1997 Vuelta a Colombia explained

1997 Vuelta a Colombia
Date:	April 21 – May 4, 1997
Stages:	13
Distance:	1960
Unit:	km
Time:	50h 14' 34"
Speed:	39.0105
First:	José Castelblanco
First Nat:	COL
First Team:	Kelme-Telecom
First Color:	red
Second:	Jair Bernal
Second Nat:	COL
Second Team:	Todos por Boyacá
Third:	Héctor Palacio
Third Nat:	COL
Third Team:	Kelme-Telecom
Points Nat:	COL
Points Team:	Kelme-Telecom
Mountains Nat:	COL
Mountains Team:	Kelme-Telecom
Combination:	Raúl Montaña
Combination Nat:	COL
Combination Team:	Caprecom-Zapatos
Team:	Kelme-Telecom
Team Nat:	COL
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

The 47th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from April 21 to May 4, 1997. There were a total of 119 competitors, including six Mexican riders.

Stages

1997-04-21: Bucaramanga — Bucaramanga (7.6 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-22: Bucaramanga — Barichara (148.7 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-23: Oiba — Duitama (192.7 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-24: Tunja — Zipaquirá (138.3 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-25: Funza — Ibagué (196.2 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-26: Ibagué — Sevilla (185.9 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-27: Cali Circuito Panamericano (105 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-28: Palmira — Pereira (200.4 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-29: Santa Rosa de Cabal — Manizales (35.7 km)

Place	Stage 8 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-04-30: Manizales — Itagüí (184 km)

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-05-01: Medellín — Alto Santa Helena (91.2 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-05-02: Rionegro — Puerto Salgar (197 km)

Place	Stage 11		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-05-03: La Dorada — Fontibón (179.5 km)

Place	Stage 12		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

1997-05-04: Circuito Bogotá (100 km)

Place	Stage 13		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

Jersey progression

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
P	José Castelblanco	José Castelblanco	—	—	—
1	Héctor Palacio		Héctor Palacio	Julio César Rangel	Telecom-Capitel-Kelme
2	Israel Ochoa	Santiago Botero	Federico Muñoz	Raúl Montaña
3	Hernán Buenahora	Hernán Buenahora
4	Juan Diego Ramírez
5	Elkin Barrera	José Castelblanco	unknown	unknown
6	Julio Ernesto Bernal
7	Freddy Moncada
8	José Castelblanco
9	Hernán Darío Muñoz
10	Julio César Rangel
11	José Daniel Bernal
12	Gregorio Ladino
13	Leonardo Cardona		Héctor Palacio	Juan Diego Ramírez

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		Kelme-Telecom	50:14:34
2.		Todos por Boyacá	+ 1.59
3.		Kelme-Telecom	+ 2.52
4.		Kelme-Telecom	+ 3.03
5.		Kelme-Telecom	+ 3.17
6.		Caprecom-Zapatos	+ 5.16
7.		Todos por Boyacá	+ 5.23
8.		Kelme-Telecom	+ 5.35
9.		Lotería de Medellín-EPM	+ 8.11
10.		San Andresitos de la 38	+ 8.21

Teams

Todos por Boyacá — Lotería de Boyacá

Telecom Discado Directo Internacional — Kelme

Kelme Costa Blanca

Aguardiente Antioqueño — Lotería de Medellín

Petróleos de Colombia — Energía Pura

Gaseosas Glacial

Caprecom — Zapatos Kioo’s

San Andresitos de la 38 — Cúcuta su Bono

Ciclistas de Jesucristo

Idea — SAM (Orgullo Paisa)

Mixto Telecom — Oriente Antioqueño

Hotel Nuevo Magdalena Cicloases

Mixto Glacial A

Gaseosas Glacial — Tenis Karst Musher México Guanajuato

See also

• 1997 Clásico RCN

References

• cyclingnews
• pedalesybielas via webcitation.org, Archived 2009-10-22