The 2017 Ronde van Drenthe was the 11th running of the women's

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...

, a women's

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in the

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. It was the second race of the

2017 UCI Women's World Tour The 2017 UCI Women's World Tour was the second edition of the UCI Women's World Tour. For the 2017 season, the calendar consisted of 20 races, up from 17 in 2016. Two one-day races – the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, to comple ...

and was held on 11 March

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over a distance of , starting and finishing in

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. The race was won by reigning world champion,

Amalie Dideriksen Amalie Dideriksen (born 24 May 1996) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career She won the junior women's road race at the World Championships in 2013 and 2014 as well as a bronze medal in the scratch race ...

, who won her first race in the rainbow jersey.

Results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ronde van Drenthe, 2017

2017 in Dutch sport 2017 UCI Women's World Tour