1956 Giro di Lombardia
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1956 Giro di Lombardia
| image =
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| date = 21 October 1956
| stages = 1
| unit = km
| time = 6h 14' 20"
| speed =
| first = André Darrigade
| first_nat = FRA
| first_team = {{UCI team code|BIA|1956}}
| second = Fausto Coppi
| second_nat = ITA
| second_team = {{UCI team code|Carpano|1956}}
| third = Fiorenzo Magni
| third_nat = ITA
| third_team = {{UCI team code|Nivea|1956}}
| previous = 1955
| next = 1957
}}
The 1956 Giro di Lombardia was the 50th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 21 October 1956.{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Lombardy/1956-giro-di-lombardia.html|title=1956 Giro di Lombardia results (Tour of Lombardy)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=4 January 2018}} The race started and finished in Milan.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_lombardie/lombardie1956.php|title=50ème Giro di Lombardia 1956|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040126105421/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_lombardie/lombardie1956.php|archivedate=26 January 2004}} The race was won by André Darrigade of the Bianchi team.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-sur-route-tour-de-lombardie-resultats-1956-epr10542.html|title=Tour de Lombardie 1956|work=LesSports.info|accessdate=4 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=24&y=1956|title=1956 Il Lombardia|work=First Cycling|accessdate=4 January 2018}}{{refn|group="nb"|Rik Van Looy arrived 4th, but was disqualified.}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|André Darrigade|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|BIA|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|6h 14' 20"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Fausto Coppi|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|Carpano|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Fiorenzo Magni|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|Nivea|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Giorgio Albani|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|Legnano|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Bruno Monti|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|ATA|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Roger Decock|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Faema|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Louison Bobet|FRA}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Diego Ronchini|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|BIA|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Alfred De Bruyne|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Mercier|1956}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Aimé Van Avermaet|BEL}} | Independent | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |
|}
Notes
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References
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{{Giro di Lombardia}}
{{Giro di Lombardia winners}}
{{1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo}}
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Category:1956 in Italian sport
Category:1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
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