The 1997 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 43rd edition of the

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

(Ruta del Sol) cycle race and was held on 16 February to 20 February 1997. The race started in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

and finished in

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. The race was won by Erik Zabel.

Teams

Seventeen teams started the race: * * * * * * * * Foreldorado–Golff * * * Palmans–Lystex * * * * Troiamarisco * * Ipso–Euroclean

General classification

References

Vuelta a Andalucia Vuelta, Spanish for "lap" or "roundtrip", is used in the name of a number of cycling races in Spanish speaking countries, as well as a few other contexts: Cycling races * Vuelta a Andalucía * Vuelta a Aragón, Spain * Vuelta a Asturias, Spain * V ...

Vuelta a Andalucía by year 1997 in Spanish sport {{Spain-cycling-race-stub