The 2017 Trofeo Laigueglia was a one-day

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race that took place on 12 February 2017 in and around Laigueglia, Italy. It was the 54rd edition of the

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the G ...

and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the

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. The race was won by

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, riding for an Italian national team select, attacking the peloton with around remaining, and soloing away to victory by 25 seconds from his closest competitor. Second place went to

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for the team, ahead of 's

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Teams

Twenty-three teams were invited to take part in the race. These included four

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s, twelve

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teams, six

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teams and an Italian national team.

Result

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trofeo Laigueglia, 2017 2017 UCI Europe Tour 2017 in Italian sport

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