The fourth edition of the Amstel Gold Race for Women was a

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one-day race held on 16 April 2017 in the Netherlands. It was the sixth event of the

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. The race started in

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and finished in

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, containing 17 categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 121.6 km. It was won by Dutch rider

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. It was the first edition of the women's Amstel Gold Race after a 14-year hiatus. With the reboot of the women's event and the creation of a women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège, in addition to

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, the women's season has the same trio of

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as the men's. Van der Breggen won all three races in 2017.

Route

The race started on

's ''Markt'', the city's central market square, and finished in

, covering 121.6 km. The route was made up of one bigger loop in the south of

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, followed by three 17.6 km loops centering around

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which featured the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and

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climbs. In total, the route contained 17 categorized hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race. The Cauberg was addressed four times; its last crossing was also the last climb of the day. From the top of the Cauberg, there was a 1.7 km run-in to the finish line in Berg en Terblijt.

Teams

Twenty-one teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:

Results

Race officials were unable to split () and () in the photo-finish for the third place.

References

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