1997 UCI Road World Championships
# 1997 UCI Road World Championships

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. In 2004 the UCI won the defamation case, and in 2006 won the appeal.

## Events summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's events |||||||
| Men's road race details | Laurent Brochard France | 6h16'48" | Bo Hamburger Denmark | s.t. | Léon van Bon Netherlands | s.t. |
| Men's time trial details | Laurent Jalabert France | 52'01" | Serhiy Honchar Ukraine | 52'04" | Chris Boardman Great Britain | 52'21" |
| Women's events |||||||
| Women's road race details | Alessandra Cappellotto Italy | 2h44'37" | Elisabeth Tadich Australia | s.t. | Catherine Marsal France | s.t. |
| Women's time trial details | Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli France | 39'15" | Sulfija Sabirowa Russia | 39'16" | Judith Arndt Germany | 39'44" |
| Men's Under-23 Events |||||||
| Men's under-23 road race details | Kurt Asle Arvesen Norway | 3h46" | Óscar Freire Spain | s.t. | Gerrit Glomser Austria | s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial details | Fabio Malberti Italy | 40'41" | László Bodrogi Hungary | 41'08" | David George South Africa | 41'12" |
| Men's Junior Events |||||||
| Men's Junior Road Race details | Crescenzo d'Amore Italy | 2h54'49" | Martin Bolt Switzerland | s.t. | Margus Salumets Estonia | s.t. |
| Men's Junior Time Trial details | Torsten Hiekmann Germany | 35'56" | Michael Rogers Australia | 35'57" | Alexei Markov Russia | 36'11" |
| Women's Junior Events |||||||
| Women's Junior Road Race details | Mirella van Melis Netherlands | 1h50'19" | Nicole Brändli Switzerland | s.t. | Sofie Andersson Sweden | s.t. |
| Women's Junior Time Trial details | Olga Zabelinskaya Russia | 19'56" | Sylvia Hubscher Germany | 20'32" | Maria Mercedes Cagigas Spain | 20'33" |
