| 1957 Vuelta a España | |
| Date: | 26 April – 12 May |
| Stages: | 16 |
| Distance: | 2967 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 84h 44' 06" |
| Speed: | 35.02 |
| First: | Jesús Loroño |
| First Nat: | ESP |
| First Natvar: | 1945 |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Federico Bahamontes |
| Second Nat: | ESP |
| Second Natvar: | 1945 |
| Third: | Bernardo Ruiz |
| Third Nat: | ESP |
| Third Natvar: | 1945 |
| Points: | Vicente Iturat |
| Points Nat: | ESP |
| Points Natvar: | 1945 |
| Points Color: | light blue |
| Mountains: | Federico Bahamontes |
| Mountains Nat: | ESP |
| Mountains Natvar: | 1945 |
| Mountains Color: | green |
| Previous: | 1956 |
| Next: | 1958 |
The 12th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 12 May 1957. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2967km (1,844miles), and was won by Jesús Loroño.[1] Vicente Iturat won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.
See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1957 Vuelta a España.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 April | Bilbao – Vitoria | 158km (98miles) | ||||
| 2 | 27 April | Vitoria – Santander | 220km (140miles) | ||||
| 3 | 28 April | Santander – Mieres | 259km (161miles) | ||||
| 4 | 29 April | Mieres – León | Annulled | ||||
| 5 | 30 April | León – Valladolid | 172km (107miles) | ||||
| 6 | 1 May | Valladolid – Madrid | 212km (132miles) | ||||
| 7 | 2 May | Madrid – Madrid | 200km (100miles) | ||||
| 8 | 3 May | Madrid – Cuenca | 159km (99miles) | ||||
| 9 | 5 May | Cuenca – Valencia | 249km (155miles) | ||||
| 10 | 6 May | Valencia – Tortosa | 192km (119miles) | ||||
| 11 | 7 May | Tortosa – Barcelona | 199km (124miles) | ||||
| 12 | 8 May | Igualada – Zaragoza | 229km (142miles) | ||||
| 13 | 9 May | Zaragoza – Huesca | 85km (53miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 14 | 10 May | Huesca – Bayonne (France) | 249km (155miles) | ||||
| 15 | 11 May | Bayonne (France) – San Sebastián | 199km (124miles) | ||||
| 16 | 12 May | San Sebastián – Bilbao | 193km (120miles) | ||||
| Total | 2967km (1,844miles) | ||||||
| 1 | Jesús Loroño | 84h 44' 06" | ||
| 2 | Federico Bahamontes | + 8' 11" | ||
| 3 | + 9' 34" | |||
| 4 | José Manuel Ribeiro Da Silva | + 14' 32" | ||
| 5 | + 17' 07" | |||
| 6 | Francisco Moreno | + 18' 43" | ||
| 7 | Jan Adriaenssens | + 19' 38" | ||
| 8 | + 23' 48" | |||
| 9 | + 25' 59" | |||
| 10 | Salvador Botella | + 28' 06" | ||
| 11 | Guido Boni | |||
| 12 | Vicente Iturat | |||
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| 14 | Alberto Sant | |||
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| 16 | Carmelo Morales | |||
| 17 | Antonio Barbosa | |||
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| 22 | Roger Baens | |||
| 23 | Benigno Aspuru | |||
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| 25 | Juan Campillo |