1997 Ronde van Nederland
These are the results for the 37th edition of the Ronde van Nederland cycling race, which was held from August 26 to August 30, 1997. The race started in Tilburg (North Brabant) and finished after 895.7 kilometres in Landgraaf (Limburg).
Stages[edit]
26-08-1997: Tilburg-Alkmaar, 199 km[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Endrio Leoni (ITA)
|
Aki - Safi | 04:53:57 |
| 2. |  Jeroen Blijlevens (NED)
|
TVM - Farm Frites | — |
| 3. |  Ján Svorada (CZE)
|
Mapei - GB | — |
27-08-1997: Alkmaar-Haarlem, 168 km[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Rabobank | 04:04:05 |
| 2. | Léon van Bon (NED)
|
Rabobank | — |
| 3. | Endrio Leoni (ITA)
|
Aki - Safi | — |
28-08-1997: Hoogeveen-Denekamp, 91 km[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Rabobank | 02:05:31 |
| 2. |  Jeremy Hunt (GBR)
|
Banesto | — |
| 3. | Léon van Bon (NED)
|
Rabobank | — |
28-08-1997: Nordhorn-Denekamp (Time Trial), 23 km[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Erik Dekker (NED)
|
Rabobank | 00:27:02 |
| 2. |  Peter Meinert Nielsen (DEN)
|
US Postal Service | + 0.06 |
| 3. |  Jan Ullrich (GER)
|
Team Deutsche Telekom | + 0.14 |
29-08-1997: Almelo-Venray, 178 km[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Erik Zabel (GER)
|
Team Deutsche Telekom | 04:43:10 |
| 2. | Jeroen Blijlevens (NED)
|
TVM - Farm Frites | — |
| 3. | Marco Zanotti (ITA)
|
Aki - Safi | — |
30-08-1997: Venray-Landgraaf, 236 km[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)
|
Team Deutsche Telekom | 06:01:16 |
| 2. | Federico de Beni (ITA)
|
Brescialat - Oyster | — |
| 3. |  Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
|
US Postal Service | — |
Final classification[edit]
| RANK | CYCLIST | TEAM | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Erik Dekker (NED)
|
Rabobank | 22:14:52 |
| 2. | Peter Meinert Nielsen (DEN)
|
US Postal Service | + 0.15 |
| 3. | Jan Ullrich (GER)
|
Team Deutsche Telekom | + 0.23 |
| 4. | Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)
|
US Postal Service | + 0.24 |
| 5. | Erik Breukink (NED)
|
Rabobank | + 0.36 |
| 6. |  Johan Museeuw (BEL)
|
Mapei - GB | + 0.40 |
| 7. |  José Vicente García (ESP)
|
Banesto | + 0.46 |
| 8. | Servais Knaven (NED)
|
TVM - Farm Frites | + 0.49 |
| 9. | Peter Van Petegem (BEL)
|
TVM - Farm Frites | + 0.55 |
| 10. | Bart Voskamp (NED)
|
TVM - Farm Frites | + 1.01 |