The 2014 Friends Life Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional

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. It was the eleventh running of the 2004 incarnation of the

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

and the 75th British tour in total. The race started on 7 September in

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, finishing on 14 September in

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. The race was part of the

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, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.HC race, for the first time.

Teams

ToB 2014 stage 8a - Michał Kwiatkowski (CRCPJ) 06

The twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain were:

Stages

ToB 2014 stage 8a - Mark McNally (KOTM) 02

ToB 2014 stage 8a - Sebastian Lander (YDSJ) 02

There were 8 stages in the 2014 race. Notable stages were Stage 3, which featured a summit finish, and Stage 5, a hilly stage to Exeter.

Stage 1

7 September 2014 —

Stage 2

8 September 2014 — Knowsley to Llandudno,

Stage 3

9 September 2014 — Newtown to The Tumble,

Stage 4

10 September 2014 —

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Stage 5

11 September 2014 —

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to Exeter,

Stage 6

12 September 2014 — Bath to

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Stage 7

13 September 2014 — Camberley to Brighton,

Stage 8a

14 September 2014 —

to London,

Stage 8b

14 September 2014 — London to London,

Classification leadership

Standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Sprints classification

Team classification

References

External links

* {{Tour of Britain

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