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.
| Eleventh edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 March – 19 October |
| Location | Europe |
| Races | 12 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion |  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (Carpano) |
| Nations' champion | Belgium |
Races edit
| 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 edit
Riders edit
| 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 edit
| Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium
|
655 |
| 2 | Italy
|
352 |
| 3 | France
|
282 |
References edit
- 1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo results at Cycling Archives