1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

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.

1958 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Eleventh edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 19 October
LocationEurope
Rounds12
Champions
Individual champion Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (Carpano)
Nations' champion Belgium

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
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