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Dates | 27 June – 20 July 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 4,669 km (2,901 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 135h 44' 42" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]