# 2014 Lampre–Merida season

The 2014 season for Lampre–Merida began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

## Team roster

    As of 30 January 2014
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Winner Anacona (COL) | Winner Anacona (COL) | (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 (aged 25) |
| Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 20) |
| Matteo Bono (ITA) | Matteo Bono (ITA) | (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 30) |
| Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) | Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) | (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 23) |
| Davide Cimolai (ITA) | Davide Cimolai (ITA) | (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 24) |
| Valerio Conti (ITA) | Valerio Conti (ITA) | (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 20) |
| Rui Costa (POR) | Rui Costa (POR) | (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 27) |
| Damiano Cunego (ITA) | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | (1981-09-19)19 September 1981 (aged 32) |
| Luca Dodi (ITA) | Luca Dodi (ITA) | (1987-05-26)26 May 1987 (aged 26) |
| Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) | Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) | (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 26) |
| Elia Favilli (ITA) | Elia Favilli (ITA) | (1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 24) |
| Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 30) |
| Chris Horner (USA) | Chris Horner (USA) | (1971-10-23)23 October 1971 (aged 42) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | (1987-06-19)19 June 1987 (aged 26) |
| Manuele Mori (ITA) | Manuele Mori (ITA) | (1980-08-09)9 August 1980 (aged 33) |
| Przemysław Niemiec (POL) | Przemysław Niemiec (POL) | (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 33) |
| Nelson Oliveira (POR) | Nelson Oliveira (POR) | (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 24) |
| Andrea Palini (ITA) | Andrea Palini (ITA) | (1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 24) |
| Jan Polanc (SLO) | Jan Polanc (SLO) | (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 21) |
| Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | (1981-09-10)10 September 1981 (aged 32) |
| Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | (1983-03-07)7 March 1983 (aged 30) |
| José Serpa (COL) | José Serpa (COL) | (1979-04-17)17 April 1979 (aged 34) |
| Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 24) |
| Rafael Valls (ESP) | Rafael Valls (ESP) | (1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 26) |
| Luca Wackermann (ITA) | Luca Wackermann (ITA) | (1992-03-13)13 March 1992 (aged 21) |
| Xu Gang (CHN) | Xu Gang (CHN) | (1984-01-28)28 January 1984 (aged 29) |
| Rider | 2013 team |
| Niccolo Bonifazio | neo-pro (Viris Vegevano) |
| Valerio Conti | neo-pro (Mastromarco-Chanti Sensi) |
| Rui Costa | Movistar Team |
| Chris Horner | RadioShack–Leopard |
| Sacha Modolo | Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox |
| Nelson Oliveira | RadioShack–Leopard |
| Rafael Valls | Vacansoleil–DCM |
| Gang Xu | Champion System |
| Rider | 2014 team |
| Massimo Graziato | |
| Matthew Lloyd | Jelly Belly–Maxxis |
| Adriano Malori | Movistar Team |
| Alessandro Petacchi | Retired (until August) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (from August) |
| Daniele Pietropolli | |
| Michele Scarponi | Astana |
| Simone Stortoni | |
| Miguel Ubeto | Suspended |
| Davide Viganò | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 22 January | Tour Down Under, Stage 2 | UCI World Tour | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Australia | Stirling |
| 26 January | Tour de San Luis, Stage 7 | UCI America Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Argentina | Terrazas del Portezuelo [es] |
| 9 February | Trofeo Palma de Mallorca | UCI Europe Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Spain | Palma de Mallorca |
| 10 February | Trofeo Ses Salines | UCI Europe Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Spain | Santanyí |
| 19 February | Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Portugal | Albufeira |
| 21 February | Trofeo Laigueglia | UCI Europe Tour | José Serpa (COL) | Italy | Liguria |
| 23 February | Volta ao Algarve, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Rui Costa (POR) | Portugal | |
| 23 February | Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Portugal | |
| 6 March | Gran Premio Città di Camaiore | UCI Europe Tour | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Italy | Camaiore |
| 2 April | Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Belgium | Koksijde–Oostduinkerke |
| 3 April | Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3a | UCI Europe Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Belgium | De Panne |
| 3 April | Three Days of De Panne, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Belgium | |
| 14 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Italy | Viggiano |
| 17 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 8 | UCI World Tour | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Italy | Montecopiolo |
| 25 May | Tour of Japan, Stage 6 | UCI Asia Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Japan | Tokyo |
| 18 June | Tour de Suisse, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | Switzerland | Büren an der Aare |
| 22 June | Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 | UCI World Tour | Rui Costa (POR) | Switzerland | Saas-Fee |
| 22 June | Tour de Suisse, Overall | UCI World Tour | Rui Costa (POR) | Switzerland | |
| 10 August | Tour of Utah, Teams classification | UCI America Tour | | United States | |
| 31 August | Vuelta a España, Stage 9 | UCI World Tour | Winner Anacona (COL) | Spain | Aramón Valdelinares |
| 7 September | Vuelta a España, Stage 15 | UCI World Tour | Przemysław Niemiec (POL) | Spain | Lagos de Covadonga |
| 17 September | Coppa Ugo Agostoni | UCI Europe Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Italy | Lissone |
| 12 October | Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli | UCI Europe Tour | Valerio Conti (ITA) | Italy | Monteveglio |
| 14 October | Tour of Beijing, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Sacha Modolo (ITA) | China | Bird's Nest Piazza |
| 21 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 2 | UCI Asia Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | China | Haikou |
| 24 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 5 | UCI Asia Tour | Andrea Palini (ITA) | China | Sanya |
| 25 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 6 | UCI Asia Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | China | Dongfang |
| 27 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 8 | UCI Asia Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | China | Danzhou |
| 28 October | Tour of Hainan, Points classification | UCI Asia Tour | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | China | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The riders on the squad were Rui Costa, Mattia Cattaneo, Chris Horner, Roberto Ferrari, Sacha Modolo, Jan Polanc, Maximiliano Richeze and Nelson Oliveira
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Chris Horner, Winner Anacona, Valerio Conti, Luca Dodi, Ilia Koshevoy, Andrea Palini, Andrea Vaccher and Luca Wackermann