1956 Vuelta a España
Route
Table:
List of stages[3][4]

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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