The 46th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from April 21 to May 5, 1996. There were a total number of 106 competitors, including a Spanish rider, (Laudelino Cubino) and an Ecuadorian rider (Héctor Chiles). 77 cyclists finished the stage race.
Stages
1996-04-21: [[Bogotá]] — [[Colmena]] (5.1 km)
Place
Prologue
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Dubán Ramírez
Dubán Ramírez
1996-04-22: [[Chía, Cundinamarca|Chía]] — [[Duitama]] (183.1 km)
Place
Stage 1
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Laudelino Cubino
Dubán Ramírez
1996-04-23: [[Duitama]] — [[Socorro, Santander|Socorro]] (221.3 km)
Place
Stage 2
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Jairo Hernández
Dubán Ramírez
2.
Javier Zapata
3.
Raúl Montaña
1996-04-24: [[Socorro, Santander|Socorro]] — [[Bucaramanga]] (120 km)
Place
Stage 3
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Heberth Gutiérrez
Heberth Gutiérrez
2.
Javier Zapata
Dubán Ramírez
3.
Javier Zapata
1996-04-25: [[Bucaramanga]] — [[Barrancabermeja]] (168 km)
Place
Stage 4
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Héctor Palacio
1996-04-26: [[Barrancabermeja]] — [[Puerto Boyacá]] (202 km)
Place
Stage 5
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Carlos Cabrera
1996-04-27: [[La Dorada, Caldas|La Dorada]] — [[Villamaría]] (171.2 km)
Place
Stage 6
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
1996-04-28: [[Villamaría]] — [[Santa Helena del Opón|Alto de Santa Helena]] (221.2 km)
Place
Stage 7
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Luis Alberto González
2.
Chepe González
3.
Juan Diego Ramírez
1996-04-29: [[Medellín]] — [[Palestina, Caldas|Palestina]] (223.3 km)
Place
Stage 8
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Juan Diego Ramírez
1996-04-30: [[Chinchiná, Caldas|Chinchiná]] — [[Palmira, Valle del Cauca|Palmira]] (219 km)
Place
Stage 9
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Raúl Montaña
1996-05-01: [[Cali]] — [[Cali]] (17 km)
Place
Stage 10 (Individual Time Trial)
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Elkin Barrera
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
2.
Luis Alberto González
Luis Alberto González
3.
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
Elkin Barrera
1996-05-02: [[Buga, Valle del Cauca|Buga]] — [[Córdoba, Quindío|Córdoba]] (191.1 km)
Place
Stage 11
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Hernán Buenahora
1996-05-03: [[Calarcá, Quindío|Calarcá]] — [[Cajamarca]] (155 km)
Place
Stage 12
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Julio César Aguirre
1996-05-04: [[Ibagué]] — [[Bogotá]] (208 km)
Place
Stage 13
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Héctor Palacio
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
2.
Héctor Palacio
3.
Luis Alberto González
1996-05-05: [[Bogotá]] — [[Bogotá]] (26 km)
Place
Stage 14 (Individual Time Trial)
General Classification
Name
Time
Name
Time
1.
Carlos Alberto Contreras
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
2.
Dubán Ramírez
Héctor Palacio
3.
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
Luis Alberto González
Final classification
RANK
NAME
TEAM
TIME
1.
Miguel Ángel Sanabria
Gaseosas Glacial-Selle Italia
58:42:10
2.
Héctor Palacio
Gobernación de Antioquia-Pilsen
+ 3.11
3.
Luis Alberto González
Manzana Postobón
+ 3.13
4.
Elkin Barrera
Gaseosas Glacial-Selle Italia
+ 3.50
5.
Chepe González
Pony Malta-Kelme
+ 4.21
6.
Carlos Alberto Contreras
Pony Malta-Kelme
+ 5.26
7.
Efraím Rico
Manzana Postobón
+ 5.36
8.
Germán Ospina
Gobernación de Antioquia-Pilsen
+ 5.40
9.
Jairo Hernández
Pony Malta-Avianca
+ 6.49
10.
Álvaro Lozano
Manzana Postobón
+ 7.14
Teams
;Pony Malta-Kelme A
| COL Chepe González
| COL Julio César Aguirre
| ESP Laudelino Cubino
| COL Libardo Niño
| COL Carlos Alberto Contreras
| COL Marco Isaías
| COL Hernán Buenahora
| COL José Castelblanco
| COL Nélson Ramírez
| COL Héctor Castaño
;Gobernación de Antioquia-Pilsen
| COL Juan Diego Ramírez
| COL Carlos Jaramillo
| COL Dubán Ramírez
| COL Argiro Zapata
| COL Héctor Palacio
| COL Elder Herrera
| COL Javier "El Milagroso" Zapata
| COL Germán Ospina
;Gaseosas Glacial-Selle Italia
| COL Israel Ochoa
| COL Elkin Barrera
| COL Fabio Rodríguez
| COL Miguel Ángel Sanabria
| COL Armando Moreno
| COL Jairo Torres
| COL Giovanny Huertas
| COL Víctor Becerra
;Manzana Postobón A
| COL Luis Alberto González
| COL Luis Edgar Sepúlveda
| COL Luis Alberto Camargo
| COL Raúl Montaña
| COL Álvaro Lozano
| COL Efraím Rico
| COL Nélson Rodríguez
| COL Ruber Marín
| COL Julio Ernesto Bernal
| COL José Luis Vanegas
;Pony Malta de Bavaria–Avianca A
| COL Félix Cárdenas
| COL Ricardo Mesa
| COL Diego Garavito
| ECU Héctor Chiles
| COL Ismael Sarmiento
| COL Jairo Hernández
;Todos por Boyacá
| COL Jair Bernal
| COL José Ibáñez
| COL José Castañeda
| COL Joselín Saavedra
| COL José Florencio Franco
| COL Miguel Ángel Niño
| COL Humberto Estupiñan
| COL Luis Alfredo López
| COL Jairo Camargo
| COL Víctor Hugo García
;Diario Deportivo–Centro Botánico El Polén
| COL Oscar León
| COL Armando Ospina
| COL Eduardo Guerrero
| COL Raúl Saavedra
| COL Adolfo Rico
| COL Humberto Hernández
| COL Luis Fernando Bonilla
;Estrellas–Aguardiente Néctar ELC
| COL José A. Rodríguez
| COL Jorge Enrique Pineda
| COL Henry Castro
| COL William Rodríguez
| COL Juan Carlos Fonseca
| COL Carlos A. Díaz
| COL Jairo Vega
;Municipal de Itagüí
| COL Luis Eduardo Acevedo
| COL John Restrepo
| COL Otoniel Soto
| COL Nélson Pérez
| COL César Álzate
| COL Francisco Rojas
| COL William Valencia
;Pony Malta-Kelme B
| COL Federico Muñoz
| COL Santiago Botero
| COL Olmedo Capacho
| COL Gerardo Buenahora
| COL Óscar René Jurado
| COL Javier Anaya
;Lotería de Medellín-Aguardiente Antioqueño
| COL Jaime Alberto Bolívar
| COL Hernán Darío Muñoz
| COL Hernán Osorio
| COL Francisco Orozco
| COL Ramón Fernando García
| COL Leonardo Cardona
;Agua Natural Glacial
| COL Luciano Bonilla
| COL Edward Ruiz
| COL Urbelino Mesa
| COL Jairo Pérez
| COL Carlos Humberto Cabrera
| COL Henry Alfonso Pérez
| COL Víctor Niño
;Manzana Postobón B
| COL Óscar Giraldo
| COL Gregorio Ladino
| COL Alexis Rojas
| COL Ubaldo Mesa
| COL Luis Germán Cárdenas
| COL César Grajales
;Pony Malta de Bavaria–Avianca B
| COL Hébert Gutiérrez
| COL Raúl Gómez Suárez
| COL Juan Javier Castillo
| COL José Daniel Bernal
| COL Carlos Silva
| COL Carlos Andrés Osorio
;Cicloases
| COL Nélson Huérfano
| COL Celso González
| COL Gamaliel Parra
| COL Juan Antonio Barrero
| COL Miller Ñañez
| COL Henry Pineda
| COL Luis Ernesto Cely
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