1955 << Vuelta a España 1956 >> 1957
Classifications	17 stages, 3531 km
General	Angelo Conterno 105:37:52 h
Points	Rik Van Steenbergen 98 p.
Mountains	Nino Defilippis 26 p.
Teams	España 316:33:46 h

The 11th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 29 to May 13, 1956. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,531 km, and was won by Angelo Conterno of the Bianchi cycling team.^[1] Rik Van Steenbergen won the points classification and Nino Defilippis won the mountains classification.

[edit] Results

[edit] Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Angelo Conterno	Bianchi	105h 37' 52s
2	Jesús Loroño		a 13s
3	Raymond Impanis	Elvé-Peugeot	a 1' 54s
4	Federico Bahamontes		a 3' 27s
5	Rik Van Steenbergen		a 7' 48s
6	Miguel Chacon	Elvé-Peugeot	a 8' 30s
7	Gilbert Bauvin		a 19' 18s
8	Brian Robinson		a 20' 36s
9	José Serra		a 23' 38s
10	Manuel Rodríguez Barros		a 24' 55s
11	Emilio Rodríguez
12	Giancarlo Astrua
13	Giuseppe Buratti	Bianchi
14	Carmelo Morales
15	Cosme Barrutia
16	Hilaire Couvreur
17	Juan Bibiloni
18	Nino Delfilippis	Bianchi
19	Arrigo Padovan
20	Antonio Barrutia
21	Rene Marigil
22	Edgard Sorgeloos
23	Vicente Iturat
24	Giovanni Pettinati	Bianchi
25	Rene Pianezzi

[edit] References

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