1957 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1957 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had two rest days, in Thonon-les-Bains and Barcelona, although the second rest day had a short time trial of less than 10 km.

1957 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1957 Tour de France started on 27 June, and had two rest days, in Thonon-les-Bains and Barcelona, although the second rest day had a short time trial of less than 10 km.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	27 June	Nantes to Granville	204 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)

2	28 June	Granville to Caen	226 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	René Privat (FRA)

3a	29 June	Circuit de la Prairie, Caen	15 km (9.3 mi)	Team time trial	France

3b	Caen to Rouen	134 km (83 mi)	Plain stage	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)

4	30 June	Rouen to Roubaix	232 km (144 mi)	Plain stage	Marcel Janssens (BEL)

5	1 July	Roubaix to Charleroi	170 km (110 mi)	Plain stage	Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)

6	2 July	Charleroi to Metz	248 km (154 mi)	Plain stage	André Trochut (FRA)

7	3 July	Metz to Colmar	223 km (139 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

8	4 July	Colmar to Besançon	192 km (119 mi)	Plain stage	Pierino Baffi (ITA)

9	5 July	Besançon to Thonon-les-Bains	188 km (117 mi)	Plain stage	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)

6 July	Thonon-les-Bains	Rest day

10	7 July	Thonon-les-Bains to Briançon	247 km (153 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gastone Nencini (ITA)

11	8 July	Briançon to Cannes	286 km (178 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	René Privat (FRA)

12	9 July	Cannes to Marseille	239 km (149 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Stablinski (FRA)

13	10 July	Marseille to Alès	160 km (99 mi)	Plain stage	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

14	11 July	Alès to Perpignan	246 km (153 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

15a	12 July	Perpignan to Barcelona (Spain)	197 km (122 mi)	Plain stage	René Privat (FRA)

15b	12 July	Montjuïc circuit (Spain)	9.8 km (6.1 mi)	Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)

13 July	Barcelona	Rest day

16	14 July	Barcelona (Spain) to Ax-les-Thermes	220 km (140 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Bourlès (FRA)

17	15 July	Ax-les-Thermes to Saint-Gaudens	236 km (147 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

18	16 July	Saint-Gaudens to Pau	207 km (129 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gastone Nencini (ITA)

19	17 July	Pau to Bordeaux	194 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	Pierino Baffi (ITA)

20	18 July	Bordeaux to Libourne	66 km (41 mi)	Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)

21	19 July	Libourne to Tours	317 km (197 mi)	Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)

22	20 July	Tours to Paris	227 km (141 mi)	Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)

Total	4,669 km (2,901 mi)

Sentence(s)

The Tour de France was composed of 22 stages over 4,669 km (2,901 mi).

final_sentence: The Tour de France was composed of 22 stages over 4,669 km (2,901 mi).