1956 Omloop Het Volk
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1956 Omloop Het Volk
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| date = 11 March 1956
| stages = 1
| unit = km
| time = 6h 04' 00"
| first = Ernest Sterckx
| first_nat = BEL
| second = Briek Schotte
| second_nat = BEL
| third = Leopold Schaeken
| third_nat = BEL
| previous = 1955
| next = 1957
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The 1956 Omloop Het Volk was the 12th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 11 March 1956.{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/het-nieuwsblad/1956-het-nieuwsblad.html|title=1956 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=13 February 2018}} The race started and finished in Ghent.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_hetvolk/hetvolk1956.php|title=12ème Het Volk 1956|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208125328/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_hetvolk/hetvolk1956.php|archivedate=8 December 2004}} The race was won by Ernest Sterckx.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=53&y=1956|title=1956 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|work=First Cycling|accessdate=13 February 2018}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Time |
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Ernest Sterckx|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|6h 04' 00"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Briek Schotte|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 0" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Leopold Schaeken|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Roger Decock|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Wim van Est|NED}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Marcel Ryckaert|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Raymond Impanis|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Rik Van Looy|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Raymond Decorte|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Jozef De Feyter|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 26" |
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References
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