1997 Giro d'Italia
Rider Team Time
1 Dimitri Konyshev ( RUS ) Roslotto-ZG Mobili 52h 48 ' 18
2 Mario Cipollini ( ITA ) Saeco + 3 ' 01
3 Glenn Magnusson ( SWE ) Amore & Vita-ForzArcore + 3 ' 15
4 Serhiy Honchar ( UKR ) Aki-Safi + 3 ' 22
5 Evgeni Berzin ( RUS ) Batik-Del Monte + 3 ' 41
Intergiro classification
The 1997 Giro d'Italia was the 80th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began on May 17 with a mass-start stage that began and ended in Venice. The race came to a close on June 8 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Eighteen teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Ivan Gotti of the team. Second and third were the Russian rider Pavel Tonkov and Italian Giuseppe Guerini. In the race's other classifications, rider Chepe González won the mountains classification, Mario Cipollini of the Saeco team won the points classification, and rider Dimitri Konyshev won the intergiro classification. Kelme - Costa Blanca finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the eighteen teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Saeco.