2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire

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).

This article is about the women's race. For men's race, see 2017 Tour de Yorkshire.

2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire
Race details
Dates29 April
Stages1
Distance122.5 km (76.12 mi)
Winning time3h 09' 36"
Results
  Winner  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) (Boels Dolmans[1])
  Second  Coryn Rivera (USA) (Team Sunweb[1])
  Third  Georgia Bronzini (ITA) (Wiggle–High5[1])

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
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels Dolmans 3h 09' 36"
2  Coryn Rivera (USA) Team Sunweb 3h 10' 31"
3  Georgia Bronzini (ITA) Wiggle-High5 s.t.
4  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels Dolmans s.t.
5  Hannah Barnes (GBR) Canyon-SRAM s.t.
6  Katrine Aalerud (NOR) Hitec Products 3h 11' 30"
7  Sheyla Guiterrez Ruiz (ESP) Cyclane Pro Cycling s.t.
8  Shara Gillow (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope s.t.
9  Roxanne Kneteman (NED) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope s.t.
10  Danielle King (GBR) Cyclane Pro Cycling s.t.
Source: Tour de Yorkshire website

References
  1. 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.
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