The 2017 Tour de Hongrie was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Hungary in June and July 2017. The race was the 38th edition of the Tour de Hongrie, and was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. The race included 5 stages plus the prologue, starting in Szombathely on 27 June and finishing on 2 July in Budapest.
The race was won by Colombia's Daniel Jaramillo (UnitedHealthcare),[2] after winning the race's penultimate stage in Miskolc. Jaramillo finished two seconds clear of top young and Hungarian rider Barnabás Peák, riding for the Kontent–DKSI Cycling Team,[2] while the podium was completed by Rog–Ljubljana's Tadej Pogačar from Slovenia. In the race's other classifications, Scott Sunderland (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) won the points classification after two stage victories, Dimension Data for Qhubeka's Amanuel Gebrezgabihier was the winner of the mountains classification, while his Dimension Data for Qhubeka squad won the teams classification.
Schedule
The first stage was cancelled due to inclement weather.[1]
20 teams were invited to the 2017 Tour de Hongrie: one UCI Professional Continental team, eleven UCI Continental teams along with eight other teams, consisting of six domestic Hungarian teams, a regional team and a Serbian national team.[4]
^Initially scheduled for a prologue and five road stages over 751 kilometres (467 miles), but one stage was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.[1]
^Sandor Szalontay received the jersey post-stage, but no points were on offer during the stage.
^Nicholas Dlamini received the jersey post-stage, but no points were on offer during the stage.
References
^ abcd"New Katusha-Alpecin kit for the Tour de France - News shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Inclement weather that included heavy rain and hail caused organisers of the Tour of Hungary to cancel stage 1 on Wednesday.
^ abcde"Tour de Hongrie: Első tengerentúli győztes, Peáké a fehér trikó!" [Tour de Hongrie: The first overseas winner, Peák the white jersey!]. Origo Sport (in Hungarian). New Wave Media Group Zrt. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^"Tour de Hongrie: Itt a 2017-es útvonal!" (in Hungarian). tourdehongrie.hu. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^"Official Guide of 2017 Tour de Hongrie" (in Hungarian). tourdehongrie.hu. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ abc"Két magyar a dobogón a szombathelyi prológon!" [Two Hungarians on the podium at the Prologue in Szombathely!]. Tour de Hongrie (in Hungarian). Bringasport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ ab"Szlovén győzelem, magyar dobogó a második szakaszon" [Slovenian victory, Hungarian podium on the second stage]. Tour de Hongrie (in Hungarian). Bringasport. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ ab"A finn bajnok hosszú szökés végén orrhosszal nyert Cegléden!" [The Finnish champion, at the end of a long stage, won by a nose at Cegléd!]. Tour de Hongrie (in Hungarian). Bringasport. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ ab"Kolumbiai szakaszsiker, Peák Barna két másodpercre az összetett győzelemtől!" [Colombian stage success, Barna Peák two seconds from overall lead!]. Tour de Hongrie (in Hungarian). Bringasport. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.