1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

The 1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the tenth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1956 edition were retained with no additions. Fred De Bruyne won the second of his three individual championships while Belgium retained the nations championship.

1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

Tenth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates	19 March – 20 October
Location	Europe
Races	11
Champions
Individual champion	Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (Carpano–Coppi)
Nations' champion	Belgium

Races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team	Report
19 March	Milan–San Remo	Italy	Miguel Poblet (ESP)		Report
31 March	Tour of Flanders	Belgium	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)	Carpano–Coppi	Report
7 April	Paris–Roubaix	France	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)	Carpano–Coppi	Report
22 April	Paris–Brussels	France/Belgium	Léon Van Daele (BEL)	Faema–Guerra	Report
4 May	La Flèche Wallonne	Belgium	Raymond Impanis (BEL)		Report
5 May	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Belgium	Frans Schoubben (BEL)		Report
18 May – 9 June	Giro d'Italia	Italy	Gastone Nencini (ITA)	Leo–Chlorodont	Report
12 June – 20 June	Tour de Suisse	Switzerland	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)		Report
27 June – 20 July	Tour de France	France	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)	France	Report
6 October	Paris–Tours	France	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)	Carpano–Coppi	Report
20 October	Giro di Lombardia	Italy	Diego Ronchini (ITA)	Ignis	Report

Final standings

Riders

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Fred De Bruyne (BEL)	Carpano–Coppi	90
2	Raymond Impanis (BEL)		76
3	Gastone Nencini (ITA)		70
4	Louison Bobet (FRA)		58
5	Miguel Poblet (ESP)		55
6	Jef Planckaert (BEL)		48
7	Marcel Janssens (BEL)		47
8	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)		46
9	Nino Defilippis (ITA)		43
10=	Adolf Christian (AUT)		36
10=	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)		36

Nations

	Nation	Points
1	Belgium	593
2	France	359
3	Italy	318

References

• 1957 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo results at Cycling Archives (archived)