The 36th Ronde van Nederland cycling race was held from August 27 to August 31, 1996. The race started in Gouda ( South Holland) and finished after 880.2 kilometres in Landgraaf ( Limburg).

Stages

27-08-1996: Gouda-Haarlem, 167 km

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Federico Colonna ( ITA)	Mapei-GB	03:43:05
2.	Robbie McEwen ( AUS)	Rabobank	—
3.	Jans Koerts ( NED)	Palmans	—

28-08-1996: Haarlem-Almere, 195 km

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Max van Heeswijk ( NED)	Motorola	04:39:06
2.	Johan Capiot ( BEL)	Collstrop–Garden	—
3.	Sven Teutenberg ( GER)	U.S. Postal Service	—

29-08-1996: Almere-Doetinchem, 125 km

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Giovanni Lombardi ( ITA)	Polti	02:35:29
2.	Rolf Sørensen ( DEN)	Rabobank	—
3.	Lance Armstrong ( USA)	Motorola	—

29-08-1996: Doetinchem-Doetinchem (Time Trial), 19.6 km

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Rolf Sørensen ( DEN)	Rabobank	00:22:40
2.	Lance Armstrong ( USA)	Motorola	+ 0.01
3.	Viatcheslav Ekimov ( RUS)	Rabobank	+ 0.29

30-08-1996: Zevenaar-Venray, 187 km

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Erik Zabel ( GER)	Telekom	04:28:30
2.	Jeroen Blijlevens ( NED)	TVM-Farm Frites	—
3.	Federico Colonna ( ITA)	Mapei-GB	—

31-08-1996: Roermond-Landgraaf, 202 km

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Olaf Ludwig ( GER)	Telekom	04:48:02
2.	Giovanni Lombardi ( ITA)	Polti	+ 0.05
3.	Tristan Hoffman ( NED)	TVM-Farm Frites	—

Final classification

RANK	NAME CYCLIST	TEAM	TIME
1.	Rolf Sørensen ( DEN)	Rabobank	20:36:54
2.	Lance Armstrong ( USA)	Motorola	+ 0.02
3.	Viatcheslav Ekimov ( RUS)	Rabobank	+ 1.07
4.	Marco Lietti ( ITA)	MG-Technogym	+ 1.16
5.	Erik Dekker ( NED)	Rabobank	+ 1.23
6.	Olaf Ludwig ( GER)	Telekom	+ 1.25
7.	Erik Breukink ( NED)	Rabobank	—
8.	Maarten den Bakker ( NED)	TVM-Farm Frites	+ 1.33
9.	Michael Andersson ( SWE)	Telekom	+ 1.34
10.	Jesper Skibby ( DEN)	TVM-Farm Frites	+ 1.45

External links

• Wielersite Results