2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen
{{short description|Cycling race}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen
| series = 2017 UCI World Tour
| race_no = 10
| season_no = 37
| image = Dwars door Vlaanderen-2017 poster.jpg
| image_caption = Event poster with previous winner Jens Debusschere
| image_size =
| date = 22 March 2017
| stages = 1
| distance = 203.4
| unit = km
| time = 4h 47' 26"{{cite web|url=http://uitslagen.kbwb-rlvb.com/index_bestanden/pdf2017/03-22DWDVLWAREGEMELITEUITSLAG.pdf|title=Uitslag - Résultat - Result|work=KBWB-RVLB.com|publisher=Royal Belgian Cycling League|date=22 March 2017|accessdate=22 March 2017}}
| speed =
| first = Yves Lampaert
| first_team = {{UCI team code|EQS|2017}}
| first_nat = BEL
| second = Philippe Gilbert
| second_team = {{UCI team code|EQS|2017}}
| second_nat = BEL
| third = Alexey Lutsenko
| third_team = {{UCI team code|AST|2017}}}
| third_nat = KAZ
| previous = 2016
| next = 2018
}}
The 2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 22 March. It was the 72nd edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen, and the first since it was promoted to World Tour level – as the tenth 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 |accessdate=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 |accessdate=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}
The race was won by local{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/exuberant-victory-for-local-boy-lampaert-in-dwars-door-vlaanderen/|title=Exuberant victory for local boy Lampaert in Dwars door Vlaanderen|first=Brecht|last=Decaluwé|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=22 March 2017|accessdate=22 March 2017}} rider Yves Lampaert – riding for the {{UCI team code|QST|2017}} team – who soloed away to the victory after making the race-defining split along with teammate Philippe Gilbert, Alexey Lutsenko from the {{UCI team code|AST|2017}} team, and {{UCI team code|ORS|2017}}'s Luke Durbridge.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dwars-door-vlaanderen-2017/results/|title=Dwars door Vlaanderen: Lampaert parlays Quick-Step tactics to victory|first1=Brecht|last1=Decaluwé|first2=Sadhbh|last2=O'Shea|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=22 March 2017|accessdate=22 March 2017}} Lampaert attacked with {{convert|7.5|km|abbr=off}} remaining and ultimately won the race by 39 seconds ahead of Gilbert, who led home Lutsenko and Durbridge in a sprint for second place.
File:Aankomst_Yves_Lampaert_in_Waregem,_Dwars_door_Vlaanderen_2017_-_fotograaf_Lieven_De_Cock.jpg
Teams
As a new event to the UCI World Tour, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, sixteen of the eighteen WorldTeams – all except {{UCI team code|DDD|2017}} and {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}} – competed in the race.{{cite news|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/952/Wielrennen/article/detail/3072439/2017/02/04/Topsport-Vlaanderen-en-Wanty-krijgen-wildcard-voor-Dwars-door-Vlaanderen.dhtml|title=Topsport-Vlaanderen en Wanty krijgen wildcard voor Dwars door Vlaanderen|language=Dutch|trans-title=Topsport-Vlaanderen and Wanty get wildcard for Dwars door Vlaanderen|work=Het Laatste Nieuws|publisher=De Persgroep|agency=Belga|date=4 February 2017|accessdate=19 March 2017|quote=Sky en Dimension Data zijn er niet bij. [Sky and Dimension Data are not there.]}} Nine UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.{{cite web|url=http://www.ddvl.eu/sites/default/files/pdf/race_start_list2.pdf|title=Dwars door Vlaanderen / A travers la Flandre: List of participants|work=Dwars door Vlaanderen|publisher=Flanders Classics|date=12 March 2017|accessdate=19 March 2017|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143928/http://www.ddvl.eu/sites/default/files/pdf/race_start_list2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
{{cyclingteamlist|ALM|AST|TBM|BMC|BOH|EFD|FDJ|KAT|TLJ|LTS|MOV|ORS|QST|SUN|TFS|team1={{UCI team code|UAD|2017b}}|title = UCI WorldTeams|year=2017}}
{{cyclingteamlist|title = UCI Professional Continental teams|year=2017|COF|DEN|GAZ|ICA|RNL|SVB|VWC|WGG|WVA}}
Route
File:Dwars_door_Vlaanderen_men_2017.png
The race started in Roeselare and followed a {{convert|203.4|km|adj=on}} course to finish in Waregem. It began with a long flat section that took the riders generally east from Roeselare and into Waregem; it then left the town and went south. At Avelgem, the course turned back east again to cross the first climb, the Nieuwe Kwaremont, after {{convert|92|km}}. This was followed by the climb of the Kattenberg, then the cobbled flat sectors of the Holleweg and the Haaghoek, then the climbs of the Leberg and the Berendries. After the next climb, the Valkenberg, the course turned back west towards the finish, with {{convert|70|km}} remaining. The Eikenberg and the Taaienberg followed soon after, then the combination of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. After the final flat cobbled sector, the Varentstraat, the course turned north for the final three climbs: the Vossenhol (Tiegemberg), Holstraat and Nokereberg. From the summit of Nokereberg, there were around {{convert|10|km}} to the finish in Waregem.
=Categorised climbs and cobbles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Climbs and cobbled sections in the 2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen |
| scope=col rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope=col rowspan=2| Name ! scope=col colspan=2| Distance from ! scope=col rowspan=2| Surface ! scope=col rowspan=2| Length ! scope=col colspan=2| Gradient (%) |
|---|
| scope=col | Start ({{abbr|km|kilometres}}) ! scope=col | Finish ! scope=col | ({{Tooltip|ave.|average}}) ! scope=col | ({{Tooltip|max.|maximum}}) |
| 1
! scope=row | Nieuwe Kwaremont | 90.7 | 112.7 | asphalt | 2000 | 4.2% | 8% |
| 2
! scope=row | Kattenberg | 110.1 | 93.3 | asphalt | 740 | 5.9% | 8.2% |
| –
! scope=row | Holleweg | 110.8 | 92.6 | cobbles | 1500 |colspan=2| — |
| –
! scope=row | Haaghoek | 119.5 | 83.9 | cobbles | 1700 |colspan=2| — |
| 3
! scope=row | Leberg | 122.4 | 81.0 | asphalt | 700 | 6.1% | 14% |
| 4
! scope=row | Berendries | 126.6 | 76.8 | asphalt | 900 | 7.2% | 14% |
| 5
! scope=row | Valkenberg | 131.6 | 71.8 | asphalt | 540 | 8.1% | 12.8% |
| 6
! scope=row | Eikenberg | 144.4 | 59.0 | cobbles | 1250 | 5.8% | 10% |
| 7
! scope=row | Taaienberg | 150.1 | 53.3 | cobbles | 530 | 6.6% | 15.8% |
| 8
! scope=row | Oude Kwaremont | 167.9 | 35.5 | cobbles | 1500 | 4% | 11.6% |
| 9
! scope=row | Paterberg | 171.4 | 32.0 | cobbles | 365 | 12.9% | 20.3% |
| –
! scope=row | Varentstraat | 177.2 | 26.2 | cobbles | 2000 |colspan=2| — |
| 10
! scope=row | Tiegemberg | 182.1 | 21.3 | asphalt | 1400 | 6.5% | 9% |
| 11
! scope=row | Holstraat | 186.5 | 16.9 | asphalt | 1000 | 5.2% | 12% |
| 12
! scope=row | Nokereberg | 194.0 | 9.4 | cobbles | 500 | 5.7% | 6.7% |
| –
! scope=row | Herlegemstraat | 196.7 | 6.7 | cobbles | 800 |colspan=2| — |
Result
{{cyclingresult start|title=Result}}
{{Cyclingresult|1|Yves Lampaert|BEL|{{UCI team code|QST|2017}}|4h 47' 26"}}
{{Cyclingresult|2|Philippe Gilbert|BEL|{{UCI team code|QST|2017}}|+ 39"}}
{{Cyclingresult|3|Alexey Lutsenko|KAZ|{{UCI team code|AST|2017}}|+ 39"}}
{{Cyclingresult|4|Luke Durbridge|AUS|{{UCI team code|ORS|2017}}|+ 39"}}
{{Cyclingresult|5|Dylan Groenewegen|NED|{{UCI team code|TLJ|2017}}|+ 1' 03"}}
{{Cyclingresult|6|Oliver Naesen|BEL|{{UCI team code|ALM|2017}}|+ 1' 03"}}
{{Cyclingresult|7|Tiesj Benoot|BEL|{{UCI team code|LTS|2017}}|+ 1' 03"}}
{{Cyclingresult|8|Dylan van Baarle|NED|{{UCI team code|EFD|2017}}|+ 1' 03"}}
{{Cyclingresult|9|Mitchell Docker|AUS|{{UCI team code|ORS|2017}}|+ 1' 03"}}
{{Cyclingresult|10|Florian Sénéchal|FRA|{{UCI team code|COF|2017}}|+ 1' 03"}}
{{Cyclingresult end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.ddvl.eu/en/ddv/elite-men}}
{{Dwars door Vlaanderen}}
{{2017 UCI World Tour}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dwars door Vlaanderen, 2017}}