1956 Tour de Suisse

Cycling race

1956 Tour de SuisseRace details

Dates| 16–23 June 1956
Stages| 8
Distance| 1,645[1] km (1,022 mi)
Winning time| 47h 05' 02"
Results
|  |  Winner|  Rolf Graf (SUI)

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|  Second|  Fritz Schär (SUI)
|  Third|  Jef Planckaert (BEL)

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The 1956 Tour de Suisse was the 20th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 16 June to 23 June 1956. The race started and finished in Zürich.[2] The race was won by Rolf Graf.

## General classification

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Final general classification[2][3][4] | Rank  | Rider  | Time

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1  |  Rolf Graf (SUI) | 47h 05' 02"
2  |  Fritz Schär (SUI) | \+ 4' 59"
3  |  Jozef Planckaert (BEL) | \+ 7' 46"
4  |  Hans Hollenstein (SUI) | \+ 10' 17"
5  |  Hans Junkermann (FRG) | \+ 12' 17"
6  |  Vincenzo Rossello (ITA) | \+ 17' 32"
7  |  René Strehler (SUI) | \+ 19' 57"
8  |  Pietro Nascimbene (ITA) | \+ 20' 46"
9  |  Brian Robinson (GBR) | \+ 23' 25"
10  |  Ugo Massocco [ca] (ITA) | \+ 24' 31"

## References

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1. ^ "Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) - Tour of Switzerland". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
2. ^ a b "20ème Tour de Suisse 1956". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
3. ^ "1956 Tour de Suisse". First Cycling. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
4. ^ "Tour de Suisse 1956". TheSports.org. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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*[FRG]: West Germany
*[ITA]: Italy
*[GBR]: Great Britain
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