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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.	Ref
1	Jean Dotto	France	France	DNF	^[1]
2	Louison Bobet	France	France	DNF	^[1]
3	Jean Bobet	France	France	DNF	^[1]
4	Maurice Lampre	France	France	37	^[1]
5	Gilbert Bauvin	France	France	7	^[1]
6	Louis Bergaud	France	France	DNF	^[1]
7	Raoul Rémy	France	France	DNF	^[1]
8	Eugène Telotte	France	France	DNF	^[1]
9	Claude Le Ber	France	France	DNF	^[1]
10	Roger Walkowiak	France	France	DNF	^[1]
11	Federico Bahamontes	Spain	Spain	4	^[1]
12	Antonio Barrutia	Spain	Spain	20	^[1]
13	Salvador Botella	Spain	Spain	DNF	^[1]
14	Miguel Bover	Spain	Spain	DNF	^[1]
15	Jesús Galdeano	Spain	Spain	33	^[1]
16	Francisco Masip	Spain	Spain	28	^[1]
17	Jesús Loroño	Spain	Spain	2	^[1]
18	René Marigil	Spain	Spain	21	^[1]
19	Miguel Poblet	Spain	Spain	DNF	^[1]
20	Bernardo Ruiz	Spain	Spain	31	^[1]
21	Nino Defilippis	Italy	Italy	18	^[1]
22	Giancarlo Astrua	Italy	Italy	12	^[1]
23	Angelo Conterno	Italy	Italy	1	^[1]
24	Nino Favero	Italy	Italy	27	^[1]
25	Giuseppe Buratti	Italy	Italy	13	^[1]
26	Roberto Falaschi	Italy	Italy	DNF	^[1]
27	Arigo Padovan	Italy	Italy	19	^[1]
28	Mauro Gianneschi	Italy	Italy	38	^[1]
29	Giuliano Michelon	Italy	Italy	35	^[1]
30	Giovanni Pettinati	Italy	Italy	24	^[1]
31	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
32	Heinz Müller	West Germany	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
33	Brian Robinson	Great Britain	Switzerland Mixed	8	^[1]
34	Emilio Croci Torti	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
35	Remo Pianezzi	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	25	^[1]
36	Martin Metzger	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
37	Oskar von Büren	Switzerland	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
38	Ian Steel	Great Britain	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
39	Tony Hoar	Great Britain	Switzerland Mixed	DNF	^[1]
40	Rudi Theissen [it]	West Germany	Switzerland Mixed	30	^[1]
41	Rik Van Steenbergen	Belgium	Belgium	5	^[1]
42	Hilaire Couvreur	Belgium	Belgium	16	^[1]
43	Emile Severeyns	Belgium	Belgium	DNF	^[1]
44	Edgard Sorgeloos	Belgium	Belgium	22	^[1]
45	Raymond Impanis	Belgium	Belgium	3	^[1]
46	Jef Verhelst [nl]	Belgium	Belgium	DNF	^[1]
47	Norbert Kerckhove	Belgium	Belgium	DNF	^[1]
48	Arsene Bauwens	Belgium	Belgium	DNF	^[1]
49	André Noyelle	Belgium	Belgium	DNF	^[1]
50	Willy Schroeders	Belgium	Belgium	DNF	^[1]
51	Cosme Barrutia	Spain	Cantabria	15	^[1]
52	Antonio Ferraz	Spain	Cantabria	32	^[1]
53	Carmelo Morales	Spain	Cantabria	14	^[1]
54	Benigno Azpuru [es]	Spain	Cantabria	39	^[1]
55	Adolfo Cruz	Spain	Cantabria	26	^[1]
56	Emilio Rodríguez	Spain	Cantabria	11	^[1]
57	Manuel Rodríguez	Spain	Cantabria	10	^[1]
58	Hortensio Vidauretta [es]	Spain	Cantabria	DNF	^[1]
59	Miguel Vidauretta [es]	Spain	Cantabria	40	^[1]
60	Felipe Alberdi	Spain	Cantabria	DNF	^[1]
61	[[Mariano Corrales Lausín\|Mariano Corrales]] [ca]	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
62	Antonio Gelabert	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
63	Francisco Moreno	Spain	Centre-South	36	^[1]
64	Antonio Jiménez Quiles	Spain	Centre-South	29	^[1]
65	José Catala	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
66	Antonio Suárez	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
67	Raúl Motos	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
68	Emilio Hernan [ca]	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
69	Miguel Vilana	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
70	Pedro Guzman	Spain	Centre-South	DNF	^[1]
71	Jose Escolano [ca]	Spain	Pyrenees	34	^[1]
72	Juan Crespo	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF	^[1]
73	Miguel Chacón	Spain	Pyrenees	6	^[1]
74	Joan Escolà [ca]	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF	^[1]
75	Vicente Iturat	Spain	Pyrenees	23	^[1]
76	Juan Campillo	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF	^[1]
77	José Mateo	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF	^[1]
78	Gabriel Saura [ca]	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF	^[1]
79	José Serra	Spain	Pyrenees	9	^[1]
80	Miguel Pacheco	Spain	Pyrenees	DNF	^[1]
81	Miguel Alarcón	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
82	Matias Alemany [ca]	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
83	Miguel Gual	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
84	José Gómez del Moral	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
85	José Pérez Llácer	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
86	José Perez de las Heras	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
87	Andrés Trobat	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
88	Gabriel Company	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]
89	Juan Bibiloni [ca]	Spain	Mediterranean	17	^[1]
90	Antonio Castell	Spain	Mediterranean	DNF	^[1]