1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Fifth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 26 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (Frejus)
Nations' champion Italy

The 1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the fifth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1951 edition were retained with no additions. Ferdinand Kübler won his second edition, having previously won in 1950. Italy won the nations championship.

Races

Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo  Italy  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) Report
6 April Tour of Flanders  Belgium  Roger Decock (BEL) Bertin–d'Alessandro Report
13 April Paris–Roubaix  France  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) Report
27 April Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium  Briek Schotte (BEL) Alcyon-Dunlop Report
10 May La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Frejus Report
11 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Frejus Report
17 May – 8 June Giro d'Italia  Italy  Fausto Coppi (ITA) Bianchi Report
14 June – 21 June Tour de Suisse  Switzerland  Pasquale Fornara (ITA) Report
25 June – 19 July Tour de France  France  Fausto Coppi (ITA) Italy Report
5 October Paris–Tours  France  Raymond Guégan (FRA) Report
26 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  Giuseppe Minardi (ITA) Report

Final standings

Riders

Cyclist Team Points
1  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Frejus 113
2  Fausto Coppi (ITA) Bianchi 97
3  Stan Ockers (BEL) 72
4  Briek Schotte (BEL) Alcyon-Dunlop 53
5  Jean Robic (FRA) 51
6  Louison Bobet (FRA) 50
7  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) 44
8  Alex Close (BEL) 32
9=  Raymond Impanis (BEL) 28
9=  Désiré Keteleer (BEL) 28

Nations

Nation Points
1  Italy 493
2  Belgium 410
3  France 349

References

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