It was the second race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season.

The race took on an unusual profile in 2014 in that it did not feature a time trial of any description and did not have any stages with a summit finish.

The race was won by Colombia's Carlos Betancur of Ag2r–La Mondiale,[1] who took the lead after winning the race's queen stage – the sixth stage to Fayence, his second successive stage victory – and held the lead until the finish in Nice, to become the first Colombian rider to win the race.

[3] In the race's other classifications, Giant–Shimano's John Degenkolb was the winner of the green jersey for the points classification,[4] amassing the highest number of points during stages at intermediate sprints and stage finishes, and Pim Ligthart was the winner of the mountains classification for the Lotto–Belisol team.

[5] Betancur also won the white jersey for the young rider classification,[5] as he was the highest placed rider born in 1989 or later, while the Movistar Team won the team classification.