1957 Vuelta a España

1957 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	26 April – 12 May
Stages	16
Distance	2,967 km (1,844 mi)
Winning time	84h 44' 06"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
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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 2,967 km (1,844 mi), and was won by Jesús Loroño.^[1] Vicente Iturat won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[2]^[3]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	26 April	Bilbao – Vitoria	158 km (98 mi)		Miguel Chacón (ESP)
2	27 April	Vitoria – Santander	220 km (137 mi)		Carmelo Morales (ESP)
3	28 April	Santander – Mieres	259 km (161 mi)		Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
4	29 April	Mieres – León			Annulled
5	30 April	León – Valladolid	172 km (107 mi)		Roger Hassenforder (FRA)
6	1 May	Valladolid – Madrid	212 km (132 mi)		Miguel Chacón (ESP)
7	2 May	Madrid – Madrid	200 km (124 mi)		Jan Adriaensens (BEL)
8	3 May	Madrid – Cuenca	159 km (99 mi)		Roger Walkowiak (FRA)
9	5 May	Cuenca – Valencia	249 km (155 mi)		Rino Benedetti (ITA)
10	6 May	Valencia – Tortosa	192 km (119 mi)		Bruno Tognaccini (ITA)
11	7 May	Tortosa – Barcelona	199 km (124 mi)		Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)
12	8 May	Igualada – Zaragoza	229 km (142 mi)		Mario Baroni (ITA)
13	9 May	Zaragoza – Huesca	85 km (53 mi)	Individual time trial	Jesús Loroño (ESP)
14	10 May	Huesca – Bayonne (France)	249 km (155 mi)		Antonio Ferraz (ESP)
15	11 May	Bayonne (France) – San Sebastián	199 km (124 mi)		Roger Baens (BEL)
16	12 May	San Sebastián – Bilbao	193 km (120 mi)		Antonio Suárez (ESP)
	Total		2,967 km (1,844 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]
Rank	Rider	Time
1	Jesús Loroño	84h 44' 06"
2	Federico Bahamontes	+ 8' 11"
3	Bernardo Ruiz	+ 9' 34"
4	José Manuel Ribeiro Da Silva	+ 14' 32"
5	Raphaël Géminiani	+ 17' 07"
6	Francisco Moreno	+ 18' 43"
7	Jan Adriaenssens	+ 19' 38"
8	Pasquale Fornara	+ 23' 48"
9	Gastone Nencini	+ 25' 59"
10	Salvador Botella	+ 28' 06"
11	Guido Boni
12	Vicente Iturat
13	Jean Dotto
14	Alberto Sant
15	Roger Walkowiak
16	Carmelo Morales
17	Antonio Barbosa
18	Francisco Masip
19	Jean Malléjac
20	Antonio Ferraz
21	Antonio Suárez
22	Roger Baens
23	Benigno Aspuru
24	Gilbert Bauvin
25	Juan Campillo

References

^ "General Information 1957". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
^ "1957 » 12th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^ "12ème Vuelta a España 1957". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
^ "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 May 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[1] "General Information 1957". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 23 March 2008.

[2] "1957 » 12th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1957-3] "12ème Vuelta a España 1957". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[4] "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 May 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2018.