2017 Tour of California (women's race)

17 teams participated in the 2017 Tour of California; 16 teams announced in March 2017,[5] with further amendments made to the field in the week leading up to the race.[6]

The full race route was announced on 31 January 2017.[7]

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	11 May	South Lake Tahoe to South Lake Tahoe	117.0 km (72.7 mi)		Flat stage	Megan Guarnier (USA)
2	12 May	South Lake Tahoe to South Lake Tahoe	108 km (67.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Katie Hall (USA)
3	13 May	Elk Grove to Sacramento	118.0 km (73.3 mi)		Flat stage	Coryn Rivera (USA)
4	14 May	Sacramento to Sacramento	70 km (43.5 mi)		Flat stage	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Total			413 km (256.6 mi)

In the 2017 Tour of California, five 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.[23] This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour of California, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey.[23] In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued – awarded on a 3–2–1 scale – at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a white jersey with red polka dots.[23] In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a predominantly "white design" jersey.[23] This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. 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. In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "who best exemplifies the character of those engaged in the fight against cancer / heart disease", in line with the jersey's sponsors. This award was marked by a blue jersey.[23]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprints classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Most courageous rider	Team classification
1[24]	Megan Guarnier	Megan Guarnier	Megan Guarnier	Megan Guarnier	Arlenis Sierra	Lizzie Williams	Cylance Pro Cycling
2[25]	Katie Hall	Katie Hall	Anna van der Breggen	Katie Hall	Ruth Winder	Juliette Labous	UnitedHealthcare
3[26]	Coryn Rivera		Arlenis Sierra		Arlenis Sierra	Mandy Heintz
4[27]	Giorgia Bronzini	Anna van der Breggen				Rushlee Buchanan
Final[27]		Anna van der Breggen[1]	Arlenis Sierra[28]	Katie Hall[29]	Arlenis Sierra[30]	Not awarded	UnitedHealthcare[31]

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