| 2017 Amstel Gold Race for Women | |
| Series: | 2017 UCI Women's World Tour |
| Race No: | 6 |
| Season No: | 20 |
| Date: | 16 April 2017 |
| Stages: | 1 |
| Distance: | 121.6 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 3h 15' 57" |
| Speed: | 37.05 |
| First: | Anna van der Breggen |
| First Nat: | NED |
| Second: | Lizzie Deignan |
| Second Nat: | GBR |
| Other Third: | Katarzyna Niewiadoma / Annemiek van Vleuten |
| Previous: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The fourth edition of the Amstel Gold Race for Women was a road cycling one-day race held on 16 April 2017 in the Netherlands. It was the sixth event of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 17 categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 121.6 km.[1] It was won by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen.
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 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, the women's season has the same trio of Ardennes classics as the men's. [2] Van der Breggen won all three races in 2017.[3]
The race started on Maastricht's Markt, the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, covering 121.6 km. The route was made up of one bigger loop in the south of Limburg, followed by three 17.6 km loops centering around Valkenburg which featured the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg climbs. In total, the route contained 17 categorized hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race.[1] 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.[4]
Twenty-one teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[5]
Race officials were unable to split and in the photo-finish for the third place.[6]
Final general classification
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