The 2014 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was the 29th edition of the

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ...

cycling stage race. It started on 27 March in

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and ended on 30 March in

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.(Italian
"Presentata la Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali - Trofeo Banca Interprovinciale"
''GS Emilia'', 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014. The race consisted of four stages, with the first one divided into two half-stages; the second half of the first stage was a particular team time trial, with every team split into two teams and final time taken on the fourth rider who crossed the finish line. A similar team time trial was also used in the 2013 edition of the race. The race was dominated by .

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's riders won four stages out of five, won the General Classification (with

Peter Kennaugh Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for and . In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summ ...

, with another rider – Dario Cataldo – finishing in the second place), won the Points Classification (

Ben Swift Benjamin Ian Swift (born 5 November 1987) is a British professional track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Swift won the scratch race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the men's elite road ...

), and finished ahead of Teams Classifications. The others minor classifications were the King of Mountains Classification, won by Mirko Tedeschi (), and the Young Rider Classification, won by

Simone Petilli Simone Petilli (born 4 May 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Petilli signed a contract to join the team for the 2016 season. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2010 : 5th ...

().

Race overview

(Italian
"Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2014: il percorso"
''GS Emilia'', 15 March 2014. Retrieved 21 march 2014.

Teams

The start list includes 25 teams (3 ProTeams, 9 Professional Continental Teams and 13 Continental Teams).

Stages

Stage 1a

;27 March 2014 —

to Gatteo,

Stage 1b

;27 March 2014 — Gatteo a Mare to

, team time trial (TTT)

Stage 2

;28 March 2014 — Sant'Angelo di Gatteo to

Sogliano al Rubicone Sogliano al Rubicone ( rgn, Sujén) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. Sogliano al Rubicone is renowned for th ...

Stage 3

;29 March 2014 —

Crevalcore Crevalcore ( Western Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, near Bologna. On January 7, 2005 a train crash in Crevalcore killed 17 people. On May 20, 2012 an earthquake caused ...

to Crevalcore,

Stage 4

;30 March 2014 — Pavullo to

, ,

individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' " stopwatch stage"). There are also track ...

(ITT)

Classification leadership table

References

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