The five-stage race was won for a record-extending fifth time – in six years – by Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team,[2] taking the 100th victory of his professional career in the process.[3] Valverde won the opening stage of the race, and after losing the lead to Trek–Segafredo's Alberto Contador the following day, Valverde re-assumed the lead of the race by finishing second to Victor Campenaerts (LottoNL–Jumbo) in the third stage time trial; Valverde was able to maintain a lead of one second over Contador for the remainder of the race. The podium was completed by Thibaut Pinot, who finished five seconds further back in third place for the FDJ team.
With consistent finishing during the race, Valverde was also able to win the points and combination classifications, and was the best-placed Spanish rider. Georg Preidler won the green jersey for the mountains classification, riding for Team Sunweb, while Wanty–Groupe Gobert rider Marco Minnaard won the white jersey for the intermediate sprints classification. The teams classification was won by Team Sky, with three of the squad's riders – Wout Poels, Diego Rosa and Mikel Landa – in fourth, fifth and sixth overall respectively.
In the 2017 Vuelta a Andalucía, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a red jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Vuelta a Andalucía, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a yellow jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at designated intermediate sprints, where the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey.
The fourth jersey represented the mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.
^"Incansable Valverde: abrocha en Andalucía su victoria 100" [Tireless Valverde: seals his 100th victory in Andalucía]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Ignacio Díez, PRISA. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^Robertshaw, Henry (16 February 2017). "Thibaut Pinot outguns Alberto Contador to win Ruta del Sol queen stage". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^Robertshaw, Henry (17 February 2017). "Ruta del Sol set for thrilling final stages as Alejandro Valverde takes lead by one second". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^Marshall-Bell, Chris (18 February 2017). "Bryan Coquard sprints to victory on stage four of Ruta del Sol". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^Windsor, Richard (19 February 2017). "Tim Wellens wins Ruta del Sol stage five from breakaway as Valverde seals GC". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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The 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia was a road cycling stage race that took place in Andalusia between 15 and 19 February 2017 The race was rated as a 2 HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour and was the 63rd edition of the Vuelta a Andalucia 1 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia2017 UCI Europe TourRace detailsDates15 19 February 2017Stages5Distance675 9 km 420 0 mi Winning time17h 12 23 ResultsWinner Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar Team Second Alberto Contador Spain Trek Segafredo Third Thibaut Pinot France FDJ Points Alejandro Valverde Spain Movistar Team Mountains Georg Preidler Austria Team Sunweb Sprints Marco Minnaard Netherlands Wanty Groupe Gobert TeamTeam Sky 20162018 The five stage race was won for a record extending fifth time in six years by Alejandro Valverde of the Movistar Team 2 taking the 100th victory of his professional career in the process 3 Valverde won the opening stage of the race and after losing the lead to Trek Segafredo s Alberto Contador the following day Valverde re assumed the lead of the race by finishing second to Victor Campenaerts LottoNL Jumbo in the third stage time trial Valverde was able to maintain a lead of one second over Contador for the remainder of the race The podium was completed by Thibaut Pinot who finished five seconds further back in third place for the FDJ team With consistent finishing during the race Valverde was also able to win the points and combination classifications and was the best placed Spanish rider Georg Preidler won the green jersey for the mountains classification riding for Team Sunweb while Wanty Groupe Gobert rider Marco Minnaard won the white jersey for the intermediate sprints classification The teams classification was won by Team Sky with three of the squad s riders Wout Poels Diego Rosa and Mikel Landa in fourth fifth and sixth overall respectively Contents 1 Teams 2 Route 3 Stages 3 1 Stage 1 3 2 Stage 2 3 3 Stage 3 3 4 Stage 4 3 5 Stage 5 4 Classification leadership table 5 References 6 External linksTeams edit21 teams were invited to take part in the race These included nine UCI WorldTeams ten UCI Professional Continental teams and two UCI Continental teams 4 UCI WorldTeams Bahrain Merida Cannondale Drapac FDJ Lotto Soudal LottoNL Jumbo Movistar Team Team Sky Team Sunweb Trek Segafredo UCI Professional Continental teams Caja Rural Seguros RGA CCC Sprandi Polkowice Cofidis Direct Energie Gazprom RusVelo Israel Cycling Academy Roompot Nederlandse Loterij Sport Vlaanderen Baloise Verandas Willems Crelan Wanty Groupe Gobert UCI Continental teams Burgos BH Euskadi Basque Country MuriasRoute editStage schedule Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner1 15 February Rincon de la Victoria to Granada 155 km 96 mi nbsp Medium mountain stage nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP 2 16 February Torredonjimeno to Mancha Real 179 km 111 mi nbsp Mountain stage nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA 3 17 February Lucena to Lucena 11 9 km 7 mi nbsp Individual time trial nbsp Victor Campenaerts BEL 4 18 February La Campana to Seville 178 5 km 111 mi nbsp Flat stage nbsp Bryan Coquard FRA 5 19 February Setenil de las Bodegas to Coin 151 5 km 94 mi nbsp Hilly stage nbsp Tim Wellens BEL Stages editStage 1 edit 15 February 2017 Rincon de la Victoria to Granada 155 km 96 mi Result of Stage 1 amp General classification after Stage 1 5 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp nbsp Movistar Team 4h 02 28 2 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 0 3 nbsp Sebastien Reichenbach SUI FDJ 0 4 nbsp Diego Rosa ITA Team Sky 0 5 nbsp Ion Izagirre ESP Bahrain Merida 0 6 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 0 7 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 5 8 nbsp Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 5 9 nbsp Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 5 10 nbsp Warren Barguil FRA Team Sunweb 5 Stage 2 edit 16 February 2017 Torredonjimeno to Mancha Real 179 km 111 mi Result of Stage 2 6 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 4h 44 03 2 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 2 3 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp Movistar Team 7 4 nbsp Ion Izagirre ESP Bahrain Merida 7 5 nbsp Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 9 6 nbsp Diego Rosa ITA Team Sky 9 7 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 13 8 nbsp Sebastien Reichenbach SUI FDJ 28 9 nbsp Pieter Weening NED Roompot Nederlandse Loterij 46 10 nbsp Floris De Tier BEL LottoNL Jumbo 46 General classification after Stage 2 7 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP nbsp Trek Segafredo 8h 46 33 2 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 3 3 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp Movistar Team 5 4 nbsp Ion Izagirre ESP Bahrain Merida 5 5 nbsp Diego Rosa ITA Team Sky 7 6 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 11 7 nbsp Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 12 8 nbsp Sebastien Reichenbach SUI FDJ 26 9 nbsp Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 49 10 nbsp Pieter Weening NED Roompot Nederlandse Loterij 1 08 Stage 3 edit 17 February 2017 Lucena to Lucena 11 9 km 7 mi Individual time trial ITT Result of Stage 3 8 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Victor Campenaerts BEL LottoNL Jumbo 14 55 2 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp Movistar Team 1 3 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP nbsp Trek Segafredo 7 4 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 9 5 nbsp Fabio Felline ITA Trek Segafredo 9 6 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 16 7 nbsp Tim Wellens BEL Lotto Soudal 20 8 nbsp Vasil Kiryienka BLR Team Sky 21 9 nbsp Tobias Ludvigsson SWE FDJ 25 10 nbsp Matthias Brandle AUT Trek Segafredo 28 General classification after Stage 3 9 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp nbsp Movistar Team 9h 01 34 2 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 1 3 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 6 4 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 21 5 nbsp Diego Rosa ITA Team Sky 45 6 nbsp Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 48 7 nbsp Sebastien Reichenbach SUI FDJ 52 8 nbsp Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 1 29 9 nbsp Ondrej Cink CZE Bahrain Merida 1 48 10 nbsp Javier Moreno ESP Bahrain Merida 1 50 Stage 4 edit 18 February 2017 La Campana to Seville 178 5 km 111 mi Result of Stage 4 10 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Bryan Coquard FRA Direct Energie 4h 10 33 2 nbsp Daniel Hoelgaard NOR FDJ 0 3 nbsp Hugo Hofstetter FRA Cofidis 0 4 nbsp Moreno Hofland NED Lotto Soudal 0 5 nbsp Raymond Kreder NED Roompot Nederlandse Loterij 0 6 nbsp Mihkel Raim EST Israel Cycling Academy 0 7 nbsp Roman Maikin RUS Gazprom RusVelo 0 8 nbsp Maxime Farazijn BEL Sport Vlaanderen Baloise 0 9 nbsp Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 0 10 nbsp Eduard Prades ESP Caja Rural Seguros RGA 0 General classification after Stage 4 11 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp nbsp Movistar Team 13h 12 07 2 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 1 3 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 6 4 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 21 5 nbsp Diego Rosa ITA Team Sky 45 6 nbsp Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 48 7 nbsp Sebastien Reichenbach SUI FDJ 52 8 nbsp Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 1 29 9 nbsp Ondrej Cink CZE Bahrain Merida 1 48 10 nbsp Javier Moreno ESP Bahrain Merida 1 50 Stage 5 edit 19 February 2017 Setenil de las Bodegas to Coin 151 5 km 94 mi Result of Stage 5 12 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Tim Wellens BEL Lotto Soudal 3h 58 31 2 nbsp Simon Clarke AUS Cannondale Drapac 0 3 nbsp Victor Campenaerts BEL LottoNL Jumbo 0 4 nbsp Maciej Paterski POL CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0 5 nbsp Domen Novak SLO Bahrain Merida 0 6 nbsp Nick van der Lijke NED Roompot Nederlandse Loterij 0 7 nbsp Marco Minnaard NED Wanty Groupe Gobert 1 34 8 nbsp Hector Saez ESP Caja Rural Seguros RGA 1 45 9 nbsp Ivan Garcia ESP Bahrain Merida 1 45 10 nbsp Hugo Hofstetter FRA Cofidis 1 45 Final general classification 2 Rank Rider Team Time1 nbsp Alejandro Valverde ESP nbsp nbsp Movistar Team 17h 12 23 2 nbsp Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 1 3 nbsp Thibaut Pinot FRA FDJ 6 4 nbsp Wout Poels NED Team Sky 21 5 nbsp Diego Rosa ITA Team Sky 45 6 nbsp Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 48 7 nbsp Sebastien Reichenbach SUI FDJ 52 8 nbsp Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 1 29 9 nbsp Ondrej Cink CZE Bahrain Merida 1 48 10 nbsp Javier Moreno ESP Bahrain Merida 1 50 Classification leadership table editIn the 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia four different jerseys were awarded For the general classification calculated by adding each cyclist s finishing times on each stage the leader received a red jersey This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race Additionally there was a points classification which awarded a yellow jersey In the points classification cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage For winning a stage a rider earned 25 points with 20 for second 16 for third 13 for fourth 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at designated intermediate sprints where the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey The fourth jersey represented the mountains classification the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey In the mountains classification points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists with more points available for the higher categorised climbs There was also a classification for teams in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time Stage Winner General classification nbsp Mountains classification nbsp Sprints classification nbsp Points classification nbsp Teams classification1 5 Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Georg Preidler Daniel Turek Alejandro Valverde Team Sky2 7 Thibaut Pinot Alberto Contador3 9 Victor Campenaerts Alejandro Valverde4 11 Bryan Coquard5 2 Tim Wellens Marco MinnaardFinal 2 Alejandro Valverde Georg Preidler Marco Minnaard Alejandro Valverde Team SkyReferences edit 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia ProCyclingStats Retrieved 20 February 2017 a b c d Fletcher Patrick 19 February 2017 Ruta del Sol Wellens wins rainy final stage Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company Retrieved 21 February 2017 Incansable Valverde abrocha en Andalucia su victoria 100 Tireless Valverde seals his 100th victory in Andalucia Diario AS in Spanish Ignacio Diez PRISA 19 February 2017 Retrieved 21 February 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2017 Start List Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company Retrieved 21 February 2017 a b Ruta del Sol Valverde claims opening stage Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 15 February 2017 Retrieved 21 February 2017 Robertshaw Henry 16 February 2017 Thibaut Pinot outguns Alberto Contador to win Ruta del Sol queen stage Cycling Weekly Time Inc UK Retrieved 21 February 2017 a b Pinot beats Contador to win stage 2 of Ruta del Sol Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 16 February 2017 Retrieved 21 February 2017 Robertshaw Henry 17 February 2017 Ruta del Sol set for thrilling final stages as Alejandro Valverde takes lead by one second Cycling Weekly Time Inc UK Retrieved 21 February 2017 a b Valverde reclaims Ruta del Sol GC lead from Contador on stage 3 Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 17 February 2017 Retrieved 21 February 2017 Marshall Bell Chris 18 February 2017 Bryan Coquard sprints to victory on stage four of Ruta del Sol Cycling Weekly Time Inc UK Retrieved 21 February 2017 a b Fletcher Patrick 18 February 2017 Ruta del Sol Coquard wins stage 4 Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company Retrieved 21 February 2017 Windsor Richard 19 February 2017 Tim Wellens wins Ruta del Sol stage five from breakaway as Valverde seals GC Cycling Weekly Time Inc UK Retrieved 21 February 2017 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Vuelta a Andalucia amp oldid 1052145012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
