1956, road, world, championships, road, race, road, race, 1956, road, world, championships, 23rd, edition, event, race, took, place, sunday, august, 1956, copenhagen, denmark, race, steenbergen, belgium, individual, road, race1956, road, world, championshipsra. The men s road race at the 1956 UCI Road World Championships was the 23rd edition of the event The race took place on Sunday 26 August 1956 in Copenhagen Denmark 1 The race was won by Rik Van Steenbergen of Belgium Men s Individual Road Race1956 UCI Road World ChampionshipsRainbow jerseyRace detailsDates26 August 1956Stages1Distance285 1 km 177 2 mi Winning time7h 26 15 Results Winner Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Belgium Second Rik Van Looy BEL Belgium Third Gerrit Schulte NED Netherlands 19551957 Final classification editGeneral classification 1 10 2 3 Rank Rider Time nbsp nbsp Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 7h 26 15 nbsp nbsp Rik Van Looy BEL 0 nbsp nbsp Gerrit Schulte NED 0 4 nbsp Stan Ockers BEL 0 5 nbsp Fred De Bruyne BEL 0 6 nbsp Germain Derycke BEL 0 7 nbsp Gerrit Voorting NED 0 8 nbsp Louison Bobet FRA 0 9 nbsp Jacques Dupont FRA 0 10 nbsp Daan de Groot NED 0 References edit 1956 World Pro Road Cycling Championships BikeRaceInfo Retrieved 13 December 2017 23eme Championnat du monde sur route 1956 Memoire du cyclisme Archived from the original on 3 November 2004 1956 World Championship First Cycling Retrieved 13 December 2017 nbsp This UCI Road World Championships Men s road race article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 UCI Road World Championships Men 27s road race amp oldid 1049810637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,