Classification Leadership
In the 1997 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner was considered the winner of the Giro.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a purple, or cyclamen jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded still more points than the other first-category climbs.
The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, which was marked blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.
There was also one classification for the teams. The classification was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time.
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Intergiro classification |
Trofeo Fast Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Cipollini | Mario Cipollini | Mario Cipollini | not awarded | Dimitri Konyshev | Saeco |
2 | Mario Cipollini | |||||
3 | Pavel Tonkov | Pavel Tonkov | Pavel Tonkov | Mapei-GB | ||
4 | Mario Cipollini | |||||
5 | Pavel Tonkov | Saeco | ||||
6 | Roberto Sgambelluri | |||||
7 | Marcel Wüst | |||||
8 | Mario Manzoni | Mariano Piccoli | Asics-C.G.A. | |||
9 | Dimitri Konyshev | |||||
10 | Mario Cipollini | |||||
11 | Gabriele Missaglia | |||||
12 | Giuseppe Di Grande | |||||
13 | Glenn Magnusson | |||||
14 | Ivan Gotti | Ivan Gotti | José Jaime González | Team Polti | ||
15 | Alessandro Baronti | Asics-C.G.A. | ||||
16 | Fabiano Fontanelli | |||||
17 | Mirco Gualdi | Team Polti | ||||
18 | Serhij Hončar | |||||
19 | José Luis Rubiera | Kelme-Costa Blanca | ||||
20 | José Jaime González | |||||
21 | Pavel Tonkov | |||||
22 | Mario Cipollini | |||||
Final | Ivan Gotti | Mario Cipollini | José Jaime González | Dimitri Konyshev | Kelme-Costa Blanca |
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