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1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
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 Final standings Riders Nations References * {{1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1956 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo, 1956 in road cycling, Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Challenge Desgrange-Colombo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was a season-long road bicycle racing competition between 1948 and 1958. There were two classifications, one for individual cyclists and another for nations. History The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition was created in 1948 to get the cyclists from two of the most dominant countries of the sport, France and Italy, to participate in each other's races. Named after long-time Tour de France director Henri Desgrange and Giro d'Italia director , the competition was organised by the newspapers '' L'Équipe'', '' La Gazzetta dello Sport'', '' Het Nieuwsblad-Sportwereld'' and '' Les Sports''. It marked early co-operation between L'Équipe and La Gazzetta dello Sport which lasts to this day. Riders' performances in the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, La Flèche Wallonne, Paris–Brussels, Paris–Tours and the Giro di Lombardia counted towards the competition. The Tour de Suisse was added in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |