1997 Giro d'Italia
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The 1997
Giro d'Italia
of cycling
, the 80th running of the race, was held from 17 May to 8 June 1997. It covered a total of 3,912 km, in 22 stages, completed at an average speed of 38.017 km/h. It was won by the Italian
Ivan Gotti
.
1997 in sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden-American football:...
Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
of cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
, the 80th running of the race, was held from 17 May to 8 June 1997. It covered a total of 3,912 km, in 22 stages, completed at an average speed of 38.017 km/h. It was won by the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Ivan Gotti
Ivan Gotti
Ivan Gotti is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. He first came to prominence by finishing 5th overall in the 1995 Tour de France...
.
General classification
| Cyclist | Country | Time | Team | |
| 1 | Ivan Gotti Ivan Gotti Ivan Gotti is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. He first came to prominence by finishing 5th overall in the 1995 Tour de France... |
102h 53' 58s | Saeco | |
| 2 | Pavel Tonkov Pavel Tonkov Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part of the Soviet Union team in 1987. This alerted the world to his talents and he turned pro in 1992 with the RUSS-Baïkal team. His biggest... |
Mapei-GB | ||
| 3 | Giuseppe Guerini Giuseppe Guerini Giuseppe Guerini is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.A native of Gazzaniga, Lombardy, he currently rides with the T-Mobile Team and has done so since 1999. He has, however, been a professional cyclist since 1993 - being a member of two other teams: Navigare and Polti... |
Polti | ||
| 4 | Nicola Miceli | + 12' 20s | Aki-Safi | |
| 5 | Serhiy Honchar Serhiy Honchar Serhiy Honchar is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion. In the 2006 Tour de France, Honchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7.... |
Aki-Safi | ||
| 6 | Wladimir Belli Wladimir Belli Wladimir Belli is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional between 1992 and 2007.- Palmares :19901993... |
Brescialat-Verynet | ||
| 7 | Giuseppe Di Grande | Mapei-GB | ||
| 8 | Marcos-Antonio Serrano Marcos-Antonio Serrano Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodríguez is a professional cyclist from Pontevedra, Spain. Turning professional in 1993, he joined the Kelme team and then in 1999 the lottery-sponsored Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles... |
Kelme-Costa Blanca-Eurosport | ||
| 9 | Stefano Garzelli Stefano Garzelli Stefano Garzelli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The high point of his career to date was his overall win in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, after a close three-way competition with Gilberto Simoni and Francesco Casagrande.-Career:He started out as being a domestique for Marco Pantani but... |
Mercatone Uno | ||
| 10 | José Luis Rubiera José Luis Rubiera José Luis Rubiera Vigil is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He last rode for the UCI ProTour team .Rubiera won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19... |
Kelme-Costa Blanca-Eurosport |
Maglia rosa holders
| Cyclist | Country | Stages |
|---|---|---|
| Mario Cipollini Mario Cipollini Mario Cipollini , often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance and his colourful personality. His nicknames include Il Re Leone and Super Mario... |
1st-2nd | |
| Pavel Tonkov Pavel Tonkov Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part of the Soviet Union team in 1987. This alerted the world to his talents and he turned pro in 1992 with the RUSS-Baïkal team. His biggest... |
3rd-13th | |
| Ivan Gotti Ivan Gotti Ivan Gotti is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. He first came to prominence by finishing 5th overall in the 1995 Tour de France... |
14th-final |
Other jerseys
- Maglia ciclamino: Fabrizio GuidiFabrizio GuidiFabrizio Guidi is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Guidi won over 40 races since he turned professional in 1995, including two stages in Giro d'Italia and three stages of 1998 Vuelta a España. He also won the Intergiro competition of Giro d'Italia in 1996, 1999 and 2000...
- Maglia verdeMountains classification in the Giro d'ItaliaThe mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...
: Mariano PiccoliMariano PiccoliMariano Piccoli is an Italian former road bicycle racer.-External links:*...