The 2014 Friends Life Women's Tour was the inaugural edition of The Women's Tour, a stage race held in Great Britain, with a UCI rating of 2.1. It was the ninth stage race of the 2014 Women's Elite cycling calendar. It is the only race in Great Britain, apart from the National Championships, on this calendar.

The race was won by Dutch rider Marianne Vos of , with Vos winning three of the five stages as well as the points classification.

Teams UCI Women's teams

Astana BePink

Estado de México–Faren Kuota Hitec Products

Orica–AIS

UnitedHealthcare

Lointek

Non-UCI women's teams Matrix Fitness-Vulpine

National teams

Stages

Stage 1 7 May 2014 — Oundle to Northampton,

Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 Orica–AIS 2 s.t. 3 UnitedHealthcare s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Great Britain (national team) s.t. 7 Estado de México–Faren Kuota s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Netherlands (national team) s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Orica–AIS 2 + 4" 3 UnitedHealthcare + 8" 4 + 9" 5 + 9" 6 + 10" 7 + 12" 8 + 12" 9 Great Britain (national team) + 12" 10 Estado de México–Faren Kuota + 12"

Stage 2

8 May 2014 — Hinckley to Bedford,

Stage 2 result RiderTeamTime 1 Estado de México–Faren Kuota 2 Astana BePink s.t. 3 + 6" 4 Netherlands (national team) + 6" 5 Great Britain (national team) + 6" 6 + 6" 7 + 6" 8 Lointek + 6" 9 Lointek + 6" 10 Hitec Products + 6"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Estado de México–Faren Kuota 2 Astana BePink + 5" 3 + 6" 4 Orica–AIS + 7" 5 + 14" 6 UnitedHealthcare + 15" 7 + 16" 8 + 16" 9 Astana BePink + 16" 10 Great Britain (national team) + 19"

Stage 3 9 May 2014 — Felixstowe to Clacton-on-Sea,

Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 Orica–AIS s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Estado de México–Faren Kuota s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Netherlands (national team) s.t. 8 Great Britain (national team) s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Hitec Products s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 Orica–AIS + 8" 3 Estado de México–Faren Kuota + 9" 4 Astana BePink + 14" 5 + 18" 6 + 24" 7 UnitedHealthcare + 24" 8 + 25" 9 + 25" 10 Great Britain (national team) + 28"

Stage 4 10 May 2014 — Cheshunt to Welwyn Garden City,

Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 Great Britain (national team) s.t. 4 Orica–AIS s.t. 5 Estado de México–Faren Kuota s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Lointek s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 Orica–AIS + 19" 3 Estado de México–Faren Kuota + 22" 4 + 30" 5 + 31" 6 Astana BePink + 31" 7 Great Britain (national team) + 37" 8 UnitedHealthcare + 37" 9 Estado de México–Faren Kuota + 41" 10 Netherlands (national team) + 41"

Stage 5 11 May 2014 — Harwich to Bury St Edmunds,

Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 Netherlands (national team) s.t. 4 UnitedHealthcare s.t. 5 Orica–AIS s.t. 6 Estado de México–Faren Kuota s.t. 7 Hitec Products s.t. 8 Lointek s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 Orica–AIS + 30" 3 Estado de México–Faren Kuota + 35" 4 + 38" 5 Astana BePink + 44" 6 Netherlands (national team) + 50" 7 Great Britain (national team) + 50" 8 UnitedHealthcare + 50" 9 + 52" 10 Estado de México–Faren Kuota + 54"

Classification leadership table The yellow jersey is awarded to the rider with the lowest overall accumulated time. The points jersey is awarded to the rider with the most points accrued from stage finishes, and intermediate sprints on each stage. The Queen of the Mountains jersey is awarded to the rider with the most points accrued from the summits of designated climbs on each stage. The best young rider jersey is awarded to the rider with the lowest accumulated time who is under 23 years of age. The best British rider jersey is awarded to the leading British rider on general classification.

Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationYoung rider classificationBest British rider Teams classification 1 Emma Johansson Emma Johansson Emma Johansson Sharon Laws Hannah Barnes Hannah Barnes 2 Rossella Ratto Rossella Ratto Marianne Vos Rossella Ratto Lizzie Armitstead Astana BePink 3 Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Orica–AIS 4 Marianne Vos 5Marianne Vos Lucy Garner Final Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Sharon Laws Rossella Ratto Lucy Garner

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