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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Nencini in Front of Bobet, Baldini, and Gaul
SPECIAL NOTE: Grand Champion Fausto Coppi crashed on Sardinia before the race started and broke his femar. He was not able to recover in time for the Giro.
French superstar Louison Bobet grabbed the Maglia Rosa (race leader’s Pink jersey) on the stage 2 individual time trial. Bobet controlled the race until he faltered on the stage 16 finish at Campo dei Fiori.
On stage 16, defending champion Charly Gaul took a short lived race lead but the power of Gaston Nencini took the Maglia Rosa away from Gaul on stage 18 with only 3 stage to the finish in Milan.
A late charge by Louison Bobet in the closing stages was matched pedal stroke for pedal stroke by Nencini. The Italian rode into Milan for the 1957 Giro d’Italia victory. Louison Bobet finished second only 19 seconds behind Nencini.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Milan-Verona, 191 km |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
Stage 2 Verona-Boscochiesa Nuova, 28 km ITT |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 3 Verona-Ferrara, 169 km |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 4 Ferrare-Cattolica, 190 km |
Andre Vlayen (Bel) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 5 Cattolica-Loretto, 235 km |
Alessandro Fantini (Ita) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 6 Loretto-Terni, 175 km |
Wout Wagtmans (Ned) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 7 Terni-Pescara, 221 km |
Antonin Rolland (Fra) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 8 Pescara-Napoli, 250 km |
Vito Favero (Ita) |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Stage 9 Napoli-Frascati, 220 km |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Stage 10 Rome-Siena, 227 km |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Stage 11 Siena-Montecatini Terme, 230 km |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Stage 12 Montecatini-Forte Marmi, 58 km ITT |
Ercole Baldini (Ita) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 13 Forte dei Marmi-Genova, 163 km |
Bruno Monti (Ita) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 14 Genova-Saint Vincent, 235 km |
Mario Baroni (Ita) |
Antonin Rolland (Fra) |
Stage 15 Saint Vincent-Sion, 134.2 km |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
Stage 16 Sion-Campo dei Fiori, 229 km |
Alfredo Sabbadin (Ita) |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
Stage 17a Varese-Como, 82 km |
Alessandro Fantini (Ita) |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
Stage 17b Como Circuito, 34 km |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
Stage 18 Como-Trento, 242 km |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Stage 19 Trento-Levico Terme, 199 km |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Stage 20 Lv Terme-Abano Terme, 157 km |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
Gastone Nencini (Ita) |
Stage 21 Abano-Milan, 257 km |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
 Gastone Nencini (Ita)
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Mountain Classification |
Raphael Geminiani (Fra) |
GdI May 18 - June 9, 1957 |
| 3,926 Km |
1. Gastone NENCINI (Ita) 104h45'06" |
| 2. Louison Bobet (Fra) +19" |
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Ercole Baldini (Ita) +5'59" |
Starters: 119 |
Finishers: 79 |
Average Speed: 37.488 km/h |
GdI 1958
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