The 2017 Tour de Hongrie was a six-day cycling

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that took place in

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in June and July 2017. The race was the 38th edition of the

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie () is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, and the Budapest–Szo ...

, and was rated as a

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event as part of the

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. The race included 5 stages plus the prologue, starting in

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on 27 June and finishing on 2 July in

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. The race was won by Colombia's Daniel Jaramillo (), after winning the race's penultimate stage in

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. Jaramillo finished two seconds clear of top young and Hungarian rider

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, riding for the Kontent–DKSI Cycling Team, while the podium was completed by 's

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from Slovenia. In the race's other classifications, Scott Sunderland () won the points classification after two stage victories, 's

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was the winner of the mountains classification, while his squad won the teams classification.

Schedule

The first stage was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Participating teams

20 teams were invited to the 2017 Tour de Hongrie: one

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team, eleven

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teams along with eight other teams, consisting of six domestic Hungarian teams, a regional team and a

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n national team. and the Astana Track Team withdrew from the race before it started, therefore eighteen teams took to the start in

Stages

Prologue

;27 June 2017 —

(Main Square), ,

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(ITT)

Stage 1

;28 June 2017 —

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, The stage was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Stage 2

;29 June 2017 —

Velence Velence is a town in the county of Fejér, Hungary, on the shore of Lake Velence. Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of Venice, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében'' ...

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Stage 3

;30 June 2017 —

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Cegléd Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Name The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due to i ...

Stage 4

;1 July 2017 —

Karcag Karcag () is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography Karcag covers an area of and has a population of 20,632 people (2011). Transport Karcag has its own railway station, bu ...

Stage 5

;2 July 2017 —

Jászberény Jászberény is a city and market centre in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in Hungary. Location Jászberény is located in central Hungary, on the Zagyva River, a tributary of the Tisza River. It is about from Budapest. History The oldes ...

Classification leadership table

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Hungarian rider classification

Teams classification

Notes

References

External links

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