The 1956 Vuelta a España was the 11th edition of Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Bilbao on 26 April and Stage 10b occurred on 6 May with a stage to Tàrrega. The race finished in Bilbao on 13 May.
Stage 11 7 May 1956 - Tàrrega to Zaragoza,
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Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Spain s.t. 3 Switzerland Mixed s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 Switzerland Mixed s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 Pyrenees s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after Stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France + 2' 56" 3 Spain + 3' 47" 4 Spain + 4' 19" 5 Spain + 4' 22" 6 Belgium + 4' 44" 7 France + 7' 48" 8 France s.t. 9 Italy + 7' 57" 10 Belgium + 8' 46"
Stage 12 8 May 1956 - Zaragoza to Bayonne,
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Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Spain + 5' 18" 3 Centre-South + 9' 01" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Spain + 17' 38" 6 Pyrenees s.t. 7 Switzerland Mixed s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after Stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Italy + 36" 3 France + 2' 56" 4 Spain + 3' 47" 5 Spain + 4' 19" 6 Spain s.t. 7 Belgium + 4' 44" 8 France + 7' 48" 9 Belgium + 8' 46" 10 Switzerland Mixed + 8' 50"
Stage 13a 9 May 1956 - Bayonne to Irun, (ITT)
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Stage 13a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain + 1' 59" 3 Spain s.t. 4 Belgium + 2' 34" 5 Italy s.t. 6 Spain + 2' 51" 7 France + 3' 07" 8 France + 4' 32" 9 Pyrenees + 4' 38" 10 Italy + 5' 38"
Stage 13b 9 May 1956 - Irun to Pamplona,
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Stage 13b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Pyrenees + 1' 53" 3 Belgium + 7' 18" 4 Pyrenees s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Switzerland Mixed s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after Stage 13b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Spain + 8" 3 France + 25" 4 Belgium + 1' 26" 5 Spain + 1' 35" 6 Spain + 5' 02" 7 France + 6' 42" 8 Pyrenees + 8' 03" 9 Switzerland Mixed + 9' 06" 10 Belgium + 9' 07"
Stage 14 10 May 1956 - Pamplona to San Sebastián,
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Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Pyrenees s.t. 3 Switzerland Mixed s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 Switzerland Mixed s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after Stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Spain + 8" 3 France + 25" 4 Belgium + 1' 26" 5 Spain + 1' 32" 6 Spain + 5' 02" 7 France + 6' 42" 8 Pyrenees + 8' 03" 9 Switzerland Mixed + 9' 06" 10 Belgium + 9' 07"
Stage 15 11 May 1956 - San Sebastián to Bilbao,
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Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium + 2' 18" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Spain s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 Cantabria s.t. 7 Spain + 3' 27" 8 s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Pyrenees s.t.General classification after Stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Spain + 8" 3 Spain + 43" 4 Belgium + 1' 26" 5 Pyrenees + 8' 03" 6 France + 8' 09" 7 Belgium + 8' 18" 8 Switzerland Mixed + 9' 06" 9 Cantabria + 12' 33" 10 Pyrenees + 15' 55"
Stage 16 12 May 1956 - Bilbao to Vitoria,
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Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cantabria 2 Italy + 8' 52" 3 Belgium + 9' 14" 4 Italy s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Italy + 10' 02" 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Pyrenees s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after Stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Spain + 43" 3 Belgium + 2' 24" 4 Spain + 3' 57" 5 Belgium + 8' 18" 6 Pyrenees + 9' 00" 7 France + 15' 48" 8 Switzerland Mixed + 16' 42" 9 Pyrenees + 19' 44" 10 Cantabria + 20' 09"
Stage 17 13 May 1956 - Vitoria to Bilbao,
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Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Pyrenees s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Cantabria s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after Stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Spain + 13" 3 Belgium + 1' 53" 4 Spain + 3' 27" 5 Belgium + 7' 48" 6 Pyrenees + 8' 30" 7 France + 19' 22" 8 Switzerland Mixed + 20' 36" 9 Pyrenees + 23' 38" 10 Cantabria + 24' 55"
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