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21.-25.05.97
Euskal Bizikleta (Esp) (Cat. 2.2)

At the start: BANESTO (Olano) , TELEKOM (Riis, Bölts, Heppner, Hundertmarck, Kummer, Lafis, Ullrich), ASICS (Schiavina, Chiesa, Molinari) ,GAN (Poli, Bos, Vogels), CAFES TOSCAF (Clavero), COFIDIS (Rominger, Livingston, Andreu), ROSLOTTO - ZG MOBILI (Gontchenkov), KELME (Escartin), BRESCIALAT (Serpellini, Gelfi, Zamboni), SAECO (Furlan), LOTTO (Feys, Fleischer), ONCE (Garcia Arnandis), POLTI (Baldinger, Jaksche), EUSKADI (Solaun), BATIK (Chiurato), SCRIGNO (F. Guidi), MERCATONE UNO (Zberg Bros)

21.05.97
1. Etappe/Stage: Eibar-Anoeta ,160 km

  1. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Telekom           4.08.15
  2. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis
  3. Federico Colonna (Ita) Asics
  4. Alessio di Basco (Ita) Saeco
  5. Henk Vogels (Aus) Gan
  6. Francesco Arazzi (Ita) Roslotto
  7. Igor Flores (Esp) Euskadi
  8. Marco Zanotti (Ita) Roslotto
  9. Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Gan
 10. Michele Zamboni (Ita) Brescialat 

 43. Abraham Olano (Esp) Banesto
 50. Fernando Escartín (Esp) Kelme
 53. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom
 60. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom
 63. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
115. Tony Rominger (CH) Cofidis             all s.t.

22.05.97
2. Etappe/Stage: Anoeta-Santuario de Oro, 173 km

  1. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Banesto            4.28.31
  2. Tony Rominger (CH) Cofidis               + 0.11
  3. Abraham Olano (Esp) Banesto
  4. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom
  5. Fernando Escartín (Esp) Kelme
  6. Daniel Clavero (Esp) Cafés Toscaf
  7. Rafel Díaz Justo (Esp) Once
  8. Alberto López Munain (Esp) Euskadi
  9. César Solaun (Esp) Euskadi             all s.t.
 10. Stefano Della Santa (Ita) Mercatone      + 0.17

 26. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                + 0.57
 74. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                  + 2.26

23.05.97
3. Etappe/Stage: Murguia-Mendexa, 180 km

  1. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Banesto         4.32.04
  2. Abraham Olano (Esp) Banesto            + 0.05
  3. Alberto Lopez (Esp) Euskadi
  4. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom
  5. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Saeco
  6. Tony Rominger (CH)  Cofidis
  7. Luis Perez (Esp) Once
  8. Amilcare Tronca (Ita) Scrigno
  9. Fernando Escartin (Esp) Kelme
 10. Rafael Diaz Justo (Esp) Once         all s.t.

24.05.97
4a. Etappe/Stage: Lekeitio-Abadino, 101 km

  1. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Scrigno         2.34.21
  2. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis
  3. Henk Vogels (Aus) Gan
  4. Eleuterio Anguita (Esp) Cafis Toscaf
  5. Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Brescialat
  6. Igor Flores (Esp) Euskadi
  7. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto
  8. Francois Simon (Fra) Gan
  9. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco
 10. Cristiano Colleoni (Ita) Polti        all s.t.

4b. Etappe/Stage: Elorrio-Matiena (EZF/ITT), 20.3 km

  1. Abraham Olano (Esp) Banesto              16.34 (53,916 km/h) 
  2. Luis Perez (Esp) Once                   + 0.34
  3. Fernando Escartin (Esp) Kelme           + 0.38
  4. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Gan           + 0.39
  5. David Canada (Esp) Once                 + 0.39
  6. Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Esp) Euskadi + 0.43
  7. Bjarne Riis (Den) Telekom               + 0.43
  8. Santiago Blanco (Esp) Banesto           + 0.46
  9. Daniel Clavero (Esp) Cafes Toscaf       + 0.48
 10. Tony Rominger (CH)  Cofidis             + 0.50

25.05.97
5. Etappe/Stage: Durango-Alto de Arrate, 107 km

 1.     Udo Bölts               Telekom         2 40'47"
 2.     Abraham Olano           Banesto         @35s
 3.     Fernando Escartin       Kelme
 4.     Daniel Clavero          Deportpublic    both same time
 5.     Luis Perez              ONCE            @56s
 6.     Alberto Lopez           Euskadi         same time
 7.     David Garcia            ONCE            @1'01"
 8.     Rik Verbrugghe (!)      Lotto (!!)      @1'02"
 9.     Kevin Livingstone       Cofidis
10.     Stefano Della Santa     Mercatone Uno   both same time

also
11.    Bjarne Riis             Telekom         @1'02"
17.    Bobby Julich            Cofidis         @1'42"
18.    Jan Ullrich             Telekom
23.    Santiago Blanco         Banesto         both same time
57.    Frankie Andreu          Cofidis         @8'22"
(80 Finishers)

A large number of abandons, including Rominger, Desbiens, Capelle and Guidi

Endergebnis/Final Overall

 1.     Abraham Olano           Banesto         18 40'48"
 2.     Fernando Escartin       Kelme           @38s
 3.     Daniel Clavero          Deportpublic    @48s
 4.     Luis Perez              ONCE            @1'09"
 5.     Bjarne Riis             Telekom         @1"10"
 6.     Santiago Blanco         Banesto         @1'37"
 7.     Rafael Diaz             ONCE            @1'47"
 8.     Alberto Lopez           Euskadi         @1'49"
 9.     Rik Verbrugghe          Lotto           @2'02"
10.     Stefano Della Santa     Mercatone Uno   @2'07"

also
14.    Kevin Livingstone       Cofidis         @2'32"
18.    Jan Ullrich             Telekom         @3'24"
20.    Bobby Julich            Cofidis         @3'32"
59.    Frankie Andreu          Cofidis         @19'35"
80.    Andrea Stocco           Batik           @49'49"
(80 classified)

Leading Basque Rider (!): Abraham Olano

Points:
1.     Abraham Olano           Banesto         81
2.     Santiago Blanco         Banesto         58
3.     Fernando Escartin       Kelme           51

Mountains:-
1.     Udo Bolts               Telekom         75
2.     Marino Alonso           Banesto         21
3.     Alberto Lopez           Euskadi         18

Intermediate Sprints:-
1.     Frankie Andreu          Cofidis         16
2.    Cesar Solaun, Alvaro Glez de Galdeano and Igor Flores, all 
Euskadi and all on 3 points

Teams:

1.     ONCE            56 07'34"
2.     Banesto         @2s
3.     Telekom         @30s

[Thanks to Tom James from Los Angeles, California]

Übersicht: Ergebnisse 1997