The 2014 Baltic Chain Tour was the fourth modern edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of five days between 20 and 24 August 2014.Programme of the event The race was a part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. This year the tour coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Chain, a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989, with approximately two million people joining their hands to form a human chain spanning over across the three Baltic states.
Teams A total of 20 teams raced in the 2014 Baltic Chain Tour: 12 UCI Continental teams, 5 national teams and 3 amateur tams.
Belarus (national team)
EC St Etienne-Loire Estonia (national team) Experiment 23 Team Frøy–Bianchi Germany (national team)
Lithuania (national team)
Russia (national team) SJK Viiking
Top Team Cycling
Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Winner1 20 AugustVilnius (Lithuania) to Panevėžys (Lithuania) 2 21 AugustRiga (Latvia) to Sigulda (Latvia) 3 22 AugustValmiera (Latvia) to Pärnu (Estonia) 4 23 AugustPärnu (Estonia) to Viljandi (Estonia) 5 24 AugustViljandi (Estonia) to Tallinn (Estonia)
Stages Stage 1 20 August 2014 — Vilnius (Lithuania) to Panevėžys (Lithuania),
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 4" 4 SJK Viiking + 17" 5 + 17" 6 + 17" 7 + 17" 8 + 17" 9 + 17" 10 + 17"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 7" 4 SJK Viiking + 22" 5 + 22" 6 + 26" 7 + 27" 8 + 27" 9 + 27" 10 + 27"
Stage 2 21 August 2014 — Riga (Latvia) to Sigulda (Latvia),
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Russia (national team) 2 + 0" 3 + 9" 4 + 9" 5 Team Frøy–Bianchi + 9" 6 + 9" 7 + 9" 8 + 9" 9 Belarus (national team) + 9" 10 + 9"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 3" 4 + 22" 5 SJK Viiking + 22" 6 Lithuania (national team) + 23" 7 + 26" 8 + 27" 9 + 27" 10 + 27"
Stage 3 22 August 2014 — Valmiera (Latvia) to Pärnu (Estonia),
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 Estonia (national team) + 0" 5 + 0" 6 Lithuania (national team) + 0" 7 Russia (national team) + 0" 8 Estonia (national team) + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 9" 3 + 10" 4 + 33" 5 SJK Viiking + 33" 6 Lithuania (national team) + 34" 7 + 37" 8 + 38" 9 + 38" 10 Russia (national team) + 42"
Stage 4 23 August 2014 — Pärnu (Estonia) to Viljandi (Estonia),
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 10" 3 + 10" 4 + 10" 5 + 14" 6 SJK Viiking + 14" 7 + 14" 8 + 14" 9 Lithuania (national team) + 14" 10 + 22"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 20" 3 + 35" 4 SJK Viiking + 45" 5 Lithuania (national team) + 49" 6 + 52" 7 + 53" 8 + 1' 17" 9 Russia (national team) + 1' 17" 10 + 1' 34"
Stage 5 24 August 2014 — Viljandi (Estonia) to Tallinn (Estonia),
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 Lithuania (national team) + 0" 3 + 0" 4 Russia (national team) + 0" 5 SJK Viiking + 0" 6 + 0" 7 Estonia (national team) + 0" 8 Team Frøy–Bianchi + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 24" 3 + 39" 4 SJK Viiking + 49" 5 + 56" 6 + 57" 7 Lithuania (national team) + 1' 19" 8 Russia (national team) + 1' 27" 9 + 2' 11" 10 + 2' 34"
Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification Sprints classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Teams classification 1 Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Not awarded Mathieu van der Poel 2 Ivan Balykin Clemens Fankhauser Ivan Balykin Ivan Balykin 3 Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Mykhaylo Kononenko Uladzimir Harakhavik 4 Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel 5 Phil Bauhaus Final Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Uladzimir Harakhavik Mathieu van der Poel
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