2014 Strade Bianche

2014 Strade Bianche

2014 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Date		March 8
Distance		197 km (122.4 mi)
Winning time		5h 20' 33"
Results
	Winner	Michał Kwiatkowski (Poland)	(Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)
	Second	Peter Sagan (Slovakia)	(Cannondale)
	Third	Alejandro Valverde (Spain)	(Movistar Team)

The 2014 Strade Bianche was the 8th edition of the international one-day cycling race Strade Bianche. The race started in San Gimignano and ended in Piazza del Campo in Siena.^[1]

The 2014 edition was won by Poland's Michał Kwiatkowski^[2] of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step who broke away with one of the pre-race favourites Peter Sagan of Cannondale with 21 km remaining. They quickly built up a lead and as they headed towards the steep finishing streets in Siena Kwiatkowski looked the stronger of the two. When he attacked with less than 500m to go Sagan had no answer and he came home 19 seconds behind Kwiatkowski.

Alejandro Valverde of Movistar Team chased them home but was unable to catch them, finishing 36 seconds behind the winner. Damiano Cunego of Lampre–Merida and Roman Kreuziger of Tinkoff–Saxo rounded out the top 5.

Teams

The start list included 18 teams – 11 ProTeams and 7 Professional Continental Teams – and a total of 144 riders.

Results

^[3]

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	5h 20' 33"
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Cannondale	+ 19"
3	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 36"
4	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	+ 40"
5	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 40"
6	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Trek Factory Racing	+ 59"
7	Cadel Evans (AUS)	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 44"
8	Warren Barguil (FRA)	Giant–Shimano	+ 2' 02"
9	Wout Poels (NED)	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	+ 2' 11"
10	Simon Geschke (GER)	Giant–Shimano	+ 2' 51"

References