UCI Rankings as at April 27, 1997


 
 1. Laurent Jalabert (Fra), ONCE			2465 points
 2. Alex Zulle (Swit), ONCE				2190
 3. Bjarne Riis (Den), Telekom				1767
 4. Michele Bartoli (Ita), MG-Technogym			1744
 5. Johan Museeuw (Bel), Mapei-GB			1499
 6. Richard Virenque (Fra), Festina			1428
 7. Tony Rominger (Swit), Cofidis			1376
 8. Abraham Olano (Spa), Banesto			1308
 9. Andrea Tafi (Ita), Mapei-GB				1271
10. Andrei Tchmil (Ukr), Lotto	 			1175

14. Chris Boardman (GB), GAN				1043
22. Lance Armstrong (USA), Cofidis			 894
25. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus), U.S. Postal		 779
30. Jan Ullrich (Ger), Telekom				 699
36, Mario Cipollini (Ita), Saeco			 656
41. Eugeni Berzin (Rus), Batik-Del Monte		 610
57. Max Sciandri (GB), La Francaise des Jeux		 473 
58. Pascal Richard (Swit), La Francaise des Jeux	 463 
64. Patrick Jonker (Aus), Rabobank			 426
74. Axel Merckx (Bel), Polti				 392

UCI team rankings (as of April 27, 1997):

 1. ONCE (Spa)				7366 points
 2. Mapei-GB (Ita)			7337
 3. Telekom (Ger)			6510
 4. Festina (Fra)			5453
 5. La Francaise des Jeux (Fra)		4564
 6. Cofidis (Fra)			4367
 7. Roslotto-ZG (Rus)			4331
 8. Saeco (Ita)				4031
 9. Rabobank (Ned)			4011
10. TVM (Ned)				4006
...
20. U.S. Postal Service (USA)		2411
29. ZVVZ Giant (Aus)			 940
39. Saturn (USA)			 520
48. Navigators (USA)		  	 283
52. Plymouth (USA)			 200
53. Comptel (USA)			 196
54. Shaklee (USA)			 195