1954 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo Explained

The 1954 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the seventh edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1953 edition were retained with no additions. Ferdinand Kübler won his third individual championship (although he did not win any of the races) while Belgium won the nations championship.

Races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team	Report
19 March	Milan–San Remo			Mercier–BP–Hutchinson	Report
4 April	Tour of Flanders			Mercier–BP–Hutchinson	Report
11 April	Paris–Roubaix			Mercier–BP–Hutchinson	Report
25 April	Paris–Brussels	/		Peugeot–Dunlop	Report
8 May	La Flèche Wallonne			Alcyon–Dunlop	Report
9 May	Liège–Bastogne–Liège			Terrot–Hutchinson	Report
21 May – 13 June	Giro d'Italia			Guerra	Report
8 July – 1 August	Tour de France			France	Report
7 August – 14 August	Tour de Suisse				Report
10 October	Paris–Tours			Mercier–BP–Hutchinson	Report
31 October	Giro di Lombardia			Bianchi–Pirelli	Report

Final standings

Riders

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			94
2			66
3			59
4			52
5=			47
5=			47
7			46
8			44
9=			38
9=			38

Nations

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	Nation	Points
1		463
2		355
3		280