2014 Tour of Flanders for Women

2014 Tour of Flanders
2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 3 of 9
The podium (from left to right): Lizzie Armitstead, Ellen van Dijk and Emma Johansson.
The podium (from left to right): Lizzie Armitstead, Ellen van Dijk and Emma Johansson.
Race details
Dates6 April 2014
Stages1
Distance139 km (86.37 mi)
Winning time3h 47' 50"
Results
  Winner  Ellen van Dijk (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Second  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Third  Emma Johansson (SWE) (Orica–AIS)
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The 2014 Tour of Flanders for Women was the 11th running of the women's Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was the third race of the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup season and was held on 6 April 2014 over a distance of 139 kilometres (86.4 miles), starting and finishing in Oudenaarde.[1]

With about 27 km to go Ellen van Dijk attacked on the Kruisberg and built an advantage of more than a minute by the time she finished.[2] A number of riders tried to catch her, including Tiffany Cromwell (Specialized–lululemon) and compatriot Lucinda Brand (Rabo–Liv). Behind Van Dijk her Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team mate Lizzie Armitstead won the sprint of the chasing group ahead of Emma Johansson.

  1. ^ 11th Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres (CDM), 2014, retrieved 9 April 2014
  2. ^ Ellen van Dijk solos to victory in women's Tour of Flanders, velonews.com, 2014, archived from the original on 7 September 2014, retrieved 18 April 2014