1997 Vuelta a Murcia

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1997 Vuelta a Murcia
Race details
Dates5–9 March 1997
Stages5
Distance788.2 [1]  km (489.8 mi)
Winning time18h 44' 23"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Spain.svg  Juan Carlos Dominguez  (ESP)
  SecondFlag of Spain.svg  Ignacio García Camacho  (ESP)
  ThirdFlag of Spain.svg  Santos González  (ESP)
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The 1997 Vuelta a Murcia was the 13th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 5 March to 9 March 1997. The race started and finished in Murcia. [2] The race was won by Juan Carlos Dominguez.

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's financial turmoil, the race was scaled back to three stages in 2011 and two stages in 2012. From 2013 to 2018 the Vuelta a Murcia was organised as a single-day race and shifted to mid-February on the international calendar. In 2019 the race was expanded to two stages. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event.

Murcia Municipality in Spain

Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country, with a population of 447,182 inhabitants in 2018. The population of the metropolitan area was 689,591 in 2010. It is located on the Segura River, in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, noted by a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.

General classification

Final general classification [3]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Carlos Dominguez  (ESP)18h 44' 23"
2Flag of Spain.svg  Ignacio García Camacho  (ESP)+ 8"
3Flag of Spain.svg  Santos González  (ESP)+ 24"
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Claus Michael Møller  (DEN)+ 47"
5Flag of Switzerland.svg  Alex Zülle  (SWI)+ 2' 26"
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Padrnos  (CZE)+ 3' 00"
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Michel Lafis  (SWE)+ 3' 02"
8Flag of Spain.svg  Roberto Heras  (ESP)+ 3' 30"
9Flag of Spain.svg  Álvaro González de Galdeano  (ESP)+ 3' 32"
10Flag of Spain.svg  Manuel Beltrán  (ESP)+ 3' 33"

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References

  1. ↑ "Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (2.1)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "13ème Vuelta a Murcia 1997". Memoire de cyclisme. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004.
  3. ↑ "1997 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia". First Cycling. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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