1997 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1997 Tour de France Route of the 1997 Tour de France.png 360px Route of the 1997 Tour de France 5–27 July 1997 21 + Prologue 3950 km 100h 30' 35" Jan Ullrich GER THR 1997 yellow Richard Virenque FRA FES 1997 Marco Pantani ITA UNO 1997 Erik Zabel GER THR 1997 green Richard Virenque FRA FES 1997 polkadot Jan Ullrich GER THR 1997 THR 1997 Richard Virenque FRA FES 1997 1996 1998 The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th edition of the Tour de France and took place from 5 to 27 July. Jan Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10:32.http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_06.pdf Guide Historique, Part 6 Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre Amaury Sport Organisation 2009 30 September 2009 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20090711021351/http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_06.pdf 11 July 2009 115 dead Since 1997 no rider has had this convincing of a win with the closest margin to Ullrich's victory being Vincenzo Nibali winning the 2014 Tour de France with a gap of 7:39. Ullrich's simultaneous victories in both the general classification and the young riders' classification marked the first time the same rider had won both categories in the same Tour since Laurent Fignon in 1983. The points classification was won by Ullrich's teammate Erik Zabel, for the second time, and their team TMO 1997 also won the team classification. The mountains classification was won by Richard Virenque for the fourth time. Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1997 Tour de France 198 riders in 22 teams commenced the 1997 Tour de France. 139 riders finished. The 16 teams with the highest UCI ranking at the start of 1997 were automatically qualified.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/dec96/uciteams.html Second Edition News for December 12, 1996, UCI Team Rankings -- Prospects for 1997 12 December 1997 21 August 2011 Cyclingnews https://web.archive.org/web/20130620190214/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/dec96/uciteams.html 20 June 2013 live Six wildcard invitations were also given.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jun97/jun18.html News for June 18, 1997: Final Tour Team list 18 June 1997 21 August 2011 Cyclingnews James Startt https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221914/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jun97/jun18.html 4 March 2016 livehttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jun97/jun18a.html 17 June 1997 21 August 2011 Second Reaction to the Wild Cards Cyclingnews James Startt https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191438/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jun97/jun18a.html 5 March 2016 live The teams entering the race were:The history of the Tour de France – Year 1997 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403111437/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/partants.html 3 April 2020 live Qualified teams 20em GCE 1997 BAT 1997 ALM 1997 COF 1997 FES 1997 FDJ 1997 C.A 1997 MAP 1997 GBM 1997 ONC 1997 POL 1997 RAB 1997 ALB 1997 SAE 1997 THR 1997 TVM 1997 Invited teams 20em AUB 1997 KEL 1997 SIL 1997 UNO 1997 MUT 1997 DSC 1997 Route and stages The highest point of elevation in the race was 2408 m ft on at the summit of the Port d'Envalira mountain pass on stages 10 and 11.Augendre 2016 18584ème Tour de France 1997 84th Tour de France 1997 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1997.php 11 January 2020 Mémoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20191219010501/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1997.php 19 December 2019 live + Stage characteristics and winners84ème Tour de France 1997 84th Tour de France 1997 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1997.php Mémoire du cyclisme 6 April 2020 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20191219010501/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1997.php 19 December 2019 liveThe history of the Tour de France – Year 1997 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012335/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/vainqueurs.html 3 April 2020 live Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P5 July Rouen 7.3 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Chris Boardman GBR 16 July Rouen to Forges-les-Eaux 192.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mario Cipollini ITA 27 July Saint-Valery-en-Caux to Vire 262.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mario Cipollini ITA 38 July Vire to Plumelec 224.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Erik Zabel GER 49 July Plumelec to Le Puy du Fou 223.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Nicola Minali ITA 510 July Chantonnay to La Châtre 261.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Cédric Vasseur FRA 611 July Le Blanc to Marennes 217.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Jeroen Blijlevens NED 712 July Marennes to Bordeaux 194.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Erik Zabel GER 813 July Sauternes to Pau 161.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Erik Zabel GER 914 July Pau to Loudenvielle 182.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Laurent Brochard FRA 1015 July Luchon to Andorra Arcalis 252.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Jan Ullrich GER 1116 July Andorra Arcalis to Perpignan 192.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Laurent Desbiens FRA 17 July Saint-Étienne Rest day 1218 July Saint-Étienne 55.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Jan Ullrich GER 1319 July Saint-Étienne to Alpe d'Huez 203.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Marco Pantani ITA 1420 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Courchevel 148.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Richard Virenque FRA 1521 July Courchevel to Morzine 208.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Marco Pantani ITA 1622 July Morzine to Fribourg (Switzerland) 181.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Christophe Mengin FRA 1723 July Fribourg (Switzerland) to Colmar 218.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Neil Stephens AUS 1824 July Colmar to Montbéliard 175.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Didier Rous FRA 1925 July Montbéliard to Dijon 172.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mario Traversoni ITA 2026 July Disneyland Paris 63.0 km on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Abraham Olano ESP 2127 July Disneyland Paris to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 149.5 km on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Nicola Minali ITA Total 3950 km 0 onAugendre 2016 110 Race overview 1997 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10 1997 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 21 thumb|Jan Ullrich wearing the race leader's yellow jersey as the Tour passed through the Vosges mountains The Prologue was won by Time Trial Specialist Chris Boardman giving him the Yellow Jersey for stage one with Ullrich just two seconds behind. Defending champion Bjarne Riis, who had been preparing for and seeking a repeat victory with Ullrich acting as his Super-Domestique finished outside the top 10 but was in no way concerned as he had come into the Tour in good form. The first four stages were flat stages, the first two of which were won by the infamous Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini with the third going to Erik Zabel and the fourth being won by Nicola Minali. Cipollini would wear the Yellow Jersey following the first few stages due to bonus seconds during the sprint finishes.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/histoire.html The history of the Tour de France, Year 1997: Ullrich admitted doping Amaury Sport Organisation 23 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004152/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/histoire.html 3 December 2013 dead dmy-all During the 261 km stage five from Chantonnay to Le Chatre Cédric Vasseur survived a breakaway and finished nearly two and a half minutes ahead of the Peloton to claim the stage win and the Yellow Jersey, which he would hold on to until the race reached the high mountains. Stage 6 was won by Jeroen Blijlevens in a sprint finish with Djamolidine Abdoujaparov finishing 2nd which would be his highest placing in this final TDF of his impressive career. Stages 7 and 8 followed rounding out the first week with sprint finishes, both of which were won by Erik Zabel as he bested Jaan Kirsipuu and Blijlevens in stage 7 and Minali and Blijlevens in stage 8. Zabel had donned the Green Jersey following stage 3 and would hold it all the way to Paris. Stage 9 was the first stage in the Pyrenees which included the Col d'Aspin and Col du Tourmalet as two of the five categorized climbs. Laurent Brochard won the stage with the elite group of Richard Virenque, Pantani and Ullrich finishing 0:14 behind. Surprisingly to some defending champion Riis lost nearly thirty seconds to the other contenders coming across in 8th putting him in a tie for 4th in the overall standings with Virenque at 1:43 behind Vasseur after the first major mountain stage. Spaniard Abraham Olano was in 3rd at 1:14 behind and the next closest GC favorite was Ullrich 0:14 behind him.https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html 1997 Tour de France 3 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190515095852/https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html 15 May 2019 live Stage 10 was another high mountain stage with five climbs and was won convincingly by Ullrich by 1:06 over Virenque and Pantani as Riis and Olano each lost more than three minutes. With the victory Ullrich became the first German rider to wear the maillot jaune since Klaus-Peter Thaler in the 1978 Tour de France and only 3rd overall as "Didi" Dietrich Thurau wore it for 15 days in the 1977 Tour de France. Stage 11 was an intermediate stage in which Laurent Desbiens survived to finish 0:18 ahead of the bunch together with two other riders whom he outsprinted to take the stage win. There were no major attacks by the GC riders in this stage so going into the ITT in Stage 12 Ullrich was convincingly in the lead at 2:38 over Virenque, 4:46 over Olano and 4:53 over his teammate Riis, who at this point remained confident he was still the leader of Team Telekom with Ullrich continuing to ride for him as a Super-Domestique. The individual time trial extinguished any and all doubts who was in command of the race as Ullrich put more than three minutes into all of his competitors and teammates with 2nd place Virenque now approaching a six-minute deficit in the overall standings and Pantani, Olano and Riis each being eight minutes or more behind. thumb|left|Marco Pantani climbing towards the finish of stage 13 at Alpe d'Huez Stage 13 was Alpe d'Huez and the only rider able to drop Ullrich was Pantani who had to put in one of the fastest recorded times up Alpe d'Huez in TDF history in order to do so.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/stage16 Armstrong dominates on l'Alpe d'Huez www.cyclingnews.com 21 July 2004 21 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090620014443/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results%2Fstage16 20 June 2009 live Virenque finished 3rd 1:27 behind Pantani and Francesco Casagrande finished 4th on the stage while also moving to 6th place in the overall standings. Riis finished 5th, losing nearly another two minutes to Ullrich. In stage 14 Virenque made an attack to win back time on Ullrich, helped by his entire team. The margin was never more than two minutes, and Ullrich was able to get back to Virenque before the final climb. Virenque won the stage, but Ullrich finished in the same time.https://www.deseret.com/1997/7/21/19324996/ullrich-withstands-virenque/ Ullrich withstands Virenque 21 July 1997 23 November 2013 Deseret News https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231036/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/573726/Ullrich-withstands-Virenque.html 2 December 2013 live In stage 15 it was the Pirate attacking and winning his second stage and while he remained more than ten minutes behind Ullrich he did jump Riis in the standings to move in the final podium position. Ullrich remained fully in command as the race progressed and aside from suffering a major crash or failing a doping control there wasn't much chance of him losing the Tour. Stage 18 was the final mountain stage and included a rare climb up the Ballon d'Alsace, which was a popular stage early in TDF history but hadn't been included since the 1982 Tour de France and was added to the route for only the 4th time since World War II.https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/kom/europe/kom-france-ballon-d-alsace.html Col du Ballon d'Alsace by BikeRaceInfo 9 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190624143710/http://bikeraceinfo.com/kom/europe/kom-france-ballon-d-alsace.html 24 June 2019 live Frenchman Didier Rous would win the stage beating the next closest breakaway riders in Pascal Hervé, Bobby Julich and Laurent Roux by more than five minutes to finish the mountain stages with there being no further changes among the general classification favorites.https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html 1997 Tour de France 3 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190515095852/https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html 15 May 2019 live The final ITT in Stage 20 was won by Olano with Ullrich taking second 0:45 back. The final stage on the Champs-Élysées was won by Nicola Minali who beat out Zabel, Blijlevens, Henk Vogel, Robbie McEwen and George Hincapie in the mass sprint finish. Afterwards on the podiums Erik Zabel was awarded the green jersey, Richard Virenque won the King of the Mountains as well as the Most Combative Rider, in 3rd place on the podium was Marco Pantani, in 2nd was Virenque and in 1st overall winning the best young rider award, as well as the yellow jersey as champion of the Tour de France was Jan Ullrich. Classification leadership and minor prizes There were several classifications in the 1997 Tour de France.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–455 The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.Tour 97: Règlement Tour 97: Regulations http://www.letour.fr/tour97us/reglement.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 17 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/19970712000738/http://www.letour.fr/tour97us/reglement.html 12 July 1997Nauright Parrish 2012 452–453 Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 453–454 There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either hors catégorie, first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and wore a white jersey with red polka dots.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 The fourth individual classification was the young rider classification, which was not marked by a jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders under 26 years were eligible.Nauright Parrish 2012 454–455 For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 In addition, there was a combativity award given after each mass-start stage to the cyclist considered most combative. The decision was made by a jury composed of journalists who gave points. The cyclist with the most points from votes in all stages led the combativity classification.van den Akker 2018 211–216 Richard Virenque won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award.Augendre 2016 88 The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Port d'Envalira on stage 10. This prize was won by Virenque for the third time, the most by any rider in Tour history.Fischer Jürgen Riis zeigt Schwächen, Jan Ullrich hält sich zurück Riis shows weaknesses, Jan Ullrich holds back https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article639765/Riis-zeigt-Schwaechen-Jan-Ullrich-haelt-sich-zurueck.html 15 November 2019 Die Welt 16 July 1997 de https://web.archive.org/web/20190501174303/https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article639765/Riis-zeigt-Schwaechen-Jan-Ullrich-haelt-sich-zurueck.html 1 May 2019 live Augendre 2016 185van den Akker 2018 199 +Classification leadership by stageTour de France 1997 – Leaders overview https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/1997/gc/stages/leaders-overview ProCyclingStats 16 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190216224418/https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/1997/gc/stages/leaders-overview 16 February 2019 livevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1997 Information about the Tour de France from 1997 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1997 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302052629/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1997 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Points classification25px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey Mountains classification25px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Young rider classificationwhite-jersey A white jersey was not awarded to the leader of the young rider classification between 1989 and 1999.Nauright Parrish 2012 454–455 Team classification Combativity Award Classification P Chris BoardmanChris BoardmanChris BoardmanCyril SaugrainJan UllrichTHR 1997no award 1 Mario CipolliniMario CipolliniMario CipolliniArtūras Kasputis Artūras Kasputis Artūras Kasputis 2 Mario CipolliniLaurent Brochard Thierry GouvenouThierry Gouvenou 3 Erik ZabelErik Zabel François Simon 4 Nicola Minali Philippe Gaumont 5 Cédric VasseurCédric VasseurC.A 1997 Cédric VasseurCédric Vasseur 6 Jeroen Blijlevens Pascal Lance 7 Erik Zabel Adriano Baffi 8 Erik Zabel Fabio Baldato 9 Laurent Brochard THR 1997 Pascal Hervé 10 Jan UllrichJan UllrichRichard VirenqueFES 1997 Jean-Philippe Dojwa 11 Laurent Desbiens Philippe Gaumont 12 Jan UllrichTHR 1997 no award 13 Marco Pantani Nicola Loda 14 Richard Virenque Richard VirenqueRichard Virenque 15 Marco Pantani Laurent Jalabert 16 Christophe Mengin Stéphane Heulot 17 Neil Stephens Neil Stephens 18 Didier Rous Didier Rous 19 Mario Traversoni Bart Voskamp 20 Abraham Olano no award 21 Nicola Minali Pascal Chanteur FinalJan UllrichErik Zabelwhite Richard Virenque yes Jan Ullrich THR 1997Richard Virenque In stage 1, Jan Ullrich wore the green jersey. In stage 2, Tom Steels wore the green jersey. In stage 3, Erik Zabel wore the green jersey. Final standings Legend 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. Denotes the winner of the general classification 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. Denotes the winner of the points classification 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. Denotes the winner of the mountains classification General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1997 – Stage 21 Disneyland-Paris > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/2100/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 4 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402222326/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1997/2100/etape.html deadhttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour97/stage21.html Tour de France 1997 - Stage 21, Disneyland (Paris) to Champs Elysses (Paris), 149.5 km Cyclingnews 1997 23 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020249/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/tour97/stage21.html 24 July 2011 live Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich GER 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1997 100h 30' 35" 2 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1997 + 9' 09" 3 Marco Pantani ITA UNO 1997 + 14' 03" 4 Abraham Olano ESP GCE 1997 + 15' 55" 5 Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1997 + 20' 32" 6 Francesco Casagrande ITA SAE 1997 + 22' 47" 7 Bjarne Riis DEN TEL 1997 + 26' 34" 8 José María Jiménez ESP GCE 1997 + 31' 17" 9 Laurent Dufaux SUI FES 1997 + 31' 55" 10 Roberto Conti ITA UNO 1997 + 32' 26" Final general classification (11–139) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Beat Zberg SUI UNO 1997 + 35' 41" 12 Oscar Camenzind SUI MAP 1997 + 35' 52" 13 Peter Luttenberger AUT RAB 1997 + 45' 39" 14 Manuel Beltrán ESP GCE 1997 + 49' 34" 15 Jean-Cyril Robin FRA USP 1997 + 58' 35" 16 Michael Boogerd NED RAB 1997 + 1h 00' 33" 17 Bobby Julich USA COF 1997 + 1h 01' 10" 18 Daniele Nardello ITA MAP 1997 + 1h 01' 30" 19 Christophe Moreau FRA FES 1997 + 1h 02' 48" 20 Stéphane Heulot FRA FDJ 1997 + 1h 06' 13" 21 Udo Bölts GER TEL 1997 + 1h 09' 02" 22 Hernán Buenahora COL GCE 1997 + 1h 13' 48" 23 Laurent Roux FRA TVM 1997 + 1h 17' 44" 24 Massimo Podenzana ITA UNO 1997 + 1h 20' 56" 25 Laurent Madouas FRA LOT 1997 + 1h 24' 58" 26 Pascal Chanteur FRA ALM 1997 + 1h 25' 48" 27 Santiago Blanco ESP GCE 1997 + 1h 29' 18" 28 Thierry Bourguignon FRA AUB 1997 + 1h 29' 35" 29 Ángel Casero ESP GCE 1997 + 1h 35' 11" 30 Alberto Elli ITA ALM 1997 + 1h 37' 23" 31 Laurent Brochard FRA FES 1997 + 1h 39' 15" 32 François Simon FRA C.A 1997 + 1h 40' 40" 33 Orlando Rodrigues POR GCE 1997 + 1h 42' 33" 34 Georg Totschnig AUT TEL 1997 + 1h 42' 49" 35 Joona Laukka FIN FES 1997 + 1h 43' 05" 36 Pascal Hervé FRA FES 1997 + 1h 44' 04" 37 Javier Pascual ESP GCE 1997 + 1h 45' 52" 38 Kevin Livingston USA COF 1997 + 1h 46' 23" 39 Peter Farazijn BEL LOT 1997 + 1h 47' 54" 40 Cédric Vasseur FRA C.A 1997 + 1h 54' 02" 41 Marcello Siboni ITA UNO 1997 + 1h 56' 05" 42 Fabrice Gougot FRA ALM 1997 + 1h 56' 15" 43 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1997 + 1h 58' 32" 44 Viatcheslav Ekimov RUS USP 1997 + 2h 01' 23" 45 Didier Rous FRA FES 1997 + 2h 01' 46" 46 Gianluca Bortolami ITA FES 1997 + 2h 03' 35" 47 Massimiliano Lelli ITA SAE 1997 + 2h 05' 26" 48 Christophe Mengin FRA FDJ 1997 + 2h 06' 57" 49 Peter Meinert DEN USP 1997 + 2h 07' 38" 50 Frank Vandenbroucke BEL MAP 1997 + 2h 09' 34" 51 Rolf Aldag GER TEL 1997 + 2h 10' 36" 52 Erik Breukink NED RAB 1997 + 2h 13' 44" 53 Giuseppe Guerini ITA POL 1997 + 2h 14' 21" 54 Neil Stephens AUS FES 1997 + 2h 23' 40" 55 Juan José de los Ángeles ESP GCE 1997 + 2h 24' 12" 56 Andrea Peron ITA FDJ 1997 + 2h 24' 48" 57 Andrea Tafi ITA MAP 1997 + 2h 25' 53" 58 Davide Rebellin ITA FDJ 1997 + 2h 29' 54" 59 Zenon Jaskuła POL MAP 1997 + 2h 30' 15" 60 Jens Heppner GER TEL 1997 + 2h 31' 12" 61 Marino Alonso ESP GCE 1997 + 2h 32' 25" 62 Patrick Jonker AUS RAB 1997 + 2h 33' 38" 63 Aitor Garmendia ESP ONC 1997 + 2h 35' 30" 64 Maarten den Bakker NED TVM 1997 + 2h 38' 30" 65 Jon Odriozola ESP BAT 1997 + 2h 40' 08" 66 Erik Zabel GER 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. TEL 1997 + 2h 41' 16" 67 Maximilian Sciandri GBR FDJ 1997 + 2h 42' 24" 68 Rolf Sørensen DEN RAB 1997 + 2h 43' 47" 69 Tyler Hamilton USA USP 1997 + 2h 47' 51" 70 Íñigo Cuesta ESP ONC 1997 + 2h 50' 02" 71 Francisco Benitez ESP GCE 1997 + 2h 53' 37" 72 Daniele Sgnaolin ITA ALB 1997 + 2h 54' 00" 73 Marco Zen ITA MAP 1997 + 2h 54' 29" 74 Giorgio Furlan ITA SAE 1997 + 2h 56' 21" 75 José Luis Arrieta ESP GCE 1997 + 2h 57' 04" 76 Miguel Arroyo MEX AUB 1997 + 3h 04' 05" 77 José Angel Vidal ESP GCE 1997 + 3h 04' 27" 78 Jose-Roberto Sierra ESP ONC 1997 + 3h 04' 58" 79 Frankie Andreu USA COF 1997 + 3h 05' 00" 80 Oscar Pelliccioli ITA UNO 1997 + 3h 07' 09" 81 Erik Dekker NED RAB 1997 + 3h 07' 17" 82 Jesper Skibby DEN TVM 1997 + 3h 07' 50" 83 Dominique Rault FRA MUT 1997 + 3h 09' 58" 84 Christian Henn GER TEL 1997 + 3h 10' 01" 85 Francisco Mauleón ESP ONC 1997 + 3h 11' 00" 86 Gianluca Valoti ITA POL 1997 + 3h 11' 57" 87 Dariusz Baranowski POL USP 1997 + 3h 12' 45" 88 Thierry Gouvenou FRA AUB 1997 + 3h 12' 52" 89 Wilfried Peeters BEL MAP 1997 + 3h 13' 33" 90 Paul Van Hyfte BEL LOT 1997 + 3h 18' 11" 91 Marco Artunghi ITA UNO 1997 + 3h 18' 29" 92 Íñigo Chaurreau ESP POL 1997 + 3h 20' 28" 93 Artūras Kasputis LIT ALM 1997 + 3h 22' 01" 94 Christophe Agnolutto FRA ALM 1997 + 3h 22' 57" 95 Marco Saligari ITA ALM 1997 + 3h 23' 36" 96 Marty Jemison USA USP 1997 + 3h 25' 21" 97 Giuseppe Tartaggia ITA BAT 1997 + 3h 25' 54" 98 Bart Voskamp NED TVM 1997 + 3h 26' 27" 99 Henk Vogels jr AUS C.A 1997 + 3h 26' 46" 100 Mario Traversoni ITA UNO 1997 + 3h 27' 30" 101 Laurent Genty FRA AUB 1997 + 3h 27' 56" 102 Peter Van Petegem BEL TVM 1997 + 3h 29' 20" 103 Gian Matteo Fagnini ITA SAE 1997 + 3h 29' 34" 104 George Hincapie USA USP 1997 + 3h 31' 08" 105 Arnaud Prétot FRA C.A 1997 + 3h 32' 07" 106 Flavio Vanzella ITA FDJ 1997 + 3h 32' 52" 107 Servais Knaven NED TVM 1997 + 3h 34' 52" 108 Francisco Cabello ESP GCE 1997 + 3h 35' 42" 109 Stuart O'Grady AUS C.A 1997 + 3h 35' 56" 110 Nicola Loda ITA GBM 1997 + 3h 39' 10" 111 Frédérick Guesdon FRA FDJ 1997 + 3h 41' 04" 112 Bruno Cenghialta ITA BAT 1997 + 3h 41' 06" 113 Serhiy Utchakov UKR POL 1997 + 3h 42' 48" 114 Frédéric Moncassin FRA C.A 1997 + 3h 45' 03" 115 Christophe Rinero FRA COF 1997 + 3h 45' 14" 116 Gilberto Simoni ITA GBM 1997 + 3h 45' 33" 117 Robbie McEwen AUS RAB 1997 + 3h 45' 47" 118 Giovanni Lombardi ITA TEL 1997 + 3h 45' 59" 119 Adriano Baffi ITA USP 1997 + 3h 46' 55" 120 Luca Scinto ITA GBM 1997 + 3h 48' 04" 121 Marcelino García ESP ONC 1997 + 3h 49' 33" 122 Nicola Minali ITA BAT 1997 + 3h 51' 26" 123 Mirko Crepaldi ITA POL 1997 + 3h 51' 49" 124 Lauri Aus EST ALM 1997 + 3h 52' 31" 125 Gerrit de Vries NED POL 1997 + 3h 54' 05" 126 Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM 1997 + 3h 54' 10" 127 Laurent Desbiens FRA COF 1997 + 3h 54' 32" 128 Tristan Hoffman NED TVM 1997 + 3h 54' 49" 129 Carlo Finco ITA GBM 1997 + 3h 57' 27" 130 Rossano Brasi ITA POL 1997 + 4h 02' 11" 131 Pascal Deramé FRA USP 1997 + 4h 04' 57" 132 Matteo Tosatto ITA GBM 1997 + 4h 06' 05" 133 Gianluca Pierobon ITA BAT 1997 + 4h 06' 53" 134 Eros Poli ITA C.A 1997 + 4h 11' 22" 135 Nicolas Jalabert FRA COF 1997 + 4h 11' 31" 136 Torsten Schmidt GER ALB 1997 + 4h 15' 48" 137 Philipp Buschor SUI SAE 1997 + 4h 17' 35" 138 Stéphane Cueff FRA MUT 1997 + 4h 18' 18" 139 Philippe Gaumont FRA COF 1997 + 4h 26' 09" Points classification +Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1Erik Zabel GER 20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=A green jersey. THR 1997 350 2Frédéric Moncassin FRA C.A 1997 223 3Mario Traversoni ITA UNO 1997 198 4Jeroen Blijlevens NED TVM 1997 192 5Nicola Minali ITA Batik–Del Monte 156 6Jan Ullrich GER 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1997 154 7Robbie McEwen AUS RAB 1997 151 8Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1997 151 9François Simon FRA GAN 1997 145 10Adriano Baffi ITA USP 1997 131 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1997 579 2Jan Ullrich GER 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. THR 1997 328 3Francesco Casagrande ITA SAE 1997 309 4Marco Pantani ITA MER 1997 269 5Laurent Brochard FRA FES 1997 241 6Laurent Dufaux SWI FES 1997 212 7Pascal Hervé FRA FES 1997 176 8Fernando Escartín ESP KEL 1997 141 9Bjarne Riis DEN TEL 1997 139 10José María Jiménez ESP BAN 1997 136 Young rider classification +Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1Jan Ullrich GER 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey. TEL 1997 100h 30' 35" 2Peter Luttenberger AUT RAB 1997 + 45' 39" 3Michael Boogerd NED RAB 1997 + 1h 00' 33" 4Daniele Nardello ITA MAP 1997 + 1h 01' 30" 5Laurent Roux FRA TVM 1997 + 1h 17' 44" 6Santiago Blanco ESP MOV 1997 + 1h 29' 18" 7Ángel Luis Casero ESP MOV 1997 + 1h 35' 11" 8Joona Laukka FIN FES 1997 + 1h 43' 05" 9Kevin Livingston USA COF 1997 + 1h 46' 23 10Frank Vandenbroucke BEL MAP 1997 + 2h 09' 34 Team classification +Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 THR 1997 310h 51' 30" 2 UNO 1997 + 31' 56" 3 FES 1997 + 47' 52" 4 BAN 1997 + 1h 05' 15" 5 KEL 1997 + 2h 20' 22" 6 MAP 1997 + 2h 28' 14" 7 RAB 1997 + 2h 40' 30" 8 SAE 1997 + 4h 06' 13" 9 FDJ 1997 + 4h 15' 59" 10 USP 1997 + 4h26' 19" Combativity classification + Final combativity classification (1–3)https://www.lesoir.be/art/jan-ullrich-une-premiere-pour-changer-d-ere-l-homme-mur_t-19970728-Z0E0WG.html fr Jan Ullrich, une premiere pour changer d'ere l'homme mur de Berlin s'est erige a Paris Abraham Olano sauve son Tour de Justesse Jan Ullrich, a first to change the era of the Berlin wall man built in Paris Abraham Olano rescues his Tower of Justice 28 July 1997 8 October 2019 Le Soir https://web.archive.org/web/20191008174908/https://www.lesoir.be/art/jan-ullrich-une-premiere-pour-changer-d-ere-l-homme-mur_t-19970728-Z0E0WG.html 8 October 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points 1 Richard Virenque FRA 20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with red polka dots. FES 1997 54 2 Cédric Vasseur FRA C.A 1997 35 3 Marco Pantani ITA UNO 1997 34 Aftermath After Ullrich's domination of the 1997 Tour de France at his young age, it was believed that Ullrich would dominate the Tour de France for the next years.https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/28/sports/a-new-dynasty-begins-at-the-tour-de-france.html 28 July 1997 A New Dynasty Begins at the Tour de France Samuel Abt 23 November 2013 The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20131219193405/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/28/sports/a-new-dynasty-begins-at-the-tour-de-france.html 19 December 2013 live However, Ullrich would never win the Tour again, although he did reach the podium four more times finishing second to Pantani in 1998 and standing 2nd on the podium to Lance Armstrong three times. He also reached the podium in the 2005 Tour de France, but that result was later voided. Ullrich would win another Grand Tour however, the 1999 Vuelta a España. Notes References 30em Bibliography Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California 978-1-59884-300-2 van den Akker Pieter Tour de France Rules and Statistics: 1903–2018 https://books.google.com/books?id=09sxwQEACAAJ 2018 Self-published 978-1-79398-080-9 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 208–209 9780007543991 872700415 External links https://web.archive.org/web/19970807034144/http://www.letour.fr/tour97us/july27/accueil.html 7 August 1997 Official website 1997 Tour de France at Cyclingnews.com 1997 Tour de France P 10 11 21 Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France