2017 Amstel Gold Race (women's race)

2017 Amstel Gold Race for Women
2017 UCI Women's World Tour, race 6 of 20
Race details
Dates 16 April 2017
Stages 1
Distance 121.6 km (75.56 mi)
Winning time 3h 15' 57"
Results
  Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Second  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) (Boels–Dolmans)

The fourth edition of the Amstel Gold Race for Women was a road cycling one-day race held on 16 April 2017 in the Netherlands. It was the sixth event of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 17 categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 121.6 km.[1] It was won by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen.

It was the first edition of the women's Amstel Gold Race after a 14-year hiatus. With the reboot of the women's event and the creation of a women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège, in addition to La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, the women's season has the same trio of Ardennes classics as the men's. [2] Van der Breggen won all three races in 2017.[3]

Route

The race profile featured four ascents of the Cauberg

The race started on Maastricht's Markt, the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, covering 121.6 km. The route was made up of one bigger loop in the south of Limburg, followed by three 17.6 km loops centering around Valkenburg which featured the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg climbs. In total, the route contained 17 categorized hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race.[1] The Cauberg was addressed four times; its last crossing was also the last climb of the day. From the top of the Cauberg, there was a 1.7 km run-in to the finish line in Berg en Terblijt.[4]

Teams

Professional women teams (21)
  1. Alé Cipollini
  2. Astana Women's Team
  3. BePink Cogeas
  4. Boels Dolmans
  5. BTC City Ljubljana
  6. Canyon-SRAM Racing
  7. Cervélo Bigla
  8. Cylance
  9. FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope
  10. Hitec Products
  11. Lares-Waowdeals Women
  12. Lensworld-Kuota
  13. Lotto Soudal Ladies
  14. Orica-Scott
  15. Parkhotel Valkenburg-Destil
  16. Servetto Giusta
  17. Sport Vlaanderen-Etixx
  18. Sunweb
  19. VéloCONCEPT Women
  20. Wiggle High5
  21. WM3

Results

Anna van der Breggen won the women's reboot edition in 2017.

Race officials were unable to split  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (WM3 Pro Cycling) and  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Orica–Scott) in the photo-finish for the third place.[5]

General classification
RiderTeamTime
1. Anna van der Breggen Boels Dolmans3h 15' 57"
2. Lizzie Deignan Boels Dolmans+ 55"
3. Annemiek van Vleuten Orica-Scott+ 55"
3. Katarzyna Niewiadoma WM3+ 55"
5. Elisa Longo Borghini Wiggle High5+ 55"
6. Coryn Rivera Sunweb+ 1' 02"
7. Amy Pieters Boels Dolmans+ 1' 51"
8. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Canyon-SRAM Racing+ 1' 51"
9. Ashleigh Moolman Cervélo Bigla+ 1' 51"
10. Ellen van Dijk Sunweb+ 1' 51"


References

  1. 1 2 "Information Women's Race". amstel.nl. Stichting Amstel Gold Race. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Women's teams gear up for historic first Ardennes triple New Amstel Gold and Liège-Bastogne-Liège races bring fresh spark to the Classics". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Van der Breggen wins the first ever Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amstel Gold Race Women 2017". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Braverman, Jessi (16 April 2017). "Van der Breggen wins women's Amstel Gold Race". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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