1957 Vuelta a España
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The 12th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain
), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from April 26 to May 12, 1957. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2,967 km, and was won by Jesús Loroño
. Vicente Iturat won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
(Tour of Spain
Spain
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), a long-distance bicycle
Bicycle racing
Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
stage
Stage (bicycle race)
In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...
race and one of the 3 grand tours
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
, was held from April 26 to May 12, 1957. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2,967 km, and was won by Jesús Loroño
Jesus Loroño
Jesus Loroño Artega is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España...
. Vicente Iturat won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Spain Jesús LoroñoJesus Loroño Jesus Loroño Artega is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España... |
84h 44' 06s | |
| 2 | Spain 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... |
a 8' 11s | |
| 3 | Spain Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España.... |
a 9' 34s | |
| 4 |  Portugal José Manuel Ribeiro Da Silva |
a 14' 32s | |
| 5 |  France Raphael GeminianiRaphael 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... |
a 17' 07s | |
| 6 | Spain Francisco Moreno |
a 18' 43s | |
| 7 |  Belgium Jan Adriaenssens |
a 19' 38s | |
| 8 |  Italy Pasquale FornaraPasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that remains.... |
a 23' 48s | |
| 9 | Italy 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.... |
a 25' 59s | |
| 10 | Spain Salvador Botella |
a 28' 06s | |
| 11 | Italy Giuseppe Boni |
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| 12 | Spain Vicente Iturat |
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| 13 | France Jean Dotto Jean Dotto Jean-Baptiste Dotto was the first French racing cyclist to win the Vuelta a España. He rode the Tour de France 13 times, coming fourth in 1954.... |
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| 14 | Spain Alberto Sant |
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| 15 | France 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:... |
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| 16 | Spain Carmelo Morales |
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| 17 | Portugal Antonio Barbosa |
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| 18 | Spain Francisco Masip |
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| 19 | France Jean Malléjac Jean Malléjac Jean Malléjac was a professional French road bicycle racer.-Career:Malléjac was born at Dirinon. Previously a worker in the munitions factory in Brest, he was professional from 1950 with the Stella-Dunlop team... |
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| 20 | Spain Antonio Ferraz |
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| 21 | Spain Antonio Suárez Antonio Suarez Antonio Suárez Vázquez was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España... |
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| 22 | Belgium Roger Baens |
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| 23 | Spain Benigno Aspuru |
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| 24 | France Gilbert Bauvin Gilbert Bauvin Gilbert Bauvin is a former professional French road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1950 to 1960... |
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| 25 | Spain Juan Campillo |