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1956 Vuelta a España
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1956 Vuelta a España |
| date | 26 April – 13 May |
| stages | 17 |
| distance | 3537 |
| unit | km |
| time | 105h 37' 52" |
| first | Angelo Conterno |
| first_nat | ITA |
| first_color | yellow |
| second | Jesús Loroño |
| second_nat | ESP |
| second_natvar | 1945 |
| third | Raymond Impanis |
| third_nat | BEL |
| points | Rik Van Steenbergen |
| points_nat | BEL |
| points_color | green |
| mountains | Nino Defilippis |
| mountains_nat | ITA |
| previous | 1955 |
| next | 1957 |
The 11th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 13 May 1956. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3531 km, and was won by Angelo Conterno of the Bianchi cycling team. Rik Van Steenbergen won the points classification and Nino Defilippis won the mountains classification.
The race was run with national teams of France, Spain, Switzerland and Belgium, and an additional four regional Spanish teams. Each fielded 10 cyclists, for a total of 90.
Teams and riders
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1956 Vuelta a España
Route
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10a | 10b | 11 | 12 | 13a | 13b | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April | Bilbao to Santander | 203 km | Rik Van Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 April | Santander to Oviedo | 248 km | Angelo Conterno | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 April | Oviedo to Valladolid | 175 km | Miguel Poblet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 April | Valladolid to Madrid | 212 km | Claude Le Ber | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 April | Madrid to Albacete | 241 km | Miguel Poblet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 May | Albacete to Alicante | 227 km | Miguel Poblet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 May | Alicante to Valencia | 182 km | Rik Van Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 May | Valencia to Tarragona | 249 km | Rik Van Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 May | Tarragona to Barcelona | 163 km | Hugo Koblet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 May | Barcelona to Barcelona | 21 km | [[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg | 22px]] | Team time trial | France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona to Tàrrega | 112 km | Gilbert Bauvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 May | Tàrrega to Zaragoza | 238 km | Rik Van Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 May | Zaragoza to Bayonne (France) | 274 km | Giancarlo Astrua | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 May | Bayonne (France) to Irun | 43 km | [[File:Time Trial.svg | 22px]] | Individual time trial | Claude Le Ber | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Irun to Pamplona | 111 km | Roger Walkowiak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 May | Pamplona to San Sebastián | 195 km | Rik Van Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 May | San Sebastián to Bilbao | 225 km | Nino Defilippis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 May | Bilbao to Vitoria | 207 km | {{ill | Benigno Azpuru | es}} | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 May | Vitoria to Bilbao | 190 km | Rik Van Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3531 km |
Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ITA Angelo Conterno | Bianchi | 105h 37' 52" |
| 2 | Spain Jesús Loroño | + 13" | |
| 3 | BEL Raymond Impanis | Elvé-Peugeot | + 1' 54" |
| 4 | Spain Federico Bahamontes | + 3' 27" | |
| 5 | BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | + 7' 48" | |
| 6 | Spain Miguel Chacón Díaz | Elvé-Peugeot | + 8' 30" |
| 7 | FRA Gilbert Bauvin | + 19' 18" | |
| 8 | GBR Brian Robinson | + 20' 36" | |
| 9 | Spain José Serra Gil | + 23' 38" | |
| 10 | Spain Manuel Rodríguez Barros | + 24' 55" | |
| 11 | Spain Emilio Rodríguez | ||
| 12 | ITA Giancarlo Astrua | ||
| 13 | ITA Giuseppe Buratti | Bianchi | |
| 14 | Spain Carmelo Morales Erostarbe | ||
| 15 | Spain Cosme Barrutia | ||
| 16 | BEL Hilaire Couvreur | ||
| 17 | Spain Juan Bibiloni | ||
| 18 | ITA Nino Defilippis | Bianchi | |
| 19 | ITA Arrigo Padovan | ||
| 20 | Spain Antonio Barrutia | ||
| 21 | Spain René Marigil | ||
| 22 | BEL Edgard Sorgeloos | ||
| 23 | Spain Vicente Iturat | ||
| 24 | ITA Giovanni Pettinati | Bianchi | |
| 25 | SUI Remo Pianezzi |
References
References
- "General Information 1956". La Vuelta.com.
- (25 April 1956). "Lista de participantes". El Mundo Deportivo.
- "1956 » 11th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats.
- "11ème Vuelta a España 1956". Memoire du cyclisme.
- (14 May 1956). "Clasificacion General". El Mundo Deportivo.
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