| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 21–26 January 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 815.5 km (506.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 19h 57' 35" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Santos Tour Down Under was the 16th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 21 to 26 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2014 UCI World Tour.[1]
The race was won for a record third time by Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the Orica–GreenEDGE team,[2] after taking the lead on the penultimate stage of the race and held the race leader's ochre jersey to the finish, the next day, in Adelaide.[3] Gerrans also won the opening stage of the race in Angaston.[4] Gerrans' winning margin over runner-up Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team was one second, and Lampre–Merida's Diego Ulissi completed the podium, four seconds behind Evans and five seconds in arrears of Gerrans.[5] Like Gerrans, Ulissi and Evans both won stages of the race, winning in Stirling and Campbelltown respectively, while Evans also held the race lead for two days. The other stages were won by Lotto–Belisol rider André Greipel (two wins) and Richie Porte, who won the queen stage at Willunga Hill.
The race's other classifications were swept by Australian riders, as Gerrans' consistent finishes – five top-five stage finishes from six stages – across the week ensured that he won the blue jersey for the sprints classification,[6] while Lotto–Belisol rider Adam Hansen was the winner of the mountains classification.[7] UniSA-Australia's Jack Haig was the winner of the young rider classification,[8] finishing seventeenth overall, while the teams classification was won by Gerrans' Orica–GreenEDGE outfit, also placing Daryl Impey inside the top ten overall.[9]
- ^ Guinness, Rupert (14 January 2014). "Matt White names his favourites". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Guinness, Rupert (26 January 2014). "Historic third win for cyclist Simon Gerrans in Tour Down Under". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Simon Gerrans clinches his third Tour Down Under title". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Australian Associated Press. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Australian champion Simon Gerrans outsprints André Greipel to take early lead". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Australia's Simon Gerrans wins in Adelaide". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Wizard of Oz Simon Gerrans makes history with a hat-trick of Australia wins". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Second win for Greipel". Lotto–Belisol. Belgian Cycling Project. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ Vaughan, Roger (26 January 2014). "Locals dominate Tour Down Under". Wide World of Sports. Nine Network; ninemsn. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Simon Gerrans Makes History With Third Santos Tour Down Under Title". Orica–GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE Cycling. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.