2017 UCI World Tour, race 9 of 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 20–26 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 1,055 km (655.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 25h 27' 15"[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Volta a Catalunya was a road cycling stage race that took place between 20 and 26 March. It was the 97th edition of the Volta a Catalunya and the ninth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.[2][3]
The race was won for the second time by Movistar Team rider Alejandro Valverde, who – like all of his teammates received a one-minute time penalty in the team time trial stage of the race – won three stages, the mountains classification as well as the overall general classification.[1] Valverde finished over a minute clear of his next closest competitor; Alberto Contador finished second for Trek–Segafredo, 63 seconds in arrears of Valverde.[1] The podium was completed by Valverde's teammate Marc Soler – taking the young rider classification as a result – a further 13 seconds adrift of Contador.[1] In the other classifications, the performances for Valverde and Soler were good enough for the Movistar Team to win the teams classification,[1] while Cannondale–Drapac's Pierre Rolland won the intermediate sprints classification.[1]