UCI World Championship Ballerup

Men Elite - WC

Rank	Rider	Age	Team	Time
1	Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium B	31	Belgium B	07:26:15
2	Rik Van Looy Belgium B	22	Belgium B	"
3	Gerrit Schulte Netherlands	40	Netherlands	"
4	Stan Ockers Belgium B	36	Belgium B	"
5	Fred De Bruyne Belgium B	25	Belgium B	"
6	Germain Derycke Belgium B	26	Belgium B	"
7	Gerrit Voorting Netherlands	33	Netherlands	"
8	Louison Bobet France	31	France	"
9	Jacques Dupont France	28	France	"
10	Daan de Groot Netherlands	23	Netherlands	"
11	Andre Vlayen Belgium B	25	Belgium B	+ 12
12	Fiorenzo Magni Italy	35	Italy	+ 30
13	André Darrigade France	27	France	+ 02:35
14	Seamus Elliott Ireland	22	Ireland	"
15	Fausto Coppi Italy	36	Italy	"
16	Bernard Gauthier France	31	France	"
17	Pierino Baffi Italy	25	Italy	"
18	Jan Adriaensens Belgium B	24	Belgium B	"
19	Dave Bedwell Great Britain	27	Great Britain	+ 06:56
20	Cleto Maule Italy	25	Italy	+ 11:58
21	Remo Pianezzi Switzerland	29	Switzerland	"
22	Antonio Ferraz Nunez Spain	27	Spain	"
23	Emil Reinecke Germany	23	Germany	"
24	Jean-Claude Gret Switzerland	25	Switzerland	"
25	Horst Backat Germany	20	Germany	"
26	Wim Rusman Netherlands	23	Netherlands	"
27	Kaj Allan Olsen Denmark	28	Denmark	"
DNF	Morrie Horder Australia		Australia
DNF	Wenzel Jorgenson Denmark	38	Denmark
DNF	Kjeld Leveau Denmark	23	Denmark
DNF	Finn Thygessen Denmark		Denmark
DNF	Otto Olsen Denmark	28	Denmark
DNF	Walter Becker Germany	23	Germany
DNF	Günther Pankoke Germany	31	Germany
DNF	Paul Maue Germany	34	Germany
DNF	Lothar Friedrich Germany	25	Germany
DNF	Günther Debussmann Germany	25	Germany
DNF	Hans Junkermann Germany	22	Germany
DNF	Bernard Pusey Great Britain	26	Great Britain
DNF	Ken Mitchell Great Britain	25	Great Britain
DNF	Stevens Norman Australia		Australia
DNF	Ian Greenfield Great Britain	26	Great Britain
DNF	Leslie Scales Great Britain	28	Great Britain
DNF	Ian Brown Great Britain		Great Britain
DNF	Fritz Schar Switzerland	30	Switzerland
DNF	Fausto Lurati Switzerland	26	Switzerland
DNF	Hugo Koblet Switzerland	31	Switzerland
DNF	Max Schellenberg Switzerland	28	Switzerland
DNF	Hans Hollenstein Switzerland	27	Switzerland
DNF	Rolf Graf Switzerland	24	Switzerland
DNF	Piet van der Lijke Netherlands	21	Netherlands
DNF	Alois Lampert Liechtenstein	24	Liechtenstein
DNF	Miguel Bover Pons Spain	28	Spain
DNF	Salvador Botella Spain	27	Spain
DNF	Gabriel Company Bauzá Spain	26	Spain
DNF	Federico Bahamontes Spain	28	Spain
DNF	Miguel Poblet Spain	28	Spain
DNF	Nino Defilippis Italy	24	Italy
DNF	Giorgio Albani Italy	27	Italy
DNF	Gastone Nencini Italy	26	Italy
DNF	Roger Hassenforder France	26	France
DNF	Jean Forestier France	25	France
DNF	Claude Le Ber France	25	France
DNF	Louis Caput France	35	France
DNF	Wim van Est Netherlands	33	Netherlands
DNF	Michel Stolker Netherlands	22	Netherlands
DNF	Adrie Voorting Netherlands	25	Netherlands
DNF	Rik Luyten Belgium B	25	Belgium B
DNF	Marcel Ernzer Luxembourg	30	Luxembourg
DNF	Willy Kemp Luxembourg	30	Luxembourg
DNF	Alessandro Fantini 1 Italy	24	Italy
DNS	Alfred Strom Australia	40	Australia
DNS	Alfred Kain Austria	28	Austria
DNS	Douglas Anderson Australia		Australia
DNS	Brian Robinson Great Britain	25	Great Britain
DNS	Carmelo Morales Erostarbe Spain	25	Spain

Info

Date	26 August 1956
Start	Ballerup
Finish	Ballerup
Distance	285.0 km
Elevation gain	947 m
Type	Individual Road Race
Average Speed	38.32 km/h
Overall Profile	Flat
Finish Profile	Flat

Last winners

1956	Rik Van Steenbergen
1955	Stan Ockers
1954	Louison Bobet
1953	Fausto Coppi
1952	Heinz Müller

Most wins

3	Oscar Freire Gomez
3	Alfredo Binda
3	Rik Van Steenbergen
3	Eddy Merckx
3	Peter Sagan