List of teams and cyclists in the 1956 Vuelta a España

For the 1956 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 90 riders; 40 finished the race.

By rider

Legend
No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta
Pos.	Position in the general classification
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Pos.
1	Jean Dotto	France	France	DNF
2	Louison Bobet	France	France	DNF
3	Jean Bobet	France	France	DNF
4	Maurice Lampre	France	France	37
5	Gilbert Bauvin	France	France	7
6	Louis Bergaud	France	France	DNF
7	Raoul Rémy	France	France	DNF
8	Eugène Telotte	France	France	DNF
9	Claude Le Ber	France	France	DNF
10	Roger Walkowiak	France	France	DNF
11	Federico Bahamontes	Spain	Spain	4
12	Antonio Barrutia	Spain	Spain	20
13	Salvador Botella	Spain	Spain	DNF
14	Miguel Bover	Spain	Spain	DNF
15	Jesús Galdeano	Spain	Spain	33
16	Francisco Masip	Spain	Spain	28
17	Jesús Loroño	Spain	Spain	2
18	René Marigil	Spain	Spain	21
19	Miguel Poblet	Spain	Spain	DNF
20	Bernardo Ruiz	Spain	Spain	31
21	Nino Defilippis	Italy	Italy	18
22	Giancarlo Astrua	Italy	Italy	12
23	Angelo Conterno	Italy	Italy	1
24	Nino Favero	Italy	Italy	27
25	Giuseppe Buratti	Italy	Italy	13
26	Roberto Falaschi	Italy	Italy	DNF
27	Arigo Padovan	Italy	Italy	19
28	Mauro Gianneschi	Italy	Italy	38
29	Giuliano Michelon	Italy	Italy	35
30	Giovanni Pettinati	Italy	Italy	24
31	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
32	Heinz Müller	West Germany	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
33	Brian Robinson	Great Britain	Switzerland Mixed	8
34	Emilio Croci Torti	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
35	Remo Pianezzi	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	25
36	Martin Metzger	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
37	Oskar von Büren	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
38	Ian Steel	Great Britain	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
39	Tony Hoar	Great Britain	Switzerland Mixed	DNF
40	Rudi Theissen [it]	West Germany	Switzerland Mixed	30
41	Rik Van Steenbergen	Belgium	Belgium	5
42	Hilaire Couvreur	Belgium	Belgium	16
43	Emile Severeyns	Belgium	Belgium	DNF
44	Edgard Sorgeloos	Belgium	Belgium	22
45	Raymond Impanis	Belgium	Belgium	3
46	Jef Verhelst [nl]	Belgium	Belgium	DNF
47	Norbert Kerckhove	Belgium	Belgium	DNF
48	Arsene Bauwens	Belgium	Belgium	DNF
49	André Noyelle	Belgium	Belgium	DNF
50	Willy Schroeders	Belgium	Belgium	DNF
51	Cosme Barrutia	Spain	Cantabria	15
52	Antonio Ferraz	Spain	Cantabria	32
53	Carmelo Morales	Spain	Cantabria	14
54	Benigno Azpuru [es]	Spain	Cantabria	39
55	Adolfo Cruz	Spain	Cantabria	26
56	Emilio Rodríguez	Spain	Cantabria	11
57	Manuel Rodríguez	Spain	Cantabria	10
58	Hortensio Vidauretta [es]	Spain	Cantabria	DNF
59	Miguel Vidauretta [es]	Spain	Cantabria	40
60	Felipe Alberdi	Spain	Cantabria	DNF
61	] [ca]	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
62	Antonio Gelabert	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
63	Francisco Moreno	Spain	Centre-South	36
64	Antonio Jiménez Quiles	Spain	Centre-South	29
65	José Catala	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
66	Antonio Suárez	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
67	Raúl Motos	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
68	Emilio Hernan [ca]	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
69	Miguel Vilana	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
70	Pedro Guzman	Spain	Centre-South	DNF
71	Jose Escolano [ca]	Spain	Pyrenees	34
72	Juan Crespo	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF
73	Miguel Chacón	Spain	Pyrenees	6
74	Joan Escolà [ca]	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF
75	Vicente Iturat	Spain	Pyrenees	23
76	Juan Campillo	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF
77	José Mateo	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF
78	Gabriel Saura [ca]	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF
79	José Serra	Spain	Pyrenees	9
80	Miguel Pacheco	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF
81	Miguel Alarcón	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
82	Matias Alemany [ca]	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
83	Miguel Gual	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
84	José Gómez del Moral	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
85	José Pérez Llácer	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
86	José Perez de las Heras	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
87	Andrés Trobat	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
88	Gabriel Company	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF
89	Juan Bibiloni [ca]	Spain	Mediterranean	17
90	Antonio Castell	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF

By nationality

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References

^ "11ème Vuelta a España 1956". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

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