The 52nd edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 1997. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 6 September Lisbon to Estoril 2 7 September Évora to Vilamoura 3 8 September Loulé to Huelva 4 9 September Huelva to Jerez de la Frontera 5 10 September Jerez de la Frontera to Málaga 6 11 September Málaga to Granada Mountain stage 7 12 September Guadix to Sierra Nevada Mountain stage 8 13 September Granada to Córdoba 9 14 September Córdoba Individual time trial 10 15 September Córdoba to Almendralejo 11 16 September Almendralejo to Plasencia 12 17 September León to Mountain stage 13 18 September Ponferrada to Mountain stage 14 19 September Oviedo to Alto del Naranco Mountain stage 15 20 September Oviedo to Lagos de Covadonga Mountain stage 16 21 September Cangas de Onís to Santander 17 22 September Santander to Burgos 18 23 September Burgos to Valladolid 19 24 September Valladolid to Los Ángeles de San Rafael Mountain stage 20 25 September Los Ángeles de San Rafael to Ávila Mountain stage 21 26 September Alcobendas Individual time trial 22 27 September Madrid Total
Final General Classification Standings
RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alex Zülle ONCE 91h 15' 55s 2 Fernando Escartín + 5' 07s 3 Laurent Dufaux Festina–Lotus + 6' 11s 4 Enrico Zaina + 7' 24s 5 Roberto Heras + 8' 04s 6 Daniel Clavero Estepona–Toscaf + 10' 02s 7 Laurent Jalabert ONCE + 10' 03s 8 Marcos Serrano + 10' 40s 9 Gianni Faresin + 13' 53s 10 Yvon Ledanois + 15' 40s 11 Claudio Chiappucci 12 Philippe Bordenave Casino 13 Felix Garcia Festina–Lotus 14 José Ramón Uriarte Banesto 15 Carlos Alberto Contreras 16 Marco Serpellini 17 Paolo Lanfranchi 18 Juan Carlos Domínguez Domínguez 19 Laurent Brochard Festina–Lotus 20 Rodolfo Massi Festina–Lotus 21 José María Jiménez Banesto 22 Melcior Mauri ONCE 23 Francisque Teyssier 24 Sergei Ivanov TVM–Farm Frites 25 Fabian Jeker Festina–Lotus
References
External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) Cyclingnews.com 1997 Vuelta a Espana coverage