1997 Clásico RCN

1997 Clásico RCN March 15 – March 24 10 1482 km 36h 03' 04" Raúl Montaña COL Caprecom-Zapatos Javier Zapata COL Lotería de Medellín Héctor Palacio COL Telecom-Internet-Kelme 1996 1998 The 37th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from March 15 to March 24, 1997, in Colombia. The stage race had an UCI rate of 2.4. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional". There were a total number of 90 competitors from 12 teams, with 71 riders actually finishing the stage race. Stages 1997-03-15: Tocancipá — Villa de Leyva (149 km) PlaceStage 1General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Javier Zapata COL????????Raúl Montaña COL????????2.Raúl Montaña COL—Israel Ochoa COL—3.Israel Ochoa COL— 1997-03-16: Villa de Leyva — Monguí (128 km) PlaceStage 2General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Raúl Montaña COL03:06.40Raúl Montaña COL06:40.052.Israel Ochoa COL—Libardo Niño COL+0.073.Libardo Niño COL+0.05Israel Ochoa COL+0.14 1997-03-17: Duitama — Barbosa (121 km) PlaceStage 3General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Víctor Becerra COL02:40.26Raúl Montaña COL09:20.352.Héctor Palacio COL+0.07Libardo Niño COL+0.113.Raúl Montaña COL+0.08Israel Ochoa COL+0.18 1997-03-18: Barbosa — Piedecuesta (203 km) PlaceStage 4General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Héctor Palacio COL05:14.27Raúl Montaña COL14:34.582.Javier Zapata COL—Héctor Palacio COL+0.153.Raúl Montaña COL—Javier Zapata COL+0.23 1997-03-19: Bucaramanga — Barrancabermeja (161 km) PlaceStage 5General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Raúl Montaña COL03:45.30Raúl Montaña COL18:19.182.Javier Zapata COL—Javier Zapata COL+0.273.Miguel Ángel Niño COL—Héctor Palacio COL+0.35 1997-03-20: Barrancabermeja — Puerto Boyacá (230 km) PlaceStage 6General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Olaf Pollack GER05:18.51Raúl Montaña COL23:39.092.César Goyeneche COL—Javier Zapata COL+0.273.Miguel Ángel Niño COL—Héctor Palacio COL+0.35 1997-03-21: Doradal — Guatapé (175 km) PlaceStage 7General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Libardo Niño COL04:34.08Raúl Montaña COL28:13.152.Héctor Palacio COL—Javier Zapata COL+0.293.Argiro Zapata COL—Héctor Palacio COL+0.31 1997-03-22: Rionegro — Puerto Salgar (180 km) PlaceStage 8General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Jairo Hernández COL04:39.59Raúl Montaña COL32:54.572.José Daniel Bernal COL+0.01Javier Zapata COL+0.293.Humberto Hernández COL—Héctor Palacio COL+0.31 1997-03-23: Circuito Parque Simón Bolivar, Bogotá (100 km) PlaceStage 9General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.César Goyeneche COL02:17.01Raúl Montaña COL35:11.582.Steffen Blochwitz GER—Javier Zapata COL+0.313.Pedro Pablo Pérez CUB—Héctor Palacio COL+0.33 1997-03-23: Bogotá — Bogotá (35 km) PlaceStage 10General ClassificationNameTimeNameTime1.Raúl Montaña COL00:51.06Raúl Montaña COL36:03.04 Final classification RANK NAMETEAMTIME1.Raúl Montaña COL Caprecom-Zapatos 36:03:042.Javier Zapata COLLotería de Medellín+ 0.313.Héctor Palacio COLTelecom-Internet-Kelme+ 0.334.Miguel Ángel Sanabria COLTodos por Boyacá+ 0.585.Juan Diego Ramírez COLTelecom-Internet-Kelme+ 1.026.Carlos Contreras COLTelecom-Internet-Kelme+ 1.037.Álvaro Sierra COLTodos por Boyacá+ 1.068.Jair Bernal COLTodos por Boyacá+ 1.199.Libardo Niño COLGaseosas Glacial-Selle Italia+ 1.2210.Celio Roncancio COLBono del Ciclism+ 1.24 See also 1997 Vuelta a Colombia References cyclingnews Historia memoire-du-cyclisme Category:Clásico RCN Clasico RCN Clasico RCN