2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire explained

2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire
Date:29 April
Stages:1
Distance:122.5
Unit:km
Time:3h 09' 36"
First:Lizzie Deignan
First Nat:GBR
First Team:Boels Dolmans[1]
Second:Coryn Rivera
Second Nat:USA
Second Team:Team Sunweb
Third:Georgia Bronzini
Third Nat:ITA
Third Team:Wiggle - High5
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling one-day race that took place in Yorkshire in April 2017. It was the second edition of the Women's Tour de Yorkshire and was organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race started in Tadcaster, ended in Harrogate and covered a distance of .

The race was won by Lizzie Deignan.[2]

Route

The women's stage started at Tadcaster and followed the same route as the men's race; leaving Tadcaster over the newly re-opened Tadcaster Bridge, the route took the riders through Knaresborough, through Lofthouse, Ripon, skirting Fountains Abbey and then into Harrogate where the race culminated on Parliament Street. The race started at 9:20 am and finished around 12:30 pm.[3]

Teams

Eighteen teams were entered in the race. Listed alphabetically, these were;[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Parker. Ian. Lizzie Deignan defies team orders to power to Women's Tour de Yorkshire win. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/womens-tour-de-yorkshire-result-lizzie-deignan-defies-team-orders-a7709531.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. 3 May 2018. The Independent. 29 April 2017.
  2. News: Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Lizzie Deignan wins women's race. 3 May 2018. BBC Sport. 29 April 2017.
  3. News: Himelfield. Dave. Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Live updates from stage two of the race. 3 May 2018. Huddersfield Examiner. 30 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Women's Tour de Yorkshire 2017 start list Cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com. 3 May 2018. 29 April 2017.