The 1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the eighth edition of the

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 ...

. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1954 edition were retained with no additions.

Stan Ockers Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in Borgerhout – 1 October 1956 in Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. ...

won the individual championship while Belgium retained the nations championship.

Races

Final standings

Riders

Nations

References