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 12 occurred on 17 July with a mountainous stage from Pau. The race finished in Paris on 28 July.
Stage 12 17 July 1956 - Pau to Luchon,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg Mixed 2 France – West + 2' 08" 3 Spain + 2' 10" 4 France – West + 2' 30" 5 France – South-West + 2' 34" 6 Belgium + 4' 14" 7 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 8 France – South-East + 4' 49" 9 Italy + 5' 03" 10 Spain + 5' 24"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France – South-East + 2' 53" 3 Netherlands + 3' 47" 4 France + 3' 54" 5 France + 4' 57" 6 France – West + 5' 08" 7 France – North-East/Centre + 5' 40" 8 Belgium + 12' 04" 9 Italy + 14' 54" 10 Netherlands + 18' 38"
Stage 13 18 July 1956 - Luchon to Toulouse,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France – West s.t. 3 Belgium s.t. 4 France – West s.t. 5 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 France – South-West s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 France – North-East/Centre s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France – South-East + 2' 53" 3 Netherlands + 3' 47" 4 France – West + 4' 38" 5 France – North-East/Centre + 5' 40" 6 France + 7' 11" 7 France + 7' 46" 8 Italy + 13' 54" 9 Netherlands + 18' 38" 10 Italy + 18' 54"
Stage 14 19 July 1956 - Toulouse to Montpellier,
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – West 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Spain s.t. 5 France – West s.t. 6 France – South-West + 41" 7 Italy + 1' 15" 8 Switzerland s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Netherlands + 1' 13" 3 Italy + 2' 44" 4 France – South-East + 2' 53" 5 Netherlands + 3' 47" 6 France – West + 4' 38" 7 France – North-East/Centre + 5' 40" 8 France + 7' 11" 9 France + 7' 46" 10 Netherlands + 12' 22"
Stage 15 20 July 1956 - Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – West 2 France s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Spain s.t. 5 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Italy + 14" 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France – West s.t. 10 France – North-East/Centre s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – South-East + 1' 40" 3 Netherlands + 2' 34" 4 France – West + 3' 25" 5 France – North-East/Centre + 4' 27" 6 France + 5' 58" 7 France + 6' 33" 8 Belgium + 7' 19" 9 Italy + 7' 42" 10 Italy + 12' 41"
Rest Day 2 21 July 1956 - Aix-en-Provence
Stage 16 22 July 1956 - Aix-en-Provence to Gap,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy s.t. 3 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France – South-West s.t. 6 France – South-East s.t. 7 France – West s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – South-East + 1' 33" 3 Netherlands + 2' 27" 4 France – West + 3' 25" 5 France – North-East/Centre + 4' 27" 6 France + 5' 58" 7 France + 6' 33" 8 Belgium + 7' 19" 9 Italy + 7' 42" 10 Luxembourg Mixed + 11' 47"
Stage 17 23 July 1956 - Gap to Turin,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 6 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – North-East/Centre + 4' 27" 3 France + 6' 33" 4 Belgium + 7' 19" 5 France – South-East + 8' 54" 6 Italy + 11' 41" 7 Netherlands + 12' 53" 8 France – West + 13' 51" 9 Spain + 18' 08" 10 Italy s.t.
Stage 18 24 July 1956 - Turin to Grenoble,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg Mixed 2 Belgium + 3' 22" 3 Italy + 7' 29" 4 Spain s.t. 5 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 6 Italy + 9' 19" 7 Luxembourg Mixed s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France + 3' 56" 3 Netherlands + 4' 12" 4 Belgium + 8' 44" 5 Italy + 11' 02" 6 Spain + 13' 41" 7 France – South-East + 14' 40" 8 France – West + 17' 35" 9 France + 19' 18" 10 Luxembourg Mixed + 22' 17"
Stage 19 25 July 1956 - Grenoble to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Luxembourg Mixed + 2' 12" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Spain s.t. 5 France + 3' 44" 6 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 7 France – South-West s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 France + 5' 08"General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France + 3' 26" 3 Netherlands + 7' 18" 4 Belgium + 8' 14" 5 Spain + 11' 39" 6 Italy + 11' 56" 7 France – South-East + 15' 34" 8 Belgium + 20' 11" 9 France + 20' 12" 10 Netherlands + 26' 41"
Stage 20 26 July 1956 - Saint-Étienne to Lyon, (ITT)
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 Belgium + 1" 3 France – West + 1' 01" 4 Belgium + 1' 53" 5 France + 2' 37" 6 Luxembourg Mixed + 2' 39" 7 France – West + 2' 41" 8 Belgium + 2' 48" 9 France – South-East + 3' 03" 10 France – South-East + 3' 05"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France + 1' 25" 3 Netherlands + 3' 07" 4 Belgium + 10' 14" 5 Spain + 10' 56" 6 Italy + 10' 59" 7 France – South-East + 14' 01" 8 Belgium + 17' 26" 9 France + 22' 22" 10 Netherlands + 26' 37"
Stage 21 27 July 1956 - Lyon to Montluçon,
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – West 2 Spain + 7' 35" 3 Belgium + 8' 08" 4 France – South-West s.t. 5 France – South-West s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 Luxembourg Mixed s.t.General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France + 1' 25" 3 Belgium + 3' 44" 4 Spain + 10' 14" 5 Italy + 10' 59" 6 Netherlands + 11' 33" 7 France – South-East + 14' 01" 8 Belgium + 17' 26" 9 France + 22' 59" 10 Luxembourg Mixed + 26' 37"
Stage 22 28 July 1956 - Montluçon to Paris,
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France – West s.t. 3 France – South-East s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 France – West s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France + 1' 25" 3 Belgium + 3' 44" 4 Spain + 10' 14" 5 Italy + 10' 25" 6 Netherlands + 10' 59" 7 France – South-East + 14' 01" 8 Belgium + 16' 52" 9 France + 22' 59" 10 Luxembourg Mixed + 26' 03"
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