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 ...

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

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and finished in

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. The race was won by

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Teams

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

General classification

References

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