1956 Paris–Tours

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1956 Paris–Tours

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| date = 7 October 1956

| stages = 1

| distance = 251{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/races/paris-tours/paris-tours-index.html|title=Paris-Tours (HC)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=9 February 2018}}

| unit = km

| time = 6h 08' 43"

| first = Albert Bouvet

| first_nat = FRA

| second = Julien Schepens

| second_nat = BEL

| third = Louison Bobet

| third_nat = FRA

| previous = 1955

| next = 1957

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The 1956 Paris–Tours was the 50th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 7 October 1956.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_paris_tours/tours1956.php|title=50ème Paris-Tours 1956|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040126104457/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_paris_tours/tours1956.php|archivedate=26 January 2004}} The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Albert Bouvet.

General classification

Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://www.museociclismo.it/content/corse/corsa/12705-Paris-Tours/edizioni/50/12752-classifica.html|title=50a edizione Paris-Tours (1956)|work=Museo Ciclismo|accessdate=9 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=28&y=1956|title=1956 Paris - Tours|work=First Cycling|accessdate=9 February 2018}}

{| class="wikitable"

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Time

style="text-align:center;" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Albert Bouvet|FRA}}

| style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|6h 08' 43"}}

style="text-align:center;" | 2

| {{flagathlete|Julien Schepens|BEL}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Louison Bobet|FRA}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 4

| {{flagathlete|Fred De Bruyne|BEL}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Albert Dolhats|FRA}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Miguel Poblet|ESP|1945}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Edgard Sorgeloos|BEL}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Joseph Groussard|FRA}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Michel Van Aerde|BEL}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

style="text-align:center;" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Henri Denys|BEL}}

| style="text-align:right;" | + 0"

|}

References

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{{1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo}}

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Category:1956 in French sport

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Category:1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

Category:October 1956 sports events in Europe

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