UCI Rankings as at September 7, 1997

 1  1 JALABERT, Laurent 		2,036
 2  2 ULLRICH, Jan 			1,610
 3  4 ZUELLE, Alex 			1,512
 4  3 BARTOLI, Michele 			1,464
 5  6 MUSEEUW, Johan 			1,318
 6  8 TONKOV, Pavel 			1,296
 7  7 VIRENQUE, Richard 		1,269
 8  5 TAFI, Andrea 			1,173
 9 12 OLANO MANZANO, Abraham 		1,146
10  9 ZABEL, Erik 			1,139
11 10 EKIMOV, Vjatceslav 		1,053
12 11 REBELLIN, Davide 			1,042
13 18 CASAGRANDE, Francesco 		1,038
14 14 TCHMIL, Andrei 			1,025
15 13 BOARDMAN, Christopher  		  993
16 15 RIIS, Bjarne 			  984
17 21 ZBERG, Beat 			  951
18 16 GIANETTI, Mauro			  933
19 17 NARDELLO, Daniele			  904
20 20 ESCARTIN COTI, Fernando		  838
21 22 DUFAUX, Laurent			  828
22 24 STEELS, Tom			  810
23 24 MINALI, Nicola			  795
24 27 CIPOLLINI, Mario			  775
24 23 ELLI, Alberto			  775
26 28 GOTTI, Ivan			  742
27 19 SORENSEN, Rolf			  697
28 30 ROMINGER, Tony			  691
29 29 CAMENZIND, Oskar			  676
30 31 PANTANI, Marco			  665
31 32 PETITO, Roberto			  647
32 26 VANDENBROUCKE, Frank		  643
33 34 DOMINGUEZ DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos	  600
34 41 BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen		  582
35 36 LOMBARDI, Giovanni		  578
36 33 LEBLANC, Luc			  568
37 38 HERVE, Pascal			  553
38 37 FERRIGATO, Andrea			  537
39 45 GONTCHENKOV, Alexandre		  536
40 40 ZARRABEITIA URANGA, Mikel		  516
41 54 BORTOLAMI, Gianluca		  512
42 42 BÖLTS, Udo			  510
43 46 PERON, Andrea			  504
44 43 TOTSCHNIG, Georg			  504
45 44 BOOGERD, Michael			  502
46 47 JIMENEZ SASTRE, José Maria	  487
47 50 VASSEUR, Cédric			  483
48 55 HEULOT, Stéphane			  472
49 51 ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA, David		  468
50 35 FARESIN, Gianni			  466