1997 Tour de Pologne explained

1997 Tour de Pologne
Date:	7–14 September 1997
Stages:	8
Distance:	1435.5^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	33h 27' 53"
First:	Rolf Järmann
First Nat:	SUI
Second:	Zenon Jaskuła
Second Nat:	POL
Third:	Sašo Sviben
Third Nat:	SLO
Third Team:	Slovenia
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

The 1997 Tour de Pologne was the 54th edition of the Tour de Pologne cycle race and was held from 7 September to 14 September 1997. The race started in Kołczygłowy and finished in Kraków.^[2] The race was won by Rolf Järmann of the Casino team.

Previous year's (1996) winner was Viatscheslav Djavanin (RUS).

General classification

Final general classification^[3] ^[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 25" 3 Slovenia + 1' 02" 4 + 1' 19" 5 + 1' 54" 6 + 1' 58" 7 + 2' 41" 8 + 2' 54" 9 Pekaes–Irena–Zepter + 3' 58" 10 + 4' 01"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tour de Pologne-Tour of Poland (World Tour). BikeRaceInfo. 9 January 2018.
2. Web site: 54ème Tour de Pologne 1997. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20050112042545/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_pologne/pologne1997.php. 12 January 2005.
3. Web site: Tour of Poland. WVCycling. 9 January 2018.
4. Web site: 1997 Tour de Pologne. First Cycling. 9 January 2018.