hills Classic ()	May 30	1.1	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Amy Pieters (NED)
Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg ()	May 31	1.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Lucy Garner (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames ()	May 31	1.2	Audrey Cordon (FRA)	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Charlotte Bravard (FRA)
The Philadelphia Cycling Classic ()	June 1	1.1	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Lex Albrecht (CAN)	Lauren Hall (USA)
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik ()	June 1	1.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Chrono Gatineau ()	June 6	1.1	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	Jasmin Glaesser (CAN)
Nagrada Ljubljane TT ()	June 6	1.2	Martina Ritter (AUT)	Vera Koedooder (NED)	Taryn Heather (AUS)
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau ()	June 7	1.1	Denise Ramsden (CAN)	Flávia Oliveira (BRA)	Jasmin Glaesser (CAN)
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria ()	June 10	1.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)
Diamond Tour ()	June 15	1.2	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Beatrice Bartelloni (ITA)	Kelly Druyts (BEL)
GP du Canton d'Argovie ()	June 15	1.2	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)	Roxane Knetemann (NED)
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol ()	June 21	1.1	Valentina Scandolara (ITA)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Rossella Ratto (ITA)
White Spot / Delta Road Race ()	July 6	1.2	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	Samantha Schneider (USA)	Lauren Stephens (USA)
La Course by Le Tour de France ()	July 27	1.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)
Erondegemse Pijl (Erpe-Mere) ()	August 2	1.2	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)	Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)	Désirée Ehrler (SUI)
Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen ()	September 14	1.1	Hanna Solovey (UKR)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite ()	October 11	1.2	Rossella Ratto (ITA)	Edwige Pitel (FRA)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Chrono des Nations ()	October 19	1.1	Hanna Solovey (UKR)	Alison Tetrick (USA)	Mélodie Lesueur (FRA)

Source

† The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial.

Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)

Race	Date	Cat.	Winner	Second	Third
Tour Femenino de San Luis ()	January 14–18	2.2	Alison Powers (USA)	Fernanda da Silva (BRA)	Clemilda Fernandes (BRA)
Ladies Tour of Qatar ()	February 4–7	2.1	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Amy Pieters (NED)	Chloe Hosking (AUS)
Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica ()	February 26 – March 2	2.2	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Flávia Oliveira (BRA)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
Vuelta a El Salvador ()	March 11–16	2.1	Mara Abbott (USA)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)
The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup ()	April 8–10	2.2	Zhao Juan Meng (HKG)	Jutatip Maneephan (THA)	Hsiao Mei-yu (TWN)
Energiewacht Tour ()	April 9–13	2.2	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Vera Koedooder (NED)	Trixi Worrack (GER)
Gracia–Orlová ()	May 1–4	2.2	Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska (POL)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs ()	May 2–4	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Shelley Olds (USA)
The Women's Tour ()	May 7–11	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Rossella Ratto (ITA)
Tour of Chongming Island ()	May 14–16	2.1	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Shelley Olds (USA)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Tour of Zhoushan Island ()	May 21–23	2.2	Charlotte Becker (GER)	Marta Tagliaferro (ITA)	Aizhan Zhaparova (RUS)
Tour of Adygeya ()	May 22–25	2.2	Natalia Boyarskaya (RUS)	Anna Zavershinskaya (RUS)	Tatiana Shamanova (RUS)
Auensteiner-Radsporttage ()	May 31 – June 1	2.2	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Martina Ritter (AUT)	Trixi Worrack (GER)
Emakumeen Euskal Bira ()	June 12–15	2.1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Giro d'Italia Femminile ()	July 4–13	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska ()	July 10–13	2.2	Brianna Walle (USA)	Martina Sáblíková (CZE)	Vera Koedooder (NED)
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen ()	July 14–20	2.1	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Lisa Brennauer (GER)
Tour de Bretagne Féminin ()	July 16–20	2.2	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Audrey Cordon (FRA)	Doris Schweizer (SUI)
BeNe Ladies Tour ()	July 19–20	2.2	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Shara Gillow (AUS)
La Route de France ()	August 10–16	2.1	Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Aude Biannic (FRA)
Ladies Tour of Norway ()	August 15–17	2.2	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Trophée d'Or Féminin ()	August 23–27	2.2	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Elena Berlato (ITA)	Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche ()	September 1–6	2.2	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Edwige Pitel (FRA)
Boels Rental Ladies Tour ()	September 2–7	2.1	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour ()	September 11–15	2.2	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Thalita de Jong (NED)
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini ()	September 12–14	2.2	Shelley Olds (USA)	Małgorzata Jasińska (POL)	Ewelina Szybiak (POL)

Source

Cancelled events

Race	Date	Cat.
Classica Citta di Padova	March 22	1.1
GP Liberazione	April 25	1.2
Tour Languedoc Roussillon	May 23–28	2.2
Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden	June 19–21	2.2
Golan I	June 22	1.2
Golan II	June 24	1.2
Golan III	June 27	1.2
Tour Féminin en Limousin	July 24–27	2.2
Giro Feminino de Ciclismo	November 7–9	2.2
GP Memorial Bruno Caloi	November 11	1.2
Volta Feminina da República	November 14–16	2.2

Championships

International Games

Championships	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
World University Cycling Championship	Road race	July 10, 2014	Kathrin Hammes	Katarzyna Solus-Miśkowicz	Martyna Klekot
	Individual time trial	July 9, 2014	Martyna Klekot	Kathrin Hammes	Monika Brzeźna
Commonwealth Games	Individual time trial	July 31, 2014	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	Emma Pooley (ENG)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
	Road race	August 3, 2014	Lizzie Armitstead (ENG)	Emma Pooley (ENG)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
Asian Games	Road race	September 2014	Jutatip Maneephan (THA)	Thi That Nguyen (VIE)	Mei Yu Hsiao (TPE)

Continental Championships

Championships	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
African Cycling Championships	Road race	December 4, 2013	Ashleigh Moolman	Vera Adrian	Wehazit Kidane
	Individual time trial	December 2, 2013	Ashleigh Moolman	Wehazit Kidane	Vera Adrian
Oceania Cycling Championships	Road race	February 22, 2014	Jessica Allen	Lisa Keeling	Shara Gillow
	Individual time trial	February 21, 2014	Shara Gillow	Felicity Wardlaw	Reta Trotman
Pan American Championships	Road race	May 10, 2014	Arlenis Sierra	Megan Guarnier	Laura Lozano
	Individual time trial	May 8, 2014	Evelyn Stevens	Sérika Mitchell	Megan Guarnier
Asian Cycling Championships	Road race	May 31, 2014	Mei Yu Hsiao	Xiao Juan Diao	Sungeun Gu
	Individual time trial	May 28, 2014	Reum Ah Na	Eri Yonamine	Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjargal
European Road Championships	Road race (under-23)	July 12, 2014	Sabrina Stultiens	Elena Cecchini	Annabelle Dreville
	Individual time trial (under-23)	July 10, 2014	Mieke Kröger	Séverine Eraud	Ramona Korchini

Source

National Championships

Main article: 2014 national road cycling championships

UCI teams

Main articles: List of 2014 UCI Women's Teams and riders and List of women's road cycling transfers 2014

The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.

The 2014 UCI Women's Teams were:

Code	Official Team Name	Country	Website
ALE	Alé–Cipollini (2014 season)	Italy	alecipolliniteam.com
BPK	Astana BePink Women's Team (2014 season)	Italy	bepink.eu
BCT	Bigla Cycling Team (2014 season)	Switzerland	bigla-cycling-team.ch
BPD	Bizkaia–Durango (2014 season)	Spain	duranguesa.com
GPC	China Chongming–Giant–Champion System Pro Cycling (2014 season)	Hong Kong
DLT	Boels–Dolmans (2014 season)	Netherlands	boelsdolmanscyclingteam.com
BTC	BTC City Ljubljana (2014 season)	Slovenia	kolesarke.si
EMF	Estado de México–Faren Kuota (2014 season)	Mexico
FFT	Firefighters Upsala CK (2014 season)	Sweden	uppsalacykelcentrum.com
FDA	Forno d'Asolo–Astute (2014 season)	Lithuania
FTZ	Futurumshop.nl–Zannata (2014 season)	Netherlands	futurumshop-zannata.com
HPU	Hitec Products (2014 season)	Norway	hitecproducts-uck.no
LKT	Lointek (2014 season)	Spain	equipociclistaugeraga.com
LBL	Lotto–Belisol Ladies (2014 season)	Belgium	lottobelisol.be
NOE	No Radunion Vitalogic (2014 season)	Austria	radteam.sportunion.at
OPW	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (2014 season)	United States	optumprocycling.com
GEW	Orica–AIS (2014 season)	Australia	greenedgecycling.com
PHV	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team (2014 season)	Netherlands	parkhotelvalkenburgct.nl
RBW	Rabo–Liv (2014 season)	Netherlands	raboliv.com
RVL	RusVelo (2014 season)	Russia	rusvelo.pro/en
MIC	S.C. Michela Fanini Rox (2014 season)	Italy	michelafanini.com
SEF	Servetto Footon (2014 season)	Italy	atbike.it
SLU	Specialized–lululemon (2014 season)	United States	velociosports.com
GIW	Team Giant–Shimano (2014 season)	Netherlands	1t4i.com
TRY	Team Rytger (2014 season)	Denmark	team-rytger.dk
TIB	Team TIBCO–To The Top (2014 season)	United States	teamtibco.com
TOG	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo (2014 season)	Italy	gstopgirls.com
VLL	Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo (2014 season)	Belgium	cyclingteam-damesvlaanderen.be
UHC	UnitedHealthcare Women's Team (2014 season)	United States	velociosports.com
VAI	Vaiano Fondriest (2014 season)	Italy	vcvaiano.com
FUT	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86 (2014 season)	France	cyclisme-vienne-futuroscope.fr
WHT	Wiggle–Honda (2014 season)	United Kingdom	wigglehonda.com

List updated 30 April 2014.

See also

• 2014 in men's road cycling