2014 Giro d'Italia

2014 Giro d'Italia

2014 UCI World Tour, race 16 of 30
Nairo Quintana, winner of the 2014 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	9 May – 1 June 2014
Stages	21
Distance	3,445.5 km (2,141 mi)
Results
Winner  Nairo Quintana (COL) (Movistar Team)   Second  Rigoberto Urán (COL) (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step)   Third  Fabio Aru (ITA) (Astana) Points  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (FDJ.fr) Mountains  Julián Arredondo (COL) (Trek Factory Racing) Youth  Nairo Quintana (COL) (Movistar Team)   Sprints  Marco Bandiera (ITA) (Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela)   Combativity  Julián Arredondo (COL) (Trek Factory Racing)   Team Ag2r–La Mondiale   Team points Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
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The 2014 Giro d'Italia was the 97th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races.

The race started off in Belfast, on 9 May, with a 21.7 km (13.5 mi) team time trial and concluded in Trieste, on 1 June, with a 172 km (106.9 mi) flat stage. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Colombian Nairo Quintana of the Movistar Team team. The second and third places were taken by Colombian Rigoberto Urán and Italian Fabio Aru, respectively.

Quintana became the first Colombian to win the Giro. He won the secondary young rider classification. In the other classifications, FDJ.fr rider Nacer Bouhanni was the winner of the points classification and Trek Factory Racing's Julián Arredondo won the Mountains classification. Ag2r–La Mondiale finished as the winners of the team classification, while Omega Pharma–Quick-Step won the team points classification. This was also the first grand tour where non-Europeans led for the entire race, with a Canadian, two Australians, and two Colombians wearing the Pink jersey.