These are the results for the 37th edition of the

Ronde van Nederland The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Enec ...

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, which was held from August 26 to August 30, 1997. The race started in

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) and finished after 895.7 kilometres in

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Stages

26-08-1997: Tilburg-Alkmaar, 199 km

27-08-1997: Alkmaar-Haarlem, 168 km

28-08-1997: Hoogeveen-Denekamp, 91 km

28-08-1997: Nordhorn-Denekamp (Time Trial), 23 km

29-08-1997: Almelo-Venray, 178 km

30-08-1997: Venray-Landgraaf, 236 km

Final classification

External links

Wielersite Results
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