1956 Vuelta a España

1956 Vuelta a España 26 April – 13 May 17 3537 km 105h 37' 52" Angelo Conterno ITA yellow Jesús Loroño ESP 1945 Raymond Impanis BEL Rik Van Steenbergen BEL green Nino Defilippis ITA 1955 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 mi on, and was won by Angelo Conterno of the Bianchi cycling team.http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/56infor.asp?a=1956&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 General Information 1956 La Vuelta.com 23 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611185210/http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/56infor.asp?a=1956&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 2011-06-11 dead 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.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1956/04/25/pagina-3/640369/pdf.html Lista de participantes es List of participants El Mundo Deportivo 3 25 April 1956 5 August 2018 Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1956 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1956/stages/winners 1956 » 11th Vuelta a Espana Procyclingstats 5 August 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1956.php 11ème Vuelta a España 1956 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025141622/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1956.php 25 October 2004 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 26 April Bilbao to Santander 203 km 0 on Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 2 27 April Santander to Oviedo 248 km 0 on Angelo Conterno ITA 3 28 April Oviedo to Valladolid 175 km 0 on Miguel Poblet ESP 1945 4 29 April Valladolid to Madrid 212 km 0 on Claude Le Ber FRA 5 30 April Madrid to Albacete 241 km 0 on Miguel Poblet ESP 1945 6 1 May Albacete to Alicante 227 km 0 on Miguel Poblet ESP 1945 7 2 May Alicante to Valencia 182 km 0 on Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 8 3 May Valencia to Tarragona 249 km 0 on Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 9 5 May Tarragona to Barcelona 163 km 0 on Hugo Koblet SUI 10a 6 May Barcelona to Barcelona 21 km 0 on 22px Team time trial France 10b Barcelona to Tàrrega 112 km 0 on Gilbert Bauvin FRA 11 7 May Tàrrega to Zaragoza 238 km 0 on Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 12 8 May Zaragoza to Bayonne (France) 274 km 0 on Giancarlo Astrua ITA 13a 9 May Bayonne (France) to Irun 43 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Claude Le Ber FRA 13b Irun to Pamplona 111 km 0 on Roger Walkowiak FRA 14 10 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 195 km 0 on Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 15 11 May San Sebastián to Bilbao 225 km 0 on Nino Defilippis ITA 16 12 May Bilbao to Vitoria 207 km 0 on Benigno Azpuru es ESP 1945 17 13 May Vitoria to Bilbao 190 km 0 on Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Total 3531 km 0 on Results +Final general classificationhttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1956/05/14/MD19560514-008.pdf Clasificacion General es General Classification El Mundo Deportivo 8 14 May 1956 5 August 2018RankRiderTeamTime 1 ITA Angelo Conterno Bianchi 105h 37' 52" 2 Spain 1945 Jesús Loroño + 13" 3 BEL Raymond Impanis Elvé-Peugeot + 1' 54" 4 Spain 1945 Federico Bahamontes + 3' 27" 5 BEL Rik Van Steenbergen + 7' 48" 6 Spain 1945 Miguel Chacón Díaz Elvé-Peugeot + 8' 30" 7 FRA Gilbert Bauvin + 19' 18" 8 GBR Brian Robinson + 20' 36" 9 Spain 1945 José Serra Gil + 23' 38" 10 Spain 1945 Manuel Rodríguez Barros + 24' 55" 11 Spain 1945 Emilio Rodríguez 12 ITA Giancarlo Astrua 13 ITA Giuseppe Buratti Bianchi 14 Spain 1945 Carmelo Morales Erostarbe 15 Spain 1945 Cosme Barrutia 16 BEL Hilaire Couvreur 17 Spain 1945 Juan Bibiloni 18 ITA Nino Defilippis Bianchi 19 ITA Arrigo Padovan 20 Spain 1945 Antonio Barrutia 21 Spain 1945 René Marigil 22 BEL Edgard Sorgeloos 23 Spain 1945 Vicente Iturat 24 ITA Giovanni Pettinati Bianchi 25 SUI Remo Pianezzi References 30em 1956 Vuelta a España 1 10b 11 17 1956 Category:1956 in Spanish sport Category:1956 in road cycling