1997 Tour de France

The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th Tour de France, it took place July 5–27, 1997. Jan Ullrich's victory margin, of 9' 09" was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon took the Yellow jersey in the 1984 Tour de France by 10' 32". Ullrich's simultaneous victories in both the General Classification category and the young riders category marked the first time the same rider had won both categories in the same Tour since Laurent Fignon in 1983.

[edit] Teams and riders

189 riders in 21 teams commenced the 1997 Tour de France. 139 riders finished.

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date	Stage winner	GC leader
P	Rouen	7.3 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 5	Chris Boardman	Chris Boardman
1	Rouen – Forges-les-Eaux	192 km		Sunday, July 6	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini
2	Saint-Valery-en-Caux – Vire	262 km		Monday, July 7	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini
3	Vire – Plumelec	224 km		Tuesday, July 8	Erik Zabel	Mario Cipollini
4	Plumelec – Puy du Fou	223 km		Wednesday, July 9	Nicola Minali	Mario Cipollini
5	Chantonnay – La Châtre	261.5 km		Thursday, July 10	Cédric Vasseur	Cédric Vasseur
6	Le Blanc – Marennes	215.5 km		Friday, July 11	Jeroen Blijlevens	Cédric Vasseur
7	Marennes – Bordeaux	194 km		Saturday, July 12	Erik Zabel	Cédric Vasseur
8	Sauternes – Pau	161.5 km		Sunday, July 13	Erik Zabel	Cédric Vasseur
9	Pau – Loudenvielle	182 km	Mountain stage	Monday, July 14	Laurent Brochard	Cédric Vasseur
10	Luchon – Andorra-Arcalis	252.5 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 15	Jan Ullrich	Jan Ullrich
11	Andorra - Perpignan	192 km		Wednesday, July 16	Laurent Desbiens	Jan Ullrich
Rest day				Thursday, July 17
12	Saint-Étienne – Saint-Étienne	55.5 km	Individual time trial	Friday, July 18	Jan Ullrich	Jan Ullrich
13	Saint-Étienne –L' Alpe d'Huez	203.5 km	Mountain stage	Saturday, July 19	Marco Pantani	Jan Ullrich
14	Le Bourg-d'Oisans – Courchevel	148 km	Mountain stage	Sunday, July 20	Richard Virenque	Jan Ullrich
15	Courchevel – Morzine	208.5 km	Mountain stage	Monday, July 21	Marco Pantani	Jan Ullrich
16	Morzine – Fribourg	181 km	Mountain stage	Tuesday, July 22	Christophe Mengin	Jan Ullrich
17	Fribourg – Colmar	218.5 km		Wednesday, July 23	Neil Stephens	Jan Ullrich
18	Colmar – Montbéliard	175.5 km		Thursday, July 24	Didier Rous	Jan Ullrich
19	Montbéliard – Dijon	172 km		Friday, July 25	Mario Traversoni	Jan Ullrich
20	Disneyland Paris – Disneyland Paris	63 km	Individual time trial	Saturday, July 26	Abraham Olano	Jan Ullrich
21	Disneyland Paris – Paris-Champs-Élysées	149.5 km		Sunday, July 27	Nicola Minali	Jan Ullrich

[edit] Results

[edit] Jersey progress

Notes

• (1) = In Stage 1, Chris Boardman (the winner of the Prologue) wore the yellow jersey, and Jan Ullrich wore the green jersey.
• (2) = In Stages 2 and 3, Mario Cipollini wore the yellow jersey. Tom Steels wore the green jersey on stage 2, Erik Zabel on stage 3.

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Team Telekom	100h 30' 35"
2	Richard Virenque	France	Festina	9' 09"
3	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone-Uno	14' 03"
4	Abraham Olano	Spain	Banesto	15' 55"
5	Fernando Escartín	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca-Eurosport	20' 32"
6	Francesco Casagrande	Italy	Saeco-Estro	22' 47"
7	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	Team Telekom	26' 34"
8	José Maria Jiménez	Spain	Banesto	31' 13"
9	Laurent Dufaux	Switzerland	Festina	31' 55"
10	Roberto Conti	Italy	Mercatone-Uno	32' 26"
11	Beat Zberg	Switzerland	Mercatone-Uno	35' 41"
12	Oskar Camenzind	Switzerland	Mapei-GB	35' 52"
13	Peter Luttenberger	Austria	Rabobank	45' 39"
14	Manuel Beltran	Spain	Banesto	49' 34"
15	Jean-Cyril Robin	France	US Postal Service	58' 35"
16	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Rabobank	1h00' 33"
17	Bobby Julich	United States	Cofidis	1h01' 10"
18	Daniele Nardello	Italy	Mapei-GB	1h01' 30"
19	Christophe Moreau	France	Festina	1h02' 48"
20	Stéphane Heulot	France	La Française des Jeux	1h06' 13"

[edit] Points classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel	Team Deutsche Telekom	350
2	Frédéric Moncassin	GAN	223
3	Mario Traversoni	Mercatone Uno	198

[edit] King of the Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Richard Virenque	Festina	579
2	Jan Ullrich	Team Deutsche Telekom	328
3	Francesco Casagrande	Saeco-Estro	309

[edit] Combativity classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team
1	Richard Virenque	France	Festina

[edit] Teams

Team	Country	Top riders
Team Deutsche Telekom		(Riis, Ullrich, Zabel)
Festina		(Virenque, Dufaux, Moreau)
Mapei-GB		(Museeuw, Steels)
ONCE		(Jalabert, Zülle)
MG Technogym		(Simoni, Bartoli)
Team Polti		(Leblanc, Guerini)
Cofidis		(Rominger, Julich)
La Française des Jeux		(Gianetti, Rebellin)
Roslotto-ZG Mobili		(Gontchenkov)
GAN		(Boardman, Moncassin, Vasseur)
TVM		(Blijlevens)
Saeco-Estro		(Cipollini, Gotti)
Rabobank		(Boogerd, McEwen)
Casino		(Elli, Kirsipuu)
Batik-Del Monte		(Berzin, Cenghialta)
Banesto		(Olano, Beltran)
Lotto-Mobistar-Isoglass		(Tchmil, Madouas)
Kelme-Costa Blanca-Eurosport		(Escartin, Buenahora)
Mercatone Uno		(Pantani)
US Postal Service		(Ekimov, Hincapie)
La Mutuelle de Seine et Marne		(Dojwa)
Big.Mat-Auber 93		(Lino)

[edit] See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

[edit] External links

• 1997 Tour de France results