# 2014 in women's road cycling

2014 in women's road cycling is about the 2014 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2014 UCI Women's Teams.

## UCI Road World Rankings

Final ranking 2014
| Top-ranked individual | Second-ranked individual | Third-ranked individual | Top-ranked team | Top-ranked nation |
| Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo–Liv | Emma Johansson (SWE) Orica–AIS | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) Boels–Dolmans | Rabo–Liv | Netherlands |

## World Championships

The World Road Championships is set to be held in Ponferrada, Spain.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| World Championship Team Time Trial | September 21 | Specialized–lululemon | Orica–AIS | Astana BePink Womens Team |
| World Championship Team Time Trial | September 21 | Chantal Blaak (NED) Lisa Brennauer (GER) Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) Carmen Small (USA) Evelyn Stevens (USA) Trixi Worrack (GER) | Annette Edmondson (AUS) Melissa Hoskins (AUS) Emma Johansson (SWE) Jessie MacLean (AUS) Valentina Scandolara (ITA) Amanda Spratt (AUS) | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) Simona Frapporti (ITA) Doris Schweizer (SUI) Alison Tetrick (USA) Silvia Valsecchi (ITA) Susanna Zorzi (ITA) |
| World Championship Time Trial | September 23 | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | Hanna Solovey (UKR) | Evelyn Stevens (USA) |
| World Championship Road Race | September 27 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | Emma Johansson (SWE) |

## UCI World Cup

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

## Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)

| Race | Date | Cat. † | Winner | Second | Third |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (details) | March 1 | 1.2 | Amy Pieters (NED) | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) |
| Le Samyn des Dames (details) | March 5 | 1.2 | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) | Sofie De Vuyst (BEL) |
| Grand Prix GSB (details) | March 6 | 1.1 | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Mara Abbott (USA) |
| Grand Prix de Oriente (details) | March 7 | 1.1 | Mara Abbott (USA) | Flávia Oliveira (BRA) | Sharon Laws (GBR) |
| Grand Prix el Salvador (details) | March 8 | 1.1 | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) | Mara Abbott (USA) |
| Omloop van het Hageland (details) | March 9 | 1.2 | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Audrey Cordon (FRA) |
| Drentse 8 (details) | March 13 | 1.2 | Chantal Blaak (NED) | Lucy Garner (GBR) | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) |
| Novilon EDR Cup (details) | March 16 | 1.2 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Shelley Olds (USA) | Emma Johansson (SWE) |
| Cholet Pays de Loire Dames (details) | March 23 | 1.2 | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
| GP Comune di Cornaredo (details) | March 23 | 1.2 | Shelley Olds (USA) | Tiffany Cromwell (AUS) | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) |
| Gent–Wevelgem (details) | March 30 | 1.2 | Lauren Hall (USA) | Janneke Ensing (NED) | Vera Koedooder (NED) |
| Grand Prix de Dottignies (details) | April 7 | 1.2 | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) | Shelley Olds (USA) | Lucy Garner (GBR) |
| Winston-Salem Cycling Classic (details) | April 18 | 1.2 | Shelley Olds (USA) | Joëlle Numainville (CAN) | Eugenia Bujak (POL) |
| Ronde van Gelderland (details) | April 20 | 1.2 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Melissa Hoskins (AUS) |
| EPZ Omloop van Borsele (Time Trial) (details) | April 25 | 1.2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Chantal Blaak (NED) | Tayler Wiles (USA) |
| EPZ Omloop van Borsele (Road Race) (details) | April 26 | 1.2 | Chloe Hosking (AUS) | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Ellen van Dijk (NED) |
| Dwars door de Westhoek (details) | April 27 | 1.1 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Lucy Garner (GBR) |
| Ronde van Overijssel (details) | May 2 | 1.1 | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Nina Kessler (NED) |
| Trofee Maarten Wynants (details) | May 17 | 1.2 | Maaike Polspoel (BEL) | Amy Cure (AUS) | Liesbet De Vocht (BEL) |
| Copa Federación Venezolana de Ciclismo (details) | May 17 | 1.2 | Angie González (VEN) | Ingrid Porras (VEN) | Lilibeth Chacón (VEN) |
| Clasico FVCiclismo Corre Por la VIDA (details) | May 18 | 1.2 | Zuralmy Rivas (VEN) | Gleydimar Tapia (VEN) | Angie González (VEN) |
| Grand Prix of Maykop (details) | May 20 | 1.2 | Yulia Ilyinykh (RUS) | Anastasia Chulkova (RUS) | Elena Utrobina (RUS) |
| Boels Rental Hills Classic (details) | May 30 | 1.1 | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Amy Pieters (NED) |
| Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg (details) | May 31 | 1.2 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Lucy Garner (GBR) | Emma Johansson (SWE) |
| Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames (details) | May 31 | 1.2 | Audrey Cordon (FRA) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Charlotte Bravard (FRA) |
| The Philadelphia Cycling Classic (details) | June 1 | 1.1 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Lex Albrecht (CAN) | Lauren Hall (USA) |
| Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik (details) | June 1 | 1.1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
| Chrono Gatineau (details) | June 6 | 1.1 | Tayler Wiles (USA) | Leah Kirchmann (CAN) | Jasmin Glaesser (CAN) |
| Nagrada Ljubljane TT (details) | June 6 | 1.2 | Martina Ritter (AUT) | Vera Koedooder (NED) | Taryn Heather (AUS) |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau (details) | June 7 | 1.1 | Denise Ramsden (CAN) | Flávia Oliveira (BRA) | Jasmin Glaesser (CAN) |
| Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria (details) | June 10 | 1.2 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Emma Johansson (SWE) |
| Diamond Tour (details) | June 15 | 1.2 | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Beatrice Bartelloni (ITA) | Kelly Druyts (BEL) |
| GP du Canton d'Argovie (details) | June 15 | 1.2 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | Eugenia Bujak (POL) | Roxane Knetemann (NED) |
| Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol (details) | June 21 | 1.1 | Valentina Scandolara (ITA) | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) | Rossella Ratto (ITA) |
| White Spot / Delta Road Race (details) | July 6 | 1.2 | Leah Kirchmann (CAN) | Samantha Schneider (USA) | Lauren Stephens (USA) |
| La Course by Le Tour de France (details) | July 27 | 1.1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Leah Kirchmann (CAN) |
| Erondegemse Pijl (Erpe-Mere) (details) | August 2 | 1.2 | Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL) | Liesbet De Vocht (BEL) | Désirée Ehrler (SUI) |
| Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen (details) | September 14 | 1.1 | Hanna Solovey (UKR) | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) |
| Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite (details) | October 11 | 1.2 | Rossella Ratto (ITA) | Edwige Pitel (FRA) | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) |
| Chrono des Nations (details) | October 19 | 1.1 | Hanna Solovey (UKR) | Alison Tetrick (USA) | Mélodie Lesueur (FRA) |
Source
† The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial.

## Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)

| Race | Date | Cat. | Winner | Second | Third |
| Tour Femenino de San Luis (details) | January 14–18 | 2.2 | Alison Powers (USA) | Fernanda da Silva (BRA) | Clemilda Fernandes (BRA) |
| Ladies Tour of Qatar (details) | February 4–7 | 2.1 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Amy Pieters (NED) | Chloe Hosking (AUS) |
| Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica (details) | February 26 – March 2 | 2.2 | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) | Flávia Oliveira (BRA) | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) |
| Vuelta a El Salvador (details) | March 11–16 | 2.1 | Mara Abbott (USA) | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) |
| The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup (details) | April 8–10 | 2.2 | Zhao Juan Meng (HKG) | Jutatip Maneephan (THA) | Hsiao Mei-yu (TWN) |
| Energiewacht Tour (details) | April 9–13 | 2.2 | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Vera Koedooder (NED) | Trixi Worrack (GER) |
| Gracia–Orlová (details) | May 1–4 | 2.2 | Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska (POL) | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) | Eugenia Bujak (POL) |
| Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs (details) | May 2–4 | 2.1 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Shelley Olds (USA) |
| The Women's Tour (details) | May 7–11 | 2.1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Rossella Ratto (ITA) |
| Tour of Chongming Island (details) | May 14–16 | 2.1 | Kirsten Wild (NED) | Shelley Olds (USA) | Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) |
| Tour of Zhoushan Island (details) | May 21–23 | 2.2 | Charlotte Becker (GER) | Marta Tagliaferro (ITA) | Aizhan Zhaparova (RUS) |
| Tour of Adygeya (details) | May 22–25 | 2.2 | Natalia Boyarskaya (RUS) | Anna Zavershinskaya (RUS) | Tatiana Shamanova (RUS) |
| Auensteiner-Radsporttage (details) | May 31 – June 1 | 2.2 | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | Martina Ritter (AUT) | Trixi Worrack (GER) |
| Emakumeen Euskal Bira (details) | June 12–15 | 2.1 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Anna van der Breggen (NED) |
| Giro d'Italia Femminile (details) | July 4–13 | 2.1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Anna van der Breggen (NED) |
| Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (details) | July 10–13 | 2.2 | Brianna Walle (USA) | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | Vera Koedooder (NED) |
| Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (details) | July 14–20 | 2.1 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Lisa Brennauer (GER) |
| Tour de Bretagne Féminin (details) | July 16–20 | 2.2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Audrey Cordon (FRA) | Doris Schweizer (SUI) |
| BeNe Ladies Tour (details) | July 19–20 | 2.2 | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) | Shara Gillow (AUS) |
| La Route de France (details) | August 10–16 | 2.1 | Claudia Lichtenberg (GER) | Alena Amialiusik (BLR) | Aude Biannic (FRA) |
| Ladies Tour of Norway (details) | August 15–17 | 2.2 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) |
| Trophée d'Or Féminin (details) | August 23–27 | 2.2 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Elena Berlato (ITA) | Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL) |
| Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche (details) | September 1–6 | 2.2 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | Tayler Wiles (USA) | Edwige Pitel (FRA) |
| Boels Rental Ladies Tour (details) | September 2–7 | 2.1 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Lisa Brennauer (GER) | Ellen van Dijk (NED) |
| Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour (details) | September 11–15 | 2.2 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Thalita de Jong (NED) |
| Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini (details) | September 12–14 | 2.2 | Shelley Olds (USA) | Małgorzata Jasińska (POL) | Ewelina Szybiak (POL) |
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## Cancelled events

| Race | Date | Cat. |
| Classica Citta di Padova | March 22 | 1.1 |
| GP Liberazione | April 25 | 1.2 |
| Tour Languedoc Roussillon | May 23–28 | 2.2 |
| Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden | June 19–21 | 2.2 |
| Golan I | June 22 | 1.2 |
| Golan II | June 24 | 1.2 |
| Golan III | June 27 | 1.2 |
| Tour Féminin en Limousin | July 24–27 | 2.2 |
| Giro Feminino de Ciclismo | November 7–9 | 2.2 |
| GP Memorial Bruno Caloi | November 11 | 1.2 |
| Volta Feminina da República | November 14–16 | 2.2 |

## Championships
### International Games

| Championships | Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| World University Cycling Championship | Road race | July 10, 2014 | Kathrin Hammes | Katarzyna Solus-Miśkowicz | Martyna Klekot |
| World University Cycling Championship | Individual time trial | July 9, 2014 | Martyna Klekot | Kathrin Hammes | Monika Brzeźna |
| Commonwealth Games | Individual time trial | July 31, 2014 | Linda Villumsen (NZL) | Emma Pooley (ENG) | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) |
| Commonwealth Games | Road race | August 3, 2014 | Lizzie Armitstead (ENG) | Emma Pooley (ENG) | Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) |
| Asian Games | Road race | September 2014 | Jutatip Maneephan (THA) | Thi That Nguyen (VIE) | Mei Yu Hsiao (TPE) |

### Continental Championships

| Championships | Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| African Cycling Championships | Road race | December 4, 2013 | Ashleigh Moolman | Vera Adrian | Wehazit Kidane |
| African Cycling Championships | Individual time trial | December 2, 2013 | Ashleigh Moolman | Wehazit Kidane | Vera Adrian |
| Oceania Cycling Championships | Road race | February 22, 2014 | Jessica Allen | Lisa Keeling | Shara Gillow |
| Oceania Cycling Championships | Individual time trial | February 21, 2014 | Shara Gillow | Felicity Wardlaw | Reta Trotman |
| Pan American Championships | Road race | May 10, 2014 | Arlenis Sierra | Megan Guarnier | Laura Lozano |
| Pan American Championships | Individual time trial | May 8, 2014 | Evelyn Stevens | Sérika Mitchell | Megan Guarnier |
| Asian Cycling Championships | Road race | May 31, 2014 | Mei Yu Hsiao | Xiao Juan Diao | Sungeun Gu |
| Asian Cycling Championships | Individual time trial | May 28, 2014 | Reum Ah Na | Eri Yonamine | Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjargal |
| European Road Championships | Road race (under-23) | July 12, 2014 | Sabrina Stultiens | Elena Cecchini | Annabelle Dreville |
| European Road Championships | Individual time trial (under-23) | July 10, 2014 | Mieke Kröger | Séverine Eraud | Ramona Korchini |
Source

### National Championships
## UCI teams

The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.
The 2014 UCI Women's Teams were:
| Code | Official Team Name | Country | Website |
| ALE | Alé–Cipollini (2014 season) | Italy | alecipolliniteam.com |
| BPK | Astana BePink Women's Team (2014 season) | Italy | bepink.eu |
| BCT | Bigla Cycling Team (2014 season) | Switzerland | bigla-cycling-team.ch |
| BPD | Bizkaia–Durango (2014 season) | Spain | duranguesa.com |
| GPC | China Chongming–Giant–Champion System Pro Cycling (2014 season) | Hong Kong | |
| DLT | Boels–Dolmans (2014 season) | Netherlands | boelsdolmanscyclingteam.com |
| BTC | BTC City Ljubljana (2014 season) | Slovenia | kolesarke.si |
| EMF | Estado de México–Faren Kuota (2014 season) | Mexico | |
| FFT | Firefighters Upsala CK (2014 season) | Sweden | uppsalacykelcentrum.com |
| FDA | Forno d'Asolo–Astute (2014 season) | Lithuania | |
| FTZ | Futurumshop.nl–Zannata (2014 season) | Netherlands | futurumshop-zannata.com |
| HPU | Hitec Products (2014 season) | Norway | hitecproducts-uck.no |
| LKT | Lointek (2014 season) | Spain | equipociclistaugeraga.com |
| LBL | Lotto–Belisol Ladies (2014 season) | Belgium | lottobelisol.be |
| NOE | No Radunion Vitalogic (2014 season) | Austria | radteam.sportunion.at |
| OPW | Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (2014 season) | United States | optumprocycling.com |
| GEW | Orica–AIS (2014 season) | Australia | greenedgecycling.com |
| PHV | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team (2014 season) | Netherlands | parkhotelvalkenburgct.nl |
| RBW | Rabo–Liv (2014 season) | Netherlands | raboliv.com |
| RVL | RusVelo (2014 season) | Russia | rusvelo.pro/en |
| MIC | S.C. Michela Fanini Rox (2014 season) | Italy | michelafanini.com |
| SEF | Servetto Footon (2014 season) | Italy | atbike.it |
| SLU | Specialized–lululemon (2014 season) | United States | velociosports.com |
| GIW | Team Giant–Shimano (2014 season) | Netherlands | 1t4i.com |
| TRY | Team Rytger (2014 season) | Denmark | team-rytger.dk |
| TIB | Team TIBCO–To The Top (2014 season) | United States | teamtibco.com |
| TOG | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo (2014 season) | Italy | gstopgirls.com |
| VLL | Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo (2014 season) | Belgium | cyclingteam-damesvlaanderen.be |
| UHC | UnitedHealthcare Women's Team (2014 season) | United States | velociosports.com |
| VAI | Vaiano Fondriest (2014 season) | Italy | vcvaiano.com |
| FUT | Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86 (2014 season) | France | cyclisme-vienne-futuroscope.fr |
| WHT | Wiggle–Honda (2014 season) | United Kingdom | wigglehonda.com |
List updated 30 April 2014.