2014 Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team season

2014 Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team
2014 Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team
Manager	Jeroen Blijlevens
Season victories
One-day races	7
Stage race overall	4
Stage race stages	22
	← 2013

The 2014 women's road cycling season was the tenth for the Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team, which began as DSB Bank in 2005.

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2014^[1]

	Rider	Date of birth
Lucinda Brand (NED)		(1989-10-22)October 22, 1989 (aged 24)
Thalita de Jong (NED)		(1993-06-11)June 11, 1993 (aged 20)
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)		(1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 (aged 21)
Anna Knauer (GER)		(1990-02-20)February 20, 1990 (aged 23)
Roxane Knetemann (NED)		(1987-04-01)April 1, 1987 (aged 26)
Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)		(1994-09-29)September 29, 1994 (aged 19)

	Rider	Date of birth
Iris Slappendel (NED)		(1985-02-18)February 18, 1985 (aged 28)
Sabrina Stultiens (NED)		(1993-07-08)July 8, 1993 (aged 20)
Anna van der Breggen (NED)		(1990-04-18)April 18, 1990 (aged 23)
Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)		(1982-10-08)October 8, 1982 (aged 31)
Marianne Vos (NED)		(1987-05-13)May 13, 1987 (aged 26)

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season

Rider	2013 team
Anna van der Breggen (NED)^[2]	Sengers Ladies Cycling Team
Anna Knauer (GER)^[2]	Former junior rider
Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)^[2]	Was a staigiare in September 2013

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season

Rider	2014 team
Megan Guarnier (USA)^[3]	Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team
Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)^[1]	Lotto–Belisol Ladies
Jolanda Neff (SUI)
Sanne van Paassen (NED)^[1]	Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team
Rebecca Talen (NED)^[1]

Season victories

Date	Race	Cat.	Rider	Country	Location
12 April	Energiewacht Tour, Stage 4	2.2	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Netherlands	Eemsmond
13 April	Energiewacht Tour, Overall	2.2	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Netherlands
13 April	fr:Dwars door de Westhoek	1.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Belgium	Boezinge
23 April	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	UCI World Cup	Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA)	Belgium	Huy
2 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Prologue	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
3 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Stage 1	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Luxembourg	Garnich
4 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Stage 2	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Luxembourg	Mamer
4 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Overall	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Luxembourg	Garnich
4 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Points classification	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Luxembourg
4 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Mountains classification	2.1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Luxembourg
4 May	Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Young rider classification	2.1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Luxembourg
9 May	The Women's Tour, Stage 3	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	United Kingdom	Clacton-on-Sea
10 May	The Women's Tour, Stage 4	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	United Kingdom	Welwyn Garden City
11 May	The Women's Tour, Stage 5	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	United Kingdom	Bury St Edmunds
11 May	The Women's Tour, Overall	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	United Kingdom
11 May	The Women's Tour, Points classification	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	United Kingdom
31 May	7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg	1.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Netherlands	Aalburg
1 June	Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik	1.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Belgium	Gooik
10 June	Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria	1.2	Marianne Vos (NED)	Spain	Durango
12 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Stage 1	2.1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Spain	Iurreta
13 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Stage 2	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Spain	Oсati
14 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Stage 3	2.1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Spain	Mungia
15 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Stage 4	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Spain	Ataun
15 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Overall	2.1	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)	Spain
15 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Points classification	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Spain
15 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Mountains classification	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Spain
15 June	Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Teams classification	2.1	^{[N 1]}	Spain
15 June	GP du Canton d'Argovie	1.2	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Switzerland	Gippingen
4 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Prologue	2.1	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Italy	Caserta
5 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Stage 1	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Italy	Santa Maria a Vico
7 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Stage 3	2.1	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Italy	San Donato Val di Comino
8 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Stage 4	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Italy	Jesi
9 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Stage 5	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Italy	Cesenatico
11 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Stage 7	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Italy	Chiavenna
13 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Overall	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Italy
13 July	Giro d'Italia Femminile, Points classification	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Italy
27 July	La Course by Le Tour de France	1.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	France	Paris
3 August	Sparkassen Giro	UCI World Cup	Marianne Vos (NED)	Germany	Bochum
15 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Prologue	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Norway	Halden
16 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Stage 1	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Norway	Halden
16 August	La Route de France, Stage 7	2.1	Iris Slappendel (NED)	France	Marcigny
16 August	La Route de France, Young rider classification	2.1	Sabrina Stultiens (NED)	France
17 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Stage 2	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Norway	Fredriksten Fortress
17 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Overall	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Norway
17 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Points classification	2.1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Norway
17 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Mountains classification	2.1	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Norway
17 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Young rider Classification	2.1	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Norway
17 August	Ladies Tour of Norway, Teams classification	2.1	^{[N 2]}	Norway
30 August	GP de Plouay	UCI World Cup	Lucinda Brand (NED)	France	Plouay
4 September	Holland Ladies Tour, Stage 3	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Netherlands	Leende

Van Vleuten won the Dutch Time Trial Championships, only 0.02 sec ahead of Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans).

National, Continental and World champions 2014
Date	Discipline	Winner
25 June	Dutch National Time Trial Champion	Annemiek van Vleuten
25 June	French National Time Trial Champion	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
28 June	French National Road Race Champion	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
28 June	Dutch National Road Race Champion	Iris Slappendel
28 June	European Road Race Champion (under-23)	Sabrina Stultiens

Footnotes

^ The riders on the squad were Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten, Lucinda Brand and Thalita de Jong
^ The riders on the squad were Anna van der Breggen, Marianne Vos, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Roxane Knetemann, Annemiek van Vleuten and Thalita de Jong

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rabobank/Liv Giant heeft ploeg 2014 compleet" (in Dutch). wielerland.nl. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Nieuwe versterkingen Rabobank Liv/giant" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
^ "Ellen van Dijk joins Boels–Dolmans on three-year contract". velonation.com. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[4] The riders on the squad were Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten, Lucinda Brand and Thalita de Jong

[5] The riders on the squad were Anna van der Breggen, Marianne Vos, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Roxane Knetemann, Annemiek van Vleuten and Thalita de Jong

[Rabobank2-1] "Rabobank/Liv Giant heeft ploeg 2014 compleet" (in Dutch). wielerland.nl. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

[Rabobank-2] "Nieuwe versterkingen Rabobank Liv/giant" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[Boels-3] "Ellen van Dijk joins Boels–Dolmans on three-year contract". velonation.com. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

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