Tour de France 1956

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The 43e Tour de France took place of the July 5th to the July 28th 1956 out of 22 stages for 4.498 km.

General information

  • 12 formations of 10 runners take the departure of Rheims. Only the formation Italy will arrive complete at Paris.
  • Roger Walkowiak carries out with 31 other runners a long escape in the 7th stage between Lorient and Angers and arrives with 19 minutes in advance on the group of the farovis which were made trap. It is the revolving one of this Turn.
  • French Roger Hassenforder gains 4 stages of which a solitary escape of 187 km in the 21e stage of Lyon to Montlucon and the Belgian Alfred de Bruyne 3 stages.
  • It is the first time in this Turn which the change of wheel is authorized after a puncture.
  • the mean velocity of this Turn is of 36,268 km/h.

Stages

Additional classifications

List runners

A: Abandonment in the course of stage; HD: Except Time; NP: Non-starter.

External bonds

  • the dictionary of the Turn/the Tour de France 1956
  • memory of cycling/Turn 1956

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