The 1997 UCI Road World Championships took place in San Sebastián, Spain, between October 7 and October 12, 1997. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
In 2002 UCI sued Festina soigneur Willy Voet for defamation over claims in his book Breaking the Chain that the UCI and Hein Verbruggen had allegedly been involved in some sort of coverup of use of Lidocaine and Laurent Brochard.The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France. By Daniel Coyle, Tyler Hamilton, Random House Digital, Inc., Sep 5, 2012, page 94, footnoteNews for March 10, 2002, cyclingnews.com, Edited by Jeff Jones, section "UCI wants damages from Voet". retr 2012 10 22 In 2004 the UCI won the defamation case,UCI wins legal battle against Voet Anthony Tan, cyclingnews.com, May 20, 2006, Updated: April 20, 2009, retr 2012 10 22 and in 2006 won the appeal.
Events summary Men's eventsMen's road race Laurent Brochard 6h16'48"Bo Hamburger s.t.Léon van Bon s.t.Men's time trialLaurent Jalabert 52'01"Serhiy Honchar 52'04"Chris Boardman 52'21" Women's eventsWomen's road raceAlessandra Cappellotto 2h44'37"Elisabeth Tadich s.t.Catherine Marsal s.t.Women's time trialJeannie Longo-Ciprelli 39'15"Sulfija Sabirowa 39'16"Judith Arndt 39'44" Men's Under-23 EventsMen's under-23 road raceKurt Asle Arvesen 3h46"Óscar Freire s.t.Gerrit Glomser s.t.Men's under-23 time trialFabio Malberti 40'41"László Bodrogi 41'08"David George 41'12" Men's Junior EventsMen's Junior Road RaceCrescenzo d'Amore 2h54'49"Martin Bolt s.t.Margus Salumets s.t.Men's Junior Time TrialTorsten Hiekmann 35'56"Michael Rogers 35'57"Alexei Markov 36'11" Women's Junior EventsWomen's Junior Road RaceMirella van Melis 1h50'19"Nicole Brändli s.t.Sofie Andersson s.t.Women's Junior Time TrialOlga Zabelinskaya 19'56"Sylvia Hubscher 20'32"Maria Mercedes Cagigas 20'33" 1997 Road Cycling World Championships the-sports.org7-12 October 1997 World Road Championships Spain cyclingnews.com
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