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(Top) 1 Teams 2 Pre-race favorites 3 Route and stages 4 Classification leadership 5 Final standings 5.1 General classification 5.2 Mountains classification 5.3 Intermediate sprints classification 5.4 Trofeo de Velodromos classification 5.5 Team classification 6 References 6.1 Citations

1957 Giro d'Italia

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1957 Giro d'Italia

Race details

Dates

18 May - 9 June 1957

Stages

Distance

3,926.7 km (2,440 mi)

Winning time

104h 45' 06"

Results


Winner	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	(Leo-Chlorodont)
Second	Louison Bobet (FRA)	(Bobet-BP-Hutchinson)
Third	Ercole Baldini (ITA)	(Legnano)
Mountains	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	(Saint Raphaël)
Sprints	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	(Cora-Elvé)
Team	Legnano

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The 1957 Giro d'Italia was the 40th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Milan, on 18 May, with a 191 km (118.7 mi) stage and concluded in Milan, on 9 June, with a 257 km (159.7 mi) leg. A total of 120 riders from 15 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Italian Gastone Nencini of the Leo-Chlorodont team. The second and third places were taken by Frenchman Louison Bobet and Italian Ercole Baldini, respectively.^[1]^[2]

Teams[edit]

Fifteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1957 edition of the Giro d'Italia.^[3] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 150 cyclists.^[3] From the riders that began the race, 86 made it to the finish in Milan.^[4]

The teams entering the race were:^[3]^[5]

Asborno
Atala
Bianchi
Bif
Bottecchia

Carpano
Chlorodont
Cora
Faema
Ignis

Legnano
Mercier
San Pellegrino
Torpado
VRP

Pre-race favorites[edit]

Reigning champion Charly Gaul was seen as a favorite to repeat as winner.^[6]

Route and stages[edit]

The route was revealed on 5 March 1957.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] ^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Stage characteristics and winners^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	18 May	MilantoVerona	191 km (119 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
2	19 May	VeronatoBosco Chiesanuova	28 km (17 mi)	Individual time trial	Charly Gaul (LUX)
3	20 May	VeronatoFerrara	169 km (105 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
4	21 May	FerraratoCattolica	190 km (118 mi)	Plain stage	André Vlayen (BEL)
5	22 May	CattolicatoLoreto	235 km (146 mi)	Plain stage	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)
6	23 May	LoretotoTerni	175 km (109 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Wout Wagtmans (NED)
7	24 May	TernitoPescara	221 km (137 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Antonin Rolland (FRA)
8	25 May	PescaratoNaples	250 km (155 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vito Favero (ITA)
9	26 May	NaplestoFrascati	220 km (137 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
10	27 May	RometoSiena	227 km (141 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
11	28 May	SienatoMontecatini Terme	230 km (143 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	29 May	Rest day
12	30 May	MontecatinitoForte dei Marmi	58 km (36 mi)	Individual time trial	Ercole Baldini (ITA)
13	31 May	Forte dei MarmitoGenoa	163 km (101 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bruno Monti (ITA)
14	1 June	GenoatoSaint-Vincent	235 km (146 mi)	Plain stage	Mario Baroni (ITA)
15	2 June	Saint-VincenttoSion (Switzerland)	134 km (83 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Louison Bobet (FRA)
16	3 June	Sion (Switzerland) to Campo dei Fiori	229 km (142 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alfredo Sabbadin (ITA)
17a	4 June	VaresetoComo	82 km (51 mi)	Plain stage	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)
17b	4 June	ComotoComo	34 km (21 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	5 June	Rest day
18	6 June	ComotoMonte Bondone	242 km (150 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
19	7 June	TrentotoLevico Terme	199 km (124 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)
20	8 June	Levico TermetoAbano Terme	157 km (98 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
21	9 June	Abano TermetoMilan	257 km (160 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	Total		3,926.7 km (2,440 mi)

Classification leadership[edit]

One jersey was worn during the 1957 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.^[16]

The mountains classification leader. The climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were two categories of mountains.^[17] The first category awarded 10, 7, 5, 3, and 1 points, while the second distributed 5, 3, and 1 points.^[17] Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages.

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Rik Van Steenbergen	Rik Van Steenbergen	not awarded	Francia
2	Charly Gaul	Charly Gaul	Charly Gaul
3	Miguel Poblet	Louison Bobet
4	André Vlayen			Bottecchia
5	Alessandro Fantini
6	Wout Wagtmans
7	Antonin Rolland		Raphaël Géminiani
8	Vito Favero	Nino Defilippis
9	Miguel Poblet
10	Miguel Poblet
11	Rik Van Steenbergen			Legnano
12	Bruno Monti	Louison Bobet
13	Ercole Baldini	Louison Bobet
14	Mario Baroni	Antonin Rolland
15	Louison Bobet	Louison Bobet
16	Alfredo Sabbadin	Charly Gaul
17a	Alessandro Fantini
17b	Rik Van Steenbergen
18	Miguel Poblet	Gastone Nencini
19	Charly Gaul
20	Rik Van Steenbergen
21	Rik Van Steenbergen
Final		Gastone Nencini	Raphaël Géminiani	Legnano

Final standings[edit]

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification[edit]

Final general classification (1–10)^[4]^[18]^[19]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Chlorodont	104h 45' 06"
2	Louison Bobet (FRA)	Mercier	+ 19"
3	Ercole Baldini (ITA)	Legnano	+ 5' 59"
4	Charly Gaul (LUX)	Faema-Guerra	+ 7' 31"
5	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	Mercier	+ 17' 28"
6	Miguel Poblet (ESP)	Ignis-Doniselli	+ 19' 49"
7	Raymond Impanis (BEL)	Cora-Elvé	+ 21' 06"
8	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)	Bif-Clement	+ 24' 16"
9	Wout Wagtmans (NED)	ERG-Girardengo	+ 24' 29"
10	Antonin Rolland (FRA)	Mercier	+ 27' 29"

Mountains classification[edit]

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[4]^[18]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	Mercier	56
2	Charly Gaul (LUX)	Faema-Guerra	38
3	Louison Bobet (FRA)	Mercier	36
4	Miguel Poblet (ESP)	Ignis-Doniselli	25
5	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Chlorodont	20
6	Ercole Baldini (ITA)	Legnano	19
7	Guido Carlesi (ITA)	Bottecchia-Gripo	13
8	Emilio Bottecchia (ESP)	Bottecchia-Gripo	10
8	Alfredo Sabbadin (ITA)	San Pellegrino	10
10	Antonin Rolland (FRA)	Mercier	7

Intermediate sprints classification[edit]

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–10)^[18]^[19]^[20]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	Cora-Elvé	36
2	Guido Carlesi (ITA)	Bottecchia-Gripo	21
3	Emilio Bottecchia (ESP)	Bottecchia-Gripo	18
4	Pierino Baffi (ITA)	Bif	15
5	Mario Tosato (ITA)	Torpado	13
5	Arrigo Padovan (ITA)	Atala	13
7	Miguel Poblet (ESP)	Ignis-Doniselli	11
	Cleto Maule (ITA)	Torpado
	Armando Pellegrini (ITA)	Faema
10	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)	Atala	8
10	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	Mercier	8

Trofeo de Velodromos classification[edit]

Final trofeo de velodromos classification (1–10)^[19]^[21]^[22]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Miguel Poblet (ESP)	Ignis-Doniselli	17
2	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	Cora-Elvé	13
3	Vito Favero (ITA)	Bianchi	6
4	Wout Wagtmans (NED)	ERG-Girardengo	5
	Antonin Rolland (FRA)	Mercier
	Bruno Monti (ITA)	Bianchi
7	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)	Atala	4
8	Ugo Massocco (ITA)	Legnano	3
8	Arrigo Padovan (ITA)	Atala	3
10	Nino Defilippis (NED)	Bianchi	1
	Nello Fabbri (ITA)	Legnano
	Edgard Sorgeloos (BEL)	Cora-Elvé
	Cleto Maule (ITA)	Torpado

Team classification[edit]

Final team classification (1–10)^[19]^[21]^[23]
	Team	Points
1	Legnano	953
2	Atala	1132
3	Francia	1161
4	Hollandia	1178
5	Botecchia	1180
6	Faema	1216
7	Torpado	1270
8	Cora	1283
9	Bif	1476
10	Chlorodont	1483

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

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^ "La Vuelta Ciclista a Italia" [The Cycling Tour of Italy] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 7 March 1957. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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^ Attilio Camoriano (18 May 1957). "Da Milano a Milano per 3,900km di strada il 40 Giro vede favoriti gli atleti stranieri" [From Milan to Milan for 3,900km of road the 40th Tour sees foreign athletes as favorites] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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^ Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

^ ^a ^b "Il G. P. della Montagna" [The G. P. Mountain Trophy]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 18 May 1957. p. 9. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Trionfo di Nencini Nel 40 "Giro"" [Triumph of Nencini In 40 "Tour"] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 10 June 1957. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Final Apoteótico Del "Giro" En Milan" [Final apoteótico the "Giro" In Milan] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1957. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

^ "Trofeo T. V." [T. V. Trophy]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 10 June 1957. p. 11. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

^ ^a ^b "El Italiano Nencini, Vencedor Absoluto" [The Italian Nencini, Absolute Winner]. Los Sitios de Gerona (in Spanish). Publicacions de l'Ajuntament de Girona. 11 June 1957. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

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