1997 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race explained

Men's Individual Road Race
Series:	1997 UCI Road World Championships
Date:	October 12, 1997
Stages:	1
Distance:	265.5
Unit:	km
Time:	6h 16' 48"
Speed:	42.1974
Type:	medals
First:	Laurent Brochard
First Nat:	FRA
First Team:	France
Second:	Bo Hamburger
Second Nat:	DEN
Second Team:	Denmark
Third:	Léon van Bon
Third Nat:	NED
Third Team:	Netherlands
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

The men's road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships took place on October 12, 1997, in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain. The championship was won by the French Laurent Brochard, completing a French double in the Men's Elite Races after Laurent Jalabert won the Individual Time Trial a few days before. The men's road race featured 19 laps of 13.5 km, amounting to 265.5 kilometres of racing. There were a total of 161 starters, with 87 cyclists finishing the race.

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
		06:16:48
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4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		+0'09"
8		+0'16"
9		s.t.
10		s.t.
11		s.t.
12		s.t.
13		s.t.
14		s.t.
15		+0'49"
16		+0'50"
17		+0'57"
18		s.t.
19		s.t.
20		+0'58"
21		s.t.
22		s.t.
23		s.t.
24		s.t.
25		s.t.
25		s.t.
25		s.t.
25		s.t.
25		s.t.
30		s.t.
31		s.t.
32		s.t.
33		s.t.
34		s.t.
35		s.t.
36		s.t.
37		s.t.
38		s.t.
39		s.t.
40		s.t.
41		s.t.
42		s.t.
43		s.t.
44		s.t.
45		s.t.
46		s.t.
47		s.t.
48		s.t.
49		s.t.
50		s.t.
51		s.t.
52		s.t.
53		s.t.
54		s.t.
55		s.t.
56		s.t.
57		s.t.
58		s.t.
59		s.t.
60		+1'04"
61		+7'35"
62		s.t.
63		s.t.
64		s.t.
65		s.t.
66		s.t.
67		s.t.
68		s.t.
69		s.t.
70		+7'43"
71		+8'32"
72		s.t.
73		s.t.
74		s.t.
75		s.t.
76		s.t.
77		s.t.
78		s.t.
79		s.t.
80		s.t.
81		s.t.
82		s.t.
83		s.t.
84		s.t.
85		+11'55"
86		s.t.
87		s.t.

Abandons

References

• Full results