2017 La Course by Le Tour de France


The 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France with FDJ was the fourth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycle race held in France. The race was held before stage 18 of the 2017 Tour de France, between Briançon and the Col d'Izoard, on 20 July, and was followed by a pursuit race before stage 20 of the Tour de France. It was organised by the ASO. The first day counted also as the thirteenth race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour.
The 2017 race was the first edition in which the event was stretched into a 2-day format. The top twenty finishers on the first day, or those within five minutes of the stage winner on the Col d'Izoard, were eligible to contest the second stage, over the same course as the men's time trial in Marseille on 22 July. However, for the purposes of the UCI world tour, only the results from the first day counted. The pursuit race was held as a 1.15 categorised event, on the French Cycling Federation calendar – and therefore did not count towards the UCI Women's World Tour – with riders starting at their respective time gaps from the Col d'Izoard.
Both races had the same podium; Annemiek van Vleuten won both races ahead of rider Lizzie Deignan, with the podium being completed each time by 's Elisa Longo Borghini.

Teams

21 teams participated in the 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France. The top 15 UCI Women's World Tour teams were automatically invited, and obliged to attend the race.

Results

La Course by Le Tour de France - stage 1

;20 July 2017 — Briançon to Col d'Izoard,
Of the 119 riders to start the race, 47 completed the race within the time limit. 19 riders qualified for La Course Poursuite, as they finished within five minutes of race winner Annemiek van Vleuten.

La Course Poursuite - stage 2

;22 July 2017 — Marseille to Marseille,