2017 Hong Kong Challenge

The 2017 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge was the inaugural edition of the Hong Kong Challenge one-day race. The race was held on October 8, and was rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour.^[1]

2017 Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Challenge

2017 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates	October 8, 2017
Distance	103 km (64.00 mi)
Winning time	2h 35' 57"
Results
Winner  Matej Mohorič (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates)   Second  Robbie Hucker (AUS) (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness)   Third  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) (Japan)
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Matej Mohorič of Slovenia won the race, followed by Robbie Hucker of Australia second and Yukiya Arashiro of Japan third.^[2]

Teams

Seventeen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:^[3]

WorldTeams

• Orica–Scott
• UAE Team Emirates

Professional continental team

• Delko–Marseille Provence KTM

Continental teams

• Aisan Racing Team
• Bike Channel–Canyon
• H&R Block Pro Cycling
• Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
• HKSI Pro Cycling Team
• IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
• Rietumu Banka–Riga
• RTS–Monton Racing Team
• Team Ukyo
• WIGGINS
• Terengganu Cycling Team
• Yunnan Lvshan Landscape–Taishan Pardus

National teams

• Japan
• Romania

Results

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Matej Mohorič	UAE Team Emirates	2h 35' 57"
2	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness	+ 5"
3	Yukiya Arashiro	Japan	+ 1' 14"
4	Mitchell Docker	Orica–Scott	+ 1' 14"
5	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness	+ 1' 43"
6	Harry Tanfield	Bike Channel–Canyon	+ 1' 53"
7	Michael Hepburn	Orica–Scott	+ 2' 21"
8	Quentin Pacher	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	+ 2' 21"
9	Travis Samuel	H&R Block Pro Cycling	+ 2' 23"
10	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS–Monton Racing Team	+ 2' 39"

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^[4]

Orica–Scott Luka Mezgec Mathew Hayman Luke Durbridge Mitchell Docker Sam Bewley Michael Hepburn UAE Team Emirates Andrea Guardini Ben Swift Matej Mohorič Seid Lizde Delko–Marseille Provence KTM Martin Laas Mikel Aristi Benjamin Giraud Quentin Pacher Jonathan Couanon Ben Dyball Aisan Racing Team Hayato Okamoto Kota Sumiyoshi Shiki Kuroeda Hiroaki Harada Bike Channel–Canyon Harry Tanfield Max Stedman Chris Opie Mitchell Webber Rob Partridge Dexter Gardias H&R Block Pro Cycling Travis Samuel Ryan Macanally Jure Rupnik Alexis Cartier Marc-Antonie Nadon Chris Prendergast

Hainan Jilun Cycling Team Yang Tao Antonio Jose Alarcon Gonzalez Kevin Rios Quintana Steven Cuesta Juan Carrero HKSI Pro Cycling Team Leung Chun Wing Ho Burr Choy Hiu Fung Mow Ching Yin Leung Ka Yu Ko Siu Wai IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness Sean Lake Anthony Giacoppo Robbie Hucker Neil Van der Ploeg Sam Crome Rietumu Banka–Riga Māris Bogdanovičs Andris Vosekalns Armands Bēcis Deins Kaņepējs Uldis Ālītis RTS–Monton Racing Team Mauricio Ortega Eugenio Bani Paolo Lunardon Oscar Mauricio Pachón Polychronis Tzortzakis Cristian Andres Peña Team Ukyo Jon Aberasturi Michimasa Nakai Yusuke Hatanaka Eiichi Hirai Tanzo Tokuda

WIGGINS James Knox Scott Davies Joey Walker Etienne Georgi Robert Scott Jake Kelly Terengganu Cycling Team Anuar Manan Che ku Mohammad Nazmi Che Ku Romli Maral-Erdene Batmunkh Mohd Nor Umardi Rosdi Goh Choon Huat Muhammad Nur Aimin Mohd Zariff Yunnan Lvshan Landscape–Taishan Pardus Fan Xiaojun Li Wenjie Yu Benneng Zhong Zirong Meng Juntao Zhang Lianshan Japan Yukiya Arashiro Hideto Nakane Rei Onodera Shotaro Iribe Masaki Yamamoto Masahiro Ishigami Romania Lars Pria Valentin Plesea Eduard-Michael Grosu Daniel Crista Emil Dima