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Information about the Giro d'Italia of 1956

This page has information about the Giro d'Italia of 1956. I also have information about the previous Giro in 1955. I also have information about the next Giro in 1957.

Classification jerseys

General classification:

Classification winners

Classification	Winner	Age (year_day)
General classification	C. Gaul	23₁₈₄
Traguardi Volanti	G. Albani	26₃₆₀
Trofeo Dolomiti	C. Gaul	23₁₈₄
Trofeo Appennini	F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₆
GP Tijdrit	P. Fornara	31₇₃
Trofeo della Pista	G. Albani	26₃₆₀
GP Dell'Industria	Atala

Stage prizes

Date	Nr.	From	To	Distance (km)		Winner	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Source(s)
19 May 1956	1	Milan	Alessandria	210		P. Baffi	25₂₄₆	ITA	1 2
20 May 1956	2A	Alessandria	Genua	96		A. Fantini	24₁₄₀	ITA	1
20 May 1956	2B	Lido d'Albaro	Lido d'Albaro	12	TTT	Leo-Chlorodont			1 2 3
21 May 1956	3	Genua	Salice Terme	152		A. Fantini	24₁₄₁	ITA	1 2
22 May 1956	4	Voghera	Mantova	198		M. Poblet	28₆₅	ESP	1
23 May 1956	5A	Mantova	Rimini	228		G. Minardi	28₆₆	ITA	1
23 May 1956	5B	San Marino	San Marino	13		J. Nolten	26₁₂₃	NED	1
24 May 1956	6	Rimini	Pescara	245		A. Padovan	28₃₄₃	ITA	1
25 May 1956	7	Pescara	Campobasso	205		C. Gaul	23₁₆₈	LUX	1
26 May 1956	8	Campobasso	Salerno	156		M. Poblet	28₆₉	ESP	1 2 3 4
27 May 1956	8B	Salerno	Frascati	0		Cancelled			1
28 May 1956	9	Rome	Grosseto	198		B. Tognaccini	23₁₆₆	ITA	1
29 May 1956	10	Grosseto	Livorno	230		P. Nascimbene	26₉₆	ITA	1
31 May 1956	11	Livorno	Lucca	54		P. Fornara	31₆₃	ITA	1
01 Jun 1956	12	Lucca	Bologna	168		M. Stolker	22₂₄₅	NED	1
02 Jun 1956	13	San Luca	San Luca	2.45		C. Gaul	23₁₇₆	LUX	1 2 3
03 Jun 1956	14	Bologna	Rapallo	271		M. Poblet	28₇₇	ESP	1
04 Jun 1956	15	Rapallo	Lecco	278		G. Albani	26₃₅₄	ITA	1
05 Jun 1956	16	Lecco	Sondrio	98		M. Poblet	28₇₉	ESP	1
07 Jun 1956	17	Sondrio	Merano	163		C. Maule	25₈₅	ITA	1
08 Jun 1956	18	Merano	Trento	242		C. Gaul	23₁₈₂	LUX	1
09 Jun 1956	19	Trento	San Pellegrino	191		G. Albani	26₃₅₉	ITA	1 2 3
10 Jun 1956	20	San Pellegrino	Milan	113		D. Piazza	26₁₅₉	ITA	1

Classification leaders

Date	Nr.	General classification	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Trofeo Dolomiti	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Trofeo Appennini	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Traguardi volanti	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Piste	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Team points	Source(s)
19 May 1956	1	P. Baffi	25₂₄₆	ITA	N/A			N/A			M. Baroni	29₆₉	ITA	N/A			Nivea-Fuchs	1 2
20 May 1956	2A	P. Baffi	25₂₄₇	ITA	N/A			G. Fallarini	22₁₆	ITA	M. Poblet	28₆₃	ESP	N/A			Legnano	1
20 May 1956	2B	V. Zucconelli	24₃₅₂	ITA	N/A			G. Fallarini	22₁₆	ITA	M. Poblet	28₆₃	ESP	N/A			Legnano	1 2 3
21 May 1956	3	A. Fantini	24₁₄₁	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₁₆	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₄	ESP	N/A			Atala	1 2
22 May 1956	4	A. Fantini	24₁₄₂	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₁₇	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₅	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₅	ESP	Atala	1
23 May 1956	5A	A. Fantini	24₁₄₃	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₁₈	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₆	ESP	Multiple riders			Atala	1
23 May 1956	5B	A. Fantini	24₁₄₃	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₁₈	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₆	ESP	Multiple riders			Multiple	1
24 May 1956	6	A. Fantini	24₁₄₄	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₁₉	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₇	ESP	Multiple riders			Atala	1
25 May 1956	7	A. Fantini	24₁₄₅	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₀	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₈	ESP	Multiple riders			Legnano	1
26 May 1956	8	A. Fantini	24₁₄₆	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₁	ESP	M. Poblet	28₆₉	ESP	Multiple riders			Legnano	1 2 3 4
27 May 1956	8B	Cancelled			N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₂	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₀	ESP	Multiple riders			Legnano	1
28 May 1956	9	A. Fantini	24₁₄₈	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₃	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₁	ESP	Multiple riders			Legnano	1
29 May 1956	10	A. Fantini	24₁₄₉	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₄	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₂	ESP	Multiple riders			Legnano	1
31 May 1956	11	P. Fornara	31₆₃	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₆	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₄	ESP	Multiple riders			Legnano	1
01 Jun 1956	12	P. Fornara	31₆₄	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₇	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₅	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₁	ITA	Legnano	1
02 Jun 1956	13	P. Fornara	31₆₅	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₈	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₆	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₂	ITA	Legnano	1 2 3
03 Jun 1956	14	P. Fornara	31₆₆	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₂₉	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₇	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₃	ITA	Legnano	1
04 Jun 1956	15	P. Fornara	31₆₇	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₀	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₈	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₄	ITA	Legnano	1
05 Jun 1956	16	P. Fornara	31₆₈	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₁	ESP	M. Poblet	28₇₉	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₅	ITA	Legnano	1
07 Jun 1956	17	P. Fornara	31₇₀	ITA	N/A			F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₃	ESP	M. Poblet	28₈₁	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₇	ITA	Legnano	1
08 Jun 1956	18	C. Gaul	23₁₈₂	LUX	C. Gaul	23₁₈₂	LUX	F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₄	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₈	ITA	G. Albani	26₃₅₈	ITA	Atala	1
09 Jun 1956	19	C. Gaul	23₁₈₃	LUX	C. Gaul	23₁₈₃	LUX	F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₅	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₅₉	ITA	G. Albani	26₃₅₉	ITA	Atala	1 2 3
10 Jun 1956	20	C. Gaul	23₁₈₄	LUX	C. Gaul	23₁₈₄	LUX	F. Bahamontes	27₃₃₆	ESP	G. Albani	26₃₆₀	ITA	G. Albani	26₃₆₀	ITA	Atala	1

Graphs

Distance of final winner in general classification

Average speed winner of stage (km/h)

Participants

Participants Giro d'Italia 1956
Number	Name		Nat	Final	Stages won before this Giro
1	Fiorenzo Magni (35₂₀₆)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	2	6
2	Mario Baroni (29₁₁₂)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	22	0
3	Alfredo Martini (35₁₃₃)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	AB14	1
4	Donato Piazza (26₁₈₀)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	42	0
5	Pierino Baffi (25₂₈₉)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	16	0
6	Guido Boni (22₂₂₉)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	AB18	0
7	Donato Zampini (29₂₀₃)	†	ITA	Nivea-Fuchs	AB18	0
8	Guiseppe Cerami (34₆₄)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	AB18	0
9	Jean Brankart (25₃₅₄)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	7	0
10	Marcel Janssens (24₁₈₄)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	AB7	0
11	Hilaire Couvreur (31₂₈₂)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	10	1
12	Edgard Sorgeloos (25₁₉₉)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	14	0
13	Frans Schoubben (22₂₃₂)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	AB9	0
14	Charles Vandormael (31₂₇₀)	†	BEL	Eldorado-Elvé	AB15	0
15	Jean Dotto (28₉₆)	†	FRA	France	AB18	1
16	Nello Lauredi (31₂₆₉)	†	FRA	France	AB18	0
17	Attilio Redolfi (32₂₉₇)	†	FRA	France	HD16	0
18	Raoul Remy (36₂₅₀)	†	FRA	France	AB18	0
19	Charles Coste (32₁₄₄)	†	FRA	France	40	0
20	Stanislas Bober (26₁₁₁)	†	FRA	France	HD16	0
21	Vincent Vitetta (30₂₇₃)	†	FRA	France	AB18	0
22	Wout Wagtmans (26₂₃₃)	†	NED	Italcover	13	2
23	Jan Nolten (26₁₆₂)	†	NED	Italcover	AB18	0
24	Daan de Groot (23₃₇)	†	NED	Italcover	28	0
25	Piet van den Brekel (23₃₄₅)	†	NED	Italcover	AB18	0
26	Harry Schoenmakers (22₉₆)		NED	Italcover	AB18	0
27	Michel Stolker (22₂₇₅)	†	NED	Italcover	36	0
28	Antoon Bergmans (23₃₁₅)	†	NED	Italcover	AB11	0
29	Miguel Poblet (28₁₀₅)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	AB18	0
30	Salvador Botella (27₉₆)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	AB18	0
31	Federico Bahamontes (27₃₅₇)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	AB18	0
32	Bernardo Ruíz (31₁₇₄)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	38	1
33	Jesús Galdeano (24₁₇₇)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	AB18	0
34	José Serra (32₁₉₁)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	26	0
35	Miguel Bover (28₁₃₈)	†	ESP	Girardengo-Icep	AB3	0
36	Charly Gaul (23₂₀₅)	†	LUX	Faema-Guerra	1	0
37	Carlo Clerici (26₃₀₁)	†	SUI	Faema-Guerra	AB18	1
38	Fritz Schär (30₁₁₀)	†	SUI	Faema-Guerra	AB18	2
39	Rolf Graf (23₃₁₆)	†	SUI	Faema-Guerra	AB18	0
40	Marcel Ernzer (30₁₀₀)	†	LUX	Faema-Guerra	AB18	0
41	Willy Kemp (30₁₈₅)	†	LUX	Faema-Guerra	AB18	0
42	Hans Hollenstein (27₉₁)		SUI	Faema-Guerra	AB18	0
43	Pasquale Fornara (31₉₄)	†	ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	AB18	3
44	Renato Ponzini (23₂₉₁)		ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	AB18	0
45	Luciano Pezzi (35₁₄₄)	†	ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	AB18	0
46	Pietro Giudici (34₃₄₅)	†	ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	15	3
47	Nino Assirelli (30₃₄₃)	†	ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	31	1
48	Eugenio Bertoglio (27₆₈)		ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	AB18	0
49	Gianni Ferlenghi (25₁₄₀)	†	ITA	Arbos-Bif-Clement	AB18	0
50	Bruno Monti (26₁₉)	†	ITA	Atala	8	2
51	Giancarlo Astrua (28₃₂₅)	†	ITA	Atala	AB18	3
52	Alessandro Fantini (24₁₈₂)	†	ITA	Atala	6	2
53	Adolfo Grosso (28₁₉₇)	†	ITA	Atala	AB12	1
54	Danilo Barozzi (28₃₁₅)	†	ITA	Atala	24	0
55	Arrigo Padovan (29₁₅)	†	ITA	Atala	12	0
56	Angelo Coletto (21₁₆₉)	†	ITA	Atala	43	0
57	Nino Defilippis (24₁₀₂)	†	ITA	Bianchi	AB18	3
58	Giuseppe Favero (24₁₉₄)	†	ITA	Bianchi	27	0
59	Giovanni Pettinati (30₉₇)	†	ITA	Bianchi	AB18	1
60	Giuliano Michelon (26₁₀₅)		ITA	Bianchi	AB1	0
61	Andrea Carrea (31₃₂₁)	†	ITA	Bianchi	23	0
62	Ettore Milano (30₃₄₀)	†	ITA	Bianchi	AB18	1
63	Giuseppe Buratti (26₂₄₀)	†	ITA	Bianchi	AB18	0
64	Fausto Coppi (36₂₉₀)	†	ITA	Carpano	NP5B	22
65	Giuseppe Cainero (23₃₃₅)	†	ITA	Carpano	37	0
66	Stefano Gaggero (29₆₉)	†	ITA	Carpano	11	0
67	Pietro Nascimbene (26₁₂₉)	†	ITA	Carpano	33	0
68	Tranquillo Scudellaro (25₂₀₀)	†	ITA	Carpano	20	0
69	Alberto Negro (27₁₅₉)	†	ITA	Carpano	AB18	0
70	Gino Guerrini (27₃₅₃)	†	ITA	Carpano	39	0
71	Agostino Coletto (28₃₂₂)	†	ITA	Fréjus	3	0
72	Guido Messina (25₁₇₈)	†	ITA	Fréjus	AB10	1
73	Vincenzo Rossello (33₁₃₅)	†	ITA	Fréjus	AB18	2
74	Mario Gervasoni (24₇₈)	†	ITA	Fréjus	AB18	0
75	Mino De Rossi (25₄₁)	†	ITA	Fréjus	AB18	0
76	Giorgio Godio (26₂₅₈)	†	ITA	Fréjus	29	0
77	Giuseppe Fallarini (22₅₈)	†	ITA	Fréjus	AB18	0
78	Riccardo Filippi (25₁₅₇)	†	ITA	Ignis	25	0
79	Guido De Santi (33₄₆)	†	ITA	Ignis	19	3
80	Valerio Chiarlone (24₃₄₇)	†	ITA	Ignis	32	0
81	Franco Giacchero (31₉₁)	†	ITA	Ignis	AB17	0
82	Aurelio Del Rio (29₃)	†	ITA	Ignis	AB18	0
83	Fiorenzo Crippa (30₁₅₈)	†	ITA	Ignis	AB18	0
84	Giuliano Martino (25₁₃₅)	†	ITA	Ignis	AB17	0
85	Giorgio Albani (27₁₆)	†	ITA	Legnano	17	5
86	Nello Fabbri (22₁₀₈)	†	ITA	Legnano	AB18	0
87	Vincenzo Zucconelli (25₂₈)		ITA	Legnano	HD16	1
88	Sante Ranucci (22₂₄₃)	†	ITA	Legnano	AB18	0
89	Lino Grassi (24₂₈₂)		ITA	Legnano	AB18	0
90	Wladimiro Bartolozzi (28₂₄₉)	†	ITA	Legnano	9	0
91	Ugo Massocco (28₈₂)	†	ITA	Legnano	HD16	0
92	Gastone Nencini (26₁₂₂)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	AB18	2
93	Rino Benedetti (27₂₂₅)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	18	3
94	Giuseppe Minardi (28₁₀₅)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	AB18	5
95	Giuseppe Pintarelli (25₁₆₁)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	41	0
96	Walter Serena (28₈₉)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	HD16	0
97	Antonio Uliana (24₃₅₁)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	30	0
98	Bruno Tognaccini (23₂₀₀)	†	ITA	Leo-Chlorodont	35	0
99	Aldo Moser (22₁₄₄)	†	ITA	Torpado	5	0
100	Cleto Maule (25₁₀₉)	†	ITA	Torpado	4	0
101	Adriano Zamboni (23₉)	†	ITA	Torpado	34	0
102	Aldo Zuliani (26₂₃₀)	†	ITA	Torpado	AB18	0
103	Gilberto Dall'Agata (26₄)	†	ITA	Torpado	21	0
104	Michele Gismondi (25₂₀)	†	ITA	Torpado	AB14	0
105	Silvano Petrei (23₃₃₅)		ITA	Torpado	AB18	0

Results per team

The "StProb" column indicates the probability that an equally sized team would win the same number of stages, assuming each participating rider had an equal chance of winning a stage. A probability of 0.50 indicates that the team won exactly as expected, a probability close to 0 indicates that the team won fewer stages than expected, and a probability close to 1 indicates that the team won more stages than expected.

The "GCProb" and "Lexico" columns indicate how well the team performed in the overall ranking. For both, a higher number is better; GCProb ranges from minus infinity to plus infinity, with an average of 0; Lexico ranges from 0 to 1, with an average of 0.5.

Team	Riders	Stages won	StProb	GCProb	Lexico
Girardengo-Icep	7	4	0.96	-0.84	0.14
Atala	7	3	0.87	1.66	0.65
Leo-Chlorodont	7	3	0.87	0.30	0.30
Faema-Guerra	7	3	0.87	-0.99	0.34
Nivea-Fuchs	7	2	0.67	0.84	0.62
Legnano	7	2	0.67	-0.35	0.31
Italcover	7	2	0.67	-0.05	0.31
Carpano	7	1	0.37	1.05	0.52
Torpado	7	1	0.37	1.07	0.58
Arbos-Bif-Clement	7	1	0.37	-0.61	0.23
Eldorado-Elvé	7	0	0.10	0.54	0.41
Ignis	7	0	0.10	-0.04	0.24
Fréjus	7	0	0.10	-0.43	0.39
France	7	0	0.10	-1.49	0.05
Bianchi	7	0	0.10	-0.66	0.16

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