1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

Sixth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates	18 March – 25 October
Location	Europe
Races	11
Champions
Individual champion	Loretto Petrucci (ITA) (Bianchi–Pirelli)
Nations' champion	Italy

The 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the sixth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1952 edition were retained with no additions. Loretto Petrucci won the individual championship while Italy retained the nations championship.

Races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team	Report
18 March	Milan–San Remo	Italy	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	Report
5 April	Tour of Flanders	Belgium	Wim van Est (NED)	Garin	Report
12 April	Paris–Roubaix	France	Germain Derycke (BEL)		Report
26 April	Paris–Brussels	France/ Belgium	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	Report
2 May	La Flèche Wallonne	Belgium	Stan Ockers (BEL)		Report
3 May	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Belgium	Alois De Hertog (BEL)		Report
12 May – 2 June	Giro d'Italia	Italy	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	Report
17 June – 24 June	Tour de Suisse	Switzerland	Hugo Koblet (SUI)		Report
3 July – 26 July	Tour de France	France	Louison Bobet (FRA)	France	Report
4 October	Paris–Tours	France	Jozef Schils (BEL)		Report
25 October	Giro di Lombardia	Italy	Bruno Landi (ITA)	Fiorelli	Report

Final standings

Riders

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)	Bianchi–Pirelli	69
2	Louison Bobet (FRA)		66
3	Stan Ockers (BEL)		53
4	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)		48
5	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)		41
6	Nino Defilippis (ITA)		39
7	Germain Derijcke (BEL)		38
8	Wout Wagtmans (NED)		37
9	Raymond Impanis (BEL)		36
10	Alex Close (BEL)		34

Nations

	Nation	Points
1	Italy	453
2	Belgium	444
3	France	355

References

• 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo results at Cycling Archives