1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

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.

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
1956 →

Races

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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

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Riders

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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

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Nation Points
1   Belgium 445
2   France 387
3   Italy 359

References

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