The 20th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile was held from March 19 to March 29, 1997.

Stages

StageDateRouteKmCyclistTeamTime
Prologue06-03-1997La Serena (Coquimbo)4,4Colombia Santiago BoteroKelme4:44
1.07-03-1997La Serena (Coquimbo) - Ovalle (Coquimbo)151,5Spain Félix GarcíaFestina-Lotus3:43:11
2.08-03-1997Los Vilos (Coquimbo) - Limache (Valparaiso)179,2France Pascal HervéFestina-Lotus4:23:53
3.09-03-1997Limache (Valparaiso) - Santiago (Region Metropolitana)170France Laurent LefèvreFestina-Lotus4:18:00
4.10-03-1997Santiago - Santiago (Region Metropolitana)198Spain Angel EdoKelme5:07:00
5.11-03-1997San Javier (Bio-Bio) - Chillan (Bio-Bio)139Italy Simone ZucchiEkono3:27:05
6.a12-03-1997Pemuco (Bio-Bio) - Yungay (Bio-Bio)19,6 (ITT)Argentina Rubén PegorínMendoza25:06
6.b12-03-1997Pemuco (Bio-Bio) - Concepcion (Bio-Bio)129,8France Patrice HalgandFestina-Lotus3:01:57
7.13-03-1997San Pedro (Bio-Bio) - Los Angeles (Bio-Bio)141,5Italy Simone ZucchiEkono3:04:04
8.14-03-1997Bulnes (Bio-Bio) - San Javier (Bio-Bio)167,3Chile Angel PérezIsla de Maipo4:14:17
9.15-03-1997Pelarco (Maule) - Rengo ( O'Higgins)176,1Brazil Hernandez QuadriCaloí4:09:51
10.16-03-1997Santiago - Santiago (Region Metropolitana)81,4France Lilian LevretonFestina-Lotus2:48:00

Final classification

RANKCYCLISTTEAMTIME
1.Patrice Halgand (FRA)Festina-Lotus37:55.47
2.Félix García (ESP)Festina-Lotus+04.25
3.Pascal Hervé (FRA)Festina-Lotus+05.17
4.Lilian Lebreton (FRA)Festina-Lotus+05.47
5.José Medina (CHI)Curics+09.13
6.Santiago Botero (COL)Kelme+09.43
7.Laurent Lefèvre (FRA)Festina-Lotus+09.49
8.Márcio May (BRA)Caloí+11.26
9.Juan Aguirre (CHI)Chillan+20.49
10.Simone Zucchi (ITA)Ekono+26.23