1997 Amstel Gold Race

1997 Amstel Gold Race
1997 UCI Road World Cup, race 5 of 10
Race details
Dates26 April 1997
Stages1
Distance258 km (160.3 mi)
Winning time6h 11' 19"
Results
  Winner  Bjarne Riis (DEN) (Team Telekom)
  Second  Andrea Tafi (ITA) (Mapei–GB)
  Third  Beat Zberg (SUI) (Mercatone Uno)
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The 1997 Amstel Gold Race was the 32nd edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 26, 1997, in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 258 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Maastricht. [1][2] The race was the third fastest edition ever with an average speed of 41.689kmh.[3]

  1. ^ "Amstel Gold Race results". 1998-01-24. Archived from the original on 1998-01-24. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. ^ "32nd Amstel Gold Race". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  3. ^ Weislo, Laura; Ostanek, Daniel (17 April 2020). "Teasing out the facts and figures from Amstel Gold Race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

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