2017 La Flèche Wallonne
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The 2017 La Flèche Wallonne was a road cycling one-day race that took place between Binche and Huy in Belgium, on 19 April 2017. It was the 81st edition of the La Flèche Wallonne and the seventeenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.[2][3]
| 2017 UCI World Tour, race 17 of 37 | |||||||||||||
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The route of the 2017 La Flèche Wallonne | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 19 April 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 204.5 km (127.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 15' 37"[1] | ||||||||||||
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Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) won the race atop the Mur de Huy for the fourth successive year, and a record-extending fifth victory overall.[4] Ireland's Dan Martin finished second for Quick-Step Floors, while the podium was completed by the Belgian rider, Dylan Teuns for the BMC Racing Team. Of the race's 200 starters, 166 riders finished the race.[5]
Teams
As La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.[6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Movistar Team | 5h 15' 37" |
| 2 |  Dan Martin (IRL) |
Quick-Step Floors | + 1" |
| 3 |  Dylan Teuns (BEL) |
BMC Racing Team | + 1" |
| 4 |  Sergio Henao (COL) |
Team Sky | + 1" |
| 5 |  Michael Albasini (SUI) |
Orica–Scott | + 1" |
| 6 |  Warren Barguil (FRA) |
Team Sunweb | + 1" |
| 7 |  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
Team Sky | + 1" |
| 8 | Rudy Molard (FRA) |
FDJ | + 1" |
| 9 | David Gaudu (FRA) |
FDJ | + 1" |
| 10 |  Diego Ulissi (ITA) |
UAE Team Emirates | + 1" |
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