Tour de Suisse 1956

Final score
Tour winner	Rolf Graf	47:05:02 h
Second	Fritz Schär	+ 4:59 min
Third	Jef Planckaert	+ 7:46 min
Fourth	Hans Hollenstein	+ 10:17 min
fifth	Hennes Junkermann	+ 12:17 min
Sixth	Vincenzo Rossello	+ 17:32 min
seventh	René Strehler	+ 19:58 min
Eighth	Pietro Nascimbene	+ 20:46 min
Ninth	Brian Robinson	+ 23:25 min
Tenth	Ugo Massocco	+ 24:31 min
Scoring	Fritz Schär	41 P.
Second	Jef Planckaert	41 P.
Third	René Strehler	50 p.
Mountain scoring	Jef Planckaert	43.5 p.
Second	Hans Hollenstein	41.5 p.
Third	Rolf Graf	28.0 P.
Team evaluation	Allegro	142: 09: 08 h
Second	Coppi-Carpano	142: 30: 14 h
Third	Mondia	142: 44: 53 h

The 20th Tour de Suisse took place from June 16 to 23, 1956. It led over eight stages and a total distance of 1645 kilometers.

The overall winner was the Swiss Rolf Graf . The tour started in Zurich with 64 drivers, 41 of whom made it to the finish - also in Zurich.

With Brian Robinson , a Briton placed in the top ten for the first time in the overall ranking of the Tour de Suisse .

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
1st stage	June 16	Zurich - Schaffhausen	246	René Strehler	René Strehler
2nd stage	17th of June	Schaffhausen - Biel	261	Guido bonuses	Guido bonuses
3rd stage	18th of June	Biel - Lausanne	234	René Strehler	René Strehler
4th stage	June 19th	Lausanne - Grindelwald	218	Jef Planckaert	Guido bonuses
5th stage	20th June	Grindelwald - Pallanza	242	Rolf Graf	Wout Wagtmans
6th stage	June 21st	Pallanza - Bellinzona	64 (EZF)	Rolf Graf	Rolf Graf
7th stage	June 22	Bellinzona - Chur	168	Fritz Schär
8th stage	23rd June	Chur - Zurich	212	René Strehler

Web links

• Tour de Suisse website
• Tour de Suisse - Statistics. Tour de Suisse, accessed January 29, 2015 .