For the 1956 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 90 riders; 40 finished the race.
| 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 | DNF | [1] | ||
| 2 | Louison Bobet | France | DNF | |||
| 3 | Jean Bobet | France | DNF | |||
| 4 | Maurice Lampre | France | 37 | |||
| 5 | Gilbert Bauvin | France | 7 | |||
| 6 | Louis Bergaud | France | DNF | |||
| 7 | Raoul Rémy | France | DNF | |||
| 8 | Eugène Telotte | France | DNF | |||
| 9 | Claude Le Ber | France | DNF | |||
| 10 | Roger Walkowiak | France | DNF | |||
| 11 | Federico Bahamontes | Spain | 4 | |||
| 12 | Antonio Barrutia | Spain | 20 | |||
| 13 | Salvador Botella | Spain | DNF | |||
| 14 | Miguel Bover | Spain | DNF | |||
| 15 | Jesús Galdeano | Spain | 33 | |||
| 16 | Francisco Masip | Spain | 28 | |||
| 17 | Jesús Loroño | Spain | 2 | |||
| 18 | René Marigil | Spain | 21 | |||
| 19 | Miguel Poblet | Spain | DNF | |||
| 20 | Bernardo Ruiz | Spain | 31 | |||
| 21 | Nino Defilippis | Italy | 18 | |||
| 22 | Giancarlo Astrua | Italy | 12 | |||
| 23 | Angelo Conterno | Italy | 1 | |||
| 24 | Nino Favero | Italy | 27 | |||
| 25 | Giuseppe Buratti | Italy | 13 | |||
| 26 | Roberto Falaschi | Italy | DNF | |||
| 27 | Arigo Padovan | Italy | 19 | |||
| 28 | Mauro Gianneschi | Italy | 38 | |||
| 29 | Giuliano Michelon | Italy | 35 | |||
| 30 | Giovanni Pettinati | Italy | 24 | |||
| 31 | Hugo Koblet | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 32 | Heinz Müller | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 33 | Brian Robinson | Switzerland Mixed | 8 | |||
| 34 | Emilio Croci Torti | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 35 | Remo Pianezzi | Switzerland Mixed | 25 | |||
| 36 | Martin Metzger | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 37 | Oskar von Büren | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 38 | Ian Steel | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 39 | Tony Hoar | Switzerland Mixed | DNF | |||
| 40 | Switzerland Mixed | 30 | ||||
| 41 | Rik Van Steenbergen | Belgium | 5 | |||
| 42 | Hilaire Couvreur | Belgium | 16 | |||
| 43 | Emile Severeyns | Belgium | DNF | |||
| 44 | Edgard Sorgeloos | Belgium | 22 | |||
| 45 | Raymond Impanis | Belgium | 3 | |||
| 46 | Belgium | DNF | ||||
| 47 | Norbert Kerckhove | Belgium | DNF | |||
| 48 | Arsene Bauwens | Belgium | DNF | |||
| 49 | André Noyelle | Belgium | DNF | |||
| 50 | Willy Schroeders | Belgium | DNF | |||
| 51 | Cosme Barrutia | Cantabria | 15 | |||
| 52 | Antonio Ferraz | Cantabria | 32 | |||
| 53 | Carmelo Morales | Cantabria | 14 | |||
| 54 | Cantabria | 39 | ||||
| 55 | Adolfo Cruz | Cantabria | 26 | |||
| 56 | Emilio Rodríguez | Cantabria | 11 | |||
| 57 | Manuel Rodríguez | Cantabria | 10 | |||
| 58 | Cantabria | DNF | ||||
| 59 | Cantabria | 40 | ||||
| 60 | Felipe Alberdi | Cantabria | DNF | |||
| 61 | Centre-South | DNF | ||||
| 62 | Antonio Gelabert | Centre-South | DNF | |||
| 63 | Francisco Moreno | Centre-South | 36 | |||
| 64 | Antonio Jiménez Quiles | Centre-South | 29 | |||
| 65 | José Catala | Centre-South | DNF | |||
| 66 | Antonio Suárez | Centre-South | DNF | |||
| 67 | Raúl Motos | Centre-South | DNF | |||
| 68 | Centre-South | DNF | ||||
| 69 | Miguel Vilana | Centre-South | DNF | |||
| 70 | Pedro Guzman | Centre-South | DNF | |||
| 71 | Pyrenees | 34 | ||||
| 72 | Juan Crespo | Pyrenees | DNF | |||
| 73 | Miguel Chacón | Pyrenees | 6 | |||
| 74 | Pyrenees | DNF | ||||
| 75 | Vicente Iturat | Pyrenees | 23 | |||
| 76 | Juan Campillo | Pyrenees | DNF | |||
| 77 | José Mateo | Pyrenees | DNF | |||
| 78 | Pyrenees | DNF | ||||
| 79 | José Serra | Pyrenees | 9 | |||
| 80 | Miguel Pacheco | Pyrenees | DNF | |||
| 81 | Miguel Alarcón | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 82 | Mediterranean | DNF | ||||
| 83 | Miguel Gual | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 84 | José Gómez del Moral | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 85 | José Pérez Llácer | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 86 | José Perez de las Heras | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 87 | Andrés Trobat | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 88 | Gabriel Company | Mediterranean | DNF | |||
| 89 | Mediterranean | 17 | ||||
| 90 | Antonio Castell | Mediterranean | DNF |