The 2017 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge was the inaugural edition of the

Hong Kong Challenge The Hong Kong Challenge (officially known as the Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge) is a one-day professional cycling race held annually in Hong Kong since 2017. It is part of UCI Asia Tour in category 1.1. The race was replaced with Ha ...

one-day race. The race was held on October 8, and was rated as a 1.1 event on the

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of Slovenia won the race, followed by Robbie Hucker of Australia second and

Yukiya Arashiro is a Japanese road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Arashiro was the Japanese Under-23 National Time Trial and Road Race Champion in 2005. He has also won the Japanese National ...

of Japan third.

Teams

Seventeen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:

Results

General classification

List of teams and riders

A total of 18 teams, including two WorldTeams, one Professional Continental team, 13 Continental teams, and 2 national teams, were invited to participate in the 2017 SHKP Hong Kong Challenge. As Kuwaiti continental team Nice Cycling Team was unable to attend, there were 93 riders in remaining 17 teams took part in the race ; *

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* Michael Hepburn ; *

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; * Martin Laas *

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* Benjamin Giraud *

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; * Hayato Okamoto *

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* Dexter Gardias ; * Travis Samuel *

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* Jure Rupnik * Alexis Cartier * Marc-Antonie Nadon * Chris Prendergast ; * Yang Tao * Antonio Jose Alarcon Gonzalez * Kevin Rios Quintana * Steven Cuesta * Juan Carrero ; *

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* Choy Hiu Fung *

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* Robbie Hucker *

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; * Māris Bogdanovičs *

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* Armands Bēcis * Deins Kaņepējs * Uldis Ālītis ; * Mauricio Ortega *

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* Oscar Mauricio Pachón *

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* Cristian Andres Peña ; *

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* Michimasa Nakai *

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* Eiichi Hirai * Tanzo Tokuda ; *

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* Scott Davies *

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* Etienne Georgi * Robert Scott * Jake Kelly ; * Anuar Manan * Che ku Mohammad Nazmi Che Ku Romli * Maral-Erdene Batmunkh *

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* Muhammad Nur Aimin Mohd Zariff ; * Fan Xiaojun * Li Wenjie * Yu Benneng * Zhong Zirong * Meng Juntao * Zhang Lianshan ;

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* Hideto Nakane * Rei Onodera * Shotaro Iribe *

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* Lars Pria * Valentin Plesea *

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* Daniel Crista *

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References

External links

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