The route of the 1957 Tour de France contained many mountains, so mountain specialists Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes were considered as the favourites. Gaul had requested to ride in the Dutch team, but this was not allowed. Louison Bobet and Raphael Géminiani, two important French cyclists, did not race in 1957, so the French team needed new stars. The team was then built around young Jacques Anquetil, who had broken the hour record earlier that year.
The riders who had been favourites in previous years had stopped racing (Fausto Coppi), had lost their greatness (Hugo Koblet), or had chosen not to participate (Louison Bobet). As a result, there was no outspoken favourite. Roger Walkowiak, who had won the previous edition, had not shown good results since. Gaul had lost the 1957 Giro d'Italia when he was almost sure of winning it, so he was not considered to be in great form. Gastone Nencini, who won the 1957 Giro, was not considered constant enough. The Spanish team was considered the best Spanish team ever, but they were more a favourite for the mountain classification than for the general classification. The Belgian team was focussed around Jan Adriaensens.
Start list
By team
+France No. Rider Pos. 1 DNF 2 1 3 14 4 26 5 50 6 27 7 4 8 11 9 31 10 43+Belgium No. Rider Pos. 11 9 12 35 13 DNF 14 DNF 15 2 16 DNF 17 17 18 16 19 DNF 20 DNF+Italy No. Rider Pos. 21 DNF 22 23 23 53 24 7 25 DNF 26 6 27 20 28 DNF 29 DNF 30 21+Netherlands No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF 32 33 33 45 34 44 35 DNF 36 8 37 32 38 29 39 DNF 40 DNF+Spain No. Rider Pos. 41 DNF 42 DNF 43 DNF 44 DNF 45 5 46 54 47 DNF 48 24 49 DNF 50 DNF+Luxembourg/Mixed No. Rider Pos. 51 DNF 52 DNF 53 25 54 DNF 55 DNF 56 DNF 57 DNF 58 DNF 59 DNF 60 DNF +Switzerland No. Rider Pos. 61 DNF 62 3 63 DNF 64 51 65 DNF 66 DNF 67 49 68 55 69 DNF 70 DNF+France - West No. Rider Pos. 71 DNF 72 36 73 DNF 74 42 75 DNF 76 DNF 77 13 78 46 79 48 80 18+France - South-East No. Rider Pos. 81 52 82 28 83 DNF 84 DNF 85 10 86 DNF 87 DNF 88 DNF 89 DNF 90 47+France - North-East/Centre No. Rider Pos. 91 DNF 92 DNF 93 DNF 94 DNF 95 DNF 96 DNF 97 DNF 98 12 99 39 100 41+France - South-West No. Rider Pos. 101 DNF 102 DNF 103 37 104 22 105 DNF 106 DNF 107 38 108 30 109 DNF 110 DNF+France - Île-de-France No. Rider Pos. 111 40 112 DNF 113 DNF 114 DNF 115 15 116 DNF 117 19 118 34 119 DNF 120 56
By rider + Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour Pos. Position in the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish
No. Name Nationality Team Pos. 1 Roger Walkowiak France DNF 2 Jacques Anquetil France 1 3 Gilbert Bauvin France 14 4 Louis Bergaud France 26 5 Albert Bouvet France 50 6 André Darrigade France 27 7 Jean Forestier France 4 8 François Mahé France 11 9 René Privat France 31 10 Jean Stablinski France 43 11 Jan Adriaensens Belgium 9 12 Pino Cerami Belgium 35 13 Alex Close Belgium DNF 14 Fred De Bruyne Belgium DNF 15 Marcel Janssens Belgium 2 16 Norbert Kerckhove Belgium DNF 17 Désiré Keteleer Belgium 17 18 Jef Planckaert Belgium 16 19 Frans Schoubben Belgium DNF 20 Martin Van Geneugden Belgium DNF 21 Giancarlo Astrua Italy DNF 22 Pierino Baffi Italy 23 23 Mario Baroni Italy 53 24 Nino Defilippis Italy 7 25 Gianni Ferlenghi Italy DNF 26 Gastone Nencini Italy 6 27 Arigo Padovan Italy 20 28 Giuseppe Pintarelli Italy DNF 29 Bruno Tognaccini Italy DNF 30 Mario Tosato Italy 21 31 Daan de Groot Netherlands DNF 32 Piet De Jongh Netherlands 33 33 Jaap Kersten Netherlands 45 34 Michel Stolker Netherlands 44 35 Léo Van Der Pluym Netherlands DNF 36 Wim van Est Netherlands 8 37 Piet van Est Netherlands 32 38 Gerrit Voorting Netherlands 29 39 Arie van Wetten Netherlands DNF 40 Wout Wagtmans Netherlands DNF 41 Manuel Aizpuru Spain DNF 42 Federico Bahamontes Spain DNF 43 Antonio Barrutia Spain DNF 44 Antonio Ferraz Spain DNF 45 Jesús Loroño Spain 5 46 Carmelo Morales Spain 54 47 Miguel Poblet Spain DNF 48 Bernardo Ruiz Spain 24 49 Antonio Suárez Spain DNF 50 Andrés Trobat Spain DNF 51 Antonio Barbosa Alves Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 52 Aldo Bolzan Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 53 José da Silva Luxembourg/Mixed 25 54 Marcel Ernzer Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 55 Lothar Friedrich Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 56 Charly Gaul Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 57 Willy Kemp Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 58 Nicolas Morn Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 59 Brian Robinson Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 60 Jean-Pierre Schmitz Luxembourg/Mixed DNF 61 Marcel Senn Switzerland DNF 62 Adolf Christian Switzerland 3 63 Carlo Clerici Switzerland DNF 64 Walter Favre Switzerland 51 65 Rolf Graf Switzerland DNF 66 Hans Hollenstein Switzerland DNF 67 Walter Holenweger Switzerland 49 68 Toni Gräser Switzerland 55 69 Max Schellenberg Switzerland DNF 70 Alcide Vaucher Switzerland DNF 71 Pierre Barbotin France - West DNF 72 Jean Bourlès France - West 36 73 Marcel Carfantan France - West DNF 74 Joseph Groussard France - West 42 75 Claude Le Ber France - West DNF 76 Joseph Morvan France - West DNF 77 Fernand Picot France - West 13 78 Francis Pipelin France - West 46 79 Pierre Poulingue France - West 48 80 Joseph Thomin France - West 18 81 Francis Siguenza France - South-East 52 82 Henry Anglade France - South-East 28 83 Emmanuel Busto France - South-East DNF 84 Charles Coste France - South-East DNF 85 Jean Dotto France - South-East 10 86 Raymond Elena France - South-East DNF 87 René Faure France - South-East DNF 88 Nello Lauredi France - South-East DNF 89 Raymond Meyzencq France - South-East DNF 90 Roger Chaussabel France - South-East 47 91 Jean-Claude Annaert France - North-East/Centre DNF 92 Ugo Anzile France - North-East/Centre DNF 93 Mario Bertolo France - North-East/Centre DNF 94 Max Cohen France - North-East/Centre DNF 95 Ferdinand Devèze France - North-East/Centre DNF 96 Jean Graczyk France - North-East/Centre DNF 97 Roger Hassenforder France - North-East/Centre DNF 98 Marcel Rohrbach France - North-East/Centre 12 99 Antonin Rolland France - North-East/Centre 39 100 Pierre Ruby France - North-East/Centre 41 101 Jacques Bianco France - South-West DNF 102 Claude Colette France - South-West DNF 103 André Dupré France - South-West 37 104 Georges Gay France - South-West 22 105 Robert Gibanel France - South-West DNF 106 Valentin Huot France - South-West DNF 107 Maurice Lampre France - South-West 38 108 Marcel Queheille France - South-West 30 109 Tino Sabbadini France - South-West DNF 110 André Trochut France - South-West DNF 111 Nicolas Barone France - Île-de-France 40 112 Jean Bellay France - Île-de-France DNF 113 Guy Buchaille France - Île-de-France DNF 114 Stanislas Bober France - Île-de-France DNF 115 Jean Bobet France - Île-de-France 15 116 René Fournier France - Île-de-France DNF 117 Raymond Hoorelbeke France - Île-de-France 19 118 André Le Dissez France - Île-de-France 34 119 Raymond Plaza France - Île-de-France DNF 120 Guy Million France - Île-de-France 56
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