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2017 Gent–Wevelgem
The 2017 Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields was a road bicycle racing, road cycling one-day race that took place on 26 March. It was the 79th edition of Gent–Wevelgem and the twelfth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. After winning 2017 E3 Harelbeke, E3 Harelbeke two days prior to Gent–Wevelgem, Greg Van Avermaet continued his run of good form with victory for the in a two-up sprint finish against his fellow Belgian Jens Keukeleire, riding for the team. The pairing had broken away from a select group of riders in the run-in towards Wevelgem. The podium was completed by world champion Peter Sagan (), as the peloton caught the select group in the closing metres. Route The race started in Deinze in East Flanders, from Ghent. The route took the riders immediately into West Flanders, and after around of flat roads, they came near the coast at Veurne. After turning inland again, the race continued south towards the French border, and just after halfway, crossed onto French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 UCI World Tour
The 2017 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2017 in men's road cycling, 2017 men's cycling season. It was the ninth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition started with the opening stage of the 2017 Tour Down Under, Tour Down Under on 17 January and concluded with the final stage of the 2017 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Guangxi on 24 October. Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the defending champion. The 2017 edition featured ten new events. Sagan was unable to defend his World Tour title, winning just one race overall at the 2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec in September, as he finished fourth in the points rankings; he finished one point behind third-placed Tom Dumoulin. The rankings were topped for the first time by Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet, riding for the , who amassed 3,582 points with the newly-enlar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
