The 2014 Friends Life Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the eleventh running of the 2004 incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 75th British tour in total. The race started on 7 September in Liverpool, finishing on 14 September in London. The race was part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.HC race,[1] for the first time.[2]
Teams
The twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain were:[3][4]
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^"Tour of Britain upgraded to 2.HC status by UCI". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^Pro Cycling Stats. "11th Tour of Britain (2.HC)". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^Tour of Britain. "Tour of Britain Official Site". Tour of Britain. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ ab"Tour of Britain: Kittel wins stage 1 in Liverpool". Cyclingnews.com. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ ab"Tour of Britain: Renshaw wins stage 2 in Llandudno". Cyclingnews.com. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ab"Tour of Britain: Zardini doesn't stumble on the Tumble". Cyclingnews.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ab"Kwiatkowski wins stage 4 in Tour of Britain". Cyclingnews.com. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ab"Tour of Britain: Brändle takes solo stage 5 victory". Cyclingnews.com. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ab"Brändle claims second successive win at Tour of Britain". Cyclingnews.com. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ab"Tour of Britain: Vermote wins stage 7". Cyclingnews.com. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ ab"Tour of Britain: Wiggins wins penultimate time trial". Cyclingnews.com. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ abc"Kittel wins final Tour of Britain stage". Cyclingnews.com. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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