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Dates | 23–29 January 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 886.1 km (550.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 20h 19' 00" [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Vuelta a San Juan was a road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 29 January. It was the 35th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan and the first time it was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI America Tour calendar.
The race was won by Bauke Mollema for the Trek–Segafredo team; after finishing second to Bahrain–Merida's Ramūnas Navardauskas in the third stage individual time trial, Mollema took the race leader's blue jersey from Navardauskas two days later, [2] atop the Alto Colorado – in a stage won by UAE Abu Dhabi's Rui Costa – and maintained a 14-second race lead to the end of the race. [3] Second place went to Óscar Sevilla (Medellín–Inder), [3] while a further two seconds in arrears, was Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec rider Rodolfo Torres who completed the final podium. [3]
Torres' teammate Egan Bernal won the green jersey for the young rider classification, while riders from the A.C. Agrupación Virgen de Fátima squad claimed all the remaining jerseys: Franco Germán López won the red jersey for the mountains classification, Nicolás Naranjo won the yellow jersey for the sprints classification, while Ricardo Escuela claimed the white and violet jerseys for being the highest-placed rider from the San Juan province and Argentina as a whole. Bahrain–Merida won the teams classification, while Quick-Step Floors won five of the race's seven stages, with two wins apiece for Fernando Gaviria and Maximiliano Richeze and Tom Boonen with one.
As the Vuelta a San Juan was a 2.1 event, a limited number of UCI WorldTeams were able to participate in the race. [4] In total, 26 teams participated in the race: 4 UCI WorldTeams, 6 Professional Continental teams, 10 Continental teams, and 6 national selections. [5]
UCI World Teams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams
National teams
The route of the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan consisted of 6 mass start stages and one individual time trial. [6] All stages were centered around the town of San Juan. Most of the stages were relatively flat, except for stage 5, which finished on top of a 2,565 m (8,415 ft) mountain, the Alto Colorado.
Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1 | 23 January | San Juan to San Juan | 142.5 km (89 mi) | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | |
2 | 24 January | San Juan to San Juan | 128.8 km (80 mi) | Hilly stage | Tom Boonen (BEL) | |
3 | 25 January | San Juan to San Juan | 11.9 km (7 mi) | Individual time trial | Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) | |
4 | 26 January | San Martín to San Martín | 160.5 km (100 mi) | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | |
5 | 27 January | Chimbas to Alto Colorado | 162.4 km (101 mi) | High mountain stage | Rui Costa (POR) | |
6 | 28 January | Pocito to Pocito | 168.7 km (105 mi) [lower-alpha 1] | Flat stage | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | |
7 | 29 January | San Juan | 111.3 km (69 mi) [lower-alpha 2] | Flat stage | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) |
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There were four official classifications in the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan, with four corresponding leader's jerseys. The blue jersey was for the leader in the general classification, the yellow jersey for the leader in the sprint classification, the red jersey for the leader in the mountain classification, and the green jersey for the leader in the under 23 classification. [23]
Next to these classifications, there were subclassifications for Argentine riders, and riders from the province of San Juan, while there was also a classification for teams.
Stage | Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Sprint classification | Young rider classification | Argentine rider classification | Team classification |
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1 [24] | Fernando Gaviria | Fernando Gaviria | Franco Germán López | Franco Germán López | Leonardo Rodríguez | Franco Germán López | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec |
2 [25] | Tom Boonen | Elia Viviani | Pedro González | Duilio Ramos | Quick-Step Floors | ||
3 [26] | Ramūnas Navardauskas | Ramūnas Navardauskas | Rémi Cavagna | Sebastian Trillini | Trek–Segafredo | ||
4 [27] | Fernando Gaviria | Gerardo Tivani | |||||
5 [28] | Rui Costa | Bauke Mollema | Franco Germán López | Nicolás Naranjo | Egan Bernal | Ricardo Escuela | Bahrain–Merida |
6 [29] | Maximiliano Richeze | ||||||
7 [1] | Maximiliano Richeze | ||||||
Final [1] | Bauke Mollema | Franco Germán López | Nicolás Naranjo | Egan Bernal | Ricardo Escuela | Bahrain–Merida |
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