1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

Cycling season 6 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 6 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 18 March – 25 October Europe 11 Loretto Petrucci ITA Bianchi–Pirelli 1952 1954 The 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the sixth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1952 edition were retained with no additions. Loretto Petrucci won the individual championship while Italy retained the nations championship. Races Date Race Country Winner Team Report 19 March Milan–San Remo Loretto Petrucci ITA Bianchi–Pirelli Report 5 April Tour of Flanders Wim van Est NED Garin Report 12 April Paris–Roubaix Germain Derycke BEL Report 26 April Paris–Brussels / Loretto Petrucci ITA Bianchi–Pirelli Report 2 May La Flèche Wallonne Stan Ockers BEL Report 3 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège Alois De Hertog BEL Report 12 May – 2 June Giro d'Italia Fausto Coppi ITA Bianchi–Pirelli Report 17 June – 24 June Tour de Suisse Hugo Koblet SUI Report 3 July – 26 July Tour de France Louison Bobet FRA France Report 4 October Paris–Tours Jozef Schils BEL Report 25 October Giro di Lombardia Bruno Landi ITA Fiorelli Report Final standings Riders Cyclist Team Points1Loretto Petrucci ITA Bianchi–Pirelli 692Louison Bobet FRA 663Stan Ockers BEL 534Pasquale Fornara ITA 485 Ferdinand Kübler SUI 416Nino Defilippis ITA 397Germain Derijcke BEL 388Wout Wagtmans NED 379 Raymond Impanis BEL 3610Alex Close BEL 34 Nations NationPoints145324443355 References 103011 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Category:Challenge Desgrange-Colombo