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25.02.-01.03.97
Vuelta a La Comunidad Valenciana (Esp) (Cat 2.3)

At the start: 21 teams
including: ONCE (Jalala- winner 1996, Mauri-winner 1991,1992), Banesto (de las Cuevas), Kelme (Escartin), Cofidis (Rominger, Fondriest), Gan (Boardman, Rue), Francaise des Jeux (Gianetti), Casino (Richard), Festina (Dufaux), Rabo (Luttenberger, Breukink), TVM (Blijlevens), Lotto (Madouas, Planckaert), Telekom (Riis, Zabel, Ullrich), Saeco (Cipollini, Lelli), Mercatone (Pantani), Asics (Chiapucci, Colonna), Mapei (Tonkov, Svorada), Roslotto (Ferrigato, Gontchenkov), US Postal (Ekimov-winner 1994, Baffi, Hincapie).

1. Etappe/Stage: Elche-Elche (151 km)
25.02.1997

Mario Cipollinis 100th win!

1. Mario Cipollini (ITA-Saeco) 			3h.46:57
2. Endrio Leoni (ITA-Aki)
3. Erik Zabel  (GER-Telekom)
4. Federico Colonna (ITA-Asics)
5. Massimo Strazzer (ITA-Roslotto)
6. Zbigniow Spruch (POL-Mapei)
7. Gian Matteo Fagnini (ITA-Saeco)
8. Mario Traversoni (ITA-Mercatone Uno)
9. Christophe Moreau (FRA-Festina-Lotus)
10.Jan Svorada (Cze-Mapei)			all s.t.

2. Etappe/Stage: Elche-Calpe (180 km)
26.02.1997

1. Maurizio Fondriest (ITA/Cofidis) 4h.42:45
2. Vjatceslav Ekimov (RUS/US Postal Service)
3. Zbignion Spruch (POL/Mapei)
4. Marcus Zberg (CH/Mercatone Uno)
5. Dimitri Konyshev (RUS/Roslotto)
6. Laurent Jalabert (FRA/ONCE)
7. Erik Zabel (GER/Telekom)
8. Endrio Leoni (ITA/Aki)
9. Francesco Casagrande (ITA/Saeco)
10.Stefano Della Santa (ITA/Mercatone Uno)	all s.t.

3. Etappe/Stage: Calpe-Alcasser (189 km)
27.02.1997

1. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                  5.06.32 (36,994 km/h)
2. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Aki
3. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei
4. Sergei Smetanine (Rus) Cafe Tosca
5. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Mapei
6. Markus Zberg (Ch) Mercatone Uno
7. Federico Colonna (Ita) Asics
8. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco
9. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino
10.Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Roslotto		all s.t.

4. Etappe/Stage: Alcasser-Castellon (177 km)
28.02.1997

1. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino                 4.22.44 (42,933 km/h)
2. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino
3. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco
4. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
5. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Esp) Kelme
6. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto        all s.t.
7. Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco              + 0.07
8. Marcus Zberg (Ch) Mercatone Uno
9. Vjatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal
10.Benoit Salmon (Fra) Lotto

5a. Etappe/Stage: Castellon-Valencia (100 km)
01.03.1997

1. Gianmatteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco           2.20.18 (42,775 km/h)
2. Jan Svorada (Cze) Mapei
3. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino
4. Michel Lafis (Swe) Telekom
5. Endro Leoni (Ita) Aki-Safi
6. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
7. Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Cafe Tosca
8. Marcus Zberg (CH) Mercatone
9. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco
10.Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Mapei             all s.t.

5b. Etappe/Stage: Einzelzeitfahren/ITT in Valencia (21 km)
01.03.1997

Only the GC's top 90 riders are qualified to ride.
Nur die ersten 90 des Gesamt-Classement sind zugelassen.

1. Chris Boardman (Gbr) Gan                   23.16 (51,576 km/h)
2. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Esp) Kelme         + 0.12
3. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto        + 0.36
4. Vitor Gamito (Por) Cafes Toscaf           + 0.37
5. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina           + 0.38
6. Vjatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal         + 0.46
7. Michael Andersson (Swe) TVM               + 0.51
8. Melchor Mauri (Esp) Once                  + 0.53
9. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino              + 0.57
10.Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                 + 0.57

Endergebnis/Final Overall

1. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Esp) Kelme       20.42.44 (39.976 km/h)
2. Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto        + 0.24
3. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina           + 0.26
4. Vitor Gamito (Por) Cafes Toscaf           + 0.32
5. Vjatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal         + 0.41
6. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino              + 0.45
7. Michael Andersson (Swe) TVM               + 0.46
8. Didier Rous (Fra) Lotus                   + 0.52
9. Roberto Petito (Ita) Saeco                + 0.53
10. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Saeco          + 1.03

11.Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Once               + 1.06
12. Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Cofidis          + 1.16
14. Beat Zberg (CH) Mercatone Uno            + 1.19
17. Laurent Dufaux (CH) Festina              + 1.33
19. Markus Zberg (CH) Mercatone Uno          + 1.48
27. Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno         + 2.26
30. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                 + 2.29
68. Chris Boardman (Gbr) Gan                 + 19.33


Other classifications

   Points: Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
   Mountains: Roberto Heras (Esp) Kelme
   Metas Volantes: Francisco Cerezo (Esp) Cafes Toscaf
   Teams: Lotus-Festina

Übersicht: Ergebnisse 1997