1956 Vuelta a España

1956 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		29 April – 13 May
Stages		17
Distance		3,537 km (2,198 mi)
Winning time		105h 37' 52" (33.48 km/h or 20.80 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Angelo Conterno (ITA)
	Second	Jesús Loroño (ESP)
	Third	Raymond Impanis (BEL)
	Points	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
	Mountains	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

The 11th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 29 to May 13, 1956. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,531 km, and was won by Angelo Conterno of the Bianchi cycling team.^[1] Rik Van Steenbergen won the points classification and Nino Defilippis won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Angelo Conterno	Bianchi	105h 37' 52s
2	Jesús Loroño		a 13s
3	Raymond Impanis	Elvé-Peugeot	a 1' 54s
4	Federico Bahamontes		a 3' 27s
5	Rik Van Steenbergen		a 7' 48s
6	Miguel Chacon	Elvé-Peugeot	a 8' 30s
7	Gilbert Bauvin		a 19' 18s
8	Brian Robinson		a 20' 36s
9	José Serra		a 23' 38s
10	Manuel Rodríguez Barros		a 24' 55s
11	Emilio Rodríguez
12	Giancarlo Astrua
13	Giuseppe Buratti	Bianchi
14	Carmelo Morales
15	Cosme Barrutia
16	Hilaire Couvreur
17	Juan Bibiloni
18	Nino Delfilippis	Bianchi
19	Arrigo Padovan
20	Antonio Barrutia
21	Rene Marigil
22	Edgard Sorgeloos
23	Vicente Iturat
24	Giovanni Pettinati	Bianchi
25	Rene Pianezzi

References

1. "General Information 1956". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 2008-03-23.