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1956 Giro di Lombardia results
(Tour of Lombardy)

50th edition: Sunday, October 21, 1956

Giro di Lombardia podium history | 1957 edition | 1955 edition |

135 starters, 69 classified finishers
Milano - Milano, 240 km
Winner's average speed: 34.47 km/hr

Complete Results:

    Story of the Giro d'Italia, volume 1
  1. André Darrigade (Carpano-Coppi) 6hr 14min 20sec
  2. Fausto Coppi (Carpano-Coppi) s.t.
  3. Fiorenzo Magni (Nivea-Fuschs) s.t.
  4. Giorgio Albani (Legnano) s.t.
  5. Bruno Monti (Atala) s.t.
  6. Roger Decock (Faema) s.t.
  7. Louison Bobet (Torpado) s.t.
  8. Diego Ronchini (Arbos) s.t.
  9. Alfred de Bruyne (Mercier-Hutchinson-BP) s.t.
  10. Aimé van Avermaet (Bianchi) s.t.
  11. Jean Forestier (Follis-Dunlop) s.t.
  12. Hilaire Couvreur s.t.
  13. Cleto Maule (Torpado) s.t.
  14. André Vlayen (Elve-Peugeot) s.t.
  15. Emiel van Cauter s.t.
  16. Pasquale Fornara (Arbos) s.t.
  17. Pierre Polo s.t.
  18. Albert Bouvet (Mercier-Hutchinson-BP) @ 1min 9sec
  19. Alberto Negro (Carpano-Coppi) @ 4min 3sec
  20. Bernard Gauthier Mercier-Hutchinson-BP) @ 4min 14sec
  21. Nello Fabbri (Legnano) s.t.
  22. Angelo Conterno (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
  23. Giuseppe Calvi s.t.
  24. Nello Velucchi s.t.
  25. Edgard Sorgeloos s.t.
  26. Paris–Roubaix: The Inside Story
  27. Bruno Tognaccini s.t.
  28. Lino Grassi (Legnano) s.t.
  29. Giambattista Gabelli s.t.
  30. Joseph Schils (Van Hauwaert-Faema-Guerra) @ 4min 58sec
  31. Giovanni Pettinati @ 5min 6sec
  32. Miguel Poblet (Atala) @ 5min 10sec
  33. Donato Zampini s.t.
  34. Lucien Deminster s.t.
  35. Alessandro Fantini s.t.
  36. Bruno Umido s.t.
  37. Jozef Planckaert s.t.
  38. Vito Favero s.t.
  39. Mino De Rossi s.t.
  40. Angelo Coletto s.t.
  41. Emilio Bottecchia s.t.
  42. Giorgio Godio s.t.
  43. Flaminio Giusti s.t.
  44. Roger Verplaetse s.t.
  45. Marcello Pellegrini s.t.
  46. Antonio Uliana (Leo-Chlorodont) @ 11min 0sec
  47. Adolfo Grosso (Atala) s.t.
  48. Luciano Maggini s.t.
  49. Giuliano Michelon s.t.
  50. Giovanni Metra s.t.
  51. Vasco Modena (Arbos) s.t.
  52. Alfredo Martini (Nivea-Fuchs) @ 12min 15sec
  53. Nino Assirelli s.t.
  54. Alfio Ferrari (Arbos) s.t.
  55. Giuseppe Favero s.t.
  56. Pietro Nascimbene (Carpano-Coppi) s.t.
  57. Agostino Coletto (Frejus) s.t.
  58. Désiré Keteleer s.t.
  59. Giuseppe Buratti s.t.
  60. Marcel Janssens (Eldroado-Elve) s.t.
  61. Franco Aureggi (Leo-Chlorodont) s.t.
  62. Tranquillo Scudellara (Carpano-Coppi) s.t.
  63. Alngelo Malvacini s.t.
  64. Rino Benedetti (Leo-Chlorodont) s.t.
  65. François Siniscalchi s.t.
  66. Vincenzo Rossello s.t.
  67. Ettore Milano s.t.
  68. Fernand Picot @ 13min
  69. Rolando Verdini @ 17min
  70. Gérard Bousquet s.t.