1957 Giro d'Italia explained

1957 Giro d'Italia
Date:	18 May - 9 June 1957
Stages:	21
Distance:	3926.7
Unit:	km
Time:	104h 45' 06"
Speed:	37.488
First:	Gastone Nencini
First Nat:	ITA
First Team:	Leo-Chlorodont
First Color:	pink
Second:	Louison Bobet
Second Nat:	FRA
Second Team:	Bobet-BP-Hutchinson
Third:	Ercole Baldini
Third Nat:	ITA
Third Team:	Legnano
Mountains:	Raphaël Géminiani
Mountains Nat:	FRA
Mountains Team:	Saint Raphaël
Sprints:	Rik Van Steenbergen
Sprints Nat:	BEL
Sprints Team:	Cora-Elvé
Team:	Legnano
Previous:	1956
Next:	1958

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 191km (119miles) stage and concluded in Milan, on 9 June, with a 257km (160miles) 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

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

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	18 May	Milan to Verona	191km (119miles)		Plain stage
2	19 May	Verona to Bosco Chiesanuova	28km (17miles)		Individual time trial
3	20 May	Verona to Ferrara	169km (105miles)		Plain stage
4	21 May	Ferrara to Cattolica	190km (120miles)		Plain stage
5	22 May	Cattolica to Loreto	235km (146miles)		Plain stage
6	23 May	Loreto to Terni	175km (109miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
7	24 May	Terni to Pescara	221km (137miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
8	25 May	Pescara to Naples	250km (160miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
9	26 May	Naples to Frascati	220km (140miles)		Plain stage
10	27 May	Rome to Siena	227km (141miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
11	28 May	Siena to Montecatini Terme	230km (140miles)		Plain stage
	29 May	Rest day
12	30 May	Montecatini to Forte dei Marmi	58km (36miles)		Individual time trial
13	31 May	Forte dei Marmi to Genoa	163km (101miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
14	1 June	Genoa to Saint-Vincent	235km (146miles)		Plain stage
15	2 June	Saint-Vincent to Sion (Switzerland)	134km (83miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
16	3 June	Sion (Switzerland) to Campo dei Fiori	229km (142miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
17a	4 June	Varese to Como	82km (51miles)		Plain stage
17b		Como to Como	34km (21miles)		Plain stage
	5 June	Rest day
18	6 June	Como to Monte Bondone	242km (150miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
19	7 June	Trento to Levico Terme	199km (124miles)		Stage with mountain(s)
20	8 June	Levico Terme to Abano Terme	157km (98miles)		Plain stage
21	9 June	Abano Terme to Milan	257km (160miles)		Plain stage
	Total		3926.7km (2,439.9miles)

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	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
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

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^{[18] [19]}

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1		Chlorodont
2		Mercier	+ 19"
3		Legnano	+ 5' 59"
4		Faema-Guerra	+ 7' 31"
5		Mercier	+ 17' 28"
6		Ignis-Doniselli	+ 19' 49"
7		Cora-Elvé	+ 21' 06"
8		Bif-Clement	+ 24' 16"
9		ERG-Girardengo	+ 24' 29"
10		Mercier	+ 27' 29"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

	Name	Team	Points
1		Mercier	56
2		Faema-Guerra	38
3		Mercier	36
4		Ignis-Doniselli	25
5		Chlorodont	20
6		Legnano	19
7		Bottecchia-Gripo	13
8		Bottecchia-Gripo	10
		San Pellegrino
10		Mercier	7

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–10)^[20]

	Name	Team	Points
1		Cora-Elvé	36
2		Bottecchia-Gripo	21
3		Bottecchia-Gripo	18
4		Bif	15
5		Torpado	13
		Atala
7		Ignis-Doniselli	11
		Torpado
		Faema
10		Atala	8
		Mercier

Trofeo de Velodromos classification

Final trofeo de velodromos classification (1–10)^{[21] [22]}

	Name	Team	Points
1		Ignis-Doniselli	17
2		Cora-Elvé	13
3		Bianchi	6
4		ERG-Girardengo	5
		Mercier
		Bianchi
7		Atala	4
8		Legnano	3
		Atala
10		Bianchi	1
		Legnano
		Cora-Elvé
		Torpado

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[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

Citations

Notes and References

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4. Web site: 1957 Giro d'Italia . Bike Race Info . Bill and Carol McGann . Dog Ear Publishing . 2012-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141223230604/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1957.html . 23 December 2014 . live .
5. News: Gli uomini in gara. it . 18 May 1957 . 6 . l'Unità . PCI . 27 May 2012 . The men in the race. https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021446/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1957/05/18/page_006.pdf. 4 January 2019 .
6. News: Ronde van Italië begint Wagtmans tipt Gaul als de beste kanshebber. Tour of Italy starts Wagtmans tips Gaul as the best contender. nl. Delpher. De Tijd. 18 May 1957. 4.
7. Web site: Il Giro d'Italia 1957. Corriere dello Sport. 6 March 1957. 2. 7 July 2013. it. The 1957 Giro d'Italia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502044326/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=10795&p=1#page/2/mode/2up. 2 May 2019. live.
8. Web site: Presentazione ufficiale del Giro d'Italia. Corriere dello Sport. 7 March 1957. 1 & 8. 7 July 2013. it. Official presentation of the Giro d'Italia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502044016/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=10796&p=1#page/1/mode/2up. 2 May 2019. live.
9. News: La Vuelta Ciclista a Italia . es . 7 March 1957 . 4 . El Mundo Deportivo . 27 May 2012 . The Cycling Tour of Italy . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502044826/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1957/03/07/MD19570307-004.pdf . 2 May 2019 . live .
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11. News: Fiocco bianco a Milano: e nato il Giro!. it . 7 March 1957 . 6 . l'Unità . PCI . 27 May 2012 . White bow in Milan: the Giro was born!. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502050220/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1957/03/07/page_006.pdf. 2 May 2019 .
12. News: El "Giro" se inicia este mediodia . es . 18 May 1957 . 1 . El Mundo Deportivo . 27 May 2012 . The Giro starts this noon . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051324/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1957/05/18/MD19570518-001.pdf . 2 May 2019 . live .
13. News: El "Giro" se inicia . es . 18 May 1957 . 4 . El Mundo Deportivo . 27 May 2012 . The Giro starts . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051531/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1957/05/18/MD19570518-004.pdf . 2 May 2019 . live .
14. News: Da Milano a Milano per 3,900km di strada il 40 Giro vede favoriti gli atleti stranieri. Attilio Camoriano. it . 18 May 1957 . 6 . l'Unità . PCI . 27 May 2012 . From Milan to Milan for 3,900km of road the 40th Tour sees foreign athletes as favorites. https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021446/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1957/05/18/page_006.pdf. 4 January 2019 .
15. News: Questo è il Giro d'Italia. it . 17 May 1957 . 6 . l'Unità . PCI . 27 May 2012 . This is the Giro d'Italia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502052143/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1957/05/17/page_006.pdf. 2 May 2019 .
16. Web site: Laura Weislo . Giro d'Italia classifications demystified . 13 May 2008 . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited . 13 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 . 8 May 2013 . live .
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19. News: Final Apoteótico Del "Giro" En Milan . es . 10 June 1957 . 7 . El Mundo Deportivo . 27 May 2012 . Final apoteótico the "Giro" In Milan . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502050738/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1957/06/10/MD19570610-007.pdf . 2 May 2019 . live .
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