2017 in men's road cycling
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{{Year in road cycling|2017}}
2017 in men's road cycling is about the 2017 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI.
UCI World Ranking
{{main|UCI World Ranking}}
In 2016, the UCI launched a new ranking system for men's road racing. This ranking will continue in 2017.
=Year-end ranking=
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+ UCI World Rankings (Individual), as of 24 October 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.html.infostradasports.com/cache/2/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D19007&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&SportID%3D102&CompetitionID%3D27323&EventID%3D12146&GenderID%3D1&ClassID%3D1&SeasonID%3D490&EventPhaseID%3D1428675&Phase1ID%3D0&ContainerEventID%3D12146&Detail%3D1&Cache%3D2.html?595455|title=Men · Elite · UCI World Ranking · Individual|website=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=31 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109221428/http://www.uci.html.infostradasports.com/cache/2/TheASP.asp%40PageID%3D19007%26TaalCode%3D2%26StyleID%3D0%26SportID%3D102%26CompetitionID%3D27323%26EventID%3D12146%26GenderID%3D1%26ClassID%3D1%26SeasonID%3D490%26EventPhaseID%3D1428675%26Phase1ID%3D0%26ContainerEventID%3D12146%26Detail%3D1%26Cache%3D2.html?595455|archive-date=9 November 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} | ||
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! scope="row" | 1 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|BMC|2017}} | 4153 |
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! scope="row" | 2 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}} | 3692 |
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! scope="row" | 3 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Peter Sagan|SVK}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|BOH|2017}} | 3344 |
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! scope="row" | 4 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Kristoff|NOR}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|KAT|2017}} | 2973 |
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! scope="row" | 5 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Tom Dumoulin|NED}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|SUN|2017}} | 2966 |
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! scope="row" | 6 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Vincenzo Nibali|ITA}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|TBM|2017}} | 2702 |
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! scope="row" | 7 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|MOV|2017}} | 2648 |
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! scope="row" | 8 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}} | 2530 |
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! scope="row" | 9 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Michael Matthews|AUS}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|SUN|2017}} | 2479 |
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! scope="row" | 10 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|Philippe Gilbert|BEL}} | style="text-align:left;" | {{UCI team code|QST|2017}} | 2293 |
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+ UCI World Rankings (Nations), as of 24 October 2017 | |
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! scope="row" | 1 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Belgium}} | 14605 |
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! scope="row" | 2 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Italy}} | 14066 |
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! scope="row" | 3 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|France}} | 12193 |
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! scope="row" | 4 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Spain}} | 10567 |
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! scope="row" | 5 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Netherlands}} | 10309 |
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! scope="row" | 6 | style="text-align:left;" | {{COL}} | 9897 |
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! scope="row" | 7 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Australia}} | 8816 |
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! scope="row" | 8 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Great Britain}} | 8592 |
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! scope="row" | 9 | style="text-align:left;" | {{flagu|Germany}} | 6453 |
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! scope="row" | 10 | style="text-align:left;" | {{NOR}} | 6110 |
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World Championships
{{main|2017 UCI Road World Championships}}
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Bergen, Norway, from 17 to 24 September 2017.
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|+ Events at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships !Race !Date !Winner !Second !Third !Ref |
scope=row |World Championship Team Time Trial
| September 17 | {{flagicon|DEU}} {{UCI team code|SUN|2017}} | {{flagicon|USA}} {{UCI team code|BMC|2017}} | {{flagicon|GBR}} {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}} | {{cite web|url=http://www.tissottiming.com/File/00030E0105010801FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02|title=Final Results / Résultat final: Men's Team Time Trial / Contre-la-montre par équipes Hommes|work=Sport Result|publisher=Tissot Timing|date=17 September 2017|accessdate=17 September 2017|format=PDF}} |
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scope=row |World Championship Time Trial
| September 20 | {{flagathlete|Tom Dumoulin|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Primož Roglič|SLO}} | {{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}} |
scope=row |World Championship Road Race
| September 24 | {{flagathlete|Peter Sagan|SVK}} | {{flagathlete|Alexander Kristoff|NOR}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Matthews|AUS}} |
Grand Tours
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|+ Grand Tours in the 2017 season !Race !Date !Winner !Second !Third !Ref |
scope=row | {{flagicon|Italy}} Giro d'Italia
|May 6–28 |{{flagathlete|Tom Dumoulin|NED}} |{{flagathlete|Nairo Quintana|COL}} |{{flagathlete|Vincenzo Nibali|ITA}} |
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scope=row |{{flagicon|France}} Tour de France
|July 1–23 |{{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}} |{{flagathlete|Rigoberto Urán|COL}} |{{flagathlete|Romain Bardet|FRA}} |
scope=row |{{flagicon|Spain}} Vuelta a España
|August 19 – September 10 |{{flagathlete|Chris Froome|GBR}} |{{flagathlete|Vincenzo Nibali|ITA}} |{{flagathlete|Ilnur Zakarin|RUS}} |
UCI World Tour
{{main|2017 UCI World Tour}}
For the 2017 season, the UCI added ten new events to the World Tour calendar.
UCI tours
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! Tour ! Individual champion ! Team champion ! Nations champion |
scope=row | World Tour
| {{flagathlete|Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}} ({{UCI team code|BMC|2017}}) | {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}} | No nation ranking |
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scope=row | Africa Tour
| {{flagathlete|Willie Smit|RSA}} | {{UCI team code|BAI|2017}} | {{ERI}} |
scope=row | America Tour
| {{flagathlete|Serghei Țvetcov|ROU}} ({{UCI team code|JBC|2017}}) | {{UCI team code|RLY|2017}} | {{COL}} |
scope=row | Asia Tour
| {{flagathlete|Mauricio Ortega|COL}} ({{UCI team code|RTS|2017}}) | {{UCI team code|UKO|2017}} | {{KAZ}} |
scope=row | Europe Tour
|{{flagathlete|Nacer Bouhanni|FRA}} ({{UCI team code|COF|2017}}) | {{UCI team code|WGG|2017}} | {{flagu|France}} |
scope=row | Oceania Tour
| {{flagathlete|Lucas Hamilton|AUS}} ({{UCI team code|MBE|2017}}) | {{UCI team code|MBE|2017}} | {{flagu|Australia}} |
2.HC Category Races
1.HC Category Races
Championships
=Continental Championships=
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!Championships !Race !Date !Winner !Second !Third !Ref |
rowspan=3|African Championships {{flag|Egypt}} |Road race |February 19 |{{flagathlete|Willie Smit|RSA}} |{{flagathlete|Meron Abraham|ERI}} |{{flagathlete|Ahmed Amine Galdoune|MAR}} |
Individual time trial
|February 16 |{{flagathlete|Meron Teshome|ERI}} |{{flagathlete|Stefan De Bod|RSA}} |{{flagathlete|Awet Habtom|ERI}} |
Team time trial
|February 14 |{{ERI}} |{{ALG}} |{{RWA}} |
rowspan=2|Pan American Championships {{flag|Dominican Republic}} |Road race |May 7 |{{flagathlete|Nelson Soto|COL}} |{{flagathlete|José Aguirre|MEX}} |{{flagathlete|Juan Sebastián Molano|COL}} |
Individual time trial
|May 5 |{{flagathlete|José Luis Rodríguez Aguilar|CHI}} |{{flagathlete|Rodrigo Contreras|COL}} |{{flagathlete|Manuel Rodas|GUA}} |
rowspan=3|Asian Championships {{flag|Bahrain}} |Road race |March 2 |{{flagathlete|Park Sang-hong|KOR}} |{{flagathlete|Yousef Mirza|UAE}} |{{flagathlete|Zhandos Bizhigitov|KAZ}} |
Individual time trial
|February 27 |{{flagathlete|Dmitriy Gruzdev|KAZ}} |{{flagathlete|Choe Hyeong-min|KOR}} |{{flagathlete|Cheung King Lok|HKG}} |
Team time trial
|February 25 |{{KAZ}} |{{flagu|Japan}} |{{HKG}} |
rowspan=2|European Championships {{flag|Denmark}} |Road race |August 6 |{{flagathlete|Alexander Kristoff|NOR}} |{{flagathlete|Elia Viviani|ITA}} |{{flagathlete|Moreno Hofland|NED}} |
Individual time trial
|August 3 |{{flagathlete|Victor Campenaerts|BEL}} |{{flagathlete|Maciej Bodnar|POL}} |{{flagathlete|Ryan Mullen|IRL}} |
rowspan=2|Oceanian Championships {{flagu|Australia}} |Road race |March 11 |{{flagathlete|Sean Lake|AUS}} |{{flagathlete|Neil Van der Ploeg|AUS}} |{{flagathlete|Jesse Featonby|AUS}} |{{cite news|title=Sean Lake completes Oceania double with road race defence|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/oceania-championships-2017/elite-men-u23-road-race/results/|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=11 March 2017|accessdate=3 May 2017}} |
Individual time trial
|March 9 |{{flagathlete|Sean Lake|AUS}} |{{flagathlete|Benjamin Dyball|AUS}} |{{flagathlete|Hamish Bond|NZL}} |{{cite news|title=Successful Oceania time trial defence for Sean Lake|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/oceania-championships-2017/elite-men-time-trial/results/|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=9 March 2017|accessdate=10 April 2017}} |
=National Championships=
{{main|2017 national road cycling championships}}
UCI Teams
=UCI WorldTeams=
The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following eighteen teams:{{Cite web |url=http://uci.ch/pressreleases/decisions-the-licence-commission-for-the-207-season/ |title = Decisions of the Licence Commission for the 2017 season |access-date=2016-11-27 |archive-date=2017-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214084445/http://uci.ch/pressreleases/decisions-the-licence-commission-for-the-207-season/ |url-status=dead }}
- {{flagicon|FRA}} {{UCI team code|ALM|2017}}
- {{flagicon|KAZ}} {{UCI team code|AST|2017}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{UCI team code|BMC|2017}}
- {{flagicon|GER}} {{UCI team code|BOH|2017}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{UCI team code|CPT|2017}}
- {{flagicon|RSA}} {{UCI team code|DDD|2017}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{UCI team code|QST|2017}}
- {{flagicon|FRA}} {{UCI team code|FDJ|2017}}
- {{flagicon|BEL}} {{UCI team code|LTS|2017}}
- {{flagicon|ESP}} {{UCI team code|MOV|2017}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} {{UCI team code|OGE|2017}}
- {{flagicon|BHR}} {{UCI team code|TBM|2017}}
- {{flagicon|SUI}} {{UCI team code|KAT|2017}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} {{UCI team code|TLJ|2017}}
- {{flagicon|GBR}} {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}
- {{flagicon|GER}} {{UCI team code|SUN|2017}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{UCI team code|TFS|2017}}
- {{flagicon|UAE}} {{UCI team code|LAM|2017b}}
=UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams=
{{main|List of 2017 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{2017 road cycling season by team}}
{{2017 in road cycling}}
{{Years in road cycling}}