UCI Road World Championships 1997

The 64th UCI Road World Championships took place from October 7th to 12th, 1997 in the Spanish city of San Sebastián . A total of ten decisions were made in the disciplines of time trials and road races as well as in the categories women, men, men U23, juniors and juniors.

Men

Road race (265.5 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Laurent Brochard	FRA	6:16:48 h
2	Bo hamburger	THE	same time
3	Léon van Bon	NED	same time

Brochard prevailed against Hamburger in the sprint of a leading group. The fourth Udo Bölts said he was disappointed with his “tin medal”.

Individual time trial (43.8 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Laurent Jalabert	FRA	52: 01.19 min
2	Serhiy Honchar	UKR	52: 04.51 min
3	Christopher Boardman	GBR	52: 21.72 min

Women

Road race (108 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Alessandra Cappellotto	ITA	2:44:37 h
2	Elizabeth Tadich	OUT	same time
3	Catherine Marsal	FRA	same time

Individual time trial (28 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	FRA	39: 15.21 min
2	Sulphia Sabirova	RUS	39: 16.06 min
3	Judith Arndt	GER	39: 44.90 min

U23 men

Road race (162 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Kurt Asle Arvesen	NOR	3:46:28 h
2	Óscar Freire	ESP	4:00:46 h
3	Gerrit Glomser	AUT	same time

Individual time trial (32 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Fabio Malberti	ITA	40: 41.55 min
2	László Bodrogi	HUN	41: 08.03 min
3	David George	RSA	41: 12.16 min

Juniors

Road race (121.5 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Crescenzo d'Amore	ITA	2:54:49 h
2	Martin Bolt	SUI	same time
3	Margus Salumets	EST	same time

Individual time trial (28 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Torsten Hiekmann	GER	35:56 min
2	Michael Rogers	OUT	35:57 min
3	Alexei Markov	RUS	36:11 min

Juniors

Road race (67.5 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Mirella van Melis	NED	1:50:19 h
2	Nicole Brändli	SUI	same time
3	Sofie Andersson	SUE	same time

Individual time trial (13 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Olga Sabelinskaya	RUS	19:56 min
2	Sylvia Hübscher	GER	20:32 min
3	Maria Mercedes Cagigas	ESP	20:33 min

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	3	-	1	4th
2	Italy	3	-	-	3
3	Russia	1	1	1	3
	Germany	1	1	1	3
5	Netherlands	1	-	1	2
6th	Norway	1	-	-	1
7th	Australia	-	2	-	2
	Switzerland	-	2	-	2
9	Spain	-	1	1	2
10	Denmark	-	1	-	1
	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
13	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1
	South Africa	-	-	1	1
	Estonia	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

See also

• UCI track world championships 1997