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Information about the Vuelta a España of 1956

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Classification jerseys

General Classification:
Points Classification:

Classification winners

Classification	Winner	Age (year_day)
General classification	A. Conterno	31₆₁
Points classification	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₆
Mountains classification	N. Defilippis	24₅₃
Team classification	Spain

Stage prizes

Date	Nr.	From	To	Distance (km)		Winner	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Most combative	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Bad luck	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Source
26 Apr 1956	1	Bilbao	Santander	203		R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₂₉	BEL	?			?			1 2
27 Apr 1956	2	Santander	Oviedo	248		A. Conterno	31₄₅	ITA	?			?			1 2
28 Apr 1956	3	Oviedo	Valladolid	181		M. Poblet	28₄₁	ESP	?			?			1 2
29 Apr 1956	4	Valladolid	Madrid	212		C. Le Ber	24₃₂₇	FRA	?			?			1
30 Apr 1956	5	Madrid	Albacete	241		M. Poblet	28₄₃	ESP	R. Marigil	27₁₈₈	ESP	S. Botella	27₃₄	ESP	1 2
01 May 1956	6	Albacete	Alicante	227		M. Poblet	28₄₄	ESP	?			?			1 2
02 May 1956	7	Alicante	Valencia	182		R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₅	BEL	?			?			1 2
03 May 1956	8	Valencia	Tarragona	249		R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₆	BEL	?			?			1 2
05 May 1956	9	Tarragona	Barcelona	136		H. Koblet	31₄₅	SUI	?			?			1 2
06 May 1956	10A	Barcelona	Barcelona	21	TTT	France			?			?
06 May 1956	10B	Barcelona	Tárrega	112		G. Bauvin	28₂₇₆	FRA	?			?			1
07 May 1956	11	Tárrega	Zaragoza	238		R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₀	BEL	?			?			1 2
08 May 1956	12	Zaragoza	Bayonne	274		G. Astrua	28₂₇₁	ITA	?			?			1 2
09 May 1956	13A	Bayonne	Irún	43		C. Le Ber	24₃₃₇	FRA	?			?			1 2
09 May 1956	13B	Irún	Pamplona	111		R. Walkowiak	29₆₈	FRA	R. Walkowiak	29₆₈	FRA	C. Barrutia	26₂₂₄	ESP	1 2
10 May 1956	14	Pamplona	San Sebastián	195		R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₃	BEL	?			?			1 2
11 May 1956	15	San Sebastián	Bilbao	225		N. Defilippis	24₅₁	ITA	N. Defilippis	24₅₁	ITA	F. Bahamontes	27₃₀₆	ESP	1 2
12 May 1956	16	Bilbao	Vitoria	207		B. Aspuru	25₂₃₃	ESP	B. Aspuru	25₂₃₃	ESP	A. Suárez	23₃₅₇	ESP	1 2
13 May 1956	17	Vitoria	Bilbao	190		R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₆	BEL	?			?			1 2

Classification leaders

Date	Nr.	General	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Points	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Mountain	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Team	Source
26 Apr 1956	1	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₂₉	BEL	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₂₉	BEL	C. Morales	25₁₄₃	ESP	Belgium	1 2
27 Apr 1956	2	A. Conterno	31₄₅	ITA	M. Bover	28₇₃	ESP	A. Conterno	31₄₅	ITA	Italy	1 2
28 Apr 1956	3	A. Conterno	31₄₆	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₁	BEL	A. Conterno	31₄₆	ITA	Spain	1 2
29 Apr 1956	4	A. Conterno	31₄₇	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₂	BEL	A. Conterno	31₄₇	ITA	Spain	1
30 Apr 1956	5	A. Conterno	31₄₈	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₃	BEL	A. Conterno	31₄₈	ITA	Spain	1 2
01 May 1956	6	A. Conterno	31₄₉	ITA	M. Bover	28₇₇	ESP	A. Conterno	31₄₉	ITA	Spain	1 2
02 May 1956	7	A. Conterno	31₅₀	ITA	M. Bover	28₇₈	ESP	A. Conterno	31₅₀	ITA	Spain	1 2
03 May 1956	8	A. Conterno	31₅₁	ITA	M. Bover	28₇₉	ESP	A. Conterno	31₅₁	ITA	Spain	1 2
05 May 1956	9	A. Conterno	31₅₃	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₈	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₃	ITA	Spain	1 2
06 May 1956	10A	A. Conterno	31₅₄	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₃₉	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₄	ITA	Spain
06 May 1956	10B	A. Conterno	31₅₄	ITA	G. Bauvin	28₂₇₆	FRA	A. Conterno	31₅₄	ITA	Spain	1
07 May 1956	11	A. Conterno	31₅₅	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₀	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₅	ITA	Spain	1 2
08 May 1956	12	A. Conterno	31₅₆	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₁	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₆	ITA	Spain	1 2
09 May 1956	13A	A. Conterno	31₅₇	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₂	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₇	ITA	Spain	1 2
09 May 1956	13B	A. Conterno	31₅₇	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₂	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₇	ITA	Spain	1 2
10 May 1956	14	A. Conterno	31₅₈	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₃	BEL	A. Conterno	31₅₈	ITA	Spain	1 2
11 May 1956	15	A. Conterno	31₅₉	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₄	BEL	N. Defilippis	24₅₁	ITA	Spain	1 2
12 May 1956	16	A. Conterno	31₆₀	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₅	BEL	N. Defilippis	24₅₂	ITA	Spain	1 2
13 May 1956	17	A. Conterno	31₆₁	ITA	R. Van Steenbergen	31₂₄₆	BEL	N. Defilippis	24₅₃	ITA	Spain	1 2

Graphs

Distance of final winner in general classification

Average speed winner of stage (km/h)

Participants

Participants Vuelta a España 1956
Number	Name		Nat	Team	Final
1	Jean Dotto (28₉₆)	†	FRA	France	AB16
2	Louison Bobet (31₁₁₁)	†	FRA	France	AB12
3	Jean Bobet (26₁₂₉)	†	FRA	France	AB16
4	Maurice Lampre (26₂)	†	FRA	France	37
5	Gilbert Bauvin (28₃₃₂)		FRA	France	7
6	Louis Bergaud (27₂₁₃)	†	FRA	France	AB16
7	Raoul Remy (36₂₅₀)	†	FRA	France	AB4
8	Eugène Telotte (29₂₃₀)		FRA	France	AB16
9	Claude Le Ber (25₂₄)	†	FRA	France	AB16
10	Roger Walkowiak (29₁₂₁)	†	FRA	France	AB16
11	Federico Bahamontes (27₃₅₇)	†	ESP	Spain	4
12	Antonio Barrutia (23₁₈)	†	ESP	Spain	20
13	Salvador Botella (27₉₆)	†	ESP	Spain	AB16
14	Miguel Bover (28₁₃₈)	†	ESP	Spain	AB14
15	Jesús Galdeano (24₁₇₇)	†	ESP	Spain	33
16	Francisco Masip (29₃₂₇)	†	ESP	Spain	28
17	Jesús Loroño (30₁₇₂)	†	ESP	Spain	2
18	René Marigil (27₂₅₀)	†	ESP	Spain	21
19	Miguel Poblet (28₁₀₅)	†	ESP	Spain	AB12
20	Bernardo Ruíz (31₁₇₄)	†	ESP	Spain	31
21	Nino Defilippis (24₁₀₂)	†	ITA	Italy	18
22	Giancarlo Astrua (28₃₂₅)	†	ITA	Italy	12
23	Angelo Conterno (31₁₁₀)	†	ITA	Italy	1
24	Giuseppe Favero (24₁₉₄)	†	ITA	Italy	27
25	Giuseppe Buratti (26₂₄₀)	†	ITA	Italy	13
26	Roberto Falaschi (25₂₂)	†	ITA	Italy	AB12
27	Arrigo Padovan (29₁₅)	†	ITA	Italy	19
28	Mauro Gianneschi (24₃₃₃)	†	ITA	Italy	38
29	Giuliano Michelon (26₁₀₅)		ITA	Italy	35
30	Giovanni Pettinati (30₉₇)	†	ITA	Italy	24
31	Hugo Koblet (31₁₀₂)	†	SUI	Switzerland–Mixed	AB11
32	Heinz Müller (31₂₈₈)	†	GER	Switzerland–Mixed	AB12
33	Brian Robinson (25₂₄₀)	†	GBR	Switzerland–Mixed	8
34	Emilio Croci (34₈₆)	†	SUI	Switzerland–Mixed	AB15
35	Remo Pianezzi (29₁₂₄)	†	SUI	Switzerland–Mixed	25
36	Martin Metzger (30₂₂₅)	†	SUI	Switzerland–Mixed	AB12
37	Oskar Von Büren (23₉₆)		SUI	Switzerland–Mixed	AB16
38	Ian Steel (27₁₈₅)	†	GBR	Switzerland–Mixed	AB7
39	Tony Hoar (24₁₄₂)	†	GBR	Switzerland–Mixed	AB10A
40	Rudi Theissen (29₂₂₉)		GER	Switzerland–Mixed	30
41	Rik Van Steenbergen (31₂₉₅)	†	BEL	Belgium	5
42	Hilaire Couvreur (31₂₈₂)	†	BEL	Belgium	16
43	Emile Severeyns (24₃₀₈)	†	BEL	Belgium	AB1
44	Edgard Sorgeloos (25₁₉₉)	†	BEL	Belgium	22
45	Raymond Impanis (30₂₅₅)	†	BEL	Belgium	3
46	Jozef Verhelst (23₂₁₆)	†	BEL	Belgium	AB2
47	Norbert Kerckhove (23₂₅₃)	†	BEL	Belgium	AB4
48	Arsène Bauwens (24₂₇)		BEL	Belgium	AB1
49	André Noyelle (24₂₁₅)	†	BEL	Belgium	AB1
50	Willy Schroeders (23₂₀₄)	†	BEL	Belgium	AB4
51	Cosme Barrutia (26₂₇₇)	†	ESP	Cantabro	15
52	Antonio Ferraz (27₃)	†	ESP	Cantabro	32
53	Carmelo Morales (25₂₀₉)	†	ESP	Cantabro	14
54	Benigno Aspuru (25₂₈₃)	†	ESP	Cantabro	39
55	Adolfo Cruz (28₄₉)	†	ESP	Cantabro	26
56	Emilio Rodríguez (32₂₁₆)	†	ESP	Cantabro	11
57	Manuel Rodríguez (29₃₂₂)	†	ESP	Cantabro	10
58	Hortensio Vidaurreta (28₁₇₂)	†	ESP	Cantabro	AB12
59	Miguel Vidaurreta (26₂₇₅)		ESP	Cantabro	40
60	Felipe Alberdi (25₃₁₂)		ESP	Cantabro	AB1
61	Mariano Corrales (?)		ESP	Centro-Sur	AB2
62	Antonio Gelabert (34₂₉₇)	†	ESP	Centro-Sur	AB4
63	Francisco Moreno (25₁₆₂)	†	ESP	Centro-Sur	36
64	Antonio Jiménez (21₃₅₃)	†	ESP	Centro-Sur	29
65	José Catala (?)	†	ESP	Centro-Sur	AB12
66	Antonio Suárez (24₄₂)	†	ESP	Centro-Sur	AB17
67	Raúl Motos (23₃₁₃)	†	ESP	Centro-Sur	AB5
68	Emilio Hernán (24₈₃)		ESP	Centro-Sur	AB12
69	Miguel Vilana (?)		ESP	Centro-Sur	AB2
70	Pedro Guzman (30₂₇₈)		ESP	Centro-Sur	AB5
71	José Escolano (29₂₂₈)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	34
72	Juan Crespo (29₁₁₆)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	AB5
73	Miguel Chacón (26₁₆₈)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	6
74	Juan Escola (28₁₈₈)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	AB5
75	Vicente Iturat (27₃₁₃)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	23
76	Juan Campillo (25₃₁₉)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	AB15
77	José Mateo (28₄₆)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	AB5
78	Gabriel Saura (28₈₆)		ESP	Pirenaico	DSQ1
79	José Serra (32₁₉₁)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	9
80	Miguel Pacheco (24₃₀₀)	†	ESP	Pirenaico	AB14
81	Miguel Alarcón (25₁₇₉)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	AB4
82	Matias Alemany (35₉)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	AB1
83	Miguel Gual (36₁₉₉)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	AB9
84	José Gómez del Moral (24₂₁₀)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	AB11
85	José Pérez (29₁₅₆)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	AB12
86	José Pérez (?)		ESP	Mediterráneo	AB12
87	Andrès Trobat (30₂₀₉)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	AB4
88	Gabriel Company (26₄₆)		ESP	Mediterráneo	AB4
89	Juan Bibiloni (28₁₈₁)	†	ESP	Mediterráneo	17
90	Antonio Castell (25₂₃₁)		ESP	Mediterráneo	AB4

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
Belgium	10	6	0.99	0.21	0.32
France	10	5	0.97	-1.45	0.15
Spain	10	3	0.75	1.53	0.62
Italy	10	3	0.75	2.60	0.96
Cantabro	10	1	0.23	1.76	0.41
Switzerland–Mixed	10	1	0.23	-0.85	0.17
Centro-Sur	10	0	0.05	-1.72	0.02
Mediterráneo	10	0	0.05	-1.95	0.05
Pirenaico	10	0	0.05	-0.13	0.25

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