1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

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.

1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Sixth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates18 March – 25 October
LocationEurope
Rounds11
Champions
Individual champion Loretto Petrucci (ITA) (Bianchi–Pirelli)
Nations' champion Italy

Races
Date Race Country Winner Team Report
18 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  Fritz Schär (SUI) Switzerland Report
4 October Paris–Tours  France  Jozef Schils (BEL) Report
25 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  Bruno Landi (ITA) Fiorelli Report

Final standings

Riders
CyclistTeamPoints
1  Loretto Petrucci (ITA)Bianchi–Pirelli69
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
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