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1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

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1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Ninth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 21 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (Mercier–BP–Hutchinson)
Nations' champion Belgium
← 1955
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The 1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the ninth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1955 edition were retained with no additions. Fred De Bruyne won the first of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship.

Races

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Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo  Italy  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
2 April Tour of Flanders  Belgium  Jean Forestier (FRA) Follis–Dunlop Report
8 April Paris–Roubaix  France  Louison Bobet (FRA) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
22 April Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium  Rik Van Looy (BEL) Faema-Guerra-Van Hauwaert Report
5 May La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium  Richard Van Genechten (BEL) Elvé-Peugeot Report
6 May Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
19 May – 10 June Giro d'Italia  Italy  Charly Gaul (LUX) Faema-Guerra-Van Hauwaert Report
16 June – 23 June Tour de Suisse  Switzerland  Rolf Graf (SUI) Report
5 July – 28 July Tour de France  France  Roger Walkowiak (FRA) North-East/Centre Report
7 October Paris–Tours  France  Albert Bouvet (FRA) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson Report
21 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  André Darrigade (FRA) Bianchi–Pirelli Report

Final standings

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Riders

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Cyclist Team Points
1  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson 84
2  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) 66
3  Stan Ockers (BEL) 62
4  Jean Forestier (FRA) 61
5  Andre Vlayen (BEL) 47
6  Charly Gaul (LUX) 46
7  Louison Bobet (FRA) 44
8=  Germain Derycke (BEL) 41
8=  Jef Planckaert (BEL) 41
8=  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 41

Nations

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Nation Points
1  Belgium 569
2  France 326
3  Italy 323

References

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