The 1955 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 41st edition of the

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

cycle race and was held on 1 May 1955. The race started and finished in

Liège Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...

. The race was won by

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

General classification

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

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