2017 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
2017 UCI Women's World Tour, race 8 of 20 | |||||||||||||
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![]() Anna van der Breggen won the inaugural Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes | |||||||||||||
Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 23 April 2017 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 135.5 km (84.20 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3h 42' 17" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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The first edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 23 April 2017. It was the eighth event of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Ans, containing four categorized climbs and covering a total distance of 135.5 km.[1] 139 riders started the race, 98 finished.[2]
Dutch rider and reigning Olympic road race champion Anna van der Breggen won the event, thus completing a set of wins in all three races of the Ardennes classics.[2] Van der Breggen had already won Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne in the week leading up to Liège–Bastogne–Liège. All three races had the same runner-up and third-place finisher on the podium.[3]
Race summary
The first climb of the day, the Côte de la Vecquée, caused a first selection in the peloton. Tiffany Cromwell broke clear, but was caught on the slopes of the Côte de La Redoute by the peloton, under the impulse of You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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At 20 km from the finish, Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma attacked on the upper slopes of the Roche aux Faucons and was rejoined by Lizzie Deignan, Anna van der Breggen, Ashleigh Moolman and Elisa Longo Borghini. On the last climb, the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, Niewiadoma accelerated from the quintet, but her move was marked by van der Breggen who broke clear just after the top of Saint-Nicolas and powered on solo to the finish. Lizzie Deignan took second place before Niewiadoma.[3]
Result
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Final general classification[2]
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References
- ^ "A.S.O. a dévoilé aujourd'hui les parcours de La Flèche Wallonne et de Liège-Bastogne-Liège version féminine, Van Der Breggen se rapproche de Marianne Vos". velo101.com (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d Braverman, Jessi. "Van der Breggen wins the first ever Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Anna Van Der Breggen signe le triplé Amstel-Flèche-Liège en remportant cette 1ère édition femmes devant Deignan et Niewiadoma". velo101.com (in French). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
External links
- Official website
- 2017 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes palmares at Cycling Archives
- Highlights of the race on YouTube