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

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

Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo  Italy  Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema-Guerra Report
31 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 – 7 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

Riders

CyclistTeamPoints
1  Fred De Bruyne (BEL)Carpano89
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

Nation Points
1  Belgium 655
2  Italy 352
3  France 282

References

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