[1] It took place in Waregem, Belgium on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August 1957.

Among the amateurs, who had to ride 190.4 kilometres, the title went to 22-year-old Belgian Louis Proost.

[3] The race for professional cyclists organized on Sunday, was 12 laps long, totalling 285.6 kilometres.

Rik Van Steenbergen, in the presence of King Baudouin, became world champion for the third time, now in his country.

[5] In the same period, the 1957 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt near Liège, Belgium.