Stages
The 1956 Tour de France started on 5 July, and had two rest days, in Bordeaux and Aix-les-Provence.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 July | Reims – Liège | Plain stage | 223 km (139 mi) | André Darrigade (FRA) |
| 2 | 6 July | Liège – Lille | Plain stage | 217 km (135 mi) | Fred De Bruyne (BEL) |
| 3 | 7 July | Lille – Rouen | Plain stage | 225 km (140 mi) | Arigo Padovan (ITA) |
| 4a | 8 July | Rouen – Circuit des Essarts | Individual time trial | 15.1 km (9 mi) | Charly Gaul (LUX) |
| 4b | Rouen – Caen | Plain stage | 125 km (78 mi) | Roger Hassenforder (FRA) | |
| 5 | 9 July | Caen – Saint-Malo | Plain stage | 189 km (117 mi) | Joseph Morvan (FRA) |
| 6 | 10 July | Saint-Malo – Lorient | Plain stage | 192 km (119 mi) | Fred De Bruyne (BEL) |
| 7 | 11 July | Lorient – Angers | Plain stage | 244 km (152 mi) | Alessandro Fantini (ITA) |
| 8 | 12 July | Angers – La Rochelle | Plain stage | 180 km (112 mi) | Miguel Poblet (ESP) |
| 9 | 13 July | La Rochelle – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 219 km (136 mi) | Roger Hassenforder (FRA) |
| 10 | 15 July | Bordeaux – Bayonne | Plain stage | 201 km (125 mi) | Fred De Bruyne (BEL) |
| 11 | 16 July | Bayonne – Pau | Stage with mountain(s) | 255 km (158 mi) | Nino Defilippis (ITA) |
| 12 | 17 July | Pau – Luchon | Stage with mountain(s) | 130 km (81 mi) | Jean-Pierre Schmitz (LUX) |
| 13 | 18 July | Luchon – Toulouse | Stage with mountain(s) | 176 km (109 mi) | Nino Defilippis (ITA) |
| 14 | 19 July | Toulouse – Montpellier | Plain stage | 231 km (144 mi) | Roger Hassenforder (FRA) |
| 15 | 20 July | Montpellier – Aix-en-Provence | Plain stage | 204 km (127 mi) | Joseph Thomin (FRA) |
| 16 | 22 July | Aix-en-Provence – Gap | Stage with mountain(s) | 203 km (126 mi) | Jean Forestier (FRA) |
| 17 | 23 July | Gap – Turin | Stage with mountain(s) | 234 km (145 mi) | Nino Defilippis (ITA) |
| 18 | 24 July | Turin – Grenoble | Stage with mountain(s) | 250 km (155 mi) | Charly Gaul (LUX) |
| 19 | 25 July | Grenoble – Saint-Étienne | Stage with mountain(s) | 173 km (107 mi) | Stan Ockers (BEL) |
| 20 | 26 July | Saint-Étienne – Lyon | Individual time trial | 73 km (45 mi) | Miguel Bover (ESP) |
| 21 | 27 July | Lyon – Montluçon | Stage with mountain(s) | 237 km (147 mi) | Roger Hassenforder (FRA) |
| 22 | 28 July | Montluçon – Paris | Plain stage | 331 km (206 mi) | Gastone Nencini (ITA) |
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Famous quotes containing the word stages:
“Whoe’er has travelled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome, at an inn.”
—William Shenstone (1714–1763)
“But parents can be understanding and accept the more difficult stages as necessary times of growth for the child. Parents can appreciate the fact that these phases are not easy for the child to live through either; rapid growth times are hard on a child. Perhaps it’s a small comfort to know that the harder-to-live-with stages do alternate with the calmer times,so parents can count on getting periodic breaks.”
—Saf Lerman (20th century)
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)