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{{for|the women's race|2014 Gent–Wevelgem (women)}}
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = 2014 Gent–Wevelgem
| series             = [[2014 UCI World Tour]]
| race_no            = 7
| season_no          = 28
| image              = Gent-Wevelgem-2014 poster.jpg
| image_caption      = Event poster with previous winner [[Peter Sagan]]
| image_size         = 
| date               = 30 March 2014
| stages             = 1
| distance           = 233
| unit               = km
| time               = 5h 34' 43"
| speed              = 41.779
| first              = [[John Degenkolb]]
| first_nat          = GER
| first_natvar       =
| first_team         = {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}}
| second             = [[Arnaud Démare]]
| second_nat         = FRA
| second_natvar      =
| second_team        = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2014}}
| third              = [[Peter Sagan]]
| third_nat          = SVK
| third_natvar       =
| third_team         = {{UCI team code|CAN|2014}}
| previous           = [[2013 Gent–Wevelgem|2013]]
| next               = [[2015 Gent–Wevelgem|2015]]
}}

The '''2014 Gent–Wevelgem''' was the 76th running of the [[Gent–Wevelgem]] single-day cycling race. It was held on 30 March 2014, over a distance of {{convert|233|km|1|abbr=off}} and was the seventh race of the [[2014 UCI World Tour]] season. It was won by [[John Degenkolb]] in the sprint ahead of [[Arnaud Démare]] and [[Peter Sagan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/26811094|title=John Degenkolb outpaces Demare and Sagan|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=30 March 2014|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Gent-Wevelgem_2014.jpg|thumb|Gent-Wevelgem 2014]]

==Teams==
As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 [[UCI ProTour#List of current UCI ProTeams|UCI ProTeams]] were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Seven other squads were given wildcard places, thus completing the 25-team peloton.

The 25 teams that competed in the race were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-2014/start-list|title=Gent–Wevelgem 2014 start list|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>

{|
|-
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:25%;"|
* {{UCI team code|ALM|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|AND|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|AST|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|BEL|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|BMC|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|CAN|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|COF|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|EUC|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|FDJ|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|GRS|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|IAM|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|KAT|2014}}
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:25%;"|
* {{UCI team code|LAM|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|LTB|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|MOV|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|MTN|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|TNE|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|OGE|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|SKY|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|SAX|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|TSV|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|TFR|2014}}
* {{UCI team code|WGG|2014}}
|}

==Results==
[[File:Wevelgem - Gent-Wevelgem, 30 maart 2014 (42).JPG|thumb|The podium (from left to right): [[Arnaud Démare]], [[John Degenkolb]] and [[Peter Sagan]].]]
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[John Degenkolb]]|GER}}
| {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}}
| {{nowrap|5h 34' 43"}}
|-
| 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Arnaud Démare]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|FDJ|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Sagan]]|SVK}}
| {{UCI team code|CAN|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Sep Vanmarcke]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|BEL|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Tom Boonen]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Tom Van Asbroeck]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|TSV|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexey Tsatevich]]|RUS}}
| {{UCI team code|KAT|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Yauheni Hutarovich]]|BLR}}
| {{UCI team code|ALM|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Thor Hushovd]]|NOR}}
| {{UCI team code|BMC|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Jürgen Roelandts]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|LTB|2014}}
|align="right"| s.t.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.gent-wevelgem.be/en}}

{{2014 UCI World Tour}}
{{Gent–Wevelgem}}

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