The 2017 Vuelta a San Juan was a road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 29 January. It was the 35th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan and the first time it was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI America Tour calendar.

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2017 Vuelta a San Juan

UCI America Tour
Race details
Dates	23–29 January 2017
Stages	7
Distance	886.1 km (550.6 mi)
Winning time	20h 19' 00"[1]
Results
Winner  Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) (Trek–Segafredo)   Second  Óscar Sevilla (Spain) (Medellín–Inder)   Third  Rodolfo Torres (Colombia) (Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec) Mountains  Franco Germán López (Argentina) (A.C. Agrupación Virgen de Fátima) Youth  Egan Bernal (Colombia) (Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec) Sprints  Nicolás Naranjo (Argentina) (A.C. Agrupación Virgen de Fátima)   Team Bahrain–Merida
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The race was won by Bauke Mollema for the Trek–Segafredo team; after finishing second to Bahrain–Merida's Ramūnas Navardauskas in the third stage individual time trial, Mollema took the race leader's blue jersey from Navardauskas two days later,^[2] atop the Alto Colorado – in a stage won by UAE Abu Dhabi's Rui Costa – and maintained a 14-second race lead to the end of the race.^[3] Second place went to Óscar Sevilla (Medellín–Inder),^[3] while a further two seconds in arrears, was Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec rider Rodolfo Torres who completed the final podium.^[3]

Torres' teammate Egan Bernal won the green jersey for the young rider classification, while riders from the A.C. Agrupación Virgen de Fátima squad claimed all the remaining jerseys: Franco Germán López won the red jersey for the mountains classification, Nicolás Naranjo won the yellow jersey for the sprints classification, while Ricardo Escuela claimed the white and violet jerseys for being the highest-placed rider from the San Juan province and Argentina as a whole. Bahrain–Merida won the teams classification, while Quick-Step Floors won five of the race's seven stages, with two wins apiece for Fernando Gaviria and Maximiliano Richeze and Tom Boonen with one.

As the Vuelta a San Juan was a 2.1 event, a limited number of UCI WorldTeams were able to participate in the race.^[4] In total, 26 teams participated in the race: 4 UCI WorldTeams, 6 Professional Continental teams, 10 Continental teams, and 6 national selections.^[5]

The route of the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan consisted of 6 mass start stages and one individual time trial.^[6] All stages were centered around the town of San Juan. Most of the stages were relatively flat, except for stage 5, which finished on top of a 2,565 m (8,415 ft) mountain, the Alto Colorado.

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Stage schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	23 January	San Juan to San Juan	142.5 km (89 mi)		Flat stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
2	24 January	San Juan to San Juan	128.8 km (80 mi)		Hilly stage	Tom Boonen (BEL)
3	25 January	San Juan to San Juan	11.9 km (7 mi)		Individual time trial	Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)
4	26 January	San Martín to San Martín	160.5 km (100 mi)		Flat stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
5	27 January	Chimbas to Alto Colorado	162.4 km (101 mi)		High mountain stage	Rui Costa (POR)
6	28 January	Pocito to Pocito	168.7 km (105 mi)[lower-alpha 1]		Flat stage	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)
7	29 January	San Juan	111.3 km (69 mi)[lower-alpha 2]		Flat stage	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)

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There were four official classifications in the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan, with four corresponding leader's jerseys. The blue jersey was for the leader in the general classification, the yellow jersey for the leader in the sprint classification, the red jersey for the leader in the mountain classification, and the green jersey for the leader in the under 23 classification.^[23]

Next to these classifications, there were subclassifications for Argentine riders, and riders from the province of San Juan, while there was also a classification for teams.

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Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Sprint classification	Young rider classification	Argentine rider classification	Team classification
1[24]	Fernando Gaviria	Fernando Gaviria	Franco Germán López	Franco Germán López	Leonardo Rodríguez	Franco Germán López	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2[25]	Tom Boonen	Elia Viviani	Pedro González		Duilio Ramos		Quick-Step Floors
3[26]	Ramūnas Navardauskas	Ramūnas Navardauskas			Rémi Cavagna	Sebastian Trillini	Trek–Segafredo
4[27]	Fernando Gaviria			Gerardo Tivani
5[28]	Rui Costa	Bauke Mollema	Franco Germán López	Nicolás Naranjo	Egan Bernal	Ricardo Escuela	Bahrain–Merida
6[29]	Maximiliano Richeze
7[1]	Maximiliano Richeze
Final[1]		Bauke Mollema	Franco Germán López	Nicolás Naranjo	Egan Bernal	Ricardo Escuela	Bahrain–Merida

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