2017 La Course by Le Tour de France

The 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France with FDJ was the fourth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycle race held in France. The race was held before stage 18 of the 2017 Tour de France, between Briançon and the Col d'Izoard, on 20 July, and was followed by a pursuit race before stage 20 of the Tour de France. It was organised by the ASO. The first day counted also as the thirteenth race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour.[2]

2017 La Course by Le Tour de France
2017 UCI Women's World Tour (stage 1 only), race 13 of 20
Race details
Dates20 and 22 July 2017
Stages2 (UCI World Tour: 1)
Distance90 km (55.92 mi)
Winning time2h 40' 10"[1]
Results
  Winner  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Orica–Scott)
  Second  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Third  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) (Wiggle High5)

The 2017 race was the first edition in which the event was stretched into a 2-day format. The top twenty finishers on the first day, or those within five minutes of the stage winner on the Col d'Izoard, were eligible to contest the second 22.5-kilometre (14.0 mi) stage, over the same course as the men's time trial in Marseille on 22 July. However, for the purposes of the UCI world tour, only the results from the first day counted.[3] The pursuit race was held as a 1.15 categorised event,[4] on the French Cycling Federation (FFC) calendar – and therefore did not count towards the UCI Women's World Tour – with riders starting at their respective time gaps from the Col d'Izoard.

Both races had the same podium; Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica–Scott) won both races ahead of Boels–Dolmans rider Lizzie Deignan, with the podium being completed each time by Wiggle High5's Elisa Longo Borghini.[5][6]

Teams

21 teams participated in the 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France.[7] The top 15 UCI Women's World Tour teams were automatically invited, and obliged to attend the race.

UCI Women's Teams

National teams

Results

La Course by Le Tour de France - stage 1
The profile of La Course by Le Tour de France - stage 1
20 July 2017 — Briançon to Col d'Izoard, 67.5 km (41.9 mi)[8]

Of the 119 riders to start the race, 47 completed the race within the time limit.[1] 19 riders qualified for La Course Poursuite, as they finished within five minutes of race winner Annemiek van Vleuten.[5]

Result[1]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott 2h 07' 18"
2  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 43"
3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 1' 23"
4  Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans + 1' 28"
5  Shara Gillow (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope + 1' 33"
6  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–Scott + 1' 41"
7  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 51"
8  Ana Sanabria (COL) Servetto Giusta + 2' 24"
9  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling + 2' 52"
10  Hanna Nilsson (SWE) BTC City Ljubljana + 3' 04"

La Course Poursuite - stage 2
The route of La Course Poursuite - stage 2
22 July 2017 — Marseille to Marseille, 22.5 km (14.0 mi)[9]
Result[10]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) Orica–Scott 32' 52"
2  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) Boels–Dolmans + 1' 52"
3  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) Wiggle High5 + 1' 52"
4  Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels–Dolmans + 3' 00"
5  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Orica–Scott + 3' 26"
6  Shara Gillow (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope + 3' 48"
7  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 3' 53"
8  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) WM3 Pro Cycling + 4' 35"
9  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling + 4' 35"
10  Ana Sanabria (COL) Servetto Giusta + 4' 46"

See also

References
  1. "Classifications after the stage 1". La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. "La Course by Le Tour de France: Specific rules" (PDF). La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. "Van Vleuten wins La Course pursuit". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017. Van Vleuten won the first stage – and official La Course event according to UCI rankings – up the Izoard on Thursday, which set her up to take off as first in this pursuit format stage.
  4. "La Course by Le Tour de France - Poursuite: Specific rules" (PDF). La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. "Van Vleuten on the top of the world". La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. "Van Vleuten unchallenged". La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. "Teams and riders". La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. "Briançon / Izoard" (PDF). La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. "Marseille / Marseille" (PDF). La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. "Classifications after the stage 2". La Course by Le Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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