2014 Team Giant–Shimano season

2014 Team Giant–Shimano
ManagerIwan Spekenbrink
Season victories
One-day races10
Stage race overall2
Stage race stages8
Best ranked riderKirsten Wild (4th)

The 2014 women's road cycling season was the fourth for the Team Giant–Shimano (UCI code: GIW), which began as Team Skil–Argos in 2010.

Roster

As of 1 January 2014. Ages as of 1 January 2014.[1]

Rider Date of birth
 Marijn de Vries (NED) (1978-11-19)19 November 1978 (aged 35)
 Lucy Garner (GBR) (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 19)
 Claudia Häusler (GER) (1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 28)
 Willeke Knol (NED) (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 22)
 Floortje Mackaij (NED) (1995-10-18)18 October 1995 (aged 18)
Rider Date of birth
 Sara Mustonen (SWE) (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 32)
 Maaike Polspoel (BEL) (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 24)
 Julia Soek (NED) (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 23)
 Kyara Stijns (NED) (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 18)
 Kirsten Wild (NED) (1982-10-15)15 October 1982 (aged 31)

Season victories

Single day and stage races 2014[7]
Date Country Race Cat. Winner
4 February  Qatar Stage 1 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild
5 February  Qatar Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Amy Pieters
6 February  Qatar Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild
7 February  Qatar Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild
7 February  Qatar General classification Ladies Tour of Qatar 2.1 Kirsten Wild
1 March  Belgium Omloop het Nieuwsblad 1.2 Amy Pieters
16 March  Netherlands Novilon EDR Cup 1.2 Kirsten Wild
9 April  Netherlands Stage 1 Energiewacht Tour 2.2 Kirsten Wild
10 April  Netherlands Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour 2.2 Kirsten Wild
20 April  Netherlands Ronde van Gelderland 1.2 Kirsten Wild
14 May  China Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Kirsten Wild
15 May  China Stage 2 Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Kirsten Wild
16 May  China General classification Tour of Chongming Island 1.2 Kirsten Wild
17 May  Belgium Trofee Maarten Wynants 1.2 Maaike Polspoel
18 May  China Tour of Chongming Island World Cup CDM Kirsten Wild
4 June  Netherlands Parel van de Veluwe Nat. Floortje Mackaij

Results in major races

Single day races

Results at the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[8]
Date # Race Best rider Place
15 March 1 Ronde van Drenthe Kirsten Wild 6th
30 March 2 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Claudia Lichtenberg 13th
6 April 3 Tour of Flanders Kirsten Wild 13th
23 April 4 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Claudia Häusler 9th
18 May 5 Tour of Chongming Island Kirsten Wild 1st
3 August 6 Sparkassen Giro Kirsten Wild 9th
22 August 7 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Team Giant–Shimano 7th
24 August 8 Open de Suède Vårgårda Kirsten Wild 5th
30 August 9 GP de Plouay Claudia Lichtenberg 16th
Final individual classification Kirsten Wild 5th
Final team classification
Other major single day races
Date Race Best rider Place
27 July La Course by Le Tour de France Kirsten Wild 2nd
21 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial Team Giant–Shimano 8th
23 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 1]
27 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 2]
  1. ^ Riders are part of the national team[9]
  2. ^ Riders are part of the national team[10]

Grand Tours

Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification) Claudia Häusler (6th)[11]
Victories 0 stage wins

UCI World Ranking

The 2014 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2014 women's road cycling season.

Team Giant–Shimano finished fifth in the 2014 ranking for UCI teams.[12]

Individual world ranking[13]
Rank Rider Points
4 Kirsten Wild 877.25
15 Amy Pieters 417.5
20 Claudia Lichtenberg 366.25
41 Lucy Garner 163
60 Maaike Polspoel 114.25
87 Sara Mustonen 69.25
166 Floortje Mackaij 28.25
538 Willeke Knol 1.25

References

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  3. ^ a b c "Team Argos-Shimano women's team add names to roster for 2014". 1t4i.com. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b "De Vries, Soek en Mustonen naar Argos-Shimano" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Knol en Tromp weg bij Argos-Shimano" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Vijf rensters voor Parkhotel Valkenburg" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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  9. ^ "2014  » World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  10. ^ "2014  » 81st World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2014 (2.1)". cycling fever. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Team Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2014 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.