1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Sixth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates18 March – 25 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Loretto Petrucci (ITA) (Bianchi–Pirelli)
Nations' champion Italy
← 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  Italy  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) Bianchi–Pirelli Report
5 April Tour of Flanders  Belgium  Wim van Est (NED) Garin Report
12 April Paris–Roubaix  France  Germain Derycke (BEL) Report
26 April Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) Bianchi–Pirelli Report
2 May La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium  Stan Ockers (BEL) Report
3 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium  Alois De Hertog (BEL) Report
12 May – 2 June Giro d'Italia  Italy  Fausto Coppi (ITA) Bianchi–Pirelli Report
17 June – 24 June Tour de Suisse  Switzerland  Hugo Koblet (SUI) Report
3 July – 26 July Tour de France  France  Louison Bobet (FRA) France Report
4 October Paris–Tours  France  Jozef Schils (BEL) Report
25 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  Bruno Landi (ITA) Fiorelli Report

Final standings

Riders

Cyclist Team Points
1  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) Bianchi–Pirelli 69
2  Louison Bobet (FRA) 66
3  Stan Ockers (BEL) 53
4  Pasquale Fornara (ITA) 48
5  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 41
6  Nino Defilippis (ITA) 39
7  Germain Derijcke (BEL) 38
8  Wout Wagtmans (NED) 37
9  Raymond Impanis (BEL) 36
10  Alex Close (BEL) 34

Nations

Nation Points
1  Italy 453
2  Belgium 444
3  France 355

References