1997 Tour of Flanders

Rolf Sørensen (Paris-Tours 1998).jpg Rolf Sørensen, first Danish winner of the Tour of Flanders 300 1997 UCI Road World Cup 2 6 April 1997 1 256 km 5h 57' 01" Rolf Sørensen DEN Rabobank Frédéric Moncassin FRA Gan Franco Ballerini ITA Mapei-GB 1996 1998 The 81st running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 6 April 1997. It was the second leg of the 1997 UCI Road World Cup. Rolf Sørensen won the race, becoming the first Danish winner of the monument classic.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1997-tour-of-flanders.html 1997 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 1 June 201581st Ronde van Vlaanderen, World Cup round 2 http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/apr97/flanders97a.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080828213757/http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/apr01/RVV/results.shtml 28 August 2008 2 June 2015 live The race started in Sint-Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove). Race summary Peter Van Petegem made the first significant move on Oude Kwaremont, but couldn't force a viable breakaway. On Taaienberg, 50 km from the finish, French star Laurent Jalabert broke away, followed by Dane Rolf Sørensen. Race favourite and world champion Johan Museeuw crashed at the foot of the Berendries climb and was unable to return to the front of the race. Meanwhile, Jalabert was left behind on the Berendries, as Van Petegem and Italians Ballerini and Casarotto joined Sørensen in the front. On the Muur van Geraardsbergen the four front riders were joined by seven others, including sprint specialist Frédéric Moncassin and Andrei Tchmil. In the last 10 km, Moncassin, Sørensen and Ballerini broke away and pushed on to the finish. Sørensen attacked under the one-kilometer banner and powered on to victory. Moncassin outsprinted Ballerini for second place.1998-01-24 Tour of Flanders results http://www.uci.ch/road/wcroad2.html 2023-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/19980124150818/http://www.uci.ch/road/wcroad2.html 1998-01-24 Climbs There were fifteen categorized climbs: 22em Den Ast Kattenberg Leberg Molenberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Kortekeer Taaienberg Steenberg Berendries Tenbosse Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Results CyclistTeamTime1Rolf Sørensen DEN RAB 1997 5h 57' 01"2Frédéric Moncassin FRA GAN 1997 + 7"3Franco Ballerini ITA MAP 1997 + 8"4Andrei Tchmil UKR LTB 1997 s.t.5Davide Casarotto ITA CSF 1997 + 20"6Claudio Chiappucci ITA ASICS + 21"7Michele Bartoli ITA RIS 1997 + 27"8Jo Planckaert BEL LTB 1997 s.t.9Peter Van Petegem BEL TVM 1997 s.t.10Viatcheslav Ekimov RUS USP 1997 s.t. External links Recap of the race (Flemish television) References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour Of Flanders Category:April 1997 sports events in Europe