1997 Giro d'Italia

Template:Short description The 1997 Giro d'Italia was the 80th edition of the Giro. It began on 17 May with a mass-start stage that began and ended in Venice. The race came to a close on 8 June with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Eighteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Ivan Gotti of the Template:Cycling data SAE team. Second and third were the Russian rider Pavel Tonkov and Italian Giuseppe Guerini.

In the race's other classifications, Template:Cycling data KEL rider Chepe González won the mountains classification, Mario Cipollini of the Saeco team won the points classification, and Template:Cycling data ALB rider Dimitri Konyshev won the intergiro classification. Kelme – Costa Blanca finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the eighteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Saeco.

Teams

Eighteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1997 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 180 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 110 made it to the finish in Milan.

The eighteen teams that took part in the race were:

Template:Cycling data AKI Template:Cycling data AMO Template:Cycling data ASI Template:Cycling data GEW Template:Cycling data BRE Template:Cycling data CTA

Template:Cycling data FES Template:Cycling data KEL Template:Cycling data SDA Template:Cycling data MAP Template:Cycling data UNO MG Maglificio–Technogym

Template:Cycling data REF Template:Cycling data ALB Template:Cycling data Amica Chips Template:Cycling data SAE Template:Cycling data COG Template:Cycling data POL

Route and stages

A picture of a mountain.

The Passo del Tonale (pictured) was the finish for the stage 20.

The route for the 1997 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 9 November 1996 in Milan. It contained two time trial events, all of which were individual. There were ten stages containing high mountains, of which three had summit finishes: stage 5, to Monte Terminillo; stage 14, to Breuil-Cervinia; and stage 20, to Passo del Tonale. The organizers chose to include one rest day. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was shorter, contained the same amount of rest days and stages, as well as one more individual time trial.

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	17 May	Venezia to Venezia		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
2	18 May	Mestre to Cervia		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
3	19 May	Santarcangelo di Romagna to San Marino (San Marino)		File:Mountain Time Trial Stage.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
4	20 May	San Marino (San Marino) to Arezzo		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
5	21 May	Arezzo to Monte Terminillo		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
6	22 May	Rieti to Lanciano		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
7	23 May	Lanciano to Mondragone		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
8	24 May	Mondragone to Cava de' Tirreni		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
9	25 May	Cava de' Tirreni to Castrovillari		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
10	26 May	Castrovillari to Taranto		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	27 May	Rest day
11	28 May	Lido di Camaiore to Lido di Camaiore		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
12	29 May	La Spezia to Varazze		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
13	30 May	Varazze to Cuneo		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
14	31 May	Racconigi to Breuil-Cervinia		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
15	1 June	Verrès to Borgomanero		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
16	2 June	Borgomanero to Dalmine		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
17	3 June	Dalmine to Verona		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
18	4 June	Baselga di Pinè to Cavalese		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
19	5 June	Predazzo to Pfalzen		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
20	6 June	Bruneck to Passo del Tonale		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
21	7 June	Malè to Edolo		File:Mountainstage.svg	Stage with mountain(s)	Template:Flagathlete
22	8 June	Boario Terme to Milan		File:Plainstage.svg	Plain stage	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Classification leadership

A picture of a mountain.

The Pordoi Pass was the Cima Coppi for the 1997 running of the Giro d'Italia.

Four different jerseys were worn during the 1997 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.

For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Pordoi Pass and was first climbed by the Colombian José Jaime González. The intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification File:Jersey pink.svg	Points classification File:Jersey violet.svg	Mountains classification File:Jersey green.svg	Intergiro classification File:Jersey blue.svg	Trofeo Fast Team
1	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini	Mario Cipollini	not awarded	Dimitri Konyshev	Template:Cycling data SAE
2	Mario Cipollini
3	Pavel Tonkov	Pavel Tonkov		Pavel Tonkov		Mapei–GB
4	Mario Cipollini
5	Pavel Tonkov					Template:Cycling data SAE
6	Roberto Sgambelluri
7	Marcel Wüst
8	Mario Manzoni			Mariano Piccoli		Asics-C.G.A.
9	Dimitri Konyshev
10	Mario Cipollini
11	Gabriele Missaglia
12	Giuseppe Di Grande
13	Glenn Magnusson
14	Ivan Gotti	Ivan Gotti		José Jaime González		Team Polti
15	Alessandro Baronti					Asics-C.G.A.
16	Fabiano Fontanelli
17	Mirco Gualdi					Team Polti
18	Serhij Hončar
19	José Luis Rubiera					Kelme–Costa Blanca
20	José Jaime González
21	Pavel Tonkov
22	Mario Cipollini
Final		Ivan Gotti	Mario Cipollini	José Jaime González	Dimitri Konyshev	Kelme–Costa Blanca

Final standings

Legend
Pink jersey	Denotes the winner of the General classification	Green jersey	Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
Purple jersey	Denotes the winner of the Points classification	Blue jersey	Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Template:Cycling data SAE	102h 53' 58"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	+ 1' 27"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data POL	+ 7' 40"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Aki–Safi	+ 12' 20"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Aki–Safi	+ 12' 44"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data BRE	+ 12' 48"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	+ 12' 54"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 16' 07"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data UNO	+ 18' 08"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL	+ 18' 56"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey	Template:Cycling data SAE	202
2	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data ALB	146
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data AMO	145
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	121
5	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Template:Cycling data SAE	102
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data BRE	93
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data FES	92
8	Template:Flagathlete Green jersey	Template:Cycling data KEL	81
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL
10	Template:Flagathlete	Batik–Del Monte	74

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagathlete Green jersey	Template:Cycling data KEL	99
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data BRE	35
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data UNO	28
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MAP	24
5	Template:Flagathlete Pink jersey	Template:Cycling data SAE	23
6	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data ALB	16
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data KEL
8	Template:Flagathlete	Asics–CGA	15
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data CTA
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data ALB	14

Intergiro classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data ALB	52h 48' 18"
2	Template:Flagathlete Purple jersey	Template:Cycling data SAE	+ 3' 01"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data AMO	+ 3' 15"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Aki–Safi	+ 3' 22"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Batik–Del Monte	+ 3' 41"

Trofeo Fast Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Template:Cycling data KEL	309h 26' 09"
2	Template:Cycling data MAP	+ 14' 07"
3	Template:Cycling data SAE	+ 33' 18"
4	Template:Cycling data UNO	+ 36' 21"
5	Aki–Safi	+ 40' 12"
6	Template:Cycling data POL	+ 45' 39"
7	Asics–CGA	+ 1h 01' 25"
8	Template:Cycling data ALB	+ 1h 09' 24"
9	Template:Cycling data BRE	+ 1h 19' 39"
10	Template:Cycling data FES	+ 1h 57' 47"

Trofeo Super Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Template:Cycling data SAE	399
2	Template:Cycling data MAP	391
3	Template:Cycling data POL	367
4	Template:Cycling data ALB	365
5	Aki–Safi	306
6	Template:Cycling data KEL	304
7	Template:Cycling data MAG	284
8	Template:Cycling data BRE	283
9	Asics–CGA	280
10	Template:Cycling data AMO	244