Grande Primio Internacional de Ciclismo, Cat 2.5

Portugal, March 19-22, 1997

Preview

17 teams are participating, 12 of them Portuguese, Once, Banesto and Porcelanatto from Spain, Team Wirsbo from Sweden and Lokosphinx-St Petersburg from Russia.: 

Stage 1: Torres Vedras-Caldas da Rainha (158 km) with one 3rd category climb.
Stage 2: Lourinhc-Marinha Grande (197 km), with one 3rd category climb.
Stage 3: Marinha Grande-Curia (153 km), with one 3rd category climb.
Stage 4: Coimbra-Aveiro (130 km), with one 3rd category and one 2nd category
climb.

Stage 1, Torres Vedras-Caldas da Rainha, 158 km:

  1. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto           3.37.25 (40,303 km/h)
  2. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo
  3. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Boavista 
  -----
 15. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 60. Johan Fredriksson (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 75. Esa Rosendal (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 85. Henrik Sparr (Swe) Team Wirsbo           all s.t.

Stage 2, Lourinhc-Marinha Grande, 197 km:

 1. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto                 4.52.50 (40,364 km/h)
 2. Candido Barbosa (Por) Maia
 3. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Boavista        all s.t.

Overall:

 1. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto

Stage 3, Marinha Grande-Curia, 152 km:

  1. Candido Barbosa (Por) Maia-Cin            3.37.23 (41 km/h)
  2. Pedro Silva (Por) LA Aluminios 
  3. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Recer-Boavista
  ----
 20. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 24. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 50. Henrik Sparr (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 66. Johan Fredriksson (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 91. Tobias Nilsson (Swe) Team Wirsbo         all s.t.

Overall:

  1. Candido Barbosa (Por) Maia-Cin           12.17.12
  2. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Recer-Boavista    + 0.03
  3. Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) Banesto                  + 0.11
  ----
  5. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo        + 0.16
  8. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Wirsbo           + 0.19
 55. Johan Fredriksson (Swe) Team Wirsbo        + 0.22
 59. Henrik Sparr (Swe) Team Wirsbo             + 0.22

Stage 4, Coimbra-Aveiro, 130 km:

  1. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Recer-Boavista    3.06.45
  2. Alexei Markov (Rus) Lokospinhx    
  3. Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) Banesto 
  ----
 12. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 21. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 77. Johan Fredriksson (Swe) Team Wirsbo
 78. Henrik Sparr (Swe) Team Wirsbo           all s.t.
101. Esa Rosendahl (Swe) Team Wirsbo           + 12.20
108. Tobias Nilsson (Swe) Team Wirsbo          + 22.19.

Final overall:

  1. Saulius Sarkauskas (Lit) Recer-Boavista 15.13.59
  2. Candido Barbosa (Por) Maia-Cin            + 0.05
  3. Jeremy Hunt (Gbr) Banesto                 + 0.14
  ----
  6. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Team Wirsbo       + 0.23
  9. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team Wirsbo          + 0.26
 56. Johan Fredriksson (Swe) Team Wirsbo       + 0.29
 60. Henrik Sparr (Swe) Team Wirsbo            + 0.29
 95. Esa Rosendahl (Swe) Team Wirsbo          + 36.12
108. Tobias Nilsson (Swe) Team Wirsbo       + 1.05.44.

  Teams:

  1. Banesto (Spa)
  2. Troiamarisco (Por)
  3. Paredes-Msvel (Por)