The 2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling one-day race that took place in

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in April 2017. It was the second edition of the

Women's Tour de Yorkshire The Women's Tour de Yorkshire is a women's road cycling race in Yorkshire, England. From 2015 to 2017, the event was a one-day race. From 2018 onwards, the event has been a two-day event, with a UCI race classification of 2.1. The event is the ...

and was organised by

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and the

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. The race started in

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, ended in

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and covered a distance of . The race was won by

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Route

The women's stage started at

and followed the same route as the men's race; leaving Tadcaster over the newly re-opened

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, the route took the riders through

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, through Lofthouse,

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, skirting

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and then into

where the race culminated on Parliament Street. The race started at 9:20 am and finished around 12:30 pm.

Teams

Eighteen teams were entered in the race. Listed alphabetically, these were; *

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* BePink–Cogeas * Boels Dolmans * Canyon-SRAM *

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* Sunsport Velo *

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* Team Jadan Weldtite * Team Sunweb * Team WNT Pro Cycling * Wiggle-High5

Final classification

References

External links

Official Tour de Yorkshire past races websiteFull results
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