1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 10 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 19 March – 20 October Europe 11 Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi Belgium 1956 1958 The 1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the tenth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1956 edition were retained with no additions. Fred De Bruyne won the second of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship. Races Date Race Country Winner Team Report 19 March Milan–San Remo Italy Miguel Poblet ESP 1945 Report 31 March Tour of Flanders Belgium Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi Report 7 April Paris–Roubaix France Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi Report 22 April Paris–Brussels France/Belgium Léon Van Daele BEL Faema–Guerra Report 4 May La Flèche Wallonne Belgium Raymond Impanis BEL Report 5 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège Belgium Frans Schoubben BEL Report 18 May – 9 June Giro d'Italia Italy Gastone Nencini ITA Leo–Chlorodont Report 12 June – 20 June Tour de Suisse Switzerland Pasquale Fornara ITA Report 27 June – 20 July Tour de France France Jacques Anquetil FRA France Report 6 October Paris–Tours France Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi Report 20 October Giro di Lombardia Italy Diego Ronchini ITA Ignis Report Final standings Riders Cyclist Team Points1Fred De Bruyne BEL Carpano–Coppi 902Raymond Impanis BEL 763Gastone Nencini ITA 704Louison Bobet FRA 585 Miguel Poblet ESP 1945 556Jef Planckaert BEL 487Marcel Janssens BEL 478Jacques Anquetil FRA 469 Nino Defilippis ITA 4310=Adolf Christian AUT 3610=Pasquale Fornara ITA 36 Nations NationPoints1Belgium5932France3593Italy318 References 103006 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Category:Challenge Desgrange-Colombo