2017 Colorado Classic

2017 Colorado Classic

2017 UCI America Tour
Race details
Dates	August 10–13, 2017
Stages	4
Distance	503.5 [1]  km (312.9 mi)
Winning time	12h 00' 35"
Results
Winner   Manuel Senni  (ITA)   Second   Serghei Tvetcov  (ROM)   Third   Alex Howes  (USA)   Points   Travis McCabe  (USA)   Mountains   Serghei Tvetcov  (ROM)   Youth   Jhonatan Narváez  (ECU)   Combativity   Fabio Calabria  (AUS)   Team Cannondale–Drapac
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The 2017 Colorado Classic was a four-stage 2.HC event on the 2017 UCI America Tour.

Teams

Sixteen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders: ^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Cannondale–Drapac
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates
• BMC Racing Team

UCI Professional Continental teams

• UnitedHealthcare
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Israel Cycling Academy

UCI Continental teams

• Jelly Belly–Maxxis
• Rally Cycling
• Axeon–Hagens Berman
• Holowesko Citadel Racing Team
• Silber Pro Cycling Team
• Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling

National team

• Rwanda

Route

Stage characteristics and winners ^{[3] [4]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	August 10	Colorado Springs to Colorado Springs	150.4 km (93.5 mi)		Hilly stage	John Murphy  (USA)
2	August 11	Breckenridge to Breckenridge	103 km (64 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Alex Howes  (USA)
3	August 12	Denver to Denver	130 km (81 mi)		Mountain stage	Serghei Tvetcov  (ROM)
4	August 13	Denver to Denver	120.1 km (74.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Mihkel Räim  (EST)

Final standings

General classification

The general classification was won by Manuel Senni. ^[5]

Final general classification [6] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Manuel Senni  (ITA) BMC Racing Team 12h 00' 35" 2   Serghei Țvetcov  (ROM) Jelly Belly–Maxxis + 15" 3   Alex Howes  (USA) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale + 31" 4   Taylor Eisenhart  (USA) Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources + 33" 5   Peter Stetina  (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 44" 6   Sepp Kuss  (USA) Rally Cycling + 1' 05" 7   Brent Bookwalter  (USA) BMC Racing Team + 2' 16" 8   Miguel Ángel Benito  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 2' 19" 9   Vegard Stake Laengen  (NOR) UAE Team Emirates + 2' 21" 10   Travis McCabe  (USA) UnitedHealthcare + 2' 22"

Points classification

The points classification was won by Travis McCabe. ^[7]

Final points classification [6] Rank Rider Team Points 1   Travis McCabe  (USA) UnitedHealthcare 43 2   Alex Howes  (USA) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale 28 3   Manuel Senni  (ITA) BMC Racing Team 25 4   Serghei Țvetcov  (ROM) Jelly Belly–Maxxis 24 5   Taylor Eisenhart  (USA) Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 20 6   Mihkel Räim  (EST) Israel Cycling Academy 15 7   Kiel Reijnen  (USA) Trek–Segafredo 15 8   Marco Canola  (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini 14 9   Rubén Companioni  (CUB) Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 11 10   Brent Bookwalter  (USA) BMC Racing Team 11

Mountains classification

The mountain classification was won by Serghei Tvetcov (where he was also named best Colorado rider). ^[8]

Final mountains classification [6] Rank Rider Team Points 1   Serghei Țvetcov  (ROM) Jelly Belly–Maxxis 19 2   Taylor Eisenhart  (USA) Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 14 3   Peter Stetina  (USA) Trek–Segafredo 9 4   Marco Canola  (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini 8 5   Antonio Molina  (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 8 6   Manuel Senni  (ITA) BMC Racing Team 8 7   Jonathan Clarke  (AUS) UnitedHealthcare 5 8   Daniel Eaton  (USA) UnitedHealthcare 5 9   Angus Morton  (AUS) Holowesko Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources 5 10   Joseph Schmalz  (USA) Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling 5

Best young classification

The youth classification was won by Jhonatan Narváez. ^[9]

Final young rider classification [6] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jhonatan Narváez  (ECU) Hagens Berman Axeon 12h 08' 39" 2   Justin Oien  (USA) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 14' 16" 3   Alec Cowan  (CAN) Silber Pro Cycling Team + 17' 25" 4   Seid Lizde  (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 20' 23" 5   Alex Hoehn  (USA) Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling + 20' 56" 6   Jean-Paul Ukiniwabo  (RWA) Rwanda + 21' 02" 7   Edward Anderson  (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon + 21' 11" 8   Keegan Swirbul  (USA) Jelly Belly–Maxxis + 22' 13" 9   Logan Owen  (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon + 24' 12" 10   Umberto Poli  (ITA) Team Novo Nordisk + 25' 05"

Team classification

Final teams classification [6] Rank Team Time 1 Cannondale–Drapac 36h 08' 03" 2 UAE Team Emirates + 1' 21" 3 Trek–Segafredo + 9' 25" 4 BMC Racing Team + 11' 53" 5 UnitedHealthcare + 16' 00" 6 Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 19' 59" 7 Jelly Belly–Maxxis + 25' 04" 8 Holowesko Citadel Racing Team + 26' 24" 9 Rally Cycling + 42' 45" 10 Nippo–Vini Fantini + 43' 43"

References

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8. "Manuel Senni wins the Colorado Classic – VailDaily.com".
9. "Colorado Classic: RÄIM wins final stage, Senni seals overall". VeloNews.com. 13 August 2017.