1957 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall Jacques Anquetil 135h 44' 42"
Second Marcel Janssens +14' 56"
Third Adolf Christian +17' 20"
Points Jean Forestier 301 points
Second Wim van Est 317 points
Third Adolf Christian 366 points
Climber Gastone Nencini 44 points
Second Louis Bergaud 43 points
Third Marcel Janssens 32 points
Teams France
Second
Third

The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 20, 1957. It was composed of 22 stages over 4665 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.250 km/h.

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

[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank Name Country Team Time
1 Jacques Anquetil Flag of France France France 135h 44' 42"
2 Marcel Janssens Flag of Belgium Belgium Belgique 14' 56"
3 Adolf Christian Flag of Austria Austria Suisse 17' 20"
4 Jean Forestier Flag of France France France 18' 02"
5 Jesus Loroño Flag of Spain Spain Espagne 20' 17"

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