Overview of the year 1956

Date: July 5 - July 28 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:
 Roger Walkowiak
 Stan Ockers
 Charly Gaul

Stages in 1956

number of stages in this year*: 23 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
1Reims - Liège  223.0 km  FRA  André DARRIGADE  5:19:15  41.9 km/h
2Liège - Lille  217.0 km  BEL  Fred DE BRUYNE  6:35:31  32.9 km/h
3Lille - Rouen  225.0 km  ITA  Arigo PADOVAN  6:34:31  34.2 km/h
4aLes Essarts - Les Essarts  15.1 km  LUX  Charly GAUL  0:22:19  40.6 km/h
4bRouen - Caen  125.0 km  FRA  Roger HASSENFORDER  2:56:44  42.4 km/h
5Caen - Saint-Malo  189.0 km  FRA  Joseph MORVAN  4:51:49  38.9 km/h
6Saint-Malo - Lorient  192.0 km  BEL  Fred DE BRUYNE  4:39:19  41.2 km/h
7Lorient - Angers  244.0 km  ITA  Alessandro FANTINI  5:59:20  40.7 km/h
8Angers - La Rochelle  180.0 km  ESP  Miguel POBLET  4:14:56  42.4 km/h
9La Rochelle - Bordeaux  219.0 km  FRA  Roger HASSENFORDER  5:31:00  39.7 km/h
10Bordeaux - Bayonne  201.0 km  BEL  Fred DE BRUYNE  4:59:39  40.2 km/h
11Bayonne - Pau  255.0 km  ITA  Nino DEFILIPPIS  6:35:57  38.6 km/h
12Pau - Luchon  130.0 km  LUX  Jean-Pierre SCHMITZ  3:54:40  33.2 km/h
13Luchon - Toulouse  176.0 km  ITA  Nino DEFILIPPIS  4:49:46  36.4 km/h
14Toulouse - Montpellier  231.0 km  FRA  Roger HASSENFORDER  5:26:05  42.5 km/h
15Montpellier - Aix-en-Provence  204.0 km  FRA  Joseph THOMIN  5:01:10  40.6 km/h
16Aix-en-Provence - Gap  203.0 km  FRA  Jean FORESTIER  5:30:15  36.9 km/h
17Gap - Torino  234.0 km  ITA  Nino DEFILIPPIS  6:42:09  34.9 km/h
18Torino - Grenoble  250.0 km  LUX  Charly GAUL  8:14:11  30.4 km/h
19Grenoble - Saint-Étienne  173.0 km  BEL  Stan OCKERS  5:32:08  31.3 km/h
20Saint-Étienne - Lyon  73.0 km  ESP  Miguel BOVER  1:46:57  41.0 km/h
21Lyon - Montluçon  237.0 km  FRA  Roger HASSENFORDER  7:04:02  33.5 km/h
22Montluçon - Paris  331.0 km  ITA  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 | 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 | Miguel BOVER » 1 | Alessandro FANTINI » 1 | Jean FORESTIER » 1 |

Climbs in 1956

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 16 | display climbs on map
*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 | Valentin HUOT » 3 | Federico BAHAMONTES » 3 | Jean FORESTIER » 2 | Nino DEFILIPPIS » 1 | René MARIGIL » 1 | Jean-Pierre SCHMITZ » 1 | Stan OCKERS » 1 |