2014 La Course by Le Tour de France

The race consisted of 13 laps on the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, making a distance of {{Convert|89|km|mi|abbr=off}}. The race was organised by the ASO{{cite web |title=La course by le Tour de France innovating women's cycling |url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/pre-race/news/ahc/la-course-by-le-tour-de-france-innovating-women-s-cycling.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714111001/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/pre-race/news/ahc/la-course-by-le-tour-de-france-innovating-women-s-cycling.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |work=letour.com |accessdate=16 July 2014 |df=dmy-all}} and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.

The race was covered in 157 countries by 25 TV broadcasters, 23 of which broadcast the last hour of the race live.{{cite news |date=25 July 2014 |title=Estado de Mexico: è il primo team latino-americano femminile ai Campi Elisi |publisher=milanosportiva.com |url=http://milanosportiva.com/2014/07/25/estado-de-mexico-e-il-primo-team-latino-americano-femminile-ai-campi-elisi/ |accessdate=25 July 2014}}

UCI Women's Teams

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• Alé Cipollini
• Astana BePink Womens Team
• Bigla Pro Cycling Team
• Bizkaia–Durango
• Boels–Dolmans
• Estado de México–Faren Kuota
• Team Hitec Products
• Lotto–Belisol Ladies
• Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
• Orica–AIS
• Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86
• Rabobank–Liv Woman Cycling Team
• RusVelo
• Specialized–lululemon
• Team Giant–Shimano
• UnitedHealthcare
• Wiggle–Honda Pro Cycling

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National teams

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The race started at 11:45 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), and was scheduled to last until 13:00. The race saw many attacks. Dutchwomen Ellen van Dijk ({{UCI team code|DLT|2014}}), who attacked multiple times, was the only women who was able to get clear for a few laps with a maximal advantage of over half a minute. Besides of her also Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten (both {{UCI team code|RBW|2014}}), Amy Pieters (Team Giant–Shimano), Chantal Blaak ({{UCI team code|SLU|2014}}), Alena Amialiusik (Astana BePink) and Rachel Neylan (Australia National team) attempted to ride away from the peloton, but none were successful. With a few kilometres to go the Mexican national champion Ana Teresa Casas (Estado de México–Faren Kuota) crashed out of the race, and with around a kilometre to go another crash in the bunch took down Lizzie Armitstead (Boels–Dolmans) and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabo–Liv). The race ended in a bunch sprint with a peloton of about 30 riders. Marianne Vos (Rabo–Liv) won the sprint ahead of Kirsten Wild (Team Giant–Shimano). Canada's Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) finished third in the sprint.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingonline.nl/artikel/4509_vos_klopt_wild_in_eerste_la_course.html|title=Vos klopt Wild in eerste La Course|date=27 July 2014|accessdate=28 July 2014 |publisher=cyclingonline.nl|language=Dutch}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1018/Wielrennen/article/detail/3702094/2014/07/27/Vos-sprint-naar-winst-in-eerste-editie-La-Course.dhtml|title=Vos sprint naar winst in eerste editie La Course

|date=27 July 2014|accessdate=28 July 2014 |publisher=Algemeen Dagblad|language=Dutch}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-course-by-le-tour-de-france-2014/results|title=Vos wins La Course with perfect sprint|date=27 July 2014|accessdate=28 July 2014 |publisher=cyclingnews.com}}

Besides the individual time classification (finishing time of the riders) there is a sprint and young rider classification. The Young rider classification exists of the individual time classification with riders born since 1 January 1992. The sprint classification is established by adding up the points obtained in each of the intermediate sprints. There were sprints after each of the first eleven laps, where 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point(s) were/was awarded to the top five riders.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/la-course-by-le-tour-de-france/2014/us/sporting-stakes-rules.html|title=Sporting stakes / rules|accessdate=25 July 2014|publisher=letour.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721074344/http://www.letour.fr/la-course-by-le-tour-de-france/2014/us/sporting-stakes-rules.html|archive-date=21 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Source{{cite web |title=La course by le Tour de France 2014 |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/La_course_by_Le_Tour_de_France_2014 |accessdate=16 July 2014 |work=procyclingstats.com}}

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The total prize money of the race was €22,500: €17,500 was to be awarded to the best 20 riders of the individual time classification, €3,500 to the first 3 riders in the sprint classification and €2,000 to the first three riders of the young rider classification.

• 2014 in women's road cycling

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