1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

Fifth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates	19 March – 26 October
Location	Europe
Races	11
Champions
Individual champion	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (Frejus)
Nations' champion	Italy

The 1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the fifth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1951 edition were retained with no additions. Ferdinand Kübler won his second edition, having previously won in 1950. Italy won the nations championship.

Races

Date	Race	Country	Winner	Team	Report
19 March	Milan–San Remo	Italy	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)		Report
6 April	Tour of Flanders	Belgium	Roger Decock (BEL)	Bertin–d'Alessandro	Report
13 April	Paris–Roubaix	France	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)		Report
27 April	Paris–Brussels	France/ Belgium	Briek Schotte (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	Report
10 May	La Flèche Wallonne	Belgium	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)	Frejus	Report
11 May	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Belgium	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)	Frejus	Report
17 May – 8 June	Giro d'Italia	Italy	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Bianchi	Report
14 June – 21 June	Tour de Suisse	Switzerland	Pasquale Fornara (ITA)		Report
25 June – 19 July	Tour de France	France	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Italy	Report
5 October	Paris–Tours	France	Raymond Guégan (FRA)		Report
26 October	Giro di Lombardia	Italy	Giuseppe Minardi (ITA)		Report

Final standings

Riders

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)	Frejus	113
2	Fausto Coppi (ITA)	Bianchi	97
3	Stan Ockers (BEL)		72
4	Briek Schotte (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	53
5	Jean Robic (FRA)		51
6	Louison Bobet (FRA)		50
7	Loretto Petrucci (ITA)		44
8	Alex Close (BEL)		32
9=	Raymond Impanis (BEL)		28
9=	Désiré Keteleer (BEL)		28

Nations

	Nation	Points
1	Italy	493
2	Belgium	410
3	France	349

References

• 1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo results at Cycling Archives