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1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

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1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Eleventh edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 19 October
LocationEurope
Races12
Champions
Individual champion Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (Carpano)
Nations' champion Belgium
← 1957

The 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the eleventh and final edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1957 edition were retained and the Vuelta a España was included for the first time. Fred De Bruyne won the third of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship. The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo folded after the 1958 season and the Super Prestige Pernod replaced it as the season-long competition for road bicycle racing.

Races

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Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo  Italy  Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema-Guerra Report
30 March Tour of Flanders  Belgium  Germain Derijcke (BEL) Carpano Report
13 April Paris–Roubaix  France  Leon Vandaele (BEL) Report
20 April Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium  Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema-Guerra Report
26 April La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) Report
27 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Carpano Report
30 April – 15 May Vuelta a España  Spain  Jean Stablinski (FRA) Report
18 May – 8 June Giro d'Italia  Italy  Ercole Baldini (ITA) Report
11 June – 18 June Tour de Suisse  Switzerland  Pasquale Fornara (ITA) Report
26 June – 19 July Tour de France  France  Charly Gaul (LUX) Netherlands/Luxembourg Report
5 October Paris–Tours  France  Gilbert Desmet (BEL) Report
19 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  Nino Defilippis (ITA) Carpano Report

Final standings

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Riders

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Cyclist Team Points
1  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Carpano 89
2  Rik Van Looy (BEL) 77
3  Charly Gaul (LUX) 76
4  Miguel Poblet (ESP) 71
5  Ercole Baldini (ITA) 57
6  Louison Bobet (FRA) 54
7  Pasquale Fornara (ITA) 51
8  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) 46
9  Gastone Nencini (ITA) 44
10  Nino Defilippis (ITA) 42

Nations

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Nation Points
1  Belgium 655
2  Italy 352
3  France 282

References

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