The 12th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of

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), a long-distance

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race and one of the three

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, was held from 26 April to 12 May 1957. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of , and was won by

Jesús Loroño Jesus Loroño Artega (Larrabetzu, 10 January 1926 – Larrabetzu, 12 August 1998) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a Esp ...

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

Teams and riders

Route

Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelta A Espana, 1957

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1957 in Spanish sport 1957 in road cycling