The 2017 Clásica de Almería was the 32nd edition of the
Clásica de Almería
The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...
road cycling one day race. It was part of the
2017 UCI Europe Tour
The 2017 UCI Europe Tour was the thirteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2017 season began on 26 January 2017 with the Vuelta a Mallorca, Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 17 October 2017 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs.
Be ...
, as a 1.1 categorised race.
In a sprint finish, Denmark's
Magnus Cort
Magnus Cort Nielsen (born 16 January 1993) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career Orica–GreenEDGE (2015–17)
In June 2014, World Tour team signed Cort for three years, starting from the 2 ...
() won the race ahead of 's
Rüdiger Selig
Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
Born in Zwenkau, Selig competed as an amateur until the middle of 2011, when he joined as a ''stagiaire''. In Octo ...
, while the podium was completed by
Jens Debusschere for the team.
Teams
Seventeen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included six
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
s, nine
UCI Professional Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
teams and two
UCI Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
teams.
Result
References
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2017
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Events January
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2017 UCI Europe Tour
2017 in Spanish road cycling
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