New contenders appeared in the Spring Classics and other early bicycle races as competitors for the upcoming Grand Tours.

In the just finished Tour de Suisse, there was no Point d’Appui due to 140 finishers coming home. Two veterans, Zdenek Stybar of Quick-Step Floors and Marcus Burghardt of Bora-Hansgrohe, finshed on les Cuspides of the fulcrum.

Silvio Herklotz of Bora-Hansgrohe finished in 63rd at the Critérium du Dauphiné earlier in June.

French rider Yoann Bagot of Cofidis, Solutions Credits finished in 61st place to win the Point d’Appui jersey during the Tour of California in May.

In April at the Tour of Flanders, Daniel Oss of BMC Racing Team finished as the Point d’Appui on the cobbles of Walloon.

In early April, Nicolas Torraca of Elevate-Khs Pro Cycling and Luis Villalobos of Aevolo Cycling split the cusps on the men’s side of the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas, United States. With 102 finishers, there was no fulcrum. Emily Newsom of Team Elevate Racing won the Point d’Appui on the women’s side the race, finishing 33rd among 65 finishers.

There was no fulcrum at Paris-Roubaix this year. Two Dutch riders, Boy van Poppel of Trek-Segafredo and Pim Ligthart of Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij finished on les Cuspides of the race, at 51st and 52nd respectively.

Alessandro De Marchi of BMC Racing Team and Christopher Juul Jensen of Orica-Scott finished 64th and 65th respectively as les Cuspides of the 2017 Paris-Nice race.

In the 2017 Milan-San Remo race, Luke Rowe of Team Sky won the Point d’Appui, finishing 98th among 195 riders who came home safely.

In January, Gregor Mühlberger of Bora-Hansgrohe held on to win the Point d’Appuit in the 2017 edition of the Tour Down Under.