The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,660.5-kilometre (2,274.5 mi) race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race also visited Belgium for part of a stage. Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana team won the overall general classification by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997. By winning, he had acquired victories in all Grand Tours. Jean-Christophe Péraud placed second, with Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) third.
The team presentation ceremony took place inside the First Direct Arena in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 3 July
Stage five, between Ypres, Belgium, and Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, featured sett paving sections used in the one-day race Paris–Roubaix.
Marcel Kittel (Giant–Shimano) gained the third of his four race stage wins in stage four's bunch sprint finish at Lille's Stade Pierre-Mauroy stadium.
Rafał Majka's (Tinkoff–Saxo) victories in the high mountain stages of fourteen and seventeen helped him win the Tour's polka dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification.
Vincenzo Nibali is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2022. He is one of seven cyclists who has won all three of cycling's Grand Tours in their career – having won the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, the 2014 Tour de France and the 2016 Giro d'Italia.
Nibali in 2017
Nibali finished sixth overall in the 2009 Tour de France
Nibali wearing the leader's jersey at the 2010 Vuelta a España. Nibali won the race overall, taking his first Grand Tour general classification victory.
Nibali at the 2012 Tour de France
