1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

The 1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the ninth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1955 edition were retained with no additions. Fred De Bruyne won the first of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship.

1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Ninth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 21 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (Mercier–BP–Hutchinson)
Nations' champion Belgium
← 1955
1957 →

Races

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Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo   Italy   Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
2 April Tour of Flanders   Belgium   Jean Forestier (FRA) Follis–Dunlop Report
8 April Paris–Roubaix   France   Louison Bobet (FRA) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
22 April Paris–Brussels   France/  Belgium   Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema-Guerra-Van Hauwaert Report
5 May La Flèche Wallonne   Belgium   Richard Van Genechten (BEL) Elvé-Peugeot Report
6 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège   Belgium   Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
19 May – 10 June Giro d'Italia   Italy   Charly Gaul (LUX) Faema-Guerra-Van Hauwaert Report
16 June – 23 June Tour de Suisse   Switzerland   Rolf Graf (SUI) Report
5 July – 28 July Tour de France   France   Roger Walkowiak (FRA) North-East/Centre Report
7 October Paris–Tours   France   Albert Bouvet (FRA) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
21 October Giro di Lombardia   Italy   André Darrigade (FRA) Bianchi–Pirelli Report

Final standings

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Riders

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Cyclist Team Points
1   Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson 84
2   Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) 66
3   Stan Ockers (BEL) 62
4   Jean Forestier (FRA) 61
5   Andre Vlayen (BEL) 47
6   Charly Gaul (LUX) 46
7   Louison Bobet (FRA) 44
8=   Germain Derycke (BEL) 41
8=   Jef Planckaert (BEL) 41
8=   Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 41

Nations

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Nation Points
1   Belgium 569
2   France 326
3   Italy 323

References

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