1957 Tour de France

1957 Tour de France
Route of the 1957 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Nantes and finishing in Paris
Route of the 1957 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Nantes and finishing in Paris
Race details
Dates27 June – 20 July 1957
Stages22
Distance4,669 km (2,901 mi)
Winning time135h 44' 42"
Results
Winner  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (France)
  Second  Marcel Janssens (BEL) (Belgium)
  Third  Adolf Christian (AUT) (Switzerland)

Points  Jean Forestier (FRA) (France)
  Mountains  Gastone Nencini (ITA) (Italy)
  Combativity  Nicolas Barone (FRA) (Île-de-France)
  Team France
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The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 27 June to 20 July. It was composed of 22 stages over 4,669 km (2,901 mi).

The 1957 Tour was the first win for Jacques Anquetil, who won the Tour five times over his career.

The French national team was very successful in the 1957 Tour de France; not only did they provide the winning cyclist, they also won the team classification, and almost every daily team classification. They lost only one cyclist (the previous year's winner Roger Walkowiak), and had the stage winner 12 times. They had Forestier winning the points classification, and Bergaud second in the mountains classification. Only once they did not have the yellow jersey for the leader in the general classification, when Barone took it after the seventh stage.[1]

  1. ^ "Anquetil was de veelzijdigste renner; Darrigade eerste in Parc des Princes" (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 22 July 1957. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

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