2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire

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2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire
Race details
Dates29 April
Stages1
Distance122.5 km (76.12 mi)
Winning time3h 09' 36"
Results
  WinnerFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lizzie Deignan  (GBR) (Boels Dolmans [1] )
  SecondFlag of the United States.svg  Coryn Rivera  (USA) (Team Sunweb [1] )
  ThirdFlag of Italy.svg  Georgia Bronzini  (ITA) (WiggleHigh5 [1] )
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The 2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling one-day race that took place in Yorkshire in April 2017. It was the second edition of the Women's Tour de Yorkshire and was organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race started in Tadcaster, ended in Harrogate and covered a distance of 122.5 kilometres (76.1 mi).

Contents

The race was won by Lizzie Deignan. [2]

Route

The women's stage started at Tadcaster and followed the same route as the men's race; leaving Tadcaster over the newly re-opened Tadcaster Bridge, the route took the riders through Knaresborough, through Lofthouse, Ripon, skirting Fountains Abbey and then into Harrogate where the race culminated on Parliament Street. The race started at 9:20 am and finished around 12:30 pm. [3]

Teams

Eighteen teams were entered in the race. Listed alphabetically, these were; [4]

Final classification

Final classification
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lizzie Deignan  (GBR) Boels Dolmans 3h 09' 36"
2Flag of the United States.svg  Coryn Rivera  (USA) Team Sunweb 3h 10' 31"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Georgia Bronzini  (ITA) Wiggle-High5 s.t.
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Amy Pieters  (NED) Boels Dolmans s.t.
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Barnes  (GBR) Canyon-SRAM s.t.
6Flag of Norway.svg  Katrine Aalerud  (NOR) Hitec Products 3h 11' 30"
7Flag of Spain.svg  Sheyla Guiterrez Ruiz  (ESP) Cyclane Pro Cycling s.t.
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Shara Gillow  (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope s.t.
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Roxanne Kneteman  (NED) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope s.t.
10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Danielle King  (GBR) Cyclane Pro Cycling s.t.
Source: Tour de Yorkshire website

References

  1. 1 2 3 Parker, Ian (29 April 2017). "Lizzie Deignan defies team orders to power to Women's Tour de Yorkshire win" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Lizzie Deignan wins women's race". BBC Sport. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. Himelfield, Dave (30 April 2017). "Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Live updates from stage two of the race". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. "Women's Tour de Yorkshire 2017 start list | Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.