The 2017 UCI Europe Tour was the thirteenth season of the

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. The 2017 season began on 26 January 2017 with the Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 17 October 2017 with the

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rider

Baptiste Planckaert Baptiste Planckaert (born 28 September 1988 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia, where he finished 116th overall. Personal life Planckaert, a ...

(), who scored 1,605 points in the 2016 edition, was the defending champion of the UCI Europe Tour.

Nacer Bouhanni Nacer Bouhanni (born 25 July 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . A sprinter, he was the winner of the 2012 French National Road Race Championships. Although his first Grand Tour was in 2012, his r ...

() won the overall standings for the second time in three years; won the team classification, while France won both the overall nations' title and the under-23 equivalent.

Race structure

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Final standings

For the 2017 season, the standings are calculated based upon the

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, with the ranking period being the previous 52 weeks.

Individual classification

Teams classification

Nations classification

Nations under-23 classification

References

External links

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