1956 Vuelta a España
Route

1956 Vuelta a España

Section Title: Route
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	26 April	Bilbao – Santander	203 km (126 mi)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

2	27 April	Santander – Oviedo	248 km (154 mi)	Angelo Conterno (ITA)

3	28 April	Oviedo – Valladolid	175 km (109 mi)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

4	29 April	Valladolid – Madrid	212 km (132 mi)	Claude Le Ber (FRA)

5	30 April	Madrid – Albacete	241 km (150 mi)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

6	1 May	Albacete – Alicante	227 km (141 mi)	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

7	2 May	Alicante – Valencia	182 km (113 mi)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

8	3 May	Valencia – Tarragona	249 km (155 mi)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

9	5 May	Tarragona – Barcelona	163 km (101 mi)	Hugo Koblet (SUI)

10a	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	21 km (13 mi)	-	Team time trial	France

10b	6 May	Barcelona – Tàrrega	112 km (70 mi)	Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)

11	7 May	Tàrrega – Zaragoza	238 km (148 mi)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

12	8 May	Zaragoza – Bayonne (France)	274 km (170 mi)	Giancarlo Astrua (ITA)

13a	9 May	Bayonne (France) – Irun	43 km (27 mi)	-	Individual time trial	Claude Le Ber (FRA)

13b	9 May	Irun – Pamplona	111 km (69 mi)	Roger Walkowiak (FRA)

14	10 May	Pamplona – San Sebastián	195 km (121 mi)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

15	11 May	San Sebastián – Bilbao	225 km (140 mi)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

16	12 May	Bilbao – Vitoria	207 km (129 mi)	Benigno Azpuru [es] (ESP)

17	13 May	Vitoria – Bilbao	190 km (118 mi)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

Total	3,531 km (2,194 mi)

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