2017 Amstel Gold Race

{{short description|Cycling race}}

{{for|the women's race|2017 Amstel Gold Race (Women)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2017 Amstel Gold Race

| series = 2017 UCI World Tour

| race_no = 16

| season_no = 37

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| date = 16 April 2017

| stages = 1

| distance = 264.6

| unit = km

| time = 6h 31' 40"

| speed =

| first = Philippe Gilbert

| first_team = {{UCI team code|EQS|2017}}

| first_nat = BEL

| second = Michał Kwiatkowski

| second_team = {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}

| second_nat = POL

| third = Michael Albasini

| third_team = {{UCI team code|ORS|2017}}

| third_nat = SUI

| previous = 2016

| next = 2018

}}

The 2017 Amstel Gold Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 16 April. It was the 52nd edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the sixteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-expands-worldtour-to-37-events/ |title=UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=Cycling News}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/the-uci-reveals-expanded-uci-worldtour-calendar-for-207/ |title=The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017 |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}

It was won for the fourth time by Philippe Gilbert ({{UCI team code|QST|2017}}), defeating {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}'s Michał Kwiatkowski in a two-up sprint finish.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/philippe-gilbert-beats-michal-kwiatkowski-victory-amstel-gold-race-325486|title=Philippe Gilbert beats Michał Kwiatkowski to victory at Amstel Gold Race|first=Richard|last=Windsor|work=Cycling Weekly|date=16 April 2017|access-date=16 April 2017}} Michael Albasini from {{UCI team code|ORS|2017}} completed the podium, leading home a small group ten seconds in arrears of the lead duo.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/amstel-gold-race-2017/results/|title=Gilbert wins Amstel Gold Race|first=Patrick|last=Fletcher|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=16 April 2017|access-date=16 April 2017}} Gilbert's win, coupled with a win two weeks earlier at the Tour of Flanders, made him the third rider to win both races in the same year – after Eddy Merckx and Jan Raas.{{cite news|url=http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/sports/1.2953213|title=Sizzling Gilbert makes it four in Dutch Limburg|work=Deredactie.be|publisher=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|date=16 April 2017|access-date=16 April 2017|first=Michaël|last=Torfs}}

After a 14-year hiatus, there was also a women's version of the Amstel Gold Race of 121 km, following the same parcours. This race was won by Anna van der Breggen.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/amstel-gold-race-women-2017/results/|title= Van der Breggen wins women's Amstel Gold Race|work=Cyclingnews|date=16 April 2017|first=Jessi|last=Braverman|access-date=23 April 2017}}