1997 La Flèche Wallonne
61st Edition: Wednesday, April 16, 1997
La Flèche Wallonne podium history | 1998 edition | 1996 edition |
Spa - Huy,
200.5 km, 39.19 km/hr
189 starters, 106 classified finishers

Laurent Jalabert winning the 1997 Giro di Lombardia
Complete Results:
| 1 | Laurent Jalabert (ONCE) | 5hr 07min 00sec |
| 2 | Luc Leblanc (Polti) | @ 19 seconds |
| 3 | Alex Zülle (ONCE) | 50" |
| 4 | Michele Bartoli (MG-Technogym) | |
| 5 | Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) | |
| 6 | Pascal Lino (Big Mat) | |
| 7 | Andrea Noe (Asics) | |
| 8 | Beat Zberg (Mercatone Uno) | |
| 9 | Benoît Salmon (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 10 | Richard Virenque (Festina-Lotus) | |
| 11 | Mauro Gianetti (FDJ) | |
| 12 | Jean-Cyril Robin (US Postal) | |
| 13 | Jens Heppner (Telekom) | |
| 14 | Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) | |
| 15 | Rafael Diaz Justo (ONCE) | |
| 16 | Erik Breukink (Rabobank) | |
| 17 | Maarten Den Bakker (TVM-Farm Frites) | |
| 18 | Enrico Zaina (Asics) | |
| 19 | Eugeni Berzin (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 20 | Bjarne Riis (Telekom) | |
| 21 | Cédric Vasseur (Gan) | |
| 22 | Michele Coppolillo (MG-Technogym) | |
| 23 | Michael Andersson (TVM-Farm Frites) | 4'15" |
| 24 | Christian Henn (Telekom) | 4'40" |
| 25 | Gianni Faresin (Mapei-GB) | 5'00" |
| 26 | Pascal Hervé (Festina-Lotus) | |
| 27 | Laurent Madouas (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 28 | Rodolfo Massi (Casino) | |
| 29 | Bo Hamburger (TVM-Farm Frites) | |
| 30 | Mario Aerts (Vlaanderen 2002) | |
| 31 | Angelo Lecchi (MG-Technogym) | |
| 32 | Laurent Pillon (Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne) | |
| 33 | Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 34 | Michel Lafis (Telekom) | |
| 35 | Laurent Roux (TVM-Farm Frites) | |
| 36 | Georg Totschnig (Telekom) | |
| 37 | Sergey Ivanov (TVM-Farm Frites) | |
| 38 | Johan Bruyneel (Rabobank) | |
| 39 | Marty Jemison (US Postal) | |
| 40 | Joona Laukka (Festina-Lotus) | |
| 41 | Stefano Garzelli (Mercatone Uno) | |
| 42 | Paul Van Hyfte (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 43 | Thomas Fleischer (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 44 | Christophe Detilloux (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 45 | Laurent Dufaux (Festina-Lotus) | |
| 46 | Michael Blaudzun (Rabobank) | |
| 47 | Ronan Pensec (Gan) | |
| 48 | Thierry Marichal (Cedico-Ville de Charleroi) | |
| 49 | Alexei Sivakov (Roslotto-ZG Mobili) | |
| 50 | Axel Merckx (Polti) | |
| 51 | Geert Verheyen (Vlaanderen 2002) | |
| 52 | Stefano Della Santa (Mercatone Uno) | |
| 53 | Udo Bölts (Telekom) | |
| 54 | Paolo Lanfranchi (Mapei-GB) | |
| 55 | Christophe Moreau (Festina-Lotus) | |
| 56 | Claudio Chiappucci (Asics) | |
| 57 | Francesco Casagrande (Team Saeco) | |
| 58 | Filippo Simonetti | |
| 59 | Alberto Volpi (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 60 | Tyler Hamilton (US Postal) | |
| 61 | Dominique Rault (Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne) | |
| 62 | Peter Meinert Nielsen (US Postal) | |
| 63 | Tony Rominger (Cofidis) | |
| 64 | Erwin Thijs (Vlaanderen 2002) | |
| 65 | Andrea Ferrigato (Roslotto-ZG Mobili) | |
| 66 | Felice Puttini (Refin-Mobilvetta) | |
| 67 | Santiago Blanco Gil (Banesto) | |
| 68 | Luc Roosen (Vlaanderen 2002) | |
| 69 | Fabrizio Bontempi (Brescialat) | 5'54" |
| 70 | Darren Baker (US Postal) | |
| 71 | Armin Meier (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 72 | Chris Boardman (Gan) | |
| 73 | Andrei Teteriouk (Lotto-Mobistar) | |
| 74 | Scott Sunderland (Gan) | |
| 75 | Kurt Van De Wouwer (Vlaanderen 2002) | |
| 76 | Bruno Thibout (Cofidis) | |
| 77 | Gabriele Missaglia (Mapei-GB) | |
| 78 | Stéphane Heulot (FDJ) | |
| 79 | Bobby Julich (Cofidis) | |
| 80 | David Etxebarria Alkorta (ONCE) | |
| 81 | Marcelino Garcia (ONCE) | |
| 82 | Patrick Jonker (Rabobank) | |
| 83 | Maurizio Fondriest (Cofidis) | |
| 84 | Alessandro Bertolini (MG-Technogym) | |
| 85 | Francesco Frattini (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 86 | Xavier Jan (FDJ) | |
| 87 | Ermanno Brignoli (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 88 | Bruno Cenghialta (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 89 | Davide Rebellin (FDJ) | |
| 90 | Dmitri Konyshev (Roslotto-ZG Mobili) | |
| 91 | Marco Velo (Brescialat) | |
| 92 | Marco Lietti (Refin-Mobilvetta) | |
| 93 | Gilles Bouvard (Festina-Lotus) | 6'20" |
| 94 | Andrea Peron (FDJ) | |
| 95 | Alexandre Gontchenkov (Roslotto-ZG Mobili) | |
| 96 | Gabriele Colombo (Batik-Del Monte) | |
| 97 | Alberto Elli (Casino) | |
| 98 | Serguei Outschakov (Polti) | |
| 99 | Marco Milesi (Brescialat) | |
| 100 | José Maria Jimenez (Banesto) | |
| 101 | Alexandre Moos (Team Saeco) | |
| 102 | Marco Saligari (Casino) | |
| 103 | Oscar Pellicioli (Mercatone Uno) | |
| 104 | Sergio Barbero (Mercatone Uno) | |
| 105 | Rolf Järmann (Casino) | |
| 106 | Dirk Baldinger (Polti) |





