2017 Vuelta a Murcia | |
Series: | 2017 UCI Europe Tour |
Date: | 11 February 2017 |
Stages: | 1 |
Distance: | 182.7 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 4h 03' 08"[1] |
First: | Alejandro Valverde |
First Nat: | Spain |
Second: | Jhonatan Restrepo |
Second Nat: | Colombia |
Third: | Patrick Konrad |
Third Nat: | Austria |
Previous: | 2016 |
Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 Vuelta a Murcia was the 37th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia road cycling one day race.[2] It was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, as a 1.1 categorised race.
The race was won for a record-extending fifth time by local rider Alejandro Valverde of the, attacking the peloton with around 70km (40miles) remaining, and soloing away to victory by over two minutes from his closest competitor.[3] In the sprint finish from a select group of 20 riders, Jhonatan Restrepo took second place ahead of 's Patrick Konrad.[3]
Twenty teams were invited to take part in the race. These included six UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI Professional Continental teams, five UCI Continental teams and a Spanish national team.[4]