Английская Википедия:2017 Tour Down Under

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The 2017 Tour Down Under was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 22 January 2017 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was the 19th edition of the Tour Down Under and was the first event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Шаблон:Ct rider Richie Porte won the race for the first time, holding the race lead from the second day onwards following his stage win into Paracombe. Porte added a second stage win – the queen stage at Willunga Hill – as he ultimately won the race by 48 seconds ahead of his closest challenger. Шаблон:Ct's Esteban Chaves finished in second place, having taken third-place finishes in both of the stages won by Porte; third place on the podium was decided on the final day of the race. Jay McCarthy (Шаблон:Ct) trailed Nathan Haas of Шаблон:Ct by three seconds, but McCarthy was able to win the first intermediate sprint of the day – offering three bonus seconds towards the general classification – after a lead-out from world champion teammate Peter Sagan. With McCarthy and Haas finishing tied on time, the final podium position went to McCarthy on countback.

In the race's other classifications, Chaves' Шаблон:Ct teammate Caleb Ewan won the sprints classification, winning four of the six stages during the race, becoming the third rider to do so after his compatriot Robbie McEwen in 2002 and André Greipel in 2008, while Thomas De Gendt (Шаблон:Ct) won the mountains classification on the final day, taking points on the first climb of Montefiore Hill to assume the lead from Porte. Colombian Jhonatan Restrepo of Шаблон:Ct was the winner of the young rider classification, finishing in tenth place overall, while the teams classification was won by the only non-UCI WorldTeam in the race, UniSA–Australia.

Participating teams

As the Tour Down Under was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. One other team was given a wildcard entry into the race: UniSA–Australia.

Route

The route of the 2017 Tour Down Under was announced at the beginning of July 2016 and centred around the city of Adelaide in South Australia. There were six mass-start road stages and no time trials. Two days before the start of the Tour, there was a flat criterium race, the People's Choice Classic, which took place in Rymill Park and which was suited for the sprinters. It was won by Caleb Ewan (Шаблон:Ct) in a sprint finish. The first five stages of the race itself included at least some climbing, and a few opportunities for the sprinters, especially stage one. Several stages of the Tour included climbs early in the stage and hilly circuits at the end. The second stage reversed this with circuits at the beginning and a climb immediately before the finish. The fifth stage finished with two climbs of Willunga Hill, which had been decisive in previous editions of the race. The final stage was another criterium around the centre of Adelaide.

Stage schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	17 January	Unley to Lyndoch	Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Efn	Файл:Hillystage.svg	Hilly stage	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2	18 January	Stirling to Paracombe	Шаблон:Convert	Файл:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium-mountain stage	Шаблон:Flagathlete
3	19 January	Glenelg to Victor Harbor	Шаблон:Convert	Файл:Hillystage.svg	Hilly stage	Шаблон:Flagathlete
4	20 January	Norwood to Campbelltown	Шаблон:Convert	Файл:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium-mountain stage	Шаблон:Flagathlete
5	21 January	McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill	Шаблон:Convert	Файл:Mediummountainstage.svg	Medium-mountain stage	Шаблон:Flagathlete
6	22 January	Adelaide	Шаблон:Convert	Файл:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Шаблон:Flagathlete

Stages

Stage 1

17 January 2017 — Unley to Lyndoch, Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Efn

Stage 2

18 January 2017 — Stirling to Paracombe, Шаблон:Convert

Stage 3

19 January 2017 — Glenelg to Victor Harbor, Шаблон:Convert

Stage 4

20 January 2017 — Norwood to Campbelltown, Шаблон:Convert

Stage 5

21 January 2017 — McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill, Шаблон:Convert

Stage 6

22 January 2017 — Adelaide, Шаблон:Convert

Classification leadership table

In the 2017 Tour Down Under, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an ochre jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour Down Under, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with navy polka dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, 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. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider(s) considered, by a jury, to have "instigated the most attacks, breakaways or assisted their teammates to the best advantage".

Stage	Winner	General classification Файл:Jersey orange.svg	Mountains classification Файл:Jersey blackdots.png	Sprint classification Файл:Jersey red.svg	Young rider classification Файл:Jersey white.svg	Most competitive rider(s) Файл:Jersey red number.svg	Team classification
1	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Laurens De Vreese	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Laurens De Vreese	Шаблон:Ct
2	Richie Porte	Richie Porte	Richie Porte	Richie Porte	Ruben Guerreiro	Jasha Sütterlin	UniSA–Australia
3	Caleb Ewan			Caleb Ewan		Vegard Stake Laengen
4	Caleb Ewan					Jack Bauer & Cameron Meyer
5	Richie Porte				Jhonatan Restrepo	Jack Bauer
6	Caleb Ewan		Thomas De Gendt			Jack Bauer
Final		Richie Porte	Thomas De Gendt	Caleb Ewan	Jhonatan Restrepo	No final award	UniSA–Australia

External links

• Шаблон:Official website