2014 La Course by Le Tour de France

2014 La Course by Le Tour de France
	Logo of the 2014 edition
Race details
Dates	27 July 2014
Stages	1
Distance	89.0 km (55.30 mi)
Winning time	2h 00' 41"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Youth
	2015 →

The 2014 La Course by Le Tour de France was the inaugural edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. The race was run before the 21st stage of the 2014 Tour de France on 27 July.

The race was introduced following criticism by the professional women's peloton and campaigners such as Kathryn Bertine regarding the lack of a women's Tour de France.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Route and organisation

The race consisted of 13 laps on the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, making a distance of 89 kilometres (55 miles). The race was organised by the ASO^[4] and rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.

Broadcasting

The race was covered in 157 countries by 25 TV broadcasters, 23 of which broadcast the last hour of the race live.^[5]

Teams

UCI Women's Teams

National teams

Australia

Netherlands

France

The race

The race started at 11:45 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2), and was scheduled to last until 13:00. The race saw many attacks. Dutchwomen Ellen van Dijk (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.), Alena Amialiusik (Astana BePink) and Rachel Neylan (Australia National team) attempted to ride away from the peloton, but none were successful. With a few kilometres to go the Mexican national champion Ana Teresa Casas (Estado de México–Faren Kuota) crashed out of the race, and with around a kilometre to go another crash in the bunch took down Lizzie Armitstead (Boels–Dolmans) and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Rabo–Liv). The race ended in a bunch sprint with a peloton of about 30 riders. Marianne Vos (Rabo–Liv) won the sprint ahead of Kirsten Wild (Team Giant–Shimano). Canada's Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) finished third in the sprint.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Classifications

Besides the individual time classification (finishing time of the riders) there is a sprint and young rider classification. The Young rider classification exists of the individual time classification with riders born since 1 January 1992. The sprint classification is established by adding up the points obtained in each of the intermediate sprints. There were sprints after each of the first eleven laps, where 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point(s) were/was awarded to the top five riders.^[9]

Race result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Marianne Vos (NED)	You have called `{{Contentious topics}}`. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead: Alerting users {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.	2h 00' 41"
2	Kirsten Wild (NED)	You have called `{{Contentious topics}}`. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead: Alerting users {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.	+ 0"
3	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 0"
4	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	You have called `{{Contentious topics}}`. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead: Alerting users {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.	+ 0"
5	Shelley Olds (USA)	Alé Cipollini	+ 0"
6	Coryn Rivera (USA)	UnitedHealthcare Women's Team	+ 0"
7	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Lotto Belisol Ladies	+ 0"
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9	Simona Frapporti (ITA)	Astana BePink Womens Team	+ 0"
10	Roxane Fournier (FRA)	Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86	+ 0"

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Sprint classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marta Tagliaferro (ITA)	Alé Cipollini	32
2	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Astana BePink	25
3	Audrey Cordon (FRA)	Hitec Products	16
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Young rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Coryn Rivera (USA)	UnitedHealthcare Women's Team	2h 00' 41"

Source^[8]

Prize money

The total prize money of the race was €22,500: €17,500 was to be awarded to the best 20 riders of the individual time classification, €3,500 to the first 3 riders in the sprint classification and €2,000 to the first three riders of the young rider classification.^[9]

Position^[9]	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th – 20th	Total
Time classification	€6,000	€4,000	€2,000	€1,000	€800	€700	€600	€400	€300	€200	€100	€17,500
Sprint classification	€2,000	€1,000	€500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	€3,500
Young rider classification	€1,000	€600	€400	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	€2,000

References

^ "Women's Tour manifesto published". BBC Sport. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2022. More than 93,000 have signed a petition by the group, led by cyclist and writer Kathryn Bertine, World Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington, and cyclists Marianne Vos and Emma Pooley.
^ Macur, Juliet (26 July 2014). "Women as Athletes, Not Accessories, at Least for a Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "La Course to showcase women's cycling". BBC Sport. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
^ "La course by le Tour de France innovating women's cycling". letour.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ "Estado de Mexico: è il primo team latino-americano femminile ai Campi Elisi". milanosportiva.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
^ "Vos klopt Wild in eerste La Course" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "Vos sprint naar winst in eerste editie La Course" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Vos wins La Course with perfect sprint". cyclingnews.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sporting stakes / rules". letour.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
^ "La course by le Tour de France 2014". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

Official website

[1] "Women's Tour manifesto published". BBC Sport. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2022. More than 93,000 have signed a petition by the group, led by cyclist and writer Kathryn Bertine, World Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington, and cyclists Marianne Vos and Emma Pooley.

[2] Macur, Juliet (26 July 2014). "Women as Athletes, Not Accessories, at Least for a Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

[:1-3] "La Course to showcase women's cycling". BBC Sport. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

[4] "La course by le Tour de France innovating women's cycling". letour.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[5] "Estado de Mexico: è il primo team latino-americano femminile ai Campi Elisi". milanosportiva.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

[6] "Vos klopt Wild in eerste La Course" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[7] "Vos sprint naar winst in eerste editie La Course" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[cyclingnews-8] "Vos wins La Course with perfect sprint". cyclingnews.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[rules-9] "Sporting stakes / rules". letour.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

[procyclingstats-10] "La course by le Tour de France 2014". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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Route and organisation

Broadcasting

Teams

The race

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Prize money

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References

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