The 37th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from March 15 to March 24, 1997, in

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. The stage race had an UCI rate of 2.4. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional". There were a total number of 90 competitors from 12 teams, with 71 riders actually finishing the stage race.

Stages

1997-03-15: Tocancipá — Villa de Leyva (149 km)

1997-03-16: Villa de Leyva — Monguí (128 km)

1997-03-17: Duitama — Barbosa (121 km)

1997-03-18: Barbosa — Piedecuesta (203 km)

1997-03-19:
Bucaramanga Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander Department, Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and is the ninth most populous city i ...
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Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja () is a municipality and city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOP ...
(161 km)

1997-03-20:
Barrancabermeja Barrancabermeja () is a municipality and city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOP ...
— Puerto Boyacá (230 km)

1997-03-21: Doradal — Guatapé (175 km)

1997-03-22:
Rionegro Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the cit ...
— Puerto Salgar (180 km)

1997-03-23: Circuito Parque Simón Bolivar, Bogotá (100 km)

1997-03-23:
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Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...
(35 km)

Final classification

References

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Historia

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