2017 Healthy Ageing Tour

The 2017 Healthy Ageing Tour was a women's cycle stage race that is being held in the Netherlands from 4 to 8 April 2018. The 2017 edition of the race was the seventh running of the Healthy Ageing Tour, being held with a UCI rating of 2.1.

2017 Healthy Ageing Tour
Race details
Dates5–9 April 2017
Stages5 (including 1 split-stage)
Distance512.7 km (318.6 mi)
Results
Winner  Ellen van Dijk (NED) (Team Sunweb)
  Second  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Third  Lisa Brennauer (GER) (Canyon–SRAM)

Points  Ellen van Dijk (NED) (Team Sunweb)
Youth  Lisa Klein (GER) (Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling)
Sprints  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) (Canyon–SRAM)
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Route

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Stage schedule[1]
Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner
1a 5 April Leek to Leek 16.9 km (10.5 mi)   Individual time trial   Ellen van Dijk (NED)
1b Grijpskerk to Grijpskerk 77.6 km (48.2 mi)   Flat stage   Amy Pieters (NED)
2 6 April Baflo to Baflo 19.3 km (12.0 mi)   Team time trial Boels–Dolmans
3 7 April Musselkanaal to Stadskanaal 154.4 km (95.9 mi)   Flat stage   Lisa Brennauer (GER)
4 8 April Finsterwolde to Finsterwolde 126.6 km (78.7 mi)   Flat stage   Chantal Blaak (NED)
5 9 April Borkum to Borkum 117.9 km (73.3 mi)   Flat stage   Emilie Moberg (NOR)

Classification leadership table

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In the 2017 Healthy Ageing Tour, six 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 a yellow jersey.[2] This classification was considered the most important of the 2018 Healthy Ageing Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey.[2] In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. 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.[2] The third classification was the sprints classification, the leader of which was awarded an orange jersey.[2] In the sprints classification, riders received points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprint points during each stage.[2]

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey.[2] This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1996 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.[2] Other jerseys were awarded to the best club rider amongst the amateur riders (blue),[2] and for the most courageous rider showing fighting spirit (purple).[2] 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.[2]

Stage Winner General classification
 
Points classification
 
Sprints classification
 
Young rider classification
 
Combativity classification
 
Club rider classification
 
Team classification
1a[3] Ellen van Dijk Ellen van Dijk Ellen van Dijk Not awarded[a] Lisa Klein Stephanie Pohl Nicole Steigenga Boels–Dolmans
1b[4] Amy Pieters Anna van der Breggen Alice Barnes Marjolein van 't Geloof
2[5] Boels–Dolmans
3[6] Lisa Brennauer Christina Sigaard Nicole Steigenga
4[7] Chantal Blaak Daiva Tušlaitė
5[8] Emilie Moberg Barbara Guarischi Roxane Knetemann Team Sunweb
Final Ellen van Dijk Ellen van Dijk Barbara Guarischi Lisa Klein Roxane Knetemann Marjolein van 't Geloof Team Sunweb

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Jersey worn by Lisa Brennauer in the second stage, but no points were awarded in the individual time trial.

References

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Sources

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  • Technical Guide Healthy Ageing Tour Elite (PDF). Courage Events. 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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