2014 Tour de France
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 18 of 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route of the 2014 Tour de France
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| Dates | 5–27 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,660.5 km (2,275 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 89h 59' 06" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
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(Astana) |
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| Second |
 Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)
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(Ag2r–La Mondiale) | |
| Third |
Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
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(FDJ.fr) | |
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Points |
 Peter Sagan (SVK)
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(Cannondale) |
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Mountains |
 Rafał Majka (POL)
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(Tinkoff–Saxo) |
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Youth |
Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
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(FDJ.fr) |
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Team | Ag2r–La Mondiale | |
The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,660.5-kilometre (2,274.5 mi) race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race also visited Belgium for part of a stage. Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana team won the race by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997. Jean-Christophe Péraud (Ag2r–La Mondiale) placed second, with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) third.
Marcel Kittel of Giant–Shimano was the first rider to wear the general classification's yellow jersey after winning stage one. He lost it after the next stage to Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), who won the stage. Nibali held the race lead until the end of the ninth stage, when it was taken by Lotto–Belisol's Tony Gallopin. The yellow jersey returned to Nibali the following stage, and he held it until the conclusion of the race.
The points classification was decided early in the race and was won by Cannondale's Peter Sagan. Rafał Majka of Tinkoff–Saxo, winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification. Pinot finished as the best young rider. The team classification was won by Ag2r–La Mondiale and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) was given the award for the most combative rider. Kittel won the most stages, with four.
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