2017 Strade Bianche Women
Cycling race
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The third edition of the women's Strade Bianche was held on 4 March 2017, in Tuscany, Italy. Elisa Longo Borghini won the race, in bad weather, ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma and the previous year's champion, Lizzie Deignan.
Dates4 March 2017
Stages1
Distance127 km (79 mi)
Winning time3h 44' 45"
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| Dates | 4 March 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 127 km (79 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3h 44' 45" | ||||||||||||
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The women's Strade Bianche served as the first event of the second UCI Women's World Tour, the highest level of professional women's cycling.[1][2] The race is organized on the same day as the men's event, at a shorter distance, but on much of the same roads.[2]
Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
Wiggle High5 | 3h 44' 45" |
| 2 |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) |
WM3 Energie | + 2" |
| 3 |  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) |
Boels–Dolmans | + 5" |
| 4 |  Lucinda Brand (NED) |
Team Sunweb | + 8" |
| 5 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) |
Orica–Scott | + 9" |
| 6 |  Shara Gillow (AUS) |
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | + 12" |
| 7 | Katrin Garfoot (AUS) |
Orica–Scott | + 18" |
| 8 | Amanda Spratt (AUS) |
Orica–Scott | + 36" |
| 9 |  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) |
Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | + 1' 06" |
| 10 | Elena Cecchini (ITA) |
Canyon//SRAM | + 1' 06" |
