1997 Tour de France

1997 Tour de France

Route of the 1997 Tour de France
Race details
Dates	5–27 July 1997
Stages	21 + Prologue
Distance	3,950 km (2,454 mi)
Winning time	100h 30' 35"
Results
Winner   Jan Ullrich  (GER) (Team Telekom)   Second   Richard Virenque  (FRA) (Festina–Lotus)   Third   Marco Pantani  (ITA) (Mercatone Uno) Points   Erik Zabel  (GER) (Team Telekom) Mountains   Richard Virenque  (FRA) (Festina–Lotus)   Youth   Jan Ullrich  (GER) (Team Telekom)   Combativity   Richard Virenque  (FRA) (Festina–Lotus)   Team Team Telekom
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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. ^[1] 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 Team Telekom also won the team classification. The mountains classification was won by Richard Virenque for the fourth time.

Teams

For a more comprehensive list, see 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. ^[2] The 16 teams with the highest UCI ranking at the start of 1997 were automatically qualified. ^[3] Six wildcard invitations were also given. ^{[4] [5]}

The teams entering the race were: ^[6]

Qualified teams

• Banesto
• Batik–Del Monte
• Casino
• Cofidis
• Festina–Lotus
• Française des Jeux
• GAN
• Mapei–GB
• MG Maglificio–Technogym
• ONCE
• Team Polti
• Rabobank
• Roslotto–ZG Mobili
• Saeco–Estro
• Team Telekom
• TVM–Farm Frites

Invited teams

• BigMat–Auber 93
• Kelme–Costa Blanca
• Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass
• Mercatone Uno
• Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne
• U.S. Postal Service

Route and stages

The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,408 m (7,900 ft) at the summit of the Port d'Envalira mountain pass on stages 10 and 11. ^{[7] [8]}

Stage characteristics and winners ^{[2] [9]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	5 July	Rouen	7.3 km (4.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Chris Boardman  (GBR)
1	6 July	Rouen to Forges-les-Eaux	192.0 km (119.3 mi)		Flat stage	Mario Cipollini  (ITA)
2	7 July	Saint-Valery-en-Caux to Vire	262.0 km (162.8 mi)		Flat stage	Mario Cipollini  (ITA)
3	8 July	Vire to Plumelec	224.0 km (139.2 mi)		Flat stage	Erik Zabel  (GER)
4	9 July	Plumelec to Le Puy du Fou	223.0 km (138.6 mi)		Flat stage	Nicola Minali  (ITA)
5	10 July	Chantonnay to La Châtre	261.5 km (162.5 mi)		Flat stage	Cédric Vasseur  (FRA)
6	11 July	Le Blanc to Marennes	217.5 km (135.1 mi)		Flat stage	Jeroen Blijlevens  (NED)
7	12 July	Marennes to Bordeaux	194.0 km (120.5 mi)		Flat stage	Erik Zabel  (GER)
8	13 July	Sauternes to Pau	161.5 km (100.4 mi)		Flat stage	Erik Zabel  (GER)
9	14 July	Pau to Loudenvielle	182.0 km (113.1 mi)		Mountain stage	Laurent Brochard  (FRA)
10	15 July	Luchon to Andorra Arcalis	252.5 km (156.9 mi)		Mountain stage	Jan Ullrich  (GER)
11	16 July	Andorra Arcalis to Perpignan	192.0 km (119.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Laurent Desbiens  (FRA)
	17 July	Saint-Étienne			Rest day
12	18 July	Saint-Étienne	55.0 km (34.2 mi)		Individual time trial	Jan Ullrich  (GER)
13	19 July	Saint-Étienne to Alpe d'Huez	203.5 km (126.4 mi)		Mountain stage	Marco Pantani  (ITA)
14	20 July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Courchevel	148.0 km (92.0 mi)		Mountain stage	Richard Virenque  (FRA)
15	21 July	Courchevel to Morzine	208.5 km (129.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Marco Pantani  (ITA)
16	22 July	Morzine to Fribourg (Switzerland)	181.0 km (112.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Christophe Mengin  (FRA)
17	23 July	Fribourg (Switzerland) to Colmar	218.5 km (135.8 mi)		Flat stage	Neil Stephens  (AUS)
18	24 July	Colmar to Montbéliard	175.5 km (109.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Didier Rous  (FRA)
19	25 July	Montbéliard to Dijon	172.0 km (106.9 mi)		Flat stage	Mario Traversoni  (ITA)
20	26 July	Disneyland Paris	63.0 km (39.1 mi)		Individual time trial	Abraham Olano  (ESP)
21	27 July	Disneyland Paris to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	149.5 km (92.9 mi)		Flat stage	Nicola Minali  (ITA)
	Total		3,950 km (2,454 mi) [10]

Race overview

Main articles: 1997 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10 and 1997 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 21

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. ^[11] 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. ^[12]

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. ^[11] 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.

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. ^[13] 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. ^[14] 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. ^[15] 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. ^[16]

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. ^[17] 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. ^{[18] [19]}

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. ^{[18] [20]}

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. ^{[18] [21]}

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. ^{[18] [22]}

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. ^{[18] [23]}

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. ^[24] Richard Virenque won this classification, and was given overall the super-combativity award. ^[25] 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. ^{[26] [7] [27]}

Classification leadership by stage ^{[28] [29]}

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification [lower-alpha 1]	Team classification	Combativity
							Award	Classification
P	Chris Boardman	Chris Boardman	Chris Boardman	Cyril Saugrain	Jan Ullrich	Team Telekom	no award
1	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini	Artūras Kasputis			Artūras Kasputis	Artūras Kasputis
2	Mario Cipollini			Laurent Brochard			Thierry Gouvenou	Thierry Gouvenou
3	Erik Zabel		Erik Zabel				François Simon
4	Nicola Minali						Philippe Gaumont
5	Cédric Vasseur	Cédric Vasseur				GAN	Cédric Vasseur	Cédric Vasseur
6	Jeroen Blijlevens						Pascal Lance
7	Erik Zabel						Adriano Baffi
8	Erik Zabel						Fabio Baldato
9	Laurent Brochard					Team Telekom	Pascal Hervé
10	Jan Ullrich	Jan Ullrich		Richard Virenque		Festina–Lotus	Jean-Philippe Dojwa
11	Laurent Desbiens						Philippe Gaumont
12	Jan Ullrich					Team Telekom	no award
13	Marco Pantani						Nicola Loda
14	Richard Virenque						Richard Virenque	Richard 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
Final		Jan Ullrich	Erik Zabel	Richard Virenque	Jan Ullrich	Team Telekom	Richard 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
	Denotes the winner of the general classification [18]		Denotes the winner of the points classification [18]
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification [18]

General classification

Final general classification (1–10) ^{[30] [31]}

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jan Ullrich  (GER)	Team Telekom	100h 30' 35"
2	Richard Virenque  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 9' 09"
3	Marco Pantani  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 14' 03"
4	Abraham Olano  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 15' 55"
5	Fernando Escartín  (ESP)	Kelme–Costa Blanca	+ 20' 32"
6	Francesco Casagrande  (ITA)	Saeco–Estro	+ 22' 47"
7	Bjarne Riis  (DEN)	Team Telekom	+ 26' 34"
8	José María Jiménez  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 31' 17"
9	Laurent Dufaux  (SUI)	Festina–Lotus	+ 31' 55"
10	Roberto Conti  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 32' 26"

Final general classification (11–139) [30]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
11	Beat Zberg  (SUI)	Mercatone Uno	+ 35' 41"
12	Oscar Camenzind  (SUI)	Mapei–GB	+ 35' 52"
13	Peter Luttenberger  (AUT)	Rabobank	+ 45' 39"
14	Manuel Beltrán  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 49' 34"
15	Jean-Cyril Robin  (FRA)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 58' 35"
16	Michael Boogerd  (NED)	Rabobank	+ 1h 00' 33"
17	Bobby Julich  (USA)	Cofidis	+ 1h 01' 10"
18	Daniele Nardello  (ITA)	Mapei–GB	+ 1h 01' 30"
19	Christophe Moreau  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 1h 02' 48"
20	Stéphane Heulot  (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 1h 06' 13"
21	Udo Bölts  (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 1h 09' 02"
22	Hernán Buenahora  (COL)	Banesto	+ 1h 13' 48"
23	Laurent Roux  (FRA)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 1h 17' 44"
24	Massimo Podenzana  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 1h 20' 56"
25	Laurent Madouas  (FRA)	Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass	+ 1h 24' 58"
26	Pascal Chanteur  (FRA)	Casino	+ 1h 25' 48"
27	Santiago Blanco  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 1h 29' 18"
28	Thierry Bourguignon  (FRA)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 1h 29' 35"
29	Ángel Casero  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 1h 35' 11"
30	Alberto Elli  (ITA)	Casino	+ 1h 37' 23"
31	Laurent Brochard  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 1h 39' 15"
32	François Simon  (FRA)	GAN	+ 1h 40' 40"
33	Orlando Rodrigues  (POR)	Banesto	+ 1h 42' 33"
34	Georg Totschnig  (AUT)	Team Telekom	+ 1h 42' 49"
35	Joona Laukka  (FIN)	Festina–Lotus	+ 1h 43' 05"
36	Pascal Hervé  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 1h 44' 04"
37	Javier Pascual  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 1h 45' 52"
38	Kevin Livingston  (USA)	Cofidis	+ 1h 46' 23"
39	Peter Farazijn  (BEL)	Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass	+ 1h 47' 54"
40	Cédric Vasseur  (FRA)	GAN	+ 1h 54' 02"
41	Marcello Siboni  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 1h 56' 05"
42	Fabrice Gougot  (FRA)	Casino	+ 1h 56' 15"
43	Laurent Jalabert  (FRA)	ONCE	+ 1h 58' 32"
44	Viatcheslav Ekimov  (RUS)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 2h 01' 23"
45	Didier Rous  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 2h 01' 46"
46	Gianluca Bortolami  (ITA)	Festina–Lotus	+ 2h 03' 35"
47	Massimiliano Lelli  (ITA)	Saeco–Estro	+ 2h 05' 26"
48	Christophe Mengin  (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 06' 57"
49	Peter Meinert  (DEN)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 2h 07' 38"
50	Frank Vandenbroucke  (BEL)	Mapei–GB	+ 2h 09' 34"
51	Rolf Aldag  (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 2h 10' 36"
52	Erik Breukink  (NED)	Rabobank	+ 2h 13' 44"
53	Giuseppe Guerini  (ITA)	Team Polti	+ 2h 14' 21"
54	Neil Stephens  (AUS)	Festina–Lotus	+ 2h 23' 40"
55	Juan José de los Ángeles  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 2h 24' 12"
56	Andrea Peron  (ITA)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 24' 48"
57	Andrea Tafi  (ITA)	Mapei–GB	+ 2h 25' 53"
58	Davide Rebellin  (ITA)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 29' 54"
59	Zenon Jaskuła  (POL)	Mapei–GB	+ 2h 30' 15"
60	Jens Heppner  (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 2h 31' 12"
61	Marino Alonso  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 2h 32' 25"
62	Patrick Jonker  (AUS)	Rabobank	+ 2h 33' 38"
63	Aitor Garmendia  (ESP)	ONCE	+ 2h 35' 30"
64	Maarten den Bakker  (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 2h 38' 30"
65	Jon Odriozola  (ESP)	Batik–Del Monte	+ 2h 40' 08"
66	Erik Zabel  (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 2h 41' 16"
67	Maximilian Sciandri  (GBR)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 42' 24"
68	Rolf Sørensen  (DEN)	Rabobank	+ 2h 43' 47"
69	Tyler Hamilton  (USA)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 2h 47' 51"
70	Íñigo Cuesta  (ESP)	ONCE	+ 2h 50' 02"
71	Francisco Benitez  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 2h 53' 37"
72	Daniele Sgnaolin  (ITA)	Roslotto–ZG Mobili	+ 2h 54' 00"
73	Marco Zen  (ITA)	Mapei–GB	+ 2h 54' 29"
74	Giorgio Furlan  (ITA)	Saeco–Estro	+ 2h 56' 21"
75	José Luis Arrieta  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 2h 57' 04"
76	Miguel Arroyo  (MEX)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 3h 04' 05"
77	José Angel Vidal  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 3h 04' 27"
78	Jose-Roberto Sierra  (ESP)	ONCE	+ 3h 04' 58"
79	Frankie Andreu  (USA)	Cofidis	+ 3h 05' 00"
80	Oscar Pelliccioli  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 3h 07' 09"
81	Erik Dekker  (NED)	Rabobank	+ 3h 07' 17"
82	Jesper Skibby  (DEN)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 3h 07' 50"
83	Dominique Rault  (FRA)	Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne	+ 3h 09' 58"
84	Christian Henn  (GER)	Team Telekom	+ 3h 10' 01"
85	Francisco Mauleón  (ESP)	ONCE	+ 3h 11' 00"
86	Gianluca Valoti  (ITA)	Team Polti	+ 3h 11' 57"
87	Dariusz Baranowski  (POL)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 3h 12' 45"
88	Thierry Gouvenou  (FRA)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 3h 12' 52"
89	Wilfried Peeters  (BEL)	Mapei–GB	+ 3h 13' 33"
90	Paul Van Hyfte  (BEL)	Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass	+ 3h 18' 11"
91	Marco Artunghi  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 3h 18' 29"
92	Íñigo Chaurreau  (ESP)	Team Polti	+ 3h 20' 28"
93	Artūras Kasputis  (LIT)	Casino	+ 3h 22' 01"
94	Christophe Agnolutto  (FRA)	Casino	+ 3h 22' 57"
95	Marco Saligari  (ITA)	Casino	+ 3h 23' 36"
96	Marty Jemison  (USA)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 3h 25' 21"
97	Giuseppe Tartaggia  (ITA)	Batik–Del Monte	+ 3h 25' 54"
98	Bart Voskamp  (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 3h 26' 27"
99	Henk Vogels jr  (AUS)	GAN	+ 3h 26' 46"
100	Mario Traversoni  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	+ 3h 27' 30"
101	Laurent Genty  (FRA)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 3h 27' 56"
102	Peter Van Petegem  (BEL)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 3h 29' 20"
103	Gian Matteo Fagnini  (ITA)	Saeco–Estro	+ 3h 29' 34"
104	George Hincapie  (USA)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 3h 31' 08"
105	Arnaud Prétot  (FRA)	GAN	+ 3h 32' 07"
106	Flavio Vanzella  (ITA)	Française des Jeux	+ 3h 32' 52"
107	Servais Knaven  (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 3h 34' 52"
108	Francisco Cabello  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 3h 35' 42"
109	Stuart O'Grady  (AUS)	GAN	+ 3h 35' 56"
110	Nicola Loda  (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym	+ 3h 39' 10"
111	Frédérick Guesdon  (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 3h 41' 04"
112	Bruno Cenghialta  (ITA)	Batik–Del Monte	+ 3h 41' 06"
113	Serhiy Utchakov  (UKR)	Team Polti	+ 3h 42' 48"
114	Frédéric Moncassin  (FRA)	GAN	+ 3h 45' 03"
115	Christophe Rinero  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 3h 45' 14"
116	Gilberto Simoni  (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym	+ 3h 45' 33"
117	Robbie McEwen  (AUS)	Rabobank	+ 3h 45' 47"
118	Giovanni Lombardi  (ITA)	Team Telekom	+ 3h 45' 59"
119	Adriano Baffi  (ITA)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 3h 46' 55"
120	Luca Scinto  (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym	+ 3h 48' 04"
121	Marcelino García  (ESP)	ONCE	+ 3h 49' 33"
122	Nicola Minali  (ITA)	Batik–Del Monte	+ 3h 51' 26"
123	Mirko Crepaldi  (ITA)	Team Polti	+ 3h 51' 49"
124	Lauri Aus  (EST)	Casino	+ 3h 52' 31"
125	Gerrit de Vries  (NED)	Team Polti	+ 3h 54' 05"
126	Jeroen Blijlevens  (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 3h 54' 10"
127	Laurent Desbiens  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 3h 54' 32"
128	Tristan Hoffman  (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 3h 54' 49"
129	Carlo Finco  (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym	+ 3h 57' 27"
130	Rossano Brasi  (ITA)	Team Polti	+ 4h 02' 11"
131	Pascal Deramé  (FRA)	U.S. Postal Service	+ 4h 04' 57"
132	Matteo Tosatto  (ITA)	MG Maglificio–Technogym	+ 4h 06' 05"
133	Gianluca Pierobon  (ITA)	Batik–Del Monte	+ 4h 06' 53"
134	Eros Poli  (ITA)	GAN	+ 4h 11' 22"
135	Nicolas Jalabert  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 4h 11' 31"
136	Torsten Schmidt  (GER)	Roslotto–ZG Mobili	+ 4h 15' 48"
137	Philipp Buschor  (SUI)	Saeco–Estro	+ 4h 17' 35"
138	Stéphane Cueff  (FRA)	Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne	+ 4h 18' 18"
139	Philippe Gaumont  (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 4h 26' 09"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) ^[30]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Erik Zabel  (GER)	Team Telekom	350
2	Frédéric Moncassin  (FRA)	GAN	223
3	Mario Traversoni  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	198
4	Jeroen Blijlevens  (NED)	TVM–Farm Frites	192
5	Nicola Minali  (ITA)	Batik–Del Monte	156
6	Jan Ullrich  (GER)	Team Telekom	154
7	Robbie McEwen  (AUS)	Rabobank	151
8	Richard Virenque  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	151
9	François Simon  (FRA)	GAN	145
10	Adriano Baffi  (ITA)	U.S. Postal Service	131

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10) ^[30]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Richard Virenque  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	579
2	Jan Ullrich  (GER)	Team Telekom	328
3	Francesco Casagrande  (ITA)	Saeco–Estro	309
4	Marco Pantani  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	269
5	Laurent Brochard  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	241
6	Laurent Dufaux  (SWI)	Festina–Lotus	212
7	Pascal Hervé  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	176
8	Fernando Escartín  (ESP)	Kelme–Costa Blanca	141
9	Bjarne Riis  (DEN)	Team Telekom	139
10	José María Jiménez  (ESP)	Banesto	136

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10) ^[30]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jan Ullrich  (GER)	Team Telekom	100h 30' 35"
2	Peter Luttenberger  (AUT)	Rabobank	+ 45' 39"
3	Michael Boogerd  (NED)	Rabobank	+ 1h 00' 33"
4	Daniele Nardello  (ITA)	Mapei–GB	+ 1h 01' 30"
5	Laurent Roux  (FRA)	TVM–Farm Frites	+ 1h 17' 44"
6	Santiago Blanco  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 1h 29' 18"
7	Ángel Luis Casero  (ESP)	Banesto	+ 1h 35' 11"
8	Joona Laukka  (FIN)	Festina–Lotus	+ 1h 43' 05"
9	Kevin Livingston  (USA)	Cofidis	+ 1h 46' 23
10	Frank Vandenbroucke  (BEL)	Mapei–GB	+ 2h 09' 34

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10) ^{[2] [31]}

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Telekom	310h 51' 30"
2	Mercatone Uno	+ 31' 56"
3	Festina–Lotus	+ 47' 52"
4	Banesto	+ 1h 05' 15"
5	Kelme–Costa Blanca	+ 2h 20' 22"
6	Mapei–GB	+ 2h 28' 14"
7	Rabobank	+ 2h 40' 30"
8	Saeco–Estro	+ 4h 06' 13"
9	Française des Jeux	+ 4h 15' 59"
10	U.S. Postal Service	+ 4h26' 19"

Combativity classification

Final combativity classification (1–3) ^[32]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Richard Virenque  (FRA)	Festina–Lotus	54
2	Cédric Vasseur  (FRA)	GAN	35
3	Marco Pantani  (ITA)	Mercatone Uno	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. ^[33] 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

1. A white jersey was not awarded to the leader of the young rider classification between 1989 and 1999. ^[22]

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External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 August 1997)
• 1997 Tour de France at Cyclingnews.com