2014 French Road Cycling Cup

The 2014 French Road Cycling Cup is the 23rd edition of the French Road Cycling Cup.

Compared to the previous edition, the same races are to be held, with the only change the Tour de la Somme, which moved from September to early May. The defending champion from the last two seasons was Samuel Dumoulin and is succeeded by Julien Simon, who clinched the title on September 21 after the Grand Prix d'Isbergues when he obtained a 64-point lead over Dumoulin, with only 50 points left to earn.

Events
DateEventWinnerTeamSeries leaderLeading Team
2 FebruaryGrand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL)Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise Baptiste Planckaert (BEL)Roubaix–Lille Métropole
22 MarchClassic Loire Atlantique Alexis Gougeard (FRA)Ag2r–La Mondiale Alexis Gougeard (FRA)
23 MarchCholet-Pays de Loire Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)Topsport Vlaanderen–BaloiseAg2r–La Mondiale
4 AprilRoute Adélie Bryan Coquard (FRA)Team Europcar Julien Simon (FRA)
15 AprilParis–Camembert Bryan Coquard (FRA)Team Europcar Bryan Coquard (FRA)
17 AprilGrand Prix de Denain Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)FDJ.fr
19 AprilTour du Finistère Antoine Demoitié (BEL)Wallonie-Bruxelles Julien Simon (FRA)Bretagne–Séché Environnement
20 AprilTro-Bro Léon Adrien Petit (FRA)Cofidis
4 MayTour de la Somme Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)Ag2r–La Mondiale
31 MayGrand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Julien Simon (FRA)Cofidis
1 JuneBoucles de l'Aulne Alexis Gougeard (FRA)Ag2r–La Mondiale
3 AugustPolynormande Jan Ghyselinck (BEL)Wanty–Groupe Gobert
24 AugustChâteauroux Classic Iljo Keisse (BEL)Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
14 SeptemberTour du Doubs Rein Taaramäe (EST)Cofidis
21 SeptemberGrand Prix d'Isbergues Arnaud Démare (FRA)FDJ.fr
5 OctoberTour de Vendée Armindo Fonseca (FRA)Bretagne–Séché Environnement

Final Points standings

Individual

In order to be eligible for the classification, riders either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1  Julien Simon (FRA) Cofidis 194
2  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale 121
3  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Ag2r–La Mondiale 118
4  Armindo Fonseca (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 106
5  Alexis Gougeard (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale 100
6  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar 100
7  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Roubaix–Lille Métropole 62
8  Benoît Jarrier (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 61
9  Laurent Pichon (FRA) FDJ.fr 60
10  Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) Team La Pomme Marseille 13 53

Young rider classification

In order to be eligible for the classification, riders had to be younger than 25 and either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1  Armindo Fonseca (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 106
2  Alexis Gougeard (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale 100
3  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar 100
4  Benoît Jarrier (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 61
5  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis 50
6  Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ.fr 50
7  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) FDJ.fr 50
8  Flavien Dassonville (FRA) BigMat–Auber 93 47
9  Quentin Jauregui (FRA) Roubaix–Lille Métropole 44
10  Olivier Le Gac (FRA) FDJ.fr 35

Teams

Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.

Pos.TeamPoints
1 Bretagne–Séché Environnement 141
2 Ag2r–La Mondiale 125
3 Roubaix–Lille Métropole 116
4 Cofidis 111
5 FDJ.fr 102
6 Team Europcar 99
7 Team La Pomme Marseille 13 86
8 BigMat–Auber 93 74


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