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1956 La Flèche Wallonne
20th Edition: May 5, 1956
La Flèche Wallonne podium history | 1955 edition | 1957 edition
Charleroi - Liege,
221 km, 36.44 km/hr
154 starters, 62 classified finishers
Winner Richard van Genechten
Complete results:
| 1 | Richard Van Genechten (Elve-Peugeot) | 6hr 3min 55sec |
| 2 | Sante Ranucci (Legnano) | @ 50sec |
| 3 | André Vlayen (Elve-Peugeot) | @ 1min 7sec |
| 4 | Constant 'Stan' Ockers (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 5 | Jozef Planckaert (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 6 | Roland Callebout (Bertin) | s.t. |
| 7 | André Rosseel (Girardengo) | s.t. |
| 8 | André Auquier (Plume Sport) | s.t. |
| 9 | Gérard Deborre (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 10 | Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 11 | Agostino Coletto (Frejus) | s.t. |
| 12 | Jean Brankart (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 13 | Marcel De Mulder (Groene Leeuw) | s.t. |
| 14 | Jean Forestier (Follis-Dunlop) | s.t. |
| 15 | Jean Borcy | s.t. |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre 'Jempy' Schmitz (Follis-Dunlop) | s.t. |
| 17 | Désiré Keteleer (Van Hauwaert-Faema-Guerra) | 1'32" |
| 18 | Raymond Van Dorpe (Plume Vainquer) | s.t. |
| 19 | Gilbert Desmet (Bertin) | s.t. |
| 20 | Maurice Quentin (Gitane) | s.t. |
| 21 | Maurice Neyt (Groene Leeuw) | s.t. |
| 21 | Lucien Mathys (Groene Leeuw) | s.t. |
| 21 | Theo Brunswyck | 2'25" |
| 21 | Pietro Giudici (Condor) | s.t. |
| 21 | Wout Wagtmans (Locomotief-Vredestein) | s.t. |
| 21 | Alfred Tonello (Plume Sport) | s.t. |
| 21 | Ward Peeters (Girardengo) | s.t. |
| 21 | Joseph Wouters | s.t. |
| 21 | Frans Schoubben (Eldorado-Elve) | s.t. |
| 21 | Roger Verbeke (Bertin) | s.t. |
| 21 | Ludo Van Der Elst (Libertas) | s.t. |
| 21 | Joseph Theuns (Girardengo) | s.t. |
| 21 | John Ceulemans (Groene Leeuw) | s.t. |
| 21 | Vincenzo Zucconelli (Legnano) | s.t. |
| 35 | Pasquale Fornara (Arbos) | 2'39" |
| 36 | Gianni Ferlenghi (Bottecchia) | 3'49" |
| 37 | Alibert Delorge | s.t. |
| 38 | Frans Gielen | s.t. |
| 39 | Karel Van Dormael (Eldorado-Elve) | 3'56" |
| 40 | Mino De Rossi (Frejus) | s.t. |
| 41 | Roger Verplaetse (Plume Vainquer) | 11'55" |
| 42 | René Desmet (Elve - Peugeot) | 13'57" |
| 43 | Alcide Vaucher (Mondia) | s.t. |
| 44 | Robert Grondelaers (Plume Sport) | s.t. |
| 45 | Angelo Colinelli (Follis-Dunlop) | 19'00" |
| 46 | Jean Moxhet (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 47 | Armand Baeyens (Libertas) | s.t. |
| 48 | Jean Callaerts (Plume Vainquer) | s.t. |
| 49 | Fausto Lurati (Mondia) | s.t. |
| 50 | Jozef De Feyter (Libertas) | s.t. |
| 51 | Piet Van Den Brekel (Locomotief-Vredestein) | 21'25" |
| 52 | Bernard Pusey | 22'55" |
| 53 | Roger Wyckstand | 25'55" |
| 54 | Aloïs Lampert (Mondia) | 26'25" |
| 55 | Ernest Albert | 26'57" |
| 56 | Camille Huyghe (Bertin) | s.t. |
| 57 | Lucien Demunster (Elve-Peugeot) | 30'15" |
| 58 | Florent Van Der Weyden (Magneet) | 31'55" |
| 59 | Pierre Machiels (Elve-Peugeot) | s.t. |
| 60 | Vincent Mattivi (Bertin) | s.t. |
| 61 | Jan Nolten (Locomotief-Vredestein) | s.t. |
| 62 | Henri Truetsch | s.t. |