Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017

Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017
General
output	72. Dwars door Vlaanderen
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2017 1st UWT
date	22nd March 2017
overall length	203.4 km
Host country	Belgium
begin	Roeselare
target	Commodity
Teams	25th
Driver at the start	197
Driver at the finish	162
Average speed	42.459 km / h
Result
winner	Yves Lampaert ( Quick-Step Floors )
Second	Philippe Gilbert ( Quick-Step Floors )
Third	Alexei Lutsenko ( Astana )
◀ 2016	2018 ▶
documentation

The 72nd Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017 was a Belgian road bike race in Flanders . The one-day race started in Roeselare and ended in Waregem after 203.4 km and was held on Wednesday , March 22, 2017 . It belonged to the UCI WorldTour 2017 and was the ninth of a total of 37 races in this series.

The winner of the race was Yves Lampaert from Belgium from Quick-Step Floors, ahead of his team-mate Philippe Gilbert , who was 45 seconds behind. Lampaert was previously represented in a 25-man leading group that separated from the peloton 77 kilometers from the finish. This leading group shrank step by step. In the end, Lampaert placed his attack a good 7 kilometers from the finish line. So he was able to set himself apart from Gilbert, Alexei Lutsenko and Luke Durbridge . The peloton followed just over a minute behind.

Men

Participating teams

WorldTeams (16) AG2R La Mondiale Astana Bahrain Merida BMC Racing Bora-Hansgrohe Cannondale-Drapac FDJ Katusha-Alpecin Lotto NL-Jumbo Lotto Soudal Movistar Orica Scott Quick-Step Floors Sunweb Trek-Segafredo UAE Emirates Professional Continental Teams (9) Cofidis Direct energy Gazprom-RusVelo Israel Cycling Academy Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise Verandas Willems-Crelan Wanty-Groupe Gobert WB-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect

Race result

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Yves Lampaert Belgium Quick-Step Floors 4 h 47 min 26 s 2. Philippe Gilbert Belgium Quick-Step Floors + 39 s 3. Alexei Lutsenko Kazakhstan Astana + 39 s 4th Luke Durbridge Australia Orica Scott + 39 s 5. Dylan Groenewegen Netherlands LottoNL Jumbo + 1 min 03 s 6th Oliver Naesen Belgium AG2R La Mondiale + 1 min 03 s 7th Tiesj Benoot Belgium Lotto Soudal + 1 min 03 s 8th. Dylan van Baarle Netherlands Cannondale-Drapac + 1 min 03 s 9. Mitchell Docker Australia Orica Scott + 1 min 03 s 10. Florian Sénéchal France Cofidis, Solutions Crédits + 1 min 03 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Women

Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017
General
output	6. Dwars door Vlaanderen - women's race
Racing series	UCI women's road cycling calendar 2017 1.1
date	22nd March 2017
overall length	114.4 km
Host country	Belgium
begin	Tielt
target	Commodity
Teams	26th
Driver at the start	149
Driver at the finish	133
Average speed	39.074 km / h
Result
winner	Lotta Lepistö ( Cervélo Bigla )
Second	Gracie Elvin ( Orica Scott )
Third	Lisa Brennauer ( Canyon-SRAM Racing )
◀ 2016	2018 ▶
documentation

The women's 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2017 was a Belgian road bike race in Flanders . The one-day race started in Tielt and ended in Waregem after 114.4 km and was held on Wednesday , March 22, 2017 . The cycle race was part of the UCI's international calendar and was classified in category 1.1.

Participating teams

National team United Kingdom UCI Women's Teams (20) Alé Cipollini Galassia Boels Dolmans Cycling Team BTC City Ljubljana Canyon SRAM Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling Team Cylance Pro Cycling Drops Hitec Products Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team Lensworld-Kuota Lotto Soudal Orica Scott Parkhotel Valkenburg-Destil Cycling Team SAS-Macogep Sport Vlaanderen-Etixx Sunweb VéloCONCEPT Women Wiggle High5 WM3 Pro Cycling WNT Other women's teams (5) Auto glass Wetteren Equano Isorex Keuken's Redant Wielerclub de sprinters Malderen

Race result

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Lotta Lepistö Finland Cervélo Bigla 2 h 55 min 40 s 2. Gracie Elvin Australia Orica Scott + 0 s 3. Lisa Brennauer Germany Canyon-SRAM Racing + 0 s 4th Lucinda Brand Netherlands Sunweb + 0 s 5. Thalita de Jong Netherlands Lares-Waowdeals Women + 0 s 6th Lotte Kopecky Belgium Lotto Soudal Ladies + 0 s 7th Romy Kasper Germany Alé Cipollini + 0 s 8th. Janneke Ensing Netherlands Alé Cipollini + 0 s 9. Katarzyna Niewiadoma Poland WM3 + 0 s 10. Ann-Sophie Duyck Belgium Drops + 2 s

Sources: ProCyclingStats Cycling Archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lampaert crowns a strong Quick-Step performance. radsport-news.com, March 22, 2017, accessed June 20, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Dwars door Vlaanderen men in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Dwars door Vlaanderen women in the ProCyclingStats.com database