The2014 Boels Ladies Tour also known as the2014 Holland Ladies Tour is the 17th edition of theHolland Ladies Tour, awomen's cycle stage race in the Netherlands. The tour is part of the2014 women's road cycling calendar and will be held from 2 September to 7 September. The tour has six stages, it starts with an individual trial over 10.1 km (6.3 mi) inTiel and concludes with a hilly stage inLimburg. The tour has anUCI rating of2.1.[1]
The first stage of the Boels Rental Ladies Tour was a time trial of 10.1 km (6.3 mi) over the dike betweenVarik andTiel. The course was flat but there was head wind during the race.
World Time Trial ChampionEllen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) won the time trial 12 seconds ahead ofLisa Brennauer and 24 seconds ahead ofTrixi Worrack (bothSpecialized–lululemon).[3] Van Dijk said after the race that the time trial was very hard and she started a bit too fast. Furthermore, she said that she was very happy with the victory. She invested a lot of time in the time trial the last period and was pleased that after several second places in time trials this year she now took home the victory.[4]