1957 Giro d'Italia

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]

1957 Giro d'Italia

Race details
Dates	18 May - 9 June 1957
Stages	21
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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Teams

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

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

Route and stages

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	Type		Winner
1	18 May	Milan to Verona	191 km (119 mi)		Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
2	19 May	Verona to Bosco Chiesanuova	28 km (17 mi)		Individual time trial	Charly Gaul (LUX)
3	20 May	Verona to Ferrara	169 km (105 mi)		Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
4	21 May	Ferrara to Cattolica	190 km (118 mi)		Plain stage	André Vlayen (BEL)
5	22 May	Cattolica to Loreto	235 km (146 mi)		Plain stage	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)
6	23 May	Loreto to Terni	175 km (109 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Wout Wagtmans (NED)
7	24 May	Terni to Pescara	221 km (137 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Antonin Rolland (FRA)
8	25 May	Pescara to Naples	250 km (155 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Vito Favero (ITA)
9	26 May	Naples to Frascati	220 km (137 mi)		Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
10	27 May	Rome to Siena	227 km (141 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
11	28 May	Siena to Montecatini Terme	230 km (143 mi)		Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	29 May	Rest day
12	30 May	Montecatini to Forte dei Marmi	58 km (36 mi)		Individual time trial	Ercole Baldini (ITA)
13	31 May	Forte dei Marmi to Genoa	163 km (101 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Bruno Monti (ITA)
14	1 June	Genoa to Saint-Vincent	235 km (146 mi)		Plain stage	Mario Baroni (ITA)
15	2 June	Saint-Vincent to Sion (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	Varese to Como	82 km (51 mi)		Plain stage	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)
17b		Como to Como	34 km (21 mi)		Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	5 June	Rest day
18	6 June	Como to Monte Bondone	242 km (150 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)
19	7 June	Trento to Levico Terme	199 km (124 mi)		Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)
20	8 June	Levico Terme to Abano Terme	157 km (98 mi)		Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
21	9 June	Abano Terme to Milan	257 km (160 mi)		Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	Total		3,926.7 km (2,440 mi)

Classification leadership

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	Louison Bobet	Charly Gaul
3	Miguel Poblet
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
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

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

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

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
	Alfredo Sabbadin (ITA)	San Pellegrino
10	Antonin Rolland (FRA)	Mercier	7

Intermediate sprints classification

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
	Arrigo Padovan (ITA)	Atala
7	Miguel Poblet (ESP)	Ignis-Doniselli	11
	Cleto Maule (ITA)	Torpado
	Armando Pellegrini (ITA)	Faema
10	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)	Atala	8
	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)	Mercier

Trofeo de Velodromos classification

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
	Arrigo Padovan (ITA)	Atala
10	Nino Defilippis (NED)	Bianchi	1
	Nello Fabbri (ITA)	Legnano
	Edgard Sorgeloos (BEL)	Cora-Elvé
	Cleto Maule (ITA)	Torpado

Team classification

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