1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
# 1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

The 1955 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the eighth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1954 edition were retained with no additions. Stan Ockers won the individual championship while Belgium retained the nations championship.

## Races

| Date | Race | Country | Winner | Team | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 March | Milan–San Remo | Italy | Germain Derycke (BEL) | Alcyon–Dunlop | Report |
| 27 March | Tour of Flanders | Belgium | Louison Bobet (FRA) | Bobet–BP–Hutchinson | Report |
| 10 April | Paris–Roubaix | France | Jean Forestier (FRA) | | Report |
| 24 April | Paris–Brussels | France/ Belgium | Marcel Hendrickx (BEL) | Elvé-Peugeot | Report |
| 30 April | La Flèche Wallonne | Belgium | Stan Ockers (BEL) | Elvé-Peugeot | Report |
| 1 May | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Belgium | Stan Ockers (BEL) | Elvé-Peugeot | Report |
| 14 May – 5 June | Giro d'Italia | Italy | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | Nivea-Fuchs | Report |
| 11 June – 18 June | Tour de Suisse | Switzerland | Hugo Koblet (SUI) | | Report |
| 7 July – 30 July | Tour de France | France | Louison Bobet (FRA) | France | Report |
| 9 October | Paris–Tours | France | Jacques Dupont (FRA) | | Report |
| 23 October | Giro di Lombardia | Italy | Cleto Maule (ITA) | Torpado | Report |

## Final standings

### Riders

| | Cyclist | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stan Ockers (BEL) | Elvé-Peugeot | 91 |
| 2 | Louison Bobet (FRA) | | 80 |
| 3 | Jean Brankart (BEL) | | 78 |
| 4 | Hugo Koblet (SUI) | | 58 |
| 5 | Germain Derijcke (BEL) | | 53 |
| 6 | Pasquale Fornara (ITA) | | 41 |
| 7= | Raymond Impanis (BEL) | | 38 |
| 7= | Bernard Gauthier (FRA) | | 38 |
| 9 | Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) | | 36 |
| 10 | Fred De Bruyne (BEL) | | 34 |

### Nations

| | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Belgium | 445 |
| 2 | France | 387 |
| 3 | Italy | 359 |
