The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 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 was contested by 22 teams. All of the eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race. On 14 January 2014, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations: , , and . The team presentation – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 3 July, two days before the opening stage held in the city. The riders arrived at the arena by a ceremonial ride from the University of Leeds. The event included performances from Embrace and Opera North in front of an audience of 10,000.
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 47 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. The total number of riders that finished the race was 174. The riders came from 34 countries; France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Belgium all had 10 or more riders in the race. 's Ji Cheng was the first Chinese rider to participate in the Tour. Riders from eight countries won stages during the race; German riders won the largest number of stages, with seven. The average age of riders in the race was 29.88 years, ranging from the 20-year-old Danny van Poppel to the 42-year-old Jens Voigt, both riders. Voigt, riding in his final year as a professional, equalled Stuart O'Grady's record for most appearances in the Tour with 17. had the highest average age, while had the lowest.
Marcel Kittel of 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 (), who won the stage. Nibali held the race lead until the end of the ninth stage, when it was taken by 's Tony Gallopin. The yellow jersey returned to Nibali the following stage, and he held it until the conclusion of the race. Second and third respectively were Jean-Christophe Péraud () and Thibaut Pinot (). The points classification was won by Peter Sagan of the team. Rafał Majka (), winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification. Pinot was the best young rider and the team classification was won by . Alessandro De Marchi () was given the award for the most combative rider.
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Cyclists
+ Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification ‡ Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1989 eligible for the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ‡) Denotes riders that represent the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award DNS Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred HD Denotes a rider who finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so (French: Hors delai) Age correct as of 5 July 2014, the date on which the Tour began
By starting number
No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time 1 Chris Froome DNF-5 — 2 Bernhard Eisel 126 + 4h 13' 21" 3 Vasil Kiryienka 86 + 3h 30' 23" 4 David López 105 + 3h 45' 13" 5 Mikel Nieve 18 + 46' 31" 6 Danny Pate 153 + 4h 47' 52" 7 Richie Porte 23 + 1h 01' 08" 8 Geraint Thomas 22 + 59' 14" 9 Xabier Zandio DNF-6 — 11 Alejandro Valverde 4 + 9' 40" 12 Imanol Erviti 81 + 3h 22' 48" 13 John Gadret 19 + 47' 30" 14 Jesús Herrada ‡ 61 + 2h 53' 18" 15 Beñat Intxausti 114 + 3h 55' 53" 16 Ion Izagirre ‡ 41 + 2h 00' 50" 17 Rubén Plaza 91 + 3h 38' 27" 18 José Joaquín Rojas DSQ-18 — 19 Giovanni Visconti 37 + 1h 56' 28" 21 Joaquim Rodríguez 54 + 2h 45' 17" 22 Vladimir Isaichev 157 + 4h 58' 30" 23 Alexander Kristoff 125 + 4h 11' 46" 24 Luca Paolini 136 + 4h 29' 43" 25 Alexander Porsev HD-13 — 26 Egor Silin DNF-6 — 27 Gatis Smukulis 100 + 3h 43' 25" 28 Simon Špilak DNF-17 — 29 Yuri Trofimov 14 + 36' 41" 31 Alberto Contador DNF-10 — 32 Daniele Bennati 96 + 3h 40' 46" 33 Jesús Hernández DNF-6 — 34 Rafał Majka ‡ 44 + 2h 17' 53" 35 Michael Mørkøv 134 + 4h 26' 29" 36 Sérgio Paulinho 89 + 3h 36' 33" 37 Nicolas Roche 39 + 1h 58' 45" 38 Michael Rogers 26 + 1h 17' 53" 39 Matteo Tosatto 119 + 4h 01' 53" 41 Vincenzo Nibali 1 89h 59' 06" 42 Jakob Fuglsang 36 + 1h 54' 50" 43 Andriy Hrivko 95 + 3h 39' 28" 44 Dmitriy Gruzdev 130 + 4h 22' 33" 45 Maxim Iglinsky 129 + 4h 22' 07" 46 Tanel Kangert 20 + 52' 11" 47 Michele Scarponi 49 + 2h 31' 40" 48 Alessandro Vanotti 147 + 4h 42' 48" 49 Lieuwe Westra 79 + 3h 21' 04" 51 Peter Sagan ‡ 60 + 2h 52' 52" 52 Maciej Bodnar 112 + 3h 52' 52" 53 Alessandro De Marchi 52 + 2h 34' 54" 54 Ted King DNF-10 — 55 Kristijan Koren 135 + 4h 29' 14" 56 Marco Marcato 80 + 3h 21' 16" 57 Jean-Marc Marino 160 + 5h 03' 46" 58 Fabio Sabatini 118 + 4h 01' 21" 59 Elia Viviani ‡ 162 + 5h 10' 40" 61 Bauke Mollema 10 + 21' 15" 62 Lars Boom 97 + 3h 41' 24" 63 Stef Clement DNF-7 — 64 Steven Kruijswijk 15 + 38' 15" 65 Tom Leezer 133 + 4h 24' 21" 66 Bram Tankink 40 + 1h 59' 02" 67 Laurens ten Dam 9 + 18' 11" 68 Sep Vanmarcke 106 + 3h 45' 54" 69 Maarten Wynants 117 + 4h 01' 09" 71 Mark Cavendish DNS-2 — 72 Jan Bakelants 24 + 1h 06' 28" 73 Michał Gołaś 55 + 2h 49' 03" 74 Michał Kwiatkowski ‡ 28 + 1h 21' 55" 75 Tony Martin 47 + 2h 25' 35" 76 Alessandro Petacchi 148 + 4h 44' 47" 77 Mark Renshaw 142 + 4h 39' 03" 78 Niki Terpstra 94 + 3h 39' 04" 79 Matteo Trentin ‡ 93 + 3h 38' 56" 81 Jean-Christophe Péraud 2 + 7' 37" 82 Romain Bardet ‡ 6 + 11' 26" 83 Mikaël Cherel 59 + 2h 52' 00" 84 Samuel Dumoulin 90 + 3h 38' 04" 85 Ben Gastauer 21 + 58' 00" 86 Blel Kadri 84 + 3h 26' 23" 87 Sébastien Minard 99 + 3h 42' 23" 88 Matteo Montaguti 66 + 2h 55' 47" 89 Christophe Riblon 120 + 4h 04' 00" 91 Andrew Talansky DNS-12 — 92 Janier Acevedo DNF-13 — 93 Jack Bauer 137 + 4h 29' 57" 94 Alex Howes 127 + 4h 18' 43" 95 Ben King ‡ 53 + 2h 41' 59" 96 Sebastian Langeveld 140 + 4h 34' 29" 97 Ramūnas Navardauskas 141 + 4h 37' 42" 98 Tom-Jelte Slagter ‡ 56 + 2h 49' 20" 99 Johan Vansummeren 74 + 3h 08' 40" 101 Marcel Kittel 161 + 5h 06' 27" 102 Roy Curvers 116 + 3h 58' 23" 103 Koen de Kort 92 + 3h 38' 52" 104 John Degenkolb ‡ 123 + 4h 06' 42" 105 Dries Devenyns DNF-14 — 106 Tom Dumoulin ‡ 33 + 1h 48' 00" 107 Ji Cheng 164 + 6h 02' 24" 108 Albert Timmer 146 + 4h 42' 28" 109 Tom Veelers 155 + 4h 53' 23" 111 Rui Costa DNS-16 — 112 Davide Cimolai ‡ 163 + 5h 11' 58" 113 Kristijan Đurasek 46 + 2h 21' 18" 114 Chris Horner 17 + 44' 31" 115 Sacha Modolo DNF-2 — 116 Nelson Oliveira ‡ 87 + 3h 30' 36" 117 Maximiliano Richeze DNS-6 — 118 José Serpa 48 + 2h 29' 06" 119 Rafael Valls DNF-14 — 121 Arnaud Démare ‡ 159 + 5h 00' 29" 122 William Bonnet 158 + 4h 59' 57" 123 Mickaël Delage 143 + 4h 39' 40" 124 Arnold Jeannesson 30 + 1h 33' 27" 125 Mathieu Ladagnous 76 + 3h 14' 41" 126 Cédric Pineau 102 + 3h 44' 22" 127 Thibaut Pinot ‡ 3 + 8' 15" 128 Jérémy Roy 57 + 2h 49' 28" 129 Arthur Vichot DNF-13 — 131 Jurgen Van den Broeck 13 + 34' 01" 132 Lars Bak 82 + 3h 23' 41" 133 Bart De Clercq DNF-8 — 134 Tony Gallopin 29 + 1h 29' 24" 135 André Greipel 149 + 4h 44' 54" 136 Adam Hansen 64 + 2h 54' 18" 137 Greg Henderson DNF-4 — 138 Jürgen Roelandts 111 + 3h 52' 39" 139 Marcel Sieberg 145 + 4h 41' 21" 141 Tejay van Garderen 5 + 11' 24" 142 Darwin Atapuma DNF-7 — 143 Marcus Burghardt 154 + 4h 48' 40" 144 Amaël Moinard 45 + 2h 19' 13" 145 Daniel Oss 69 + 2h 58' 41" 146 Michael Schär 43 + 2h 09' 43" 147 Peter Stetina 35 + 1h 52' 36" 148 Greg Van Avermaet 38 + 1h 56' 34" 149 Peter Velits 27 + 1h 19' 38" 151 Pierre Rolland 11 + 23' 07" 152 Yukiya Arashiro 65 + 2h 55' 27" 153 Bryan Coquard ‡ 104 + 3h 44' 45" 154 Cyril Gautier 25 + 1h 08' 47" 155 Yohann Gène 128 + 4h 19' 11" 156 Alexandre Pichot 107 + 3h 46' 35" 157 Perrig Quéméneur 83 + 3h 25' 46" 158 Kévin Reza 73 + 3h 08' 12" 159 Thomas Voeckler 42 + 2h 08' 38" 161 Fränk Schleck 12 + 25' 48" 162 Matthew Busche 98 + 3h 41' 58" 163 Fabian Cancellara DNS-11 — 164 Markel Irizar 63 + 2h 53' 44" 165 Grégory Rast 101 + 3h 43' 37" 166 Andy Schleck DNS-4 — 167 Danny van Poppel ‡ DNF-7 — 168 Jens Voigt 108 + 3h 46' 37" 169 Haimar Zubeldia 8 + 17' 57" 171 Daniel Navarro DNF-13 — 172 Nicolas Edet 77 + 3h 19' 34" 173 Egoitz García DNF-9 — 174 Cyril Lemoine 110 + 3h 47' 16" 175 Luis Ángel Maté 31 + 1h 36' 52" 176 Rudy Molard ‡ 51 + 2h 34' 22" 177 Adrien Petit ‡ 156 + 4h 58' 20" 178 Julien Simon 109 + 3h 46' 56" 179 Rein Taaramäe 88 + 3h 35' 01" 181 Simon Gerrans DNS-17 — 182 Michael Albasini 70 + 3h 05' 51" 183 Simon Clarke 113 + 3h 55' 38" 184 Luke Durbridge ‡ 122 + 4h 05' 59" 185 Mathew Hayman DNF-10 — 186 Jens Keukeleire 67 + 2h 56' 12" 187 Christian Meier 121 + 4h 05' 13" 188 Svein Tuft 131 + 4h 22' 52" 189 Simon Yates ‡ DNS-16 — 191 Mathias Frank DNS-8 — 192 Sylvain Chavanel 34 + 1h 48' 13" 193 Martin Elmiger 75 + 3h 12' 10" 194 Heinrich Haussler DNF-18 — 195 Reto Hollenstein DNS-17 — 196 Roger Kluge 139 + 4h 33' 45" 197 Jérôme Pineau 58 + 2h 51' 46" 198 Sébastien Reichenbach ‡ 85 + 3h 27' 52" 199 Marcel Wyss 32 + 1h 38' 27" 201 Leopold König 7 + 14' 32" 202 Jan Bárta 71 + 3h 07' 18" 203 David de la Cruz ‡ DNF-12 — 204 Zak Dempster 151 + 4h 45' 04" 205 Bartosz Huzarski 68 + 2h 58' 00" 206 Tiago Machado 72 + 3h 08' 03" 207 José Mendes 124 + 4h 07' 34" 208 Andreas Schillinger 144 + 4h 40' 06" 209 Paul Voss 50 + 2h 32' 48" 211 Brice Feillu 16 + 43' 59" 212 Jean-Marc Bideau 115 + 3h 58' 08" 213 Anthony Delaplace ‡ 78 + 3h 20' 48" 214 Romain Feillu 150 + 4h 45' 04" 215 Armindo Fonseca ‡ 138 + 4h 30' 52" 216 Arnaud Gérard 132 + 4h 24' 15" 217 Florian Guillou 62 + 2h 53' 20" 218 Benoît Jarrier ‡ 152 + 4h 46' 28" 219 Florian Vachon 103 + 3h 44' 40"
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