2014 Tour Down Under
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 21–26 January 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 815.5 km (506.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 19h 57' 35" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Simon Gerrans (Australia)
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(Orica–GreenEDGE) |
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| Second |
Cadel Evans (Australia)
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(BMC Racing Team) | |
| Third |
 Diego Ulissi (Italy)
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(Lampre–Merida) | |
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Mountains |
Adam Hansen (Australia)
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(Lotto–Belisol) |
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Youth |
Jack Haig (Australia)
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(UniSA-Australia) |
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Sprints |
Simon Gerrans (Australia)
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(Orica–GreenEDGE) |
| Team | Orica–GreenEDGE | ||
The 2014 Santos Tour Down Under was the 16th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 21 to 26 January and was the first race of the 2014 UCI World Tour.
The race was won for a record third time by Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the Orica–GreenEDGE team, after taking the lead on the penultimate stage of the race and held the race leader's ochre jersey to the finish, the next day, in Adelaide. Gerrans also won the opening stage of the race in Angaston. Gerrans' winning margin over runner-up Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team was one second, and Lampre–Merida's Diego Ulissi completed the podium, four seconds behind Evans and five seconds in arrears of Gerrans. Like Gerrans, Ulissi and Evans both won stages of the race, winning in Stirling and Campbelltown respectively, while Evans also held the race lead for two days. The other stages were won by Lotto–Belisol rider André Greipel (two wins) and Richie Porte, who won the queen stage at Willunga Hill.
The race's other classifications were swept by Australian riders, as Gerrans' consistent finishes – five top-five stage finishes from six stages – across the week ensured that he won the blue jersey for the sprints classification, while Lotto–Belisol rider Adam Hansen was the winner of the mountains classification.UniSA-Australia's Jack Haig was the winner of the young rider classification, finishing seventeenth overall, while the teams classification was won by Gerrans' Orica–GreenEDGE outfit, also placing Daryl Impey inside the top ten overall.
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