Dates 2–7 September 2014 | Stages 6 | |
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The 2014 Boels Ladies Tour also known as the 2014 Holland Ladies Tour is the 17th edition of the Holland Ladies Tour, a women's cycle stage race in the Netherlands. The tour is part of the 2014 women's road cycling calendar and will be held from 2 September to 7 September. The tour has six stages, it starts with an individual trial over 10.1 km (6.3 mi) in Tiel and concludes with a hilly stage in Limburg. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.1.
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Ellen van Dijk won the tour in 2013 and will defend her title.
Teams
20 teams of maximal 6 riders take part.
Stage 1 (ITT)
The first stage of the Boels Rental Ladies Tour was a time trial of 10.1 km (6.3 mi) over the dike between Varik and Tiel. The course was flat but there was head wind during the race.
World Time Trial Champion Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) won the time trial 12 seconds ahead of Lisa Brennauer and 24 seconds ahead of Trixi Worrack (both Specialized–lululemon). Van Dijk said after the race that the time trial was very hard and she started a bit too fast. Furthermore, she said that she was very happy with the victory. She invested a lot of time in the time trial the last period and was pleased that after several second places in time trials this year she now took home the victory.
Stage 1 result & General classification
Stage 2
500 m (1,640.4 ft) before the finish the last two leaders Willeke Knol (Giant–Shimano) en Carmen Small (Specialized–lululemon) were pulled back by the bunch. They were in the attack together with Anouska Koster (Futurumshop-NWVG) and Michela Pavin (Alé Cipollini) for over 50 km (31.1 mi). The race ended in a bunch sprint won by Lisa Brennauer (Specialized–lululemon) ahead of Jolien D'Hoore (Lotto Belisol Ladies) and Marianne Vos (Rabo–Liv). Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) kept her lead in the general classification. But with Brennauer taking 10 bonification seconds at the finish line, she is now less than a second in second place behind Van Dijk in the classification.