One jersey was worn during the 1957 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the
general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. There were no time bonuses in 1957. A secondary classification was the
mountains classification. For the first time in Giro history, the climbs were ranked in first and second categories. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. There were two categories of mountains. The first category awarded 10, 7, 5, 3, and 1 points, while the second distributed 5, 3, and 1 points. There was an intermediate sprints classification. The first three riders at each intermediate sprint received points, 5 for the winner down to 1 for the third. Also present was the piste classification, in Italian known as , a rebranding of 1956's . There were eight stages that ended on a velodrome, and the first three riders on those stages received points (5 for the winner, down to 1 for the third). There was also one classification for the teams, based on stage positions: the stage positions of the three best riders per team were added, and the team with the lowest total rank was the best team. There was no jersey for this classifications. ==Final standings==