Le Tour De Yorkshire
The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It featured 22 cycling teams. The Tour started in Yorkshire, England on 5 July and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The first two stages, in Yorkshire, were informally nicknamed ''Le Tour de Yorkshire''; its success led to the formation of the Tour de Yorkshire stage race the 2015 Tour de Yorkshire, following May. Classification standings Stage 1 ;5 July 2014 — Leeds to Harrogate, The first stage began on The Headrow, outside the Victorian architecture, Victorian Leeds Town Hall, Town Hall in Leeds. The tour headed eastwards through the Leeds city centre, city centre towards Quarry Hill, Leeds, Quarry Hill, navigating the Sheepscar#Sheepscar_Interchange, Sheepscar Interchange onto the A61 road, A61 and heading northwards through the city districts of Scott Hall, Leeds, Scott Hall, Moortown, Leeds, Moortown and Alwoodley towards Harewoo ...
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2014 Tour De France
The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race also visited Belgium for part of a stage. Vincenzo Nibali of the team won the overall general classification by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997. By winning, he had acquired victories in all Grand Tours. Jean-Christophe Péraud () placed second, with Thibaut Pinot () third. Marcel Kittel of was the first rider to wear the general classification leader's yellow jersey after winning stage one. He lost the following day to stage winner Nibali as the race reached the mountains. Nibali held the race lead until the end of the ninth stage, when it was taken by 's Tony Gallopin. The yellow jersey returned to Nibali the following stage, and he held it until the conclusion of the race. The points classification was de ...
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