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 stage and concluded in Milan, on 9 June, with a 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.

Teams

Fifteen teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1957 edition of the Giro d'Italia. The team size increased from seven to eight riders per team, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 120 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 86 made it to the finish in Milan.

The Giro organisation invited five national teams (most of which for the duration of the Giro were sponsored by an Italian company) and ten Italian teams:

Asborno Atala Bianchi Bif Bottecchia Carpano Chlorodont Cora (Belgium) Faema (International) Girardengo (the Netherlands) Ignis (Spain) Legnano San Pellegrino Torpado Velo Club Bustese (France)

The "international" team was a combined Swiss-Luxembourgish team.

Pre-race favorites

Reigning champion Charly Gaul was seen as a favorite to repeat as winner.

Route and stages The route was revealed on 5 March 1957.

+ Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner118 MayMilan to Verona Plain stage 219 MayVerona to Bosco ChiesanuovaIndividual time trial 320 MayVerona to Ferrara Plain stage 421 MayFerrara to Cattolica Plain stage 522 MayCattolica to Loreto Plain stage 623 MayLoreto to Terni Stage with mountain(s) 724 MayTerni to Pescara Stage with mountain(s) 825 MayPescara to Naples Stage with mountain(s) 926 MayNaples to Frascati Plain stage 1027 MayRome to Siena Stage with mountain(s) 1128 MaySiena to Montecatini Terme Plain stage 29 May Rest day1230 MayMontecatini to Forte dei MarmiIndividual time trial 1331 MayForte dei Marmi to Genoa Stage with mountain(s) 141 JuneGenoa to Saint-Vincent Plain stage 152 JuneSaint-Vincent to Sion (Switzerland) Stage with mountain(s) 163 JuneSion (Switzerland) to Campo dei Fiori Stage with mountain(s) 17a4 JuneVarese to Como Plain stage 17bComo to Como Plain stage 5 June Rest day186 JuneComo to Monte Bondone Stage with mountain(s) 197 JuneTrento to Levico Terme Stage with mountain(s) 208 JuneLevico Terme to Abano Terme Plain stage 219 JuneAbano Terme to Milan Plain stage Total

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. There were no time bonuses in 1957.

A secondary classification was the mountains classification. For the first time in Giro history, 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. The first category awarded 10, 7, 5, 3, and 1 points, while the second distributed 5, 3, and 1 points.

There was an intermediate sprints classification. The first three riders at each intermediate sprint received points, 5 for the winner down to 1 for the third.

Also present was the piste classification, in Italian known as , a rebranding of 1956's . There were eight stages that ended on a velodrome, and the first three riders on those stages received points (5 for the winner, down to 1 for the third).

There was also one classification for the teams, based on stage positions: the stage positions of the three best riders per team were added, and the team with the lowest total rank was the best team. There was no jersey for this classifications.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationMountains classificationIntermediate sprints classificationPiste classificationTeam classification 1 Rik Van SteenbergenRik Van Steenbergen not awarded Cleto Maule not awarded Cora 2 Charly Gaul Louison Bobet Charly Gaul Velo Club Bustese 3 Miguel Poblet Rik Van Steenbergen Miguel Poblet 4 André Vlayen Bottecchia 5 Alessandro Fantini Pierino Baffi 6 Wout Wagtmans 7 Antonin Rolland Raphaël Géminiani 8 Vito Favero Nino Defilippis Rik Van Steenbergen multiple riders 9 Miguel Poblet 10 Miguel Poblet 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 Rik Van Steenbergen Miguel Poblet Legnano

Final standings

Legend      Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 Chlorodont 2 Velo Club Bustese + 19" 3 Legnano + 5' 59" 4 Faema-Guerra + 7' 31" 5 Velo Club Bustese + 17' 28" 6 Ignis-Doniselli + 19' 49" 7 Cora-Elvé + 21' 06" 8 Bif-Clement + 24' 16" 9 ERG-Girardengo + 24' 29" 10 Velo Club Bustese + 27' 29"

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–10)NameTeamPoints 1 Velo Club Bustese 56 2 Faema-Guerra 38 3 Velo Club Bustese 36 4 Ignis-Doniselli 25 5 Chlorodont 20 6 Legnano 19 7 Bottecchia-Gripo 13 8 Bottecchia-Gripo 10 San Pellegrino 10 Velo Club Bustese 7

Intermediate sprints classification

+ Final intermediate sprints classification (1–10)NameTeamPoints 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 Velo Club Bustese

Trofeo de Velodromos classification

+ Final trofeo de velodromos classification (1–10)NameTeamPoints 1 Ignis-Doniselli 17 2 Cora-Elvé 13 3 Bianchi 6 4 ERG-Girardengo 5 Velo Club Bustese Bianchi 7 Atala 4 8 Legnano 3 Atala 10 Bianchi 1 Legnano Cora-Elvé Torpado

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1–10)TeamPoints 1 Legnano 953 2 Atala 1132 3 Velo Club Bustese (France) 1161 4 Girardengo (the Netherlands) 1178 5 Botecchia 1180 6 Faema (International) 1216 7 Torpado 1270 8 Cora (Belgium) 1283 9 Bif 1476 10 Chlorodont 1483

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