1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Eighth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 23 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Stan Ockers (BEL) (Elvé-Peugeot)
Nations' champion Belgium
← 1954
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The 1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the eighth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1954 edition were retained with no additions. Stan Ockers won the individual championship while Belgium retained the nations championship.

Races

Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo  Italy  Germain Derycke (BEL) Alcyon–Dunlop Report
27 March Tour of Flanders  Belgium  Louison Bobet (FRA) Bobet–BP–Hutchinson Report
10 April Paris–Roubaix  France  Jean Forestier (FRA) Report
24 April Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium  Marcel Hendrickx (BEL) Elvé-Peugeot Report
30 April La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium  Stan Ockers (BEL) Elvé-Peugeot Report
1 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium  Stan Ockers (BEL) Elvé-Peugeot Report
14 May – 5 June Giro d'Italia  Italy  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) Nivea-Fuchs Report
11 June – 18 June Tour de Suisse  Switzerland  Hugo Koblet (SUI) Report
7 July – 30 July Tour de France  France  Louison Bobet (FRA) France Report
9 October Paris–Tours  France  Jacques Dupont (FRA) Report
23 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  Cleto Maule (ITA) Torpado Report

Final standings

Riders

Cyclist Team Points
1  Stan Ockers (BEL) Elvé-Peugeot 91
2  Louison Bobet (FRA) 80
3  Jean Brankart (BEL) 78
4  Hugo Koblet (SUI) 58
5  Germain Derijcke (BEL) 53
6  Pasquale Fornara (ITA) 41
7=  Raymond Impanis (BEL) 38
7=  Bernard Gauthier (FRA) 38
9  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 36
10  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) 34

Nations

Nation Points
1  Belgium 445
2  France 387
3  Italy 359

References