The 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the 6th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It was organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from Tuesday 4 February until Friday 7 February 2014 and consisted of 4 stages. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.
One of the favourites for the title, Ellen van Dijk, was not able to participate because she had not recovered from an illness.
Teams Fifteen teams competed in the 2014 Ladies Tour of Qatar. These included twelve UCI Women's Teams and three national teams.
UCI teams
RusVelo Alé–Cipollini
Team Giant–Shimano China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling Wiggle–Honda Astana BePink Hitec Products UCK Orica–AIS
Lotto–Belisol Ladies
National teams
Italy Australia
Source
Stages
Stage 1 4 February 2014 – Museum of Islamic Art to Mesaieed,
Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 3 Hitec Products UCK s.t. 4 Lotto–Belisol Ladies s.t. 5 s.t. 6 France (national team) s.t. 7 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 8 Orica–AIS s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Alé–Cipollini + 8" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 11" 4 + 14" 5 Orica–AIS + 15" 6 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 16" 7 France (national team) + 16" 8 Alé–Cipollini + 16" 9 + 16" 10 + 16"
Stage 2 5 February 2014 – Al Zubarah to Shamal City,
Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 + 3" 3 + 3" 4 RusVelo + 6" 5 Team Giant–Shimano + 27" 6 Hitec Products UCK + 27" 7 Orica–AIS + 27" 8 RusVelo + 27" 9 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 31" 10 Orica–AIS + 31"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Team Giant–Shimano + 7" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 18" 4 Orica–AIS + 28" 5 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 30" 6 Orica–AIS + 31" 7 + 38" 8 Orica–AIS + 38" 9 + 38" 10 + 38"
Stage 3 6 February 2014 – Katara Cultural Village to Al Khor Corniche,
Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 s.t. 3 Hitec Products UCK s.t. 4 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 5 Orica–AIS s.t. 6 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Italy (national team) s.t. 9 Team Giant–Shimano s.t. 10 Orica–AIS s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Team Giant–Shimano + 9" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 21" 4 Orica–AIS + 35" 5 + 47" 6 Orica–AIS + 55" 7 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 1' 29" 8 Italy (national team) + 1' 40" 9 + 1' 48" 10 + 2' 05"
Stage 4 7 February 2014 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche,
Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 s.t. 3 Orica–AIS s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Lotto–Belisol Ladies s.t. 6 Alé–Cipollini s.t. 7 France (national team) s.t. 8 France (national team) s.t. 9 s.t. 10 China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Team Giant–Shimano 2 Team Giant–Shimano + 22" 3 Hitec Products UCK + 36" 4 Orica–AIS + 50" 5 + 1' 02" 6 Orica–AIS + 1' 06" 7 Lotto–Belisol Ladies + 1' 44" 8 Italy (national team) + 1' 55" 9 + 2' 03" 10 + 2' 31"
Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationYoung rider classificationTeams classification 1 Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild Melissa Hoskins Orica–AIS 2 Amy Pieters Amy Pieters Amy Pieters 3 Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild 4 Kirsten Wild Final Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters Orica–AIS
References
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See also 2014 in women's road cycling