The 2014 Gent–Wevelgem was the 76th running of the Gent–Wevelgem single-day cycling race. It was held on 30 March 2014, over a distance of 233 kilometres (144.8 miles) and was the seventh race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won by John Degenkolb in the sprint ahead of Arnaud Démare and Peter Sagan.[1]
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 7 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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 Event poster with previous winner Peter Sagan | |||||||||||||
| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 30 March 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 233 km (144.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 34' 43" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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Teams
editAs Gent–Wevelgem 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:[2]
Results
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| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
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| 1 |  John Degenkolb (GER)
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Giant–Shimano | 5h 34' 43" |
| 2 |  Arnaud Démare (FRA)
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FDJ.fr | s.t. |
| 3 |  Peter Sagan (SVK)
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Cannondale | s.t. |
| 4 |  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
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Belkin Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 5 | Tom Boonen (BEL)
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Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 6 | Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)
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Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | s.t. |
| 7 |  Alexey Tsatevich (RUS)
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Team Katusha | s.t. |
| 8 |  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)
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Ag2r–La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 9 |  Thor Hushovd (NOR)
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BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)
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Lotto–Belisol | s.t. |
References
edit- ^ "John Degenkolb outpaces Demare and Sagan". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Gent–Wevelgem 2014 start list". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 30 March 2014.