The 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour was a cycling stage race that took place between 5 and 9 July 2017 in and around Sibiu, Romania. Raced over 734 kilometres (456 miles), the race featured a traditional cobbled prologue along with mountain stages to Bâlea Lake and Păltiniș, and was held as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.[1]
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| Dates | 5–9 July 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 734 km (456.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 18h 19' 33" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The race was won by Colombian climber Egan Bernal, riding for the Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia squad.[2] Bernal took the race lead after winning the second stage of the race, the queen stage, to the summit finish at Bâlea Lake; he then further extended his lead by winning the following day to Păltiniș. Bernal ultimately won the race by 1 minute, 40 seconds ahead of Roth–Akros rider Colin Stüssi, with the podium being completed by another Roth–Akros rider, Valentin Baillifard, a further 35 seconds behind.
Bernal's performances were enough for him to win two other jerseys, winning the points and young rider classifications. In the race's other sub-classifications, Moritz Fußnegger from 0711 / Cycling was the winner of the mountains classification, Damian Lüscher (Roth–Akros) was the winner of the sprints classification, while Roth–Akros were the winners of the teams classification.
Teams
editInitially, 21 teams were invited to the race. The peloton featured three Professional Continental Teams, 17 Continental Teams and a Romanian national team, including for the first time, teams from North America.[3][4]
However, Team ColoQuick–Cult and Kuwait–Cartucho.es did not compete, which left the starting peloton at 19 teams.[5]
UCI Professional Continental teams
UCI Continental teams
- 0711 / Cycling
- Adria Mobil
- Bike Aid
- Team ColoQuick
- D'Amico–UM Tools
- Team Differdange–Geba
- Dukla Banská Bystrica
- Team Giant–Castelli
- GM Europa Ovini
- Mazowsze Serce Polski
- Team Illuminate
- Parkhotel Valkenburg
- Akros–Excelsior–Thömus
- Tusnad Cycling Team
- Trevigiani Phonix–Hemus 1896
- Christina Jewelry–Kuma
National Teams
- Romania
Route
editThe race route was announced in December 2016.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| P | 5 July | Sibiu to Sibiu | 2.3 km (1 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Andrea Palini (ITA)
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| 1 | 6 July | Sibiu to Sibiu | 211.8 km (132 mi) | 
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Medium-mountain stage |  Edwin Ávila (COL)
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| 2 | 7 July | Sibiu to Bâlea Lake | 160 km (99 mi) | 
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Mountain stage | Egan Bernal (COL)
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| 3 | 8 July | Sibiu to Păltiniș | 211.5 km (131 mi) |
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Mountain stage | Egan Bernal (COL)
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| 4 | 9 July | Sibiu to Sibiu | 148.4 km (92 mi) |
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Medium-mountain stage |  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU)
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Stages
editPrologue
edit- 5 July 2017 — Sibiu to Sibiu, 2.3 km (1 mi), individual time trial (ITT)[6]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Andrea Palini (ITA) 
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Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia | 3' 07" |
| 2 | Luca Pacioni (ITA)
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Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia | + 2" |
| 3 | Carlos Alzate (COL)
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UnitedHealthcare | + 4" |
| 4 |  Maciej Paterski (POL)
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CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice | + 5" |
| 5 | Fabio Tommassini (ITA)
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D'Amico Utensilnord | + 5" |
| 6 |  Nicklas Overgaard Pedersen (DEN)
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Team Giant–Castelli | + 5" |
| 7 | Łukasz Owsian (POL)
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CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice | + 5" |
| 8 | Raffaello Bonusi (ITA)
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Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia | + 6" |
| 9 |  Joris Blokker (NED)
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Monkey Town Continental Team | + 6" |
| 10 |  Krisztián Lovassy (HUN)
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Differdange–Losch | + 6" |
Stage 1
edit- 6 July 2017 — Sibiu to Sibiu, 211.8 km (132 mi)[6]
The first stage covered 211.8 kilometres (131.6 miles) of rolling terrain including 7 categorised climbs. After 40 kilometres (25 miles) of the stage, two riders – Edwin Ávila (Team Illuminate) and Moritz Fußnegger (0711 / Cycling) – broke away from the peloton building up at one stage a 6 minute advantage. With over 30 kilometres (19 miles) of the race remaining Ávila attacked on his own and soloed to a stage win, holding off the chasing peloton who finished 43 seconds behind.[8]
Stage 2
edit- 7 July 2017 — Sibiu to Bâlea Lake, 160 km (99 mi)[6]
The second stage of the race featured a route of 160 kilometres (99 miles) including a final climb of 20 kilometres (12 miles) on the Transfăgărășan to Bâlea Lake. The early part of the race featured a breakaway from which, with 10 kilometres (6 miles) remaining, there was just one survivor – Nikodemus Holler of Bike Aid. Holler was eventually caught by the chasing group with 9 kilometres (6 miles) to race.
Soon afterwards, overall leader Edwin Ávila (Team Illuminate) was dropped by the small leading group and with 6 kilometres (4 miles) remaining a pair of riders – Daniel Jaramillo (UnitedHealthcare) and Gabriel Reguero (Differdange–Losch) – attacked. A counter-attack from Egan Bernal (Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia) saw him catch and then pass the two escapees, and he continued to build a lead over the chasing group. The other contenders were unable to respond and Bernal won the stage by over a minute.[11]
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Stage 3
editAn early breakaway of five riders, including the leader of the mountains classification, Moritz Fußnegger (0711 / Cycling) built up a lead of around 7 minutes. By the penultimate climb at Jina, the remainder of the breakaway had a 1' 30" advantage over the chasing peloton, before being caught and passed by two attackers – Simon Pellaud (Team Illuminate) and Andrea Borso (Adria Mobil). This pair in turn were caught by a small group of riders with 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) remaining and from that group it was once more Egan Bernal (Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia) who attacked in the closing stages, and with the rest of the riders unable to respond, claimed his second successive stage victory, further extending his overall lead.
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Stage 4
edit- 9 July 2017 — Sibiu to Sibiu, 148.4 km (92 mi)[6]
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Classification leadership table
editIn the 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, six different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages with the exception of the time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively.[6] Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third.[6] The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey.[6] This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| Points for Category SA | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Points for Category A | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Points for Category B | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Points for Category C | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey.[6] In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either category SA, A, B or C, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.[6] The third jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a white jersey.[6] In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage, and unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages (with the exception of the prologue) were awarded the same number of points. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place.[6] The fifth classification was the sprints classification, the leader of which was awarded a blue jersey.[6] In the sprints classification, riders received points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage – awarded on a 3–2–1 scale – and these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification as noted above.
The sixth and final jersey represented the classification for Romanian riders, marked by a red jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Romania were eligible to be ranked in the classification.[6] There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.[6]
| Stage | Winner | General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Young rider classification
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Sprints classification
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Romanian rider classification
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Teams classification |
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| P[18] | Andrea Palini[19] | Andrea Palini | Not awarded | Not awarded | Gašper Katrašnik | Not awarded | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia |
| 1[20] | Edwin Ávila | Edwin Ávila | Edwin Ávila[a] | Moritz Fußnegger | Edwin Ávila[b] | Team Illuminate | ||
| 2[21] | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal | Egan Bernal[c][d] | Egan Bernal[c][d] | Germán Tivani | Roth–Akros | ||
| 3[22] | Egan Bernal | |||||||
| 4[23] | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Damian Lüscher | ||||||
| Final[23] | Egan Bernal[17] | Egan Bernal[24] | Moritz Fußnegger[25] | Egan Bernal[26] | Damian Lüscher[27] | Eduard-Michael Grosu[28] | Roth–Akros[29] | |
Notes
edit- ^ In stage 2, Simone Ponzi, who was third in the points classification, wore the white points jersey, because Edwin Ávila (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and Eduard-Michael Grosu (in second place) wore the red jersey as leader of the Romanian rider classification.
- ^ In stage 2, Daniel Crista, who was third in the sprints classification, wore the blue sprints jersey, because Edwin Ávila (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and Moritz Fußnegger (in second place) wore the green jersey as leader of the mountains classification.
- ^ a b In stage 3, Edwin Ávila, who was second in the points classification, wore the white points jersey, because Egan Bernal (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. As Bernal also led the young rider classification, Maxim Rusnac, who was second in the classification, wore the orange young riders jersey.
- ^ a b In stage 4, Colin Stüssi, who was second in the points classification, wore the white points jersey, because Egan Bernal (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. As Bernal also led the young rider classification, Salim Kipkemboi, who was second in the classification, wore the orange young riders jersey.
References
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- ^ "Ciclism: Columbianul Egan Bernal Gomez a câștigat Turul Sibiului; Eduard Grosu, învingător în ultima etapă" [Cycling: Colombian Egan Bernal Gomez won the Tour of Sibiu; Eduard Grosu, winner in the last stage]. Agerpres (in Romanian). Agenția Națională de Presă Agerpres. 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "8 weeks to go to 2017 Sibiu Cycling Tour - 21 teams ready for action". Clubul Sportiv Sibiu Sport Project. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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