1997 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1997 Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1997 UCI Road World Cup 4 Michele BARTOLI.jpg Michele Bartoli won the 83rd running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège (pictured at the 1997 Paris–Tours) 250px 20 April 1997 262 km 7h 09' 45" Michele Bartoli RIS 1997 ITA Laurent Jalabert ONC 1997 FRA Gabriele Colombo GEW 1997 ITA 1996 1998 The 83rd running of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycling classic was held on 20 April 1997. It was the fourth leg of the 1997 UCI Road World Cup, coming between Paris–Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race. Italian Michele Bartoli won the race after distancing his breakaway companion, Frenchman Laurent Jalabert, at one kilometre from the finish in Ans. Gabriele Colombo completed the podium.1998-01-24 Liège–Bastogne–Liège results http://www.uci.ch/road/wcroad4.html 2023-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/19980124150703/http://www.uci.ch/road/wcroad4.html 1998-01-24 Liege-Bastogne-Liege, World Cup round 4 http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1997/apr97/lbl97results.html cyclingnews.com 16 April 2017medicApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 112 of 188 riders finished the race.Cyclisme - Liège - Bastogne - Liège - 1997 http://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-liege-bastogne-liege-1997-resultats-hommes-s2-c0-b0-g22-t44-u19-m46486-v1.html les-sports.info 17 April 2017 fr Route The 83rd edition of the "Doyenne Race" started on the Place Saint-Lambert in the centre of Liège, before heading south towards Bastogne and returning north to finish in the suburban community of Ans.Lauwens Jean-François Mode d'emploi http://archives.lesoir.be/mode-d-emploi_t-19970419-Z0DLJ4.html https://web.archive.org/web/19970419010101/http://archives.lesoir.be/mode%2Dd%2Demploi_t%2D19970419%2DZ0DLJ4.html Le Soir fr 17 April 2017 dead 19 April 1997 The total distance was 262 km mi on. The course contained 13 categorized climbs in the Ardennes: ClimbKm 1 Côte de Saint-Roch 81 2 Côte de Mormont 118 3 Côte de Wanne 154 4 Côte des Hézalles 163 5 Côte d'Aisomont 171 6 Côte de Stockeu 178 7 Côte de la Haute-Levée 183,5 ClimbKm 8 Côte du Rosier 195,5 9 Côte de la Vecquée 208 10 Côte de La Redoute 225 11 Côte de Sprimont 230,5 12 Côte des Forges 235 13 Côte du Sart-Tilman 247 Race Summary The race started in cold and sunny weather and was animated by a solo breakaway from Austrian Georg Totschnig who broke clear after 6 km mi on and had a maximum lead of 20 minutes on the peloton.Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, World Cup round 4 - Belgium, April 20, 1997 - LBL As it Unfolds http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/apr97/lbl97a.html cyclingnews.com 17 April 2017 The peloton was led by the ONC 1997 team of Laurent Jalabert, who had won La Flèche Wallonne four days earlier. Totschnig was later joined by Italian Ermanno Brignoli, but their lead had shrunk to five minutes on the Stockeu climb. thumb|right|The decisive break was made on the Côte de La Redoute at 40 km from the finish by Michele Bartoli, Laurent Jalabert and Alex Zülle. By the Côte de La Redoute, 40 km mi on from the finish, Totschnig and Brignoli were caught by the peloton. Swiss Alex Zülle of the ONCE team attacked on the lower slopes of the climb, forcing the decisive breakaway. By the top of La Redoute, four men were in the leading break: teammates Zülle and Jalabert, and Italians Michele Bartoli and Marco Pantani.Great moments in Classics history – the Ardennes Classics http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/springclassics09/index.php?id=/features/2009/top_ten_ardennes_moments autobus.cyclingnews 17 April 2017 Climbing specialist Pantani was quickly dropped on the flat stretches and Johan Museeuw, the ruling world champion, tried to bridge the gap to the leaders but missed out by 50 metres. With 25 km mi on remaining, the three leaders had a 1' 10" lead on the chase group, which was led by RAB 1997 for World Cup leader Rolf Sørensen, and MAP 1997 for Museeuw. Alex Zülle and Laurent Jalabert, trying to distance Michele Bartoli, attacked one after the other on the Côte de Sart Tilman, but were unable to drop the Italian.Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, World Cup round 4 - Belgium, April 20, 1997 http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/apr97/lbl97b.html autobus.cyclingnews.com 17 April 2017 Zülle, who did most of the work in the lead group, was dropped after an acceleration of Bartoli in the final kilometres. As the two leaders approached the finish, Michele Bartoli launched an ultimate attack in the final uphill kilometre, dropping Jalabert and claiming his first win in the Ardennes classic. Jalabert was second at eight seconds. Gabriele Colombo and Luc Leblanc, who had broken away from the chase group, finished third and fourth. Max Sciandri won the sprint for fifth place before Johan Museeuw.Deblander Bruno Michele Bartoli donné vainqueur à deux contre un http://archives.lesoir.be/michele-bartoli-donne-vainqueur-a-deux-contre-un_t-19970421-Z0DLRQ.html https://web.archive.org/web/19970421010101/http://archives.lesoir.be/michele%2Dbartoli%2Ddonne%2Dvainqueur%2Da%2Ddeux%2Dcontre%2Dun_t%2D19970421%2DZ0DLRQ.html Le Soir 17 April 2017 21 April 1997 dead fr Result Result (top 10)Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1997 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Liege_Bastogne_Liege_1997 ProCyclingStats 16 April 2017 1 Michele Bartoli ITA RIS 1997 7h 09' 45" 2 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1997 + 08" 3 Gabriele Colombo ITA GEW 1997 + 21" 4 Luc Leblanc FRA POL 1997 + 22" 5 Maximilian Sciandri GBR FDJ 1997 + 27" 6 Johan Museeuw BEL MAP 1997 s.t. 7 Beat Zberg SUI MER 1997 s.t. 8 Marco Pantani ITA MER 1997 s.t. 9 Laurent Madouas FRA LTS 1997 s.t. 10 Mauro Gianetti SUI FDJ 1997 s.t. 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