Giro d'Italia 1997
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| Dates | May 17 — June 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,912 km (2,431 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 102h 53' 58" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Ivan Gotti (ITA)
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(Saeco) |
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| Second |
 Pavel Tonkov (RUS)
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(Mapei–GB) | |
| Third |
Giuseppe Guerini (ITA)
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(Team Polti) | |
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Points |
Mario Cipollini (ITA)
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(Saeco) |
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Mountains |
 Chepe González (COL)
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(Kelme–Costa Blanca) |
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Intergiro |
Dimitri Konyshev (RUS)
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(Roslotto–ZG Mobili) |
| Team | Kelme–Costa Blanca | ||
| Team Points | Saeco | ||
The 1997 Giro d'Italia was the 80th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began on May 17 with a mass-start stage that began and ended in Venice. The race came to a close on June 8 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 Saeco team. Second and third were the Russian rider Pavel Tonkov and Italian Giuseppe Guerini.
In the race's other classifications, Kelme–Costa Blanca rider Chepe González won the mountains classification, Mario Cipollini of the Saeco team won the points classification, and Roslotto–ZG Mobili 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.
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:
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 78 km (48 mi) shorter, contained the same amount of rest days and stages, as well as one more individual time trial.
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