11.03.1997: 3. Etappe, Bourges - Montlucon, 175,0 km

 1. Tom Steels, Belgium 		4.13.15
 2. Gian-Matteo Fagnini, Italy
 3. Frederic Moncassin, France
 4. Viacheslava Yekimow, Russia
 5. Jann Kirsipuu, Estonia
 6. Yvan Quaranta, Italy
 7. Adriano Baffi, Italy
 8. Jean-Jacques Henry, France
 9. Fabio Baldato, Italy
10. Enrico Cassani, Italy		all s.t.

 11. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) 
 12. Jo Planckaert (Bel) 
 13. Nicola Loda (Ita)
 14. Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
 15. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
 16. Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
 17. Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
 18. Laurent Pillon (Fra)
 19. Gordon Fraser (Can) 
 20. Frederic Guesdon (Fra)                 

 31. Richard Virenque (Fra)          
 58. Tony Rominger (Swi)             
 60. Scott Sunderland (Aus)          
 75. Henk Vogels (Aus)               
 88. Peter Meinert (Den)             
 89. Neil Stephens (Aus)             
 96. Joona Laukka (Fin)              
104. Evgeni Berzin (Rus)            all at same time