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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 22, 1997 |
Milan-San Remo |
Erik Zabel (Ger) |
294 km |
| April 6, 1997 |
Tour of Flanders |
Rolf Sorensen (Den) |
256 km |
| April 13, 1997 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Frederic Guesdon (Fra) |
266 km |
| April 20, 1997 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Michele Bartoli (Ita) |
262 km |
| May 17-June 8, 1997 |
Giro d'Italia |
Ivan Gotti (Ita) |
22 Stages,
3,889 km |
| July 5-July 27, 1997 |
Tour de France |
Jan Ullrich (Ger) |
21 Stages,
3,944 km |
| Sept 6-Sept 28, 1997 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
22 Stages,
3,773 km |
| October 12, 1997 |
World
Championships |
Laurent Brochard (Fra) |
San Sebastian, Spain 256.5 km |
October 18, 1997 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Varese-Bergamo,
250 km |
• Great Britain - July 1, 1997, the British government returned sovereignty of Hong Kong to China.
• Paris - August 1997, Princess Diana died of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
• Oklahoma City - Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the terrorist bombing of the Murrah Federal Building , and the killing of 168 people.
• Masters Golf - a 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the first African-Asian-American to win one of Golf's major titles.
Notable Deaths -
John Akii-Bua, 1949-1997, in the hospital on an undisclosed illness. He was an African track and field (world record 400 meter hurdles) athlete, who became the first Olympic champion from Uganda.
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