Tour of the Alps 2017

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Formerly known as the Giro del Trentino, the renamed Tour of the Alps has served as a popular Giro d'Italia tune-up for years in addition to being a respectable prize in its own right as a 2.HC race on the Europe Tour.

Offering riders an opportunity to stretch their legs on serious high-mountain climbs, the race expands its range a bit this year from northern Italy into Austria, with much of the route skirting the border between the two countries. The five-day event kicks off in Kufstein with a lumpy opener followed by another undulating second stage before three climber-friendly mountain stages. The Tour of the Alps peloton will close out the race in Trento after taking on the fearsome Monte Bondone climb on the fifth and final stage.

Sky's Mikel Landa won last year's Giro del Trentino in a hotly contested battle with Astana's Tanel Kangert, who finished just two seconds behind Landa on the overall leaderboard.

Landa is back for 2017. His fitness is a question mark after 12 months without any marquee results, but Sky has a strong alternative in Geraint Thomas as well. FDJ's Thibaut Pinot, BMC's Rohan Dennis, Cannondale-Drapac's Pierre Rolland and AG2R's Domenico Pozzovivo are other Giro hopefuls who plan to make the start and could be in the mix at the Tour of the Alps

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2016 Giro del Trentino Results
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky14:44:48
2Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team0:00:02
3Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team0:00:14
4Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo0:00:19
5Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 180:00:24
6Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La MondialeRow 5 - Cell 2
7Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale0:00:28
8Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 180:00:30
9Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:00:42
10Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:00:56

 

2016 Giro del Trentino | 2015 Giro del Trentino | 2014 Giro del Trentino

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