The 2014 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or 2014 Giro Rosa, was the 25th running of the

Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...

, the only remaining women's

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and the most prestigious

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on the 2014 women's road cycling calendar. It was held over ten stages (nine stages plus a prologue) from 4 July to 13 July 2014, starting in

Caserta Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...

and finishing in

Madonna del Ghisallo Madonna del Ghisallo is a hill in Magreglio, close to Lake Como in Italy. It is named after an alleged Marian apparition. According to the legend, the Medieval count Ghisallo was travelling by the hamlet of Magréglio when he was attacked by ba ...

. Last years champion,

Mara Abbott Mara Katherine Abbott (born November 14, 1985) is a US former professional women's bicycle racer. In 2010, Abbott became the first US cyclist ever to win the Giro Donne, one of the Grand Tours of women's bicycle racing. Abbott retired after the ...

, sought to defend her title riding for the

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team. Five-time winner

Fabiana Luperini Fabiana Luperini (born 14 January 1974) is an Italian professional cyclist. She was born in ', Italy. Luperini has won the ' a record five times, with four consecutive victories in 1995–1998 and a fifth ten years later, in 2008. She has won th ...

rode in the race for the 13th time, and plans to retire after the race. Other highly regarded competitors included; British National Time Trial Champion Emma Pooley (), Olympic and World Road Race Champion

Marianne Vos Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...

(), current World Time Trial Champion Ellen van Dijk (), Evelyn Stevens (),

Alena Amialiusik Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik ( be, Алена Васільеўна Амялюсік; born 6 February 1989) is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road ra ...

( Astana BePink),

Emma Johansson Emma Karolina Johansson (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed ''Silver Emma'', Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 she finished t ...

(),

Giorgia Bronzini Giorgia Bronzini (born 3 August 1983) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2017. She won the women's road race in the UCI Road World Championships in both 2010 and 2011 and the women's poi ...

and

Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010. Career Born in Herning, V ...

() and finally

Elisa Longo Borghini Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-p ...

( Hitec Products).

Teams

21 teams competed in the race: * * * UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling *

Alé Cipollini UAE Team ADQ is a professional cycling team based in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. In the 2022 season, it had a roster of 15 riders representing eight different nationalities. Tea ...

Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Top Girls Fassa Bortolo () is a professional cycling team based in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. Team history On 5 November 2014, Francesca Cauz left the team to join . On 19 Nove ...

* RusVelo * *

Vaiano Fondriest Vaiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Prato in the Italian region of Tuscany. It is located about northwest of Florence and about north of Prato. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,532 and an area of .All de ...

* *

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* * * S.C. Michela Fanini Rox * Astana BePink * Servetto Footon *

BTC City Ljubljana BTC City Ljubljana () was a professional cycling team based in Slovenia, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour between 2010 and 2019. Team history At the end of the team's first season at UCI level ...

* * Hitec Products UCK *

Forno d'Asolo-Astute Forno is an Italian and Portuguese word meaning "oven". It may refer to several places: ;Italy *Forno (Massa), a hamlet of Massa, in the Province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany *Forno (Moena), a hamlet of Moena, in the Province of Trento, Trentino- ...

* Bizkaia-Durango

Stages

Prologue

;4 July 2014 –

to Caserta,

Stage 1

;5 July 2014 –

Santa Maria a Vico Santa Maria a Vico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about southeast of Caserta. In the past it had a largely agricultural economy though today it is a ...

to Santa Maria a Vico,

Stage 2

;6 July 2014 – Frattamaggiore to Frattamaggiore,

Stage 3

In the 2014 edition of the race there are a number of stages which contain critical climbs which will favor the races who have General classification ambitions. The first of these notable climbs comes on Stage 3,

San Donato Val di Comino San Donato Val di Comino (locally ''Sande Denate'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located in the Comino Valley about east of Rome and about east of Frosinone. San Donato Val di Comino bo ...

is over 4.5 km at an average of 4.7%. ;7 July 2014 – Caserta to

Stage 4

Approximately 15 km from the finish of Stage 4 riders will face the Torre di Jesi, a climb of 2.3 km in length at an average of over 4.5%. ;8 July 2014 –

Alba Adriatica Alba Adriatica is a town and ''comune'' with 12,386 residents (2014) in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy. It is known as one of the "seven sisters" of the northern Abruzzo coast, i.e. the seven coastal towns ...

to Jesi,

Stage 5

;9 July 2014 – Jesi to Cesenatico,

Stage 6

Stage 6 sees one of the most significant climbs of the 2014 edition of the race. The Samede La Crossetta gains almost 700 metres of altitude in approximately 8 km, therefore averaging over 8%. ;10 July 2014 –

Gaiarine Gaiarine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, about north of Venice and about northeast of Treviso. Gaiarine borders these municipalities: Brugnera, Codogné, Cordignano, Fontanelle, Godega di ...

San Fior San Fior is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northeast of Treviso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,357 and an area of .All demographics ...

Stage 7

;11 July 2014 –

Aprica Aprica ( lmo, Abriga) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located on the eponymous pass, the most favourable one connecting Valtellina to Val Camonica. Its main source of income is tourism, using t ...

Chiavenna Chiavenna ( lmo, Ciavèna ; la, Clavenna; rm, Clavenna or ''Claven''; archaic german: Cläven or ''Kleven'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. It is the centre of the Alpine ...

Stage 8

Stage 8 finishes in the first of two consecutive summit finishes. The San Domenico di Varzo climb is 11 km averaging 8%. ;12 July 2014 –

Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ab ...

to San Domenico di Varzo,

Stage 9

The second of the two mountain finishes is the climb at Madonna del Ghisallo, a 10 km climb at just over 5%. ;13 July 2014 – Trezzo sull'Adda to

Classification leadership

Sub-classifications

Points scales

The following table shows the number of points awarded for the Points and Mountains classifications. With respect to the Mountains classification, the table shows how the points are scaled dependent on the category of the climb.

Time bonuses

Time bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 seconds are awarded to the first three riders across the finish line of each stage (except the prologue). Time bonuses of 3, 2, and 1 seconds are awarded to the first three riders to cross the line of each intermediate sprint.

References

External links

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