Giro d'Italia 1956

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The 39th Giro d'Italia was held in 23 sections and 3523.5 kilometers from May 19 to June 10, 1956 and won by Charly Gaul from Luxembourg . Of the 105 riders who started, 43 reached the finish in Milan .

Gaul laid the foundation for his victory on the 21st stage. There were four passes to be tackled on this in snow and cold. The Luxembourger won by more than eight minutes. At the beginning of the stage, he was still 24th in the overall classification, on this section he drove to Maglia Rosa . The previous leader Pasquale Fornara had to give up the race due to near frostbite.

course

stage from to km winner shirt Maglia Rosa
1 Milan Alessandria 210 ItalyItaly Pierino Baffi ItalyItaly Pierino Baffi
2 Alessandria Genoa 96 ItalyItaly Alessandro Fantini
3 Lido d'Albaro Lido d'Albaro 12 ( MZF ) ItalyItaly Leo Chlorodont ItalyItaly Vincenzo Zucconelli
4th Genoa Salice Terme 152 ItalyItaly Alessandro Fantini ItalyItaly Alessandro Fantini
5 Voghera Mantua 198 Spain 1945Spain Miguel Poblet
6th Mantua Rimini 228 ItalyItaly Giuseppe Minardi
7th San Marino ( SMR ) San Marino (SMR) 12 ( EZF ) NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Nolten
8th Rimini Pescara 245 ItalyItaly Arrigo Padovan
9 Pescara Campobasso 205 LuxembourgLuxembourg Charly Gaul
10 Campobasso Salerno 156 Spain 1945Spain Miguel Poblet
11 Salerno Frascati Canceled
12 Rome Grosseto 198 ItalyItaly Bruno Tognaccini
13 Grosseto Livorno 230 ItalyItaly Pietro Nascimbene
14th Livorno Lucca 54 (EZF) ItalyItaly Pasquale Fornara ItalyItaly Pasquale Fornara
15th Lucca Bologna 168 NetherlandsNetherlands Michel Stolker
16 Bologna Madonna di San Luca 2.5 (EZF) LuxembourgLuxembourg Charly Gaul
17th Bologna Rapallo 271 Spain 1945Spain Miguel Poblet
18th Rapallo Lecco 278 ItalyItaly Giorgio Albani
19th Lecco Sondrio 98 Spain 1945Spain Miguel Poblet
20th Sondrio Meran 163 ItalyItaly Cleto Maule
21st Meran Monte Bondone 242 LuxembourgLuxembourg Charly Gaul LuxembourgLuxembourg Charly Gaul
22nd Trent San Pellegrino Terme 191 ItalyItaly Giorgio Albani
23 San Pellegrino Terme Milan 113 ItalyItaly Donato Piazza

Overall rating

shirt winner LuxembourgLuxembourg Charly Gaul 101: 39: 49 h
Second ItalyItaly Fiorenzo Magni + 3:27 min
Third ItalyItaly Agostino Coletto + 6:53 min
Fourth ItalyItaly Cleto Maule + 7:25 min
fifth ItalyItaly Aldo Moser + 7:30 min
Sixth ItalyItaly Alessandro Fantini + 8:46 min
seventh BelgiumBelgium Jean Brankart + 9:21 min
Eighth ItalyItaly Bruno Monti + 10:54 min
Ninth ItalyItaly Waldemaro Bortolozzi + 18:14 min
Tenth BelgiumBelgium Hilaire Couvreur + 18:41 min
Maglia verde Mountain scoring LuxembourgLuxembourg Charly Gaul
First Spain 1945Spain Federico Bahamontes
First ItalyItaly Aurelio Del Rio
Team evaluation ItalyItaly Atala