1956 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1956 Tour de France started on 5 July, and had two rest days, in Bordeaux and Aix-les-Provence.

1956 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1956 Tour de France started on 5 July, and had two rest days, in Bordeaux and Aix-les-Provence.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	5 July	Reims to Liège (Belgium)	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)

2	6 July	Liège (Belgium) to Lille	217 km (135 mi)	Plain stage	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)

3	7 July	Lille to Rouen	225 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Arigo Padovan (ITA)

4a	8 July	Circuit de Rouen-Les-Essarts	15.1 km (9 mi)	Individual time trial	Charly Gaul (LUX)

4b	Rouen to Caen	125 km (78 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

5	9 July	Caen to Saint-Malo	189 km (117 mi)	Plain stage	Joseph Morvan (FRA)

6	10 July	Saint-Malo to Lorient	192 km (119 mi)	Plain stage	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)

7	11 July	Lorient to Angers	244 km (152 mi)	Plain stage	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)

8	12 July	Angers to La Rochelle	180 km (112 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

9	13 July	La Rochelle to Bordeaux	219 km (136 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

14 July	Bordeaux	Rest day

10	15 July	Bordeaux to Bayonne	201 km (125 mi)	Plain stage	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)

11	16 July	Bayonne to Pau	255 km (158 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

12	17 July	Pau to Luchon	130 km (81 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean-Pierre Schmitz (LUX)

13	18 July	Luchon to Toulouse	176 km (109 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

14	19 July	Toulouse to Montpellier	231 km (144 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

15	20 July	Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence	204 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Joseph Thomin (FRA)

21 July	Aix-en-Provence	Rest day

16	22 July	Aix-en-Provence to Gap	203 km (126 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Forestier (FRA)

17	23 July	Gap to Turin (Italy)	234 km (145 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Nino Defilippis (ITA)

18	24 July	Turin (Italy) to Grenoble	250 km (155 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)

19	25 July	Grenoble to Saint-Étienne	173 km (107 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Stan Ockers (BEL)

20	26 July	Saint-Étienne to Lyon	73 km (45 mi)	Individual time trial	Miguel Bover (ESP)

21	27 July	Lyon to Montluçon	237 km (147 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

22	28 July	Montluçon to Paris	331 km (206 mi)	Plain stage	Gastone Nencini (ITA)

Total	4,498 km (2,795 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1956 Tour de France consisted of 22 stages over 4,498 km (2,795 mi).

final_sentence: The 1956 Tour de France consisted of 22 stages over 4,498 km (2,795 mi).