Stages
The 1957 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had two rest days, in Thonon-les-Bains and Barcelona, although the second rest day had a short time trial of less than 10 km. Every stage had a winning cyclist (the cyclist who crossed the finish line first, or in case of a time trial who took the shortest time to complete the course) and a team that wins the daily team classification (the team of which the three best cyclists had the lowest accumulated time). The cyclist who wins the stage therefore is not always part of the team that wins the daily team classification.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 June | Nantes – Granville | Plain stage | 204 km (127 mi) | André Darrigade (FRA) | France |
| 2 | 28 June | Granville – Caen | Plain stage | 226 km (140 mi) | René Privat (FRA) | France |
| 3A | 29 June | Circuit de la Prairie | Team time trial | 15 km (9.3 mi) | France | France |
| 3B | Caen – Rouen | Plain stage | 134 km (83 mi) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) | France | |
| 4 | 30 June | Rouen – Roubaix | Plain stage | 232 km (144 mi) | Marcel Janssens (BEL) | Belgium |
| 5 | 1 July | Roubaix – Charleroi | Plain stage | 170 km (110 mi) | Gilbert Bauvin (FRA) | France |
| 6 | 2 July | Charleroi – Metz | Plain stage | 248 km (154 mi) | André Trochut (FRA) | North East-Central France |
| 7 | 3 July | Metz – Colmar | Stage with mountain(s) | 223 km (139 mi) | Roger Hassenforder (FRA) | Netherlands |
| 8 | 4 July | Colmar – Besançon | Plain stage | 192 km (119 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA) | Italy |
| 9 | 5 July | Besançon – Thonon-les-Bains | Plain stage | 188 km (117 mi) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) | France |
| 10 | 7 July | Thonon-les-Bains – Briançon | Stage with mountain(s) | 247 km (153 mi) | Gastone Nencini (ITA) | France |
| 11 | 8 July | Briançon – Cannes | Stage with mountain(s) | 286 km (178 mi) | René Privat (FRA) | France |
| 12 | 9 July | Cannes – Marseille | Stage with mountain(s) | 239 km (149 mi) | Jean Stablinski (FRA) | France |
| 13 | 10 July | Marseille – Alès | Plain stage | 160 km (99 mi) | Nino Defilippis (ITA) | France |
| 14 | 11 July | Alès – Perpignan | Plain stage | 246 km (153 mi) | Roger Hassenforder (FRA) | North East-Central France |
| 15A | 12 July | Perpignan – Barcelona | Plain stage | 197 km (122 mi) | René Privat (FRA) | France |
| 15B | 13 July | Circuit de Montjuich | Individual time trial | 9.8 km (6.1 mi) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) | France |
| 16 | 14 July | Barcelona – Ax-les-Thermes | Stage with mountain(s) | 220 km (140 mi) | Jean Bourlès (FRA) | South West France |
| 17 | 15 July | Ax-les-Thermes – Saint-Gaudens | Stage with mountain(s) | 236 km (147 mi) | Nino Defilippis (ITA) | France |
| 18 | 16 July | Saint-Gaudens – Pau | Stage with mountain(s) | 207 km (129 mi) | Gastone Nencini (ITA) | France |
| 19 | 17 July | Pau – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 194 km (121 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA) | Italy |
| 20 | 18 July | Bordeaux – Libourne | Individual time trial | 66 km (41 mi) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) | France |
| 21 | 19 July | Libourne – Tours | Plain stage | 317 km (197 mi) | André Darrigade (FRA) | France |
| 22 | 20 July | Tours – Paris | Plain stage | 227 km (141 mi) | André Darrigade (FRA) | France |
In 1957, the split stages were numbered differently: the third stage consisted of the team time trial and the stage from Caen to Rouen but they were not called 3A and 3B; the fifteenth stage was only the stage from Perpignan to Barcelona, and the short individual time trial was referred to as the time trial between stage 15 and 16, without number.
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