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

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

Riders

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

Nation Points
1  Belgium 569
2  France 326
3  Italy 323

References

Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Challenge_Desgrange-Colombo
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