The 1956 Tour de France was the 43rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Reims with a flat stage on 5 July and Stage 11 occurred on 16 July with a mountainous stage to Pau. The race finished in Paris on 28 July.
Stage 1 1 July 1956 - Reims to Liège,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Belgium + 2' 04" 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 7 France – South-East s.t. 8 Netherlands + 5' 34" 9 France + 6' 36" 10 Belgium + 6' 40"General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Belgium + 2' 04" 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 7 France – South-East s.t. 8 Netherlands + 5' 34" 9 France + 6' 36" 10 Belgium + 6' 40"
Stage 2 6 July 1956 - Liège to Lille,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 5 France – West + 49" 6 France – West s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 France – Île-de-France s.t. 9 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland + 2' 26" 3 Luxembourg Mixed + 2' 56" 4 France – South-East + 3' 04" 5 Netherlands + 3' 28" 6 Belgium + 6' 28" 7 Belgium + 6' 39" 8 Netherlands + 6' 58" 9 France + 7' 39" 10 Luxembourg Mixed s.t.
Stage 3 7 July 1956 - Lille to Rouen,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium s.t. 3 France – West s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 France – South-East + 10" 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 Switzerland s.t. 8 Luxembourg Mixed + 20" 9 France – North-East/Centre + 1' 25" 10 France – West + 14' 54"General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France + 32" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 1' 57" 4 Italy + 4' 26" 5 France + 7' 10" 6 Luxembourg Mixed + 7' 21" 7 Switzerland + 9' 36" 8 Luxembourg Mixed + 10' 06" 9 France – South-East + 10' 14" 10 Netherlands + 10' 38"
Stage 4a 8 July 1956 - Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts, (ITT)
Stage 4a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg Mixed 2 Belgium + 27" 3 Spain + 32" 4 Belgium + 33" 5 Luxembourg Mixed + 45" 6 France – South-East + 47" 7 France + 48" 8 Italy + 50" 9 Belgium + 58" 10 Italy + 1' 01"General classification after stage 4a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France + 47" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 2' 58" 4 Italy + 5' 12" 5 France + 7' 28" 6 Luxembourg Mixed + 7' 39" 7 Switzerland + 9' 40" 8 France – South-East + 10' 21" 9 Luxembourg Mixed + 10' 43" 10 Netherlands + 11' 23"
Stage 4b 8 July 1956 - Rouen to Caen,
Stage 4b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – West 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France – West s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France – West s.t. 7 France – South-West + 1' 42" 8 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 9 Spain + 1' 45" 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 4b Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 1' 30" 3 France – South-East + 2' 53" 4 Luxembourg Mixed + 3' 15" 5 Netherlands + 5' 27" 6 Belgium + 6' 40" 7 Belgium + 6' 44" 8 France + 7' 27" 9 France + 7' 42" 10 Belgium + 8' 09"
Stage 5 9 July 1956 - Caen to Saint-Malo,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – West 2 Italy s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 France – Île-de-France s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 7 France – South-East s.t. 8 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 1' 30" 3 France – South-East + 2' 53" 4 Luxembourg Mixed + 3' 15" 5 Netherlands + 5' 13" 6 Netherlands + 5' 27" 7 Belgium + 6' 40" 8 Belgium + 6' 44" 9 France – North-East/Centre + 7' 18" 10 France + 7' 27"
Stage 6 10 July 1956 - Saint-Malo to Lorient,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France – West s.t. 3 France – West s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France – West s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 France – West s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 France – West s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 5' 13" 3 Netherlands + 5' 27" 4 Belgium + 6' 44" 5 France – North-East/Centre + 7' 18" 6 France – West + 8' 40" 7 France – North-East/Centre + 10' 11" 8 France + 10' 14" 9 Netherlands + 12' 55" 10 France – South-East + 14' 18"
Stage 7 11 July 1956 - Lorient to Angers,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 France – West s.t. 9 France – South-West s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France – West + 1' 22" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 2' 53" 4 Netherlands + 5' 07" 5 France – South-East + 7' 00" 6 Netherlands + 10' 28" 7 Belgium + 10' 38" 8 France + 11' 28" 9 France + 12' 31" 10 Belgium + 15' 19"
Stage 8 12 July 1956 - Angers to La Rochelle,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France – West s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 France – West s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 8 France – Île-de-France s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France – West + 1' 22" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 2' 53" 4 Netherlands + 5' 07" 5 Netherlands + 6' 20" 6 France – South-East + 7' 00" 7 France + 7' 20" 8 Belgium + 7' 58" 9 Netherlands + 9' 20" 10 Belgium + 10' 38"
Stage 9 13 July 1956 - La Rochelle to Bordeaux,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – West 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 France – West + 55" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France – South-West s.t. 6 France + 1' 07" 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France – West + 1' 22" 3 Netherlands + 5' 07" 4 Netherlands + 6' 20" 5 France – South-East + 7' 00" 6 France + 7' 20" 7 Belgium + 7' 58" 8 Netherlands + 9' 20" 9 Belgium + 10' 26" 10 France – West + 11' 53"
Rest Day 1 14 July 1956 - Bordeaux
Stage 10 15 July 1956 - Bordeaux to Bayonne,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France s.t. 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France – South-East s.t. 6 France – West s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 France – Île-de-France s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 1' 43" 3 France – South-East + 1' 53" 4 Belgium + 2' 51" 5 Belgium + 5' 19" 6 France + 7' 24" 7 France – North-East/Centre + 9' 04" 8 France – West + 10' 26" 9 Netherlands + 15' 24" 10 Italy s.t.
Stage 11 16 July 1956 - Bayonne to Pau,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 6 Spain s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 France – South-West s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium + 1' 08" 3 Netherlands + 2' 19" 4 France – South-East + 4' 12" 5 France + 5' 41" 6 Belgium + 6' 59" 7 France – North-East/Centre + 7' 21" 8 France – West + 12' 45" 9 Netherlands + 13' 41" 10 Italy + 17' 43"
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