Overview of the year 1956
Reims - Paris | total distance: 4498.0 km | number of stages: 22
Winner: Roger Walkowiak | Nord-Est-Centre | France | age: 29
time: 124hr 1min 16sec | average speed: 36.268 km/h
2nd place: Gilbert Bauvin (+ 1min 25sec)
3rd place: Jan Andriaenssens (+ 3min 44sec)
winning team: Belgium
number of participants: 120 (finished: 88 |not finished: 32)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 1956
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
1 | Reims - | Liège | 223.0 km | André DARRIGADE | 5:19:15 | 41.9 km/h |
2 | Liège - | Lille | 217.0 km | Fred DE BRUYNE | 6:35:31 | 32.9 km/h |
3 | Lille - | Rouen | 225.0 km | Arigo PADOVAN | 6:34:31 | 34.2 km/h |
4a | Les Essarts - | Les Essarts | 15.1 km | Charly GAUL | 0:22:19 | 40.6 km/h |
4b | Rouen - | Caen | 125.0 km | Roger HASSENFORDER | 2:56:44 | 42.4 km/h |
5 | Caen - | Saint-Malo | 189.0 km | Joseph MORVAN | 4:51:49 | 38.9 km/h |
6 | Saint-Malo - | Lorient | 192.0 km | Fred DE BRUYNE | 4:39:19 | 41.2 km/h |
7 | Lorient - | Angers | 244.0 km | Alessandro FANTINI | 5:59:20 | 40.7 km/h |
8 | Angers - | La Rochelle | 180.0 km | Miguel POBLET | 4:14:56 | 42.4 km/h |
9 | La Rochelle - | Bordeaux | 219.0 km | Roger HASSENFORDER | 5:31:00 | 39.7 km/h |
10 | Bordeaux - | Bayonne | 201.0 km | Fred DE BRUYNE | 4:59:39 | 40.2 km/h |
11 | Bayonne - | Pau | 255.0 km | Nino DEFILIPPIS | 6:35:57 | 38.6 km/h |
12 | Pau - | Luchon | 130.0 km | Jean-Pierre SCHMITZ | 3:54:40 | 33.2 km/h |
13 | Luchon - | Toulouse | 176.0 km | Nino DEFILIPPIS | 4:49:46 | 36.4 km/h |
14 | Toulouse - | Montpellier | 231.0 km | Roger HASSENFORDER | 5:26:05 | 42.5 km/h |
15 | Montpellier - | Aix-en-Provence | 204.0 km | Joseph THOMIN | 5:01:10 | 40.6 km/h |
16 | Aix-en-Provence - | Gap | 203.0 km | Jean FORESTIER | 5:30:15 | 36.9 km/h |
17 | Gap - | Torino | 234.0 km | Nino DEFILIPPIS | 6:42:09 | 34.9 km/h |
18 | Torino - | Grenoble | 250.0 km | Charly GAUL | 8:14:11 | 30.4 km/h |
19 | Grenoble - | Saint-Étienne | 173.0 km | Stan OCKERS | 5:32:08 | 31.3 km/h |
20 | Saint-Étienne - | Lyon | 73.0 km | Miguel BOVER | 1:46:57 | 41.0 km/h |
21 | Lyon - | Montluçon | 237.0 km | Roger HASSENFORDER | 7:04:02 | 33.5 km/h |
22 | Montluçon - | Paris | 331.0 km | Gastone NENCINI | 9:28:05 | 35.0 km/h |
Winners of stages in 1956 by nations (5):
FRA » 8 | ITA » 6 | BEL » 4 | LUX » 3 | ESP » 2 |
Winners of stages in 1956 by cyclists (15):
Roger HASSENFORDER » 4 | Nino DEFILIPPIS » 3 | Fred DE BRUYNE » 3 | Charly GAUL » 2 | Miguel BOVER » 1 | Alessandro FANTINI » 1 | Jean FORESTIER » 1 | Jean-Pierre SCHMITZ » 1 | Gastone NENCINI » 1 | Arigo PADOVAN » 1 | Miguel POBLET » 1 | Stan OCKERS » 1 | André DARRIGADE » 1 | Joseph MORVAN » 1 | Joseph THOMIN » 1 |
Climbs in 1956
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 1956 by nations (5):
FRA » 6 | LUX » 5 | ESP » 3 | ITA » 1 | BEL » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1956 by cyclists (8):
Charly GAUL » 4 | Federico BAHAMONTES » 3 | Valentin HUOT » 3 | Jean FORESTIER » 2 | Nino DEFILIPPIS » 1 | René MARIGIL » 1 | Jean-Pierre SCHMITZ » 1 | Stan OCKERS » 1 |