I didnt really get in my cycling groove before Paris-Nice started which is a lot later than usual, so I cant really remember the opening weekend and Strade that well (saw the races, but couldn't concentrate on them lmao). But from my understand Strade was its usual race, a great one, the 6th monument!!!!
All the flemish classics were pretty good, E-3, G-W, Dwaars, Flanders. Again, pretty much your usual race in terms of excitement. Reason I say that about G-W is it still ended in a pretty big group sprint, but I may be underrating it a bit. Guess you can say the same about MSR, altho it was the most exciting group I can remember getting anyway. Top class riders.
Roubaix was the best race for me, I watched it almost in its entirety and it was literally never boring. No races can do that better than Roubaix. Gilbert getting away, getting rejoined by the likes of Sagan and such, then the elimnation from the group, Sagan bonking, Sep's problem etc. Great winner as well. Takes the cake.
Amstel the second best. Early action, then a bit of a lul in the action and MvdP's amazing comeback. Legendary ride.
Fleche Wallone I found better than your average Fleche Wallone. Was a fairly hard race with a great duel in the end.
Liege? I dont really know. Its hard to judge it, but not overly happy about how the route played out, but being a Dane and all, it was great to see Fuglsang pull an Andy on Roche and take the race with power.
Overall, I think pretty much all the classics were at least average in terms of how they usually play out, so thats good. Roubaix was a great edition, 8/10-8/5/10 and Amstel was pretty memorable, but other than that, it was not an out of the ordinary campaign overall like i found 2017 to be. As always, a lot of great racing.