1957 Vuelta a España
# 1957 Vuelta a España

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. Vicente Iturat won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.

## Route

List of stages :

| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | 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 | Total | 2,967 km (1,844 mi) | 2,967 km (1,844 mi) | 2,967 km (1,844 mi) | 2,967 km (1,844 mi) |

## Results

Final general classification :

| 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 | |
