1956 Giro d'Italia

1956 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates19 May - 10 June 1956
Stages22, including one split stage
Distance3,523.45 km (2,189 mi)
Winning time101h 39' 46"
Results
Winner  Charly Gaul (LUX) (Faema)
  Second  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (Nivea-Fuchs)
  Third  Agostino Coletto (ITA) (Fréjus)
  Mountains Three riders[N 1]
  Sprints  Giorgio Albani (ITA) (Legnano)
  Team Atala
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The 1956 Giro d'Italia was the 39th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Milan on 19 May with a 210 km (130.5 mi) flat stage and concluded back in Milan with a 113 km (70.2 mi) relatively flat mass-start stage on 10 June. Sixteen teams entered the race, which was won by Luxembourgian Charly Gaul of the Faema team. Second and third respectively were Italian riders Fiorenzo Magni and Agostino Coletto.[2][3]

Gaul took the lead in the legendary stage up Monte Bondone, where under a snow storm he won with an 8-minute margin over runner up Alessandro Fantini. This edition is unique since there were two Mountains Classification winners. There were two awards for the Dolomites and the Apennine mountains, the winners were Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamontes respectively.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BRI 1956 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Gaul Vencedor Del "Giro"" [Gaul the Winner of the "Tour"] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 14 June 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  3. ^ Herbie Sykes (3 May 2017). "Part 3: Gaul & Monte Bondone". Soigneur. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ John Wilcockson (23 May 2006). "50 years later: Remembering Charly Gaul's great ride". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2011.


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