2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup

2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup
Seventeenth edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup
Details
Dates	15 March – 30 August
Location	Europe and China
Races	9
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The 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup is the 17th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup and part of the 2014 UCI women's calendar. One race was added compared to the 2013 edition: the German Giro Bochum. This race was already on the women's calendar since 2001 as 1.1 category race.^[1]

Races edit

Round	Date	Race	Country	Winner	Second	Third
1	15 March	Ronde van Drenthe (details)	Netherlands	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Shelley Olds (USA)
2	30 March	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio (details)	Italy	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
3	6 April	Tour of Flanders (details)	Belgium	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Emma Johansson (SWE)
4	23 April	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (details)	Belgium	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
5	18 May	Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (details)	China	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Elena Cecchini (ITA)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
6	3 August	Sparkassen Giro (details)	Germany	Marianne Vos (NED)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)
7	22 August	Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT (details)	Sweden	Specialized–lululemon Trixi Worrack (GER) Evelyn Stevens (USA) Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) Lisa Brennauer (GER) Chantal Blaak (NED)	Rabo–Liv Marianne Vos (NED) Thalita de Jong (NED) Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Boels–Dolmans Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Christine Majerus (LUX) Megan Guarnier (USA) Ellen Van Dijk (NED)
8	24 August	Open de Suède Vårgårda (details)	Sweden	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Amy Pieters (NED)	Roxane Knetemann (NED)
9	30 August	GP de Plouay (details)	France	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)

Source^[1]

Results edit

	Cyclist	Team	World Cup points
1	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans	515
2	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Orica–AIS	390
3	Marianne Vos (NED)	Rabo–Liv	370
4	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	346
5	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Team Giant–Shimano	290
6	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Rabo–Liv	285
7	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	269
8	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Hitec Products	255
9	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Specialized–lululemon	225
10	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Wiggle–Honda	225

Source^[2]

Leader progress edit

Event (Winner)	Individual	Team	Mountain	Sprint	Youth
Ronde van Drenthe (Lizzie Armitstead)	Lizzie Armitstead	Rabo–Liv	Amy Pieters	Iris Slappendel	Thalita de Jong
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio (Emma Johansson)		Rabo–Liv	Alena Amialiusik		Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Tour of Flanders (Ellen van Dijk)		Boels–Dolmans	Anna van der Breggen
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (Pauline Ferrand-Prévot)			Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (Kirsten Wild)			Pauline Ferrand-Prévot	Rebecca Wiasak
Sparkassen Giro		Rabo–Liv	Vera Koedooder	Iris Slappendel	Elena Cecchini
Sweden Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
Open de Suède Vårgårda
GP de Plouay

Teams edit

The top 20 teams in the UCI Women's Teams Ranking as of 10 January 2014 have automatically the right to start in the races and are listed below. Other 2014 UCI Women's Teams are only allowed to start after an invitation.^[3]

	Team	Nation
1	Rabo–Liv	Netherlands
2	Orica–AIS	Australia
3	Boels–Dolmans	Netherlands
4	Specialized–lululemon	United States
5	Hitec Products	Norway
6	Wiggle–Honda	Great Britain
7	Giant–Shimano	Netherlands
8	Alé–Cipollini	Italy
9	RusVelo	Russia
10	Astana BePink Womens Team	Italy
11	Estado De Mexico Faren	Mexico
12	Lotto–Belisol Ladies	Belgium
13	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	United States
14	Bizkaia–Durango	Spain
15	Bigla Cycling Team	Switzerland
16	Servetto Footon	Italy
17	Top Girls Fassa Bortolo	Italy
18	S.C. Michela Fanini Rox	Italy
19	UnitedHealthcare Women's Team	United States
20	Lointek	Spain