1956 Tour of Flanders

40th Tour of Flanders Ronde van Vlaanderen-1956 poster.svg 2 April 1956 1 238 km 6h 09' Jean Forestier FRA Follis–Dunlop Stan Ockers BEL Elve–Peugeot Leon Van Daele BEL Bertin 1955 1957 The 40th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Easter Monday, 2 April 1956. French rider Jean Forestier won the race after a late breakaway from a 30-strong group in Wetteren. Sprint specialist Stan Ockers won the sprint for second place; Leon Van Daele was third.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 112 37 of 122 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1956-tour-of-flanders.html 1956 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, AR 29 February 2016 Route The race started in Ghent and finished in Wetteren – totaling 238 km. The course featured five categorized climbs: Kwaremont Kruisberg Statieberg Eikenberg Kattenberg Results 1 Jean Forestier FRA Follis–Dunlop 6h 09' 00" 2 Stan Ockers BEL Elve–Peugeot + 9" 3 Leon Van Daele BEL Bertin s.t. 4 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Elve–Peugeot s.t. 5 Lucien Mathys BEL Groene Leeuw s.t. 6 Germain Derijcke BEL Van Hauwaert–Faema–Guerra s.t. 7 André Vlayen BEL Elve–Peugeot s.t. 8 Briek Schotte BEL Faema s.t. 9 Ernest Sterckx BEL Elve–Peugeot s.t. 10 Jan Zagers BEL Libertas s.t. References 1956 Category:1956 in road cycling Category:1956 in Belgian sport Category:1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Category:April 1956 sports events in Europe