1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

8th season of cycling tour 1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 8 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 19 March – 23 October Europe 11 Stan Ockers BEL Elvé-Peugeot 1954 1956 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 Germain Derycke BEL Alcyon–Dunlop Report 27 March Tour of Flanders Louison Bobet FRA Bobet–BP–Hutchinson Report 10 April Paris–Roubaix Jean Forestier FRA Report 24 April Paris–Brussels / Marcel Hendrickx BEL Elvé-Peugeot Report 30 April La Flèche Wallonne Stan Ockers BEL Elvé-Peugeot Report 1 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège Stan Ockers BEL Elvé-Peugeot Report 14 May – 5 June Giro d'Italia Fiorenzo Magni ITA Nivea-Fuchs Report 11 June – 18 June Tour de Suisse Hugo Koblet SUI Report 7 July – 30 July Tour de France Louison Bobet FRA France Report 9 October Paris–Tours Jacques Dupont FRA Report 23 October Giro di Lombardia Cleto Maule ITA Torpado Report Final standings Riders Cyclist Team Points1Stan Ockers BEL Elvé-Peugeot 912Louison Bobet FRA 803Jean Brankart BEL 784Hugo Koblet SUI 585 Germain Derijcke BEL 536Pasquale Fornara ITA 417=Raymond Impanis BEL 387=Bernard Gauthier FRA 389 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 3610Fred De Bruyne BEL 34 Nations NationPoints144523873359 References 103014 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Category:Challenge Desgrange-Colombo