12.03.1997: 4. Etappe, Montlucon - Clermont-Ferrand, 165,0 km

1. Pascal Chanteur (France) Casino 			3.59.43
 2. Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland) Festina 
 3. Laurent Jalabert (France) ONCE 
 4. Didier Rous (France) Festina 
 5. Benoit Salmon (France) Lotto 
 6. Santiago Blanco (Spain) Banesto 
 7. Gilles Bouvard (France) Festina			all s.t.
 8. Fabio Baldato (Italy) MG-Technogym 			0.14
 9. Frederic Pontier (France) Casino 
10. Tom Steels (Belgium) Mapei 
11. Vyacheslav Ekimov (Russia) US Postal 
12. Nicolas Jalabert (France) Cofidis 
13. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spain) Kelme 
14. Enrico Cassani (Italy) Polti 
15. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spain) Banesto 
16. Fabrice Gougot (France) Casino 
17. Miguel Arroyo (Mexico) Big Mat 
18. Pascal Lino (France) Big Mat 
19. Franck Bouyer (France) Francaise des Jeux 
20. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Italy) Saeco all same time 

    30. Joona Laukka (Fin)               	0.14
    35. Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr)        	0.14
    43. Peter Meinert (Den)              	0.14
    97. Neil Stephens (Aus)            		6:22
   102. Henk Vogels (Aus)              		6:22 
   103. Scott Sunderland (Aus)         		6:22 
   110. Gordon Fraser (Can)                    15:47 
   123. Stuart O'Grady (Aus)                   15:47