For the 1997 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 198 riders; 125 finished the race.
By rider Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta Pos. Position in the general classification Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish
No. Name Nationality Team Pos. Time 1 Alex Zülle 1 91h 15' 55" 2 Íñigo Cuesta 60 + 1h 45' 50" 3 Herminio Díaz Zabala 68 + 1h 59' 50" 4 Aitor Garmendia 121 + 3h 29' 10" 5 Laurent Jalabert 7 + 10' 03" 6 Alberto Leanizbarrutia 37 + 57' 04" 7 Francisco Javier Mauleón 67 + 1h 59' 49" 8 Melcior Mauri 22 + 35' 42" 9 Mikel Zarrabeitia 40 + 1h 02' 04" 11 Serhiy Honchar 56 + 1h 39' 25" 12 Oscar Dalla Costa 114 + 3h 09' 47" 13 Gianluca Gorini 66 + 1h 57' 04" 14 Endrio Leoni DNF — 15 Nicola Miceli DNF — 16 Luca Pavanello DNF — 17 Marco Zanotti DNF — 18 Mauro Radaelli 99 + 2h 52' 25" 19 Mauro Zanetti 104 + 2h 57' 06" 21 Claudio Chiappucci 11 + 16' 22" 22 Federico Colonna DNF — 23 Diego Ferrari 101 + 2h 56' 38" 24 Andrea Noè 52 + 1h 24' 33" 25 Fabio Roscioli 107 + 2h 59' 49" 26 Samuele Schiavina 102 + 2h 57' 01" 27 Alexandr Shefer DNF — 28 Filippo Simeoni 69 + 2h 03' 23" 29 Enrico Zaina 4 + 7' 24" 31 Abraham Olano DNF — 32 Marino Alonso 35 + 56' 31" 33 Ángel Casero DNF — 34 Armand de Las Cuevas DNF — 35 José Vicente García 62 + 1h 47' 09" 36 Prudencio Induráin 44 + 1h 04' 17" 37 José María Jiménez 21 + 34' 08" 38 Aitor Osa 46 + 1h 10' 53" 39 Orlando Rodrigues DNF — 41 Wladimir Belli DNF — 42 Claudio Camin 90 + 2h 44' 27" 43 Marco Della Vedova DNF — 44 Luca Gelfi 87 + 2h 35' 29" 45 Marco Milesi 79 + 2h 20' 48" 46 Mariano Piccoli 48 + 1h 13' 58" 47 Giancarlo Raimondi DNF — 48 Marco Serpellini 16 + 22' 11" 49 Roberto Sgambelluri DNF — 51 Massimiliano Gentili 29 + 46' 09" 52 125 + 3h 59' 05" 53 DNF — 54 Marco Antonio Di Renzo DNF — 55 DNF — 56 Martin Hvastija 110 + 3h 02' 02" 57 Nicola Ramacciotti 117 + 3h 14' 34" 58 Andrea Paluan 100 + 2h 54' 41" 59 Maurizio Frizzo 122 + 3h 31' 35" 61 Pascal Richard 34 + 55' 34" 62 Stéphane Barthe DNF — 63 Frédéric Bessy 70 + 2h 03' 51" 64 Philippe Bordenave 12 + 18' 21" 65 Jacky Durand 116 + 3h 14' 34" 66 Fabrice Gougot DNF — 67 Pascal Chanteur DNF — 68 Rodolfo Massi 20 + 31' 59" 69 Frédéric Pontier DNF — 71 Tony Rominger 38 + 59' 41" 72 Frankie Andreu DNF — 73 Laurent Desbiens DNF — 74 Maurizio Fondriest 49 + 1h 14' 35" 75 Philippe Gaumont DNF — 76 Francis Moreau 91 + 2h 44' 54" 77 David Plaza 36 + 56' 35" 78 Christophe Rinero DNF — 79 Bruno Thibout 30 + 48' 18" 81 Daniel Clavero 6 + 10' 02" 82 Eleuterio Anguita DNF — 83 Francisco Cerezo 32 + 52' 20" 84 Andrei Zintchenko 119 + 3h 18' 33" 85 Claus Michael Møller DNF — 86 Victor Moratilla Solera 74 + 2h 11' 41" 87 Serguei Smetanine DNF — 88 José Manuel Uría 14 + 19' 42" 89 80 + 2h 21' 05" 91 César Solaun DNF — 92 Iñaki Ayarzaguena Urkidi 31 + 48' 34" 93 Ibon Ajuria 27 + 41' 24" 94 David García Marquina 63 + 1h 49' 21" 95 Iñigo González de Heredia DNF — 96 Álvaro González de Galdeano DNF — 97 Igor González de Galdeano 42 + 1h 03' 01" 98 Roberto Laiseka 54 + 1h 29' 19" 99 50 + 1h 19' 01" 101 Chris Boardman DNF — 102 DNF — 103 Yvon Ledanois 10 + 15' 40" 104 Frédéric Moncassin DNF — 105 Eros Poli DNF — 106 Gérard Rué 88 + 2h 38' 20" 107 François Simon DNF — 108 Francisque Teyssier 23 + 36' 06" 109 Cédric Vasseur 45 + 1h 08' 01" 111 Fernando Escartín 2 + 5' 07" 112 Santiago Botero 98 + 2h 50' 40" 113 Juan Carlos Domínguez 18 + 31' 23" 114 Ángel Edo DNF — 115 Arsenio González 47 + 1h 11' 41" 116 Roberto Heras 5 + 8' 04" 117 José Rodríguez 58 + 1h 42' 50" 118 Santos González DNF — 119 Marcos-Antonio Serrano 8 + 10' 40" 121 Laurent Dufaux 3 + 6' 11" 122 Laurent Brochard 19 + 31' 51" 123 Félix García Casas 13 + 18' 47" 124 Pascal Hervé 43 + 1h 03' 10" 125 Fabian Jeker 25 + 38' 03" 126 Valerio Tebaldi 85 + 2h 34' 02" 127 Didier Rous DNF — 128 Neil Stephens 55 + 1h 34' 44" 129 Marcel Wüst 109 + 3h 01' 01" 131 Cândido Barbosa Maia-CIN DNF — 132 Joaquim Andrade Maia-CIN DNF — 133 José Azevedo Maia-CIN DNF — 134 Paulo Barroso Maia-CIN DNF — 135 José Luis Sánchez Maia-CIN DNF — 136 Paulo Ferreira Maia-CIN DNF — 137 José Francisco Jarque Maia-CIN DNF — 138 Maia-CIN DNF — 139 João Silva Maia-CIN DNF — 141 Pavel Tonkov DNF — 142 Franco Ballerini 97 + 2h 50' 29" 143 Davide Bramati 105 + 2h 58' 31" 144 Gianni Bugno 95 + 2h 47' 00" 145 Gianni Faresin 9 + 13' 53" 146 Paolo Lanfranchi 17 + 30' 35" 147 Daniele Nardello DNF — 148 Ján Svorada 120 + 3h 20' 14" 149 Stefano Zanini DNF — 151 Peter Luttenberger DNF — 152 Danny Jonasson 112 + 3h 09' 18" 153 Patrick Jonker 73 + 2h 06' 45" 154 Jans Koerts DNF — 155 Koos Moerenhout 65 + 1h 53' 01" 156 Danny Nelissen 94 + 2h 46' 45" 157 Léon van Bon 77 + 2h 19' 27" 158 Max van Heeswijk 83 + 2h 25' 42" 159 Aart Vierhouten 89 + 2h 42' 30" 161 Stefano Colagè 53 + 1h 28' 38" 162 Elio Aggiano 123 + 3h 34' 13" 163 Gabriele Balducci DNF — 164 Mauro Bettin 59 + 1h 43' 05" 165 Marco Lietti 93 + 2h 46' 15" 166 Leonardo Piepoli 26 + 40' 12" 167 Sergei Uslamin 86 + 2h 35' 09" 168 Cristian Salvato 76 + 2h 16' 20" 169 Jürgen Werner 103 + 2h 57' 01" 171 José Castelblanco Flavia-Telecom 41 + 1h 02' 56" 172 Julio César Aguirre Flavia-Telecom 28 + 43' 01" 173 Flavia-Telecom 15 + 20' 46" 174 Jairo Hernández Flavia-Telecom 51 + 1h 22' 30" 175 Carlos Andrés Osorio Flavia-Telecom 82 + 2h 25' 28" 176 Federico Muñoz Flavia-Telecom 39 + 59' 42" 177 Héctor Palacio Flavia-Telecom DNF — 178 Juan Diego Ramírez Flavia-Telecom 75 + 2h 12' 08" 179 Efraím Rico Flavia-Telecom 57 + 1h 39' 27" 181 Michael Andersson DNF — 182 Stéphane Pétilleau DNF — 183 Servais Knaven DNF — 184 Bo Hamburger 33 + 54' 21" 185 Sergei Ivanov 24 + 37' 59" 186 Lars Michaelsen 71 + 2h 04' 12" 187 Bart Voskamp 96 + 2h 47' 56" 188 Jesper Skibby DNF — 189 Tristan Hoffman DNF — 191 Mario Cipollini DNF — 192 Giuseppe Calcaterra 115 + 3h 14' 13" 193 92 + 2h 45' 35" 194 Alessio Di Basco 81 + 2h 21' 13" 195 Giorgio Furlan 78 + 2h 19' 29" 196 Eddy Mazzoleni DNF — 197 Roberto Petito DNF — 198 Ginés Salmerón DNF — 199 Mario Scirea 113 + 3h 09' 18" 201 Fabrizio Guidi 84 + 2h 29' 10" 202 Massimo Apollonio 106 + 2h 59' 38" 203 Davide Casarotto 108 + 3h 00' 33" 204 Biagio Conte 118 + 3h 15' 40" 205 Alessandro Petacchi DNF — 206 Dario Pieri DNF — 207 DNF — 208 61 + 1h 45' 56" 209 DNF — 211 Viatcheslav Ekimov 64 + 1h 49' 39" 212 72 + 2h 06' 38" 213 Anton Villatoro DNF — 214 Eddy Gragus DNF — 215 Remigijus Lupeikis 124 + 3h 40' 53" 216 Scott Mercier DNF — 217 Peter Meinert Nielsen DNF — 218 Jean-Cyril Robin DNF — 219 Sven Teutenberg 111 + 3h 06' 01"
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