1954 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

The 1954 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the seventh edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1953 edition were retained with no additions. Ferdinand Kübler won his third individual championship (although he did not win any of the races) while Belgium won the nations championship.

1954 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Seventh edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 31 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (Fiorelli)
Nations' champion Belgium
← 1953
1955 →

Races edit

Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo   Italy   Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
4 April Tour of Flanders   Belgium   Raymond Impanis (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
11 April Paris–Roubaix   France   Raymond Impanis (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
25 April Paris–Brussels   France/  Belgium   Marcel Hendrickx (BEL) Peugeot–Dunlop Report
8 May La Flèche Wallonne   Belgium   Germain Derycke (BEL) Alcyon–Dunlop Report
9 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège   Belgium   Marcel Ernzer (LUX) Terrot–Hutchinson Report
21 May – 13 June Giro d'Italia   Italy   Carlo Clerici (SUI) Guerra Report
8 July – 1 August Tour de France   France   Louison Bobet (FRA) France Report
7 August – 14 August Tour de Suisse    Switzerland   Pasquale Fornara (ITA) Report
10 October Paris–Tours   France   Gilbert Scodeller (FRA) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
31 October Giro di Lombardia   Italy   Fausto Coppi (ITA) Bianchi–Pirelli Report

Final standings edit

Riders edit

Cyclist Team Points
1   Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Fiorelli 94
2   Raymond Impanis (BEL) Mercier–Hutchinson 66
3   Louison Bobet (FRA) 59
4   Germain Derycke (BEL) Alcyon–Dunlop 52
5=   Roger Decock (BEL) 47
5=   Stan Ockers (BEL) 47
7   Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) 46
8   Fritz Schär (SUI) 44
9=   Hugo Koblet (SUI) 38
9=   Agostino Coletto (ITA) 38

Nations edit

Nation Points
1   Belgium 463
2   Italy 355
3   France 280

References edit