2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen

2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen
2017 UCI World Tour, race 10 of 37
Event poster with previous winner Jens Debusschere
Event poster with previous winner Jens Debusschere
Race details
Dates22 March 2017
Stages1
Distance203.4 km (126.4 mi)
Winning time4h 47' 26"[1]
Results
  Winner  Yves Lampaert (BEL) (Quick-Step Floors)
  Second  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Quick-Step Floors)
  Third  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana})
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The 2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 22 March. It was the 72nd edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen, and the first since it was promoted to World Tour level – as the tenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.[2][3]

The race was won by local[4] rider Yves Lampaert – riding for the Quick-Step Floors team – who soloed away to the victory after making the race-defining split along with teammate Philippe Gilbert, Alexey Lutsenko from the Astana team, and Orica–Scott's Luke Durbridge.[5] Lampaert attacked with 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) remaining and ultimately won the race by 39 seconds ahead of Gilbert, who led home Lutsenko and Durbridge in a sprint for second place.

Lampaert finishing first in Waregem
  1. ^ "Uitslag - Résultat - Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ^ "UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. ^ "The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017". UCI. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ^ Decaluwé, Brecht (22 March 2017). "Exuberant victory for local boy Lampaert in Dwars door Vlaanderen". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ^ Decaluwé, Brecht; O'Shea, Sadhbh (22 March 2017). "Dwars door Vlaanderen: Lampaert parlays Quick-Step tactics to victory". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 22 March 2017.