1957 Tour de France
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The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th Tour de France
, taking place June 27 to July 20, 1957. It was composed of 22 stages over 4665 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.250 km/h.
The 1957 Tour was the first win for Jacques Anquetil
, who won the Tour five times over his career.
The French national team was very successful in the 1957 Tour de France; not only did they provide the winning cyclist, they also won the team classification
, and almost every daily team classification. They lost only one cyclist (last year's winner Roger Walkowiak
), and had the stage winner 12 times. They had Forestier winning the points classification
, and Bergaud second in the mountains classification. Only once they did not have the yellow jersey for the leader in the general classification, when Barone took it after the seventh stage.
, the riders were allowed to have advertising on their jerseys.
The Tour organisation had a conflict with the French television, and as a results there had almost been no live television coverage of the 1957 Tour de France. At the last moment the organizers and the television agreed on how much the television would pay for the right to cover the Tour, and the race was broadcasted.
For the other journalist, the conditions improved: a mobile press room with modern communication equipment was installed, so the journalists had the best conditions to report.
The cut-off time, which had been set at 10% of the winner in 1956, was reduced to 8% of the winner in 1957. In the seventh and eighth stage it would be 10% of the winner, while in stages 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 the cut-off time would be 12% of the winner. In each stage, if the number of cyclists removed from the race would be more than 15% of the cyclists that started the stage, the cut-off time would be increased by 2%. The goal of this reduction in cut-off time was to make the race tougher.
and Federico Bahamontes
were considered favourites. Gaul, had requested to ride in the Dutch team, but this was not allowed.
Louison Bobet
and Raphael Géminiani
, two important French cyclists, did not race in 1957, so the French team needed new stars. The team was then built around young Jacques Anquetil, who had broken the hour record
earlier that year.
The riders who had been favourites in previous years had stopped (Fausto Coppi
), had lost their greatness (Hugo Koblet
), or had chosen not to participated (Louison Bobet
). As a result, there was no outspoken favourite.
Roger Walkowiak
, who had won the previous edition
, had not shown good results since. Charly Gaul had lost the 1957 Giro d'Italia
when he was almost sure of winning it, so he was not considered to be in great form. Gastone Nencini
, who won the 1957 Giro, was not considered constant enough. The Spanish team was considered the best Spanish team ever, but they were more favourite for the mountain classification than for the general classification. And the Belgian team was focussed around Jan Adriaensens
.
, who had also won the first stage in the previous edition. The first stages were run in hot weather, and many cyclists had to give up. After six stages, there were only 83 cyclists remaining, from the 120 that started.
In the second stage, Darrigade's team mate Privat
took over the yellow jersey. The luxembourg favourite, Charly Gaul
, abandoned on that stage due to sickness.
In the fifth stage, French cyclist Jacques Anquetil
took the lead in the general classification, so in the seventh stage he wore the yellow jersey for the first time in his career. It was too early in the race to defend that jersey, so two days later he allowed regional cyclist Nicolas Barone
to take the yellow jersey. One day later the French national team took back the yellow jersey, when Jean Forestier
took the lead by 15 minutes.
In the ninth stage, Spanish climber Bahamontes abandoned. In stage 10, the first mountain stage, Anquetil took the lead back. Although Gastone Nencini
won the stage, Anquetil was only one and a half minute behind, which was enough. In the second mountain stage the riders remained calm, as the French team was superior and dominated the race.
In the second part of the fifteenth stage, a short time trial of 10 km, Anquetil won his first time trial in the Tour de France.
In the Pyrenées from stage 16 to stage 18, the attack on Anquetil's leading position did not take place. In stage 16, the weather had turned bad, with coldness, rain, hail and fog, which made the course dangerous. Several cyclists fell: Nello Lauredi
broke his wrist and abandoned the race, and Stanislas Bober
had to abandon due to a shoulder injury. The main victims of the bad weather were reporter Alex Virot and his motor cyclist René Wagner, who fell from their motor; Virot died on the spot, and the motor cyclist on the way to the hospital. It was the only accident that Wagner ever had in his career.
Bofore stage 18, the French team had the first three places in the general classification with Anquetil, Forestier and Mahé. In stage 18, the last mountain stage, Anquetil was in good shape, and he attacked early on. But in the food zone he missed his food bag, and some time later he was out of energy. Several cyclists passed him, but later in the stage Anquetil got help and finished only two and a half minutes after the winner Nencini.
Marcel Janssens
and Adolf Christian
were in the leading group, while Forestier and Mahé lost considerable time, so Janssens and Christian took the podium places. Anquetil was still leading, and nobody doubted that he would win the race, especially because there was still an individual time trial coming up, Anquetil's specialty. And indeed, Anquetil won that time trial with a margin of more than two minutes.
Every stage had a winning cyclist (the cyclist who crossed the finish line first, or in case of a time trial who took the shortest time to complete the course) and a team that wins the daily team classification (the team of which the three best cyclists had the lowest accumulated time). The cyclist who wins the stage therefore is not always part of the team that wins the daily team classification.
In 1957, the split stages were numbered differently: the third stage consisted of the team time trial and the stage from Caen to Rouen but they were not called 3A and 3B; the fifteenth stage was only the stage from Perpignan to Barcelona, and the short individual time trial was referred to as the time trial between stage 15 and 16, without number.
in 1957 was calculated in the same way as since the introduction in 1953, following the calculation method from the Tours de France from 1905 to 1912. Points were given according to the ranking of the stage: the winner received one points, the next cyclist two points, and so on. These points were added, and the cyclist with the least points was the leader of the points classification. In 1957, this was won by Jean Forestier with 301 points. Over 22 stages (including two split stages), this meant that his average stage finish was approximately place 14.
The Luxembourg/Mixed team finished with only one cyclist, so they were not included in the team classification.
From 1960 to 1967, the "Alex Virot award" was given to the most loyal cyclist, named after the journalist who died during the 1957 Tour de France.
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
, taking place June 27 to July 20, 1957. It was composed of 22 stages over 4665 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.250 km/h.
The 1957 Tour was the first win for Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...
, who won the Tour five times over his career.
The French national team was very successful in the 1957 Tour de France; not only did they provide the winning cyclist, they also won the team classification
Team classification
The team classification is a prize given in the Tour de France to the best team in the race. It has been awarded since 1930, and the calculation has changed throughout the years.-Calculation:...
, and almost every daily team classification. They lost only one cyclist (last year's winner Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak is a French former road bicycle racer who unexpectedly won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960.-The 1956 Tour de France:...
), and had the stage winner 12 times. They had Forestier winning the points classification
Points classification in the Tour de France
The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...
, and Bergaud second in the mountains classification. Only once they did not have the yellow jersey for the leader in the general classification, when Barone took it after the seventh stage.
Changes from the 1956 Tour de France
For the first time since the introduction of the national team format in 19301930 Tour de France
The 1930 Tour de France was the 24th Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 27 July 1930. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,822 km, ridden at an average speed of 28.000 km/h....
, the riders were allowed to have advertising on their jerseys.
The Tour organisation had a conflict with the French television, and as a results there had almost been no live television coverage of the 1957 Tour de France. At the last moment the organizers and the television agreed on how much the television would pay for the right to cover the Tour, and the race was broadcasted.
For the other journalist, the conditions improved: a mobile press room with modern communication equipment was installed, so the journalists had the best conditions to report.
The cut-off time, which had been set at 10% of the winner in 1956, was reduced to 8% of the winner in 1957. In the seventh and eighth stage it would be 10% of the winner, while in stages 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 the cut-off time would be 12% of the winner. In each stage, if the number of cyclists removed from the race would be more than 15% of the cyclists that started the stage, the cut-off time would be increased by 2%. The goal of this reduction in cut-off time was to make the race tougher.
Favourites
The route of the 1957 Tour de France contained many mountains, so mountain specialists Charly GaulCharly Gaul
Charly Gaul was a professional cyclist. He was a national cyclo-cross champion, an accomplished time triallist and a better climber. His ability earned him the nickname of The Angel of the Mountains in the 1958 Tour de France, which he won with four stage victories...
and Federico Bahamontes
Federico Bahamontes
Federico Martín Bahamontes is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.-Biography:Bahamontes was born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla , of Cuban descent. His family was devastated during the Spanish civil war and Bahamontes' father, Julián, took the family to Madrid as refugees...
were considered favourites. Gaul, had requested to ride in the Dutch team, but this was not allowed.
Louison Bobet
Louison Bobet
Louis 'Louison' Bobet was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955...
and Raphael Géminiani
Raphael Geminiani
Raphaël Géminiani is a French former road bicycle racer. He had six podium finishes in the Grand Tours. He is one of four children of Italian immigrants who moved to Clermont-Ferrand. He worked in a cycle shop and started racing as a boy...
, two important French cyclists, did not race in 1957, so the French team needed new stars. The team was then built around young Jacques Anquetil, who had broken the hour record
Hour record
The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. There are several records. The most famous is for upright bicycles meeting the requirements of the Union Cycliste Internationale . It is one of the most prestigious in cycling...
earlier that year.
The riders who had been favourites in previous years had stopped (Fausto Coppi
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi, , was the dominant international cyclist of the years each side of the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo, or champion of champions...
), had lost their greatness (Hugo Koblet
Hugo Koblet
Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional...
), or had chosen not to participated (Louison Bobet
Louison Bobet
Louis 'Louison' Bobet was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955...
). As a result, there was no outspoken favourite.
Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak
Roger Walkowiak is a French former road bicycle racer who unexpectedly won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960.-The 1956 Tour de France:...
, who had won the previous edition
1956 Tour de France
The 1956 Tour de France was the 43rd Tour de France, taking place from July 5 to 28, 1956. It consisted of 22 stages over 4498 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.268 km/h....
, had not shown good results since. Charly Gaul had lost the 1957 Giro d'Italia
1957 Giro d'Italia
The 1957 Giro d'Italia of cycling was held from 18 May to 9 June 1957, consisting of 21 stages.This 40th edition was won by the Italian Gastone Nencini.- Final classment :- Maglia rosa holders:- Other jerseys:*Maglia verde:...
when he was almost sure of winning it, so he was not considered to be in great form. Gastone Nencini
Gastone Nencini
Gastone Nencini was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia....
, who won the 1957 Giro, was not considered constant enough. The Spanish team was considered the best Spanish team ever, but they were more favourite for the mountain classification than for the general classification. And the Belgian team was focussed around Jan Adriaensens
Jan Adriaensens
Jan Adriaensens is a former Belgian road bicycle racer. He finished twice on the podium of the Tour de France, with a third place in 1956 and in 1960...
.
Race details
The first stage was won by André DarrigadeAndré Darrigade
André Darrigade was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France. Five of those were on the first day. The record has never been equalled.-Origins:André Darrigade was born at Narosse,...
, who had also won the first stage in the previous edition. The first stages were run in hot weather, and many cyclists had to give up. After six stages, there were only 83 cyclists remaining, from the 120 that started.
In the second stage, Darrigade's team mate Privat
René Privat
René Privat is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1952 to 1962 with 19 wins which included the classic Milan – San Remo...
took over the yellow jersey. The luxembourg favourite, Charly Gaul
Charly Gaul
Charly Gaul was a professional cyclist. He was a national cyclo-cross champion, an accomplished time triallist and a better climber. His ability earned him the nickname of The Angel of the Mountains in the 1958 Tour de France, which he won with four stage victories...
, abandoned on that stage due to sickness.
In the fifth stage, French cyclist Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...
took the lead in the general classification, so in the seventh stage he wore the yellow jersey for the first time in his career. It was too early in the race to defend that jersey, so two days later he allowed regional cyclist Nicolas Barone
Nicolas Barone
Nicolas Barone is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1955 to 1961 where he won 7 races. He wore the yellow jersey for one day in the 1957 Tour de France...
to take the yellow jersey. One day later the French national team took back the yellow jersey, when Jean Forestier
Jean Forestier
Jean Forestier is a former French cyclist. He was a professional from 1953 to 1965. Forestier won the points classification in the 1957 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey for two days.- Major victories :Source:19531954...
took the lead by 15 minutes.
In the ninth stage, Spanish climber Bahamontes abandoned. In stage 10, the first mountain stage, Anquetil took the lead back. Although Gastone Nencini
Gastone Nencini
Gastone Nencini was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia....
won the stage, Anquetil was only one and a half minute behind, which was enough. In the second mountain stage the riders remained calm, as the French team was superior and dominated the race.
In the second part of the fifteenth stage, a short time trial of 10 km, Anquetil won his first time trial in the Tour de France.
In the Pyrenées from stage 16 to stage 18, the attack on Anquetil's leading position did not take place. In stage 16, the weather had turned bad, with coldness, rain, hail and fog, which made the course dangerous. Several cyclists fell: Nello Lauredi
Nello Lauredi
Nello Lauredi was a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but in 1984 he changed nationality to France. He was a professional cyclist from 1949 until 1959 and had 17 wins. His most important win being three overall wins in the Dauphiné Libéré...
broke his wrist and abandoned the race, and Stanislas Bober
Stanislas Bober
Stanislas Bober was a French professional road bicycle racer. Bober won a stage in the 1953 Tour de France.- Palmarès :19521953- External links :*...
had to abandon due to a shoulder injury. The main victims of the bad weather were reporter Alex Virot and his motor cyclist René Wagner, who fell from their motor; Virot died on the spot, and the motor cyclist on the way to the hospital. It was the only accident that Wagner ever had in his career.
Bofore stage 18, the French team had the first three places in the general classification with Anquetil, Forestier and Mahé. In stage 18, the last mountain stage, Anquetil was in good shape, and he attacked early on. But in the food zone he missed his food bag, and some time later he was out of energy. Several cyclists passed him, but later in the stage Anquetil got help and finished only two and a half minutes after the winner Nencini.
Marcel Janssens
Marcel Janssens
Marcel Janssens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Janssens won two stages in the Tour de France, and finished 2nd place in 1957 after Jacques Anquetil...
and Adolf Christian
Adolf Christian
Adolf Christian was an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. In 1957, Christian finished 3rd place in the general classification of the Tour de France, and he was the only Austrian to reach the podium until 2008, when Bernhard Kohl also reached the 3rd position.- Palmarès :1954...
were in the leading group, while Forestier and Mahé lost considerable time, so Janssens and Christian took the podium places. Anquetil was still leading, and nobody doubted that he would win the race, especially because there was still an individual time trial coming up, Anquetil's specialty. And indeed, Anquetil won that time trial with a margin of more than two minutes.
Stages
The 1957 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had two rest days, in Thonon-les-Bains and Barcelona, although the second rest day had a short time trial of less than 10 km.Every stage had a winning cyclist (the cyclist who crossed the finish line first, or in case of a time trial who took the shortest time to complete the course) and a team that wins the daily team classification (the team of which the three best cyclists had the lowest accumulated time). The cyclist who wins the stage therefore is not always part of the team that wins the daily team classification.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 June | Nantes – Granville Granville, Manche -Sights:The old town preserves all the history of its military and religious past. The lower town was partly built on land reclaimed from the sea. The upper part of the old town is surrounded by ramparts from the fifteenth century... |
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204 km (126.8 mi) | ||
| 2 | 28 June | Granville – Caen Caen Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel.... |
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226 km (140.4 mi) | ||
| 3A | 29 June | Circuit de la Prairie |  Team time trial A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart... |
15 km (9.3 mi) | ||
| 3B | Caen – Rouen Rouen Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages... |
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134 km (83.3 mi) | |||
| 4 | 30 June | Rouen – Roubaix Roubaix Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:... |
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232 km (144.2 mi) | ||
| 5 | 1 July | Roubaix – Charleroi Charleroi Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as... |
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170 km (105.6 mi) | ||
| 6 | 2 July | Charleroi – Metz Metz Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place... |
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248 km (154.1 mi) | North East-Central France | |
| 7 | 3 July | Metz – Colmar Colmar Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court.... |
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223 km (138.6 mi) | ||
| 8 | 4 July | Colmar – Besançon Besançon Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008... |
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192 km (119.3 mi) | ||
| 9 | 5 July | Besançon – Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains is a town in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-History:... |
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188 km (116.8 mi) | ||
| 10 | 7 July | Thonon-les-Bains – Briançon Briançon Briançon a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.... |
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247 km (153.5 mi) | ||
| 11 | 8 July | Briançon – Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department.... |
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286 km (177.7 mi) | ||
| 12 | 9 July | Cannes – Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of... |
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239 km (148.5 mi) | ||
| 13 | 10 July | Marseille – Alès Alès Alès is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. It is one of the sub-prefectures of the department. It was formerly known as Alais.-Geography:... |
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160 km (99.4 mi) | ||
| 14 | 11 July | Alès – Perpignan Perpignan -Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the... |
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246 km (152.9 mi) | North East-Central France | |
| 15A | 12 July | Perpignan – Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
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197 km (122.4 mi) | ||
| 15B | 13 July | Circuit de Montjuich Montjuïc circuit The Montjuïc circuit is a former street circuit located on the Montjuïc mountain in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is considered among the best Formula One circuits of all time, with Autosport rating it among its ten best for their 50th anniversary of Formula One issue... |
Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials... |
9.8 km (6.1 mi) | ||
| 16 | 14 July | Barcelona – Ax-les-Thermes Ax-les-Thermes Ax-les-Thermes is a commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwestern France.It lies at the confluence of the Ariège River with three tributaries, 26 miles SSE of Foix by rail... |
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220 km (136.7 mi) | South West France | |
| 17 | 15 July | Ax-les-Thermes – Saint-Gaudens | |
236 km (146.6 mi) | ||
| 18 | 16 July | Saint-Gaudens – Pau | |
207 km (128.6 mi) | ||
| 19 | 17 July | Pau – Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture... |
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194 km (120.5 mi) | ||
| 20 | 18 July | Bordeaux – Libourne Libourne Libourne is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.-Geography:... |
Individual time trial An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials... |
66 km (41 mi) | ||
| 21 | 19 July | Libourne – Tours Tours Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the... |
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317 km (197 mi) | ||
| 22 | 20 July | Tours – Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
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227 km (141.1 mi) | ||
In 1957, the split stages were numbered differently: the third stage consisted of the team time trial and the stage from Caen to Rouen but they were not called 3A and 3B; the fifteenth stage was only the stage from Perpignan to Barcelona, and the short individual time trial was referred to as the time trial between stage 15 and 16, without number.
Classification leadership
| Stage | General classification |
Points classification Points classification in the Tour de France The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...  |
Mountains classification | Team classification Team classification The team classification is a prize given in the Tour de France to the best team in the race. It has been awarded since 1930, and the calculation has changed throughout the years.-Calculation:... |
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| Final |
General classification
Of the 120 cyclists that started the 1957 Tour de France, 56 finished the race.| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' |
France | 135h 44' 42" |
| 2 | Belgium | +14' 56" | |
| 3 | Switzerland | +17' 20" | |
| 4 | |
France | +18' 02" |
| 5 | Spain | +20' 17" | |
| 6 | Italy | +26' 03" | |
| 7 | Italy | +27' 57" | |
| 8 | Netherlands | +28' 10" | |
| 9 | Belgium | +34' 07" | |
| 10 | South East France | +36' 31" |
| Final general classification (11–56) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 11 | France | +39' 34" | |
| 12 | North East-Center France | +42' 58" | |
| 13 | West France | +48' 26" | |
| 14 | France | +54' 48" | |
| 15 | Ile de France | +57' 48" | |
| 16 | Belgium | +58' 52" | |
| 17 | Belgium | +1h 00' 36" | |
| 18 | West France | +1h 14' 38" | |
| 19 | Ile de France | +1h 16' 18" | |
| 20 | Italy | +1h 23' 17" | |
| 21 | Italy | +1h 26' 50" | |
| 22 | South West France | +1h 29' 11" | |
| 23 | Italy | +1h 31' 12" | |
| 24 | Spain | +1h 32' 55" | |
| 25 | Luxembourg/Mixed | +1h 33' 28" | |
| 26 | France | +1h 36' 11" | |
| 27 | France | +1h 40' 10" | |
| 28 | South East France | +1h 44' 15" | |
| 29 | Netherlands | +1h 55' 09" | |
| 30 | South West France | +1h 59' 13" | |
| 31 | France | +2h 08' 24" | |
| 32 | Netherlands | +2h 11' 24" | |
| 33 | Netherlands | +2h 14' 17" | |
| 34 | Ile de France | +2h 15' 45" | |
| 35 | Belgium | +2h 15' 55" | |
| 36 | West France | +2h 17' 59" | |
| 37 | South West France | +2h 18' 31" | |
| 38 | South West France | +2h 19' 26" | |
| 39 | North East-Center France | +2h 19' 52" | |
| 40 | Ile de France | +2h 20' 33" | |
| 41 | North East-Center France | +2h 35' 43" | |
| 42 | West France | +2h 36' 58" | |
| 43 | France | +2h 37' 17" | |
| 44 | Netherlands | +2h 41' 18" | |
| 45 | Netherlands | +2h 43' 37" | |
| 46 | West France | +2h 43' 55" | |
| 47 | South East France | +2h 55' 09" | |
| 48 | West France | +2h 59' 02" | |
| 49 | Switzerland | +3h 00' 10" | |
| 50 | France | +3h 02' 31" | |
| 51 | Switzerland | +3h 11' 11" | |
| 52 | South East France | +3h 18' 35" | |
| 53 | Italy | +3h 56' 20" | |
| 54 | Spain | +3h 59' 08" | |
| 55 | Switzerland | +4h 18' 03" | |
| 56 | Ile de France | +4h 41' 11" | |
Points classification
The points classificationPoints classification in the Tour de France
The points classification in the Tour de France is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1953. Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification. It is considered a sprinters' competition...
in 1957 was calculated in the same way as since the introduction in 1953, following the calculation method from the Tours de France from 1905 to 1912. Points were given according to the ranking of the stage: the winner received one points, the next cyclist two points, and so on. These points were added, and the cyclist with the least points was the leader of the points classification. In 1957, this was won by Jean Forestier with 301 points. Over 22 stages (including two split stages), this meant that his average stage finish was approximately place 14.
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' |
France | 301 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 317 | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 366 | |
| 4 | West France | 402 | |
| 5 | |
France | 405 |
| 6 | West France | 418 | |
| 7 | Belgium | 445 | |
| 8 | Belgium | 460 | |
| 9 | Italy | 533 | |
| 10 | France | 573 | |
Mountains classification
Points for the mountains classification were earned by reaching the mountain tops first. The system was almost the same as in 1956: there were three types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category 1, gave 10 points to the first cyclist, the easier ones, in category 2, gave 6 points to the first cyclist, and the easiest ones, in category 3, gave 3 points. Gastone Nencini won this classification.| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' | Italy | 44 |
| 2 | France | 43 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 32 | |
| 4 | |
France | 24 |
| 4 | Spain | 24 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 20 | |
| 7 | South East France | 18 | |
| 8 | South West France | 17 | |
| 8 | South East France | 17 | |
| 10 | France | 16 | |
| 10 | North East-Center France | 16 | |
Team classification
The team classification was calculated as the sum of the daily team classifications, and the daily team classification was calculated by adding the times in the stage result of the best three cyclists per team. It was won by the French team, with a large margin over the Italian team.| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 405h 59' 08" |
| 2 | Italy | +1h 24' 36" |
| 3 | Belgium | +2h 24' 36" |
| 4 | Netherlands | +3h 43' 43" |
| 5 | West France | +3h 51' 49" |
| 6 | Northeast-Center France | +4h 38' 43" |
| 7 | Ile de France | +4h 44' 40" |
| 8 | South East France | +4h 57' 50" |
| 9 | South West France | +5h 11' 25" |
| 10 | Switzerland | +5h 28' 32" |
| 11 | Spain | +5h 59' 00" |
The Luxembourg/Mixed team finished with only one cyclist, so they were not included in the team classification.
Aftermath
Jacques Anquetil would later win the Tour de France four more times.From 1960 to 1967, the "Alex Virot award" was given to the most loyal cyclist, named after the journalist who died during the 1957 Tour de France.