2017 in men's road cycling

2017 in road cycling

List of men's road bicycle races
List of women's road bicycle races
← 2016 2018 → Men (2017)
← 2016 2018 → Women (2017)

2017 in men's road cycling is about the 2017 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI.

UCI World Ranking

In 2016, the UCI launched a new ranking system for men's road racing. This ranking will continue in 2017.

UCI World Rankings (Individual), as of 6 November 2016^[1]
Rank	Rider	Team	Points	Prev
1	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff	5359	1
2	Chris Froome (GBR)	Team Sky	3771	2
3	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	3711.25	3
4	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	3568.25	4
5	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	2916	5
6	Romain Bardet (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	2552	6
7	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Team Katusha	2426	7
8	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Tinkoff	2419	8
9	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Lampre–Merida	2415	9
10	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Orica–BikeExchange	2169	10

^♦Change since previous week's rankings
^♣U23 rider

UCI World Rankings (Nations), as of 6 November 2016
Rank	Nation	Points	Prev
1	France	13007	1
2	Belgium	12483.25	2
3	Italy	11922	3
4	Colombia	11875.5	4
5	Spain	11330.25	5
6	Great Britain	10309	6
7	Netherlands	8455	7
8	Australia	7719.25	8
9	Slovakia	6028.5	9
10	Norway	5779	10

The World Road Championships is set to be held in Bergen, Norway, from 17 to 24 September 2017.

Events at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships
Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
World Championship Team Time Trial	September 17
World Championship Time Trial	September 20
World Championship Road Race	September 24

For the 2017 season, the UCI added ten new events to the World Tour calendar.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Santos Tour Down Under	17–22 January
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race	29 January
Tour of Qatar	6–10 February
Abu Dhabi Tour	23–26 February
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	25 February
Strade Bianche	4 March
Paris–Nice	5–12 March
Tirreno–Adriatico	8–14 March
Milan–San Remo	18 March
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya	20–26 March
Dwars door Vlaanderen	22 March
Record Bank E3 Harelbeke	24 March
Gent–Wevelgem	26 March
Ronde van Vlaanderen	2 April
Vuelta al País Vasco	3–8 April
Paris–Roubaix	9 April
Amstel Gold Race	16 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey	18–23 April
La Flèche Wallonne	19 April
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	23 April
Tour de Romandie	25–30 April
Eschborn-Frankfurt Rund um den Finanzplatz	1 May
Amgen Tour of California	14-21 May
Critérium du Dauphiné	4–11 June
Tour de Suisse	10–18 June
Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián	29 July
Tour de Pologne	29 July – 4 August
Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic	30 July
Eneco Tour	7–13 August
Cyclassics Hamburg	20 August
Bretagne Classic Ouest-France	27 August
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	8 September
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	10 September
Il Lombardia	30 September
Tour of Quangxi	October

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Dubai Tour	January 31 – February 4
Tour of Oman	February 14 – 19
Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista del Sol	February 15 – 19
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta	February 15 – 19
Le Tour de Langkawi	February 22 – March 1
Critérium International	March 25 – 26
Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde	March 28 – 30
Giro del Trentino	April 17 – 21
4 Jours de Dunkerque/Tour du Nord-Pas-de-Calais	May 9 – 14
Tour of Norway	May 17 – 21
Baloise Belgium Tour	May 24 – 28
Skoda Tour de Luxembourg	May 31 – June 4
Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt	July 2–9
Tour of Qinghai Lake	July 16 – 29
VOO-Tour de Wallonie	July 22 – 26
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah	July 31 – August 6
Vuelta a Burgos	August 1 – 5
Tour of Colorado	August 10 – 13
Arctic Race of Norway	August 10 – 13
Tour of Britain	September 3 – 10
PostNord Danmark Rundt	September 12 – 16

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Trofeo Laigueglia	February 12
Kuurne–Bruxelles–Kuurne	February 26
Gran Premio Città di Lugano	February 26
GP Industria & Artigianato	March 5
Danilith-Nokere Koerse	March 15
Scheldeprijs	April 5
De Brabantse Pijl	April 12
GP de Denain - Porte du Hainaut/Valenciennes Métropole	April 13
GP du canton d'Argovie	June 8
Brussels Cycling Classic	September 2
GP de Fourmies/La Voix du Nord	September 3
Primus Classic	September 16
Giro dell'Emilia	September 30
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli	October 1

Championships	Race	Date
African Championships	Road race	February 14–19
	Individual time trial
	Team time trial
Pan American Championships	Road race	May 7
Pan American Championships	Individual time trial	May 4
Asian Championships	Road race	March 2
Asian Championships	Individual time trial	February 27
European Championships	Road race	August 6
European Championships	Individual time trial	August 3
Oceanian Cycling Championships	Road race	March 11
Oceanian Cycling Championships	Individual time trial	March 9

The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following seventeen teams:^[2]

Furthermore, one team's application is still under review:

Years in road bicycle racing (men, women)

Men's	... 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Women's	... 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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