1997 UCI Road World Championships

The 1997 UCI Road World Championships took place in San Sebastián, Spain, between October 7 and October 12, 1997. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.

1997 UCI Road World Championships
VenueSan Sebastián, Spain
Date(s) (1997-10-07 - 1997-10-12)712 October 1997
Events10

In 2002 UCI sued Festina soigneur Willy Voet for defamation over claims in his book Breaking the Chain that the UCI and Hein Verbruggen had allegedly been involved in some sort of coverup of use of Lidocaine and Laurent Brochard.[1] [2] In 2004 the UCI won the defamation case,[3] and in 2006 won the appeal.[3]

Events summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race
Laurent Brochard
 France
6h16'48" Bo Hamburger
 Denmark
s.t. Leon van Bon
 Netherlands
s.t.
Men's time trial
Laurent Jalabert
 France
52'01" Serhiy Honchar
 Ukraine
52'04" Chris Boardman
 Great Britain
52'21"
Women's Events
Women's road race
Alessandra Cappellotto
 Italy
2h44'37" Elisabeth Tadich
 Australia
s.t. Catherine Marsal
 France
s.t.
Women's time trial
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
 France
39'15" Sulfija Sabirowa
 Russia
39'16" Judith Arndt
 Germany
39'44"
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race
Kurt Asle Arvesen
 Norway
3h46" Óscar Freire
 Spain
s.t. Gerrit Glomser
 Austria
s.t.
Men's under-23 time trial
Fabio Malberti
 Italy
40'41" László Bodrogi
 Hungary
41'08" David George
 South Africa
41'12"
Men's Junior Events
Men's Junior Road Race
Crescenzo d'Amore
 Italy
2h54'49" Martin Bolt
  Switzerland
s.t. Margus Salumets
 Estonia
s.t.
Men's Junior Time Trial
Torsten Hiekmann
 Germany
35'56" Michael Rogers
 Australia
35'57" Alexei Markov
 Russia
36'11"
Women's Junior Events
Women's Junior Road Race
Mirella van Melis
 Netherlands
1h50'19" Nicole Brändli
  Switzerland
s.t. Sofie Andersson
 Sweden
s.t.
Women's Junior Time Trial
Olga Zabelinskaya
 Russia
19'56" Sylvia Hubscher
 Germany
20'32" Maria Mercedes Cagigas
 Spain
20'33"

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References

  1. The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France. By Daniel Coyle, Tyler Hamilton, Random House Digital, Inc., Sep 5, 2012, page 94, footnote
  2. News for March 10, 2002, cyclingnews.com, Edited by Jeff Jones, section "UCI wants damages from Voet". retr 2012 10 22
  3. UCI wins legal battle against Voet Anthony Tan, cyclingnews.com, May 20, 2006, Updated: April 20, 2009, retr 2012 10 22
  4. 1997 Road Cycling World Championships the-sports.org
  5. 7-12 October 1997 World Road Championships Spain cyclingnews.com
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