2017_Herald_Sun_Tour

2017 Herald Sun Tour

2017 Herald Sun Tour

Cycling race

The 2017 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place in Victoria, Australia, between 1 and 5 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Oceania Tour. The race included five stages: the first was a 2.1 km (1.3 mi) prologue individual time trial stage, with the remaining four stages being road stages. The champion of the 2016 Herald Sun Tour, Chris Froome attempted to defend his title.[2]

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The race was won by Damien Howson of Orica–Scott,[3][4] who took his first professional victories at the race; having won the race's queen stage to Falls Creek,[5][6] Howson was able to maintain a 38-second race lead for the remainder of the Tour. The remaining podium places were taken by those that finished immediately behind Howson at Falls Creek; Jai Hindley finished second for an Australian select team, and took out the white jersey for the young rider classification, while a further 15 seconds in arrears, Kenny Elissonde took third place for Team Sky.[1]

Just as he did in the 2016 edition of the race, Attaque Team Gusto's Ben Hill won a jersey, this time taking the polka dot jersey as winner of the mountains classification, while Jacob Kauffmann took the green jersey as winner of the sprints classification for the New South Wales Institute of Sport.[1] The teams classification was won by Team Sky, having taking three of the five stage victories through Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard and Danny van Poppel.[7]

Teams

Fifteen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included two UCI WorldTeams, four UCI Professional Continental teams, seven UCI Continental teams and two national teams.[8]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

UCI Continental teams

National teams

  • Australia
  • New Zealand

Route

The race route was released on 1 December 2016, with a route described by race director, and former three-time race winner, John Trevorrow as the "toughest course in recent history".[9]

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Stages

Prologue

1 February 2017 — Melbourne, 2.1 km (1 mi), individual time trial (ITT)[10]
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Stage 1

2 February 2017 — Wangaratta to Falls Creek, 174.2 km (108 mi)[12]
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Stage 2

3 February 2017 — Mount Beauty to Beechworth, 165.5 km (103 mi)[15]
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Stage 3

4 February 2017 — Benalla to Mitchelton Winery, Nagambie, 167.7 km (104 mi)[17]
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Stage 4

5 February 2017 — Kinglake to Kinglake, 121 km (75 mi)[20]
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Classification leadership table

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References

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    "Froome and Team Sky confirmed for Herald Sun Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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    "Chris Froome unable to defend Herald Sun Tour title as Damien Howson wins". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Australian Associated Press. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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    "Herald Sun Tour: Chris Froome sixth overall as Ian Stannard wins stage". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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    "Falls Creek Stage 1 – Wangaratta to Falls Creek" (PDF). Herald Sun Tour. GTR Events. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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    Woodpower, Zeb (4 February 2017). "Herald Sun Tour: Travis McCabe wins stage into Mitchelton Winery". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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    "STAGE 4 — Kinglake" (PDF). Herald Sun Tour. GTR Events. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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    Wynn, Nigel (5 February 2017). "Ian Stannard wins final stage of Herald Sun Tour as Damien Howson seals overall". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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    "2017 Herald Sun Tour: KordaMentha Prologue" (PDF). Metarace. Nathan Fraser. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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    "2017 Herald Sun Tour: Cycling Australia She Rides Stage 2" (PDF). Metarace. Nathan Fraser. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  26. [26]
    "2017 Herald Sun Tour: Mitchelton Wines Stage 3" (PDF). Metarace. Nathan Fraser. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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