1997 Vuelta a Asturias
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1997 Vuelta a Asturias
| image =
| image_caption =
| date = 13–18 May 1997
| stages = 6
| unit = km
| time = 21h 56' 17"
| first = Manuel Fernández Ginés
| first_nat = ESP
| first_team = {{UCI team code|BAN|1997}}
| first_color = yellow
| second = Abraham Olano
| second_nat = ESP
| second_team = {{UCI team code|BAN|1997}}
| third = Fernando Escartín
| third_nat = ESP
| third_team = {{UCI team code|KEL|1997}}
| previous = 1996
| next = 1998
}}
The 1997 Vuelta a Asturias was the 41st edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 13 May to 18 May 1997. The race started in Avilés and finished in Oviedo.{{cite news|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/may97/astu97.html|title=Vuelta a Asturias, Cat. 2.3|work=Cycling News|accessdate=25 February 2020}} The race was won by Manuel Fernández Ginés of the {{UCI team code|BAN|1997}} team.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/etapes/eta_asturias.php|title=Vuelta a Asturias (Esp) - Cat 2.2|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407183421/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/etapes/eta_asturias.php|archivedate=7 April 2004}}{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=153&y=1997|title=1997 Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo|work=First Cycling|accessdate=25 February 2020}}
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite news|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/may97/astu97.html#6|title=Final overall|work=Cycling News|accessdate=25 February 2020}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Manuel Fernández Ginés|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|BAN|1997}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|21h 56' 17"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Abraham Olano|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|BAN|1997}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 13" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Fernando Escartín|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|KEL|1997}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 19" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Daniel Clavero|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|REG|1997b}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 34" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|José María Jiménez|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|BAN|1997}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 38" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Luis Pérez Rodríguez|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|ONC|1997}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 59" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|José Manuel Uría|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|REG|1997b}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 09" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Ramon Garcia|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|REG|1997b}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 41" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|César Solaun|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|EUS|1997}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 49" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Dirk Müller|GER}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 52" |
|}
References
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