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of Slovenia won the race, followed by

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of Australia second and

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of Japan third.

Teams

Seventeen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:

Results

General classification

List of teams and riders

A total of 18 teams, including two WorldTeams, one Professional Continental team, 13 Continental teams, and 2 national teams, were invited to participate in the 2017 SHKP Hong Kong Challenge. As Kuwaiti continental team Nice Cycling Team was unable to attend, there were 93 riders in remaining 17 teams took part in the race ; *

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* Seid Lizde ; *

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* Jonathan Couanon *

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; * Hayato Okamoto * Kota Sumiyoshi * Shiki Kuroeda *

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* Max Stedman *

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* Mitchell Webber *

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* Dexter Gardias ; * Travis Samuel * Ryan Macanally * Jure Rupnik * Alexis Cartier * Marc-Antonie Nadon * Chris Prendergast ; * Yang Tao * Antonio Jose Alarcon Gonzalez * Kevin Rios Quintana * Steven Cuesta * Juan Carrero ; *

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* Choy Hiu Fung *

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Leung Ka Yu Leung Ka Yu (; born 28 May 1996) is a Hong Kong road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results Road ;2013 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Time trial, Asian Junior Road Champions ...

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* Sam Crome ; *

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* Andris Vosekalns *

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* Uldis Ālītis ; * Mauricio Ortega * Eugenio Bani * Paolo Lunardon *

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* Cristian Andres Peña ; *

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* Michimasa Nakai *

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* Eiichi Hirai * Tanzo Tokuda ; *

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* Scott Davies *

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* Etienne Georgi * Robert Scott * Jake Kelly ; * Anuar Manan * Che ku Mohammad Nazmi Che Ku Romli * Maral-Erdene Batmunkh * Mohd Nor Umardi Rosdi * Goh Choon Huat * Muhammad Nur Aimin Mohd Zariff ; *

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* Li Wenjie * Yu Benneng * Zhong Zirong * Meng Juntao * Zhang Lianshan ;

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* Shotaro Iribe * Masaki Yamamoto *

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* Lars Pria *

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References

External links

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