2017 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
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The 69th edition of the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne cycling classic was held on 26 February 2017. It was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour and ranked as a 1.HC event. The route was 200.7 km (125 mi), starting and finishing in Kuurne.[2] It was the second and concluding race of the Belgian opening weekend, the year's first road races in Northwestern Europe, one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
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Dates | 26 February 2017 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 200.7 km (124.7 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4h 37' 49"[1] | ||||||||||||
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After finishing second to Greg Van Avermaet in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, world champion Peter Sagan, from Slovakia, won the race for Bora–Hansgrohe.[3] Sagan and four other riders – Belgians Jasper Stuyven (Trek–Segafredo) and Tiesj Benoot (Lotto–Soudal), Italy's Matteo Trentin, riding for the Belgian Quick-Step Floors team, and Team Sky's Luke Rowe from Great Britain – contested a sprint finish, being the survivors of a larger group that broke away from the peloton around the halfway mark of the race, after the Oude Kwaremont.[4]