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| Dates | 21–23 February 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 532.7 km (331.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12h 55' 14"[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Tour La Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 21 and 23 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the second edition of the Tour La Provence.[2]
The race was won by Australian rider Rohan Dennis,[3] of the BMC Racing Team; Dennis finished second to Frenchman Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) on the second stage to take the leader's blue jersey, and maintained this with another second-place stage finish the following day – behind Italy's Mattia Cattaneo from the Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec team – to take the victory overall by two seconds ahead of Cattaneo.[4] Geniez completed the podium, a further two seconds in arrears, after a tie-break with Direct Énergie rider Jonathan Hivert.
Dennis also won the points classification as the most consistent finisher over the three days, with Geniez winning the multi-coloured jersey for the best cumulative placings in the general, points and mountains classifications. UAE Team Emirates rider Jan Polanc was the winner of the mountains classification, while the young rider classification was claimed by Geniez's teammate Léo Vincent, finishing 15th overall. In fifth place overall, Julien El Fares (Delko–Marseille Provence KTM) was the top-placed rider from the Provence region, while the teams classification was won by the BMC Racing Team.
- ^ "Tour de La Provence: 3ème étape Aix en Provence - Marseille" [Tour de La Provence: 3rd stage Aix en Provence - Marseille] (PDF). STSport.fr (in French). Systèmes et Techniques du Sport. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "2017 Tour La Provence". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Rohan Dennis remporte le Tour de La Provence" [Rohan Dennis wins the Tour de La Provence]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Dennis takes overall win in Provence". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.