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1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

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1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Fourth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
Details
Dates19 March – 21 October
LocationEurope
Races11
Champions
Individual champion Louison Bobet (FRA) (Stella–Dunlop)
Nations' champion France
← 1950
1952 →

The 1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the fourth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1950 edition were retained with the addition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Paris–Tours moved from a spring slot to an autumn slot. Louison Bobet won the competition by a single point to 1950 champion Ferdinand Kübler. France won their first nations championship.

Races

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Date Race Country Winner Team Report
19 March Milan–San Remo  Italy  Louison Bobet (FRA) Stella–Dunlop Report
1 April Tour of Flanders  Belgium  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) Ganna Report
8 April Paris–Roubaix  France  Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) Benotto-Ursus-Fiorelli Report
15 April Paris–Brussels  France/ Belgium  Jean Guéguen (FRA) Mercier–Hutchinson Report
21 April La Flèche Wallonne  Belgium  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Fréjus Report
22 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège  Belgium  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Fréjus Report
19 May – 10 June Giro d'Italia  Italy  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) Ganna Report
15 June – 23 June Tour de Suisse   Switzerland  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Fréjus Report
4 July – 29 July Tour de France  France  Hugo Koblet (SUI) Switzerland Report
7 October Paris–Tours  France  Jacques Dupont (FRA) Report
21 October Giro di Lombardia  Italy  Louison Bobet (FRA) Stella–Dunlop Report

Final standings

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Riders

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Cyclist Team Points
1  Louison Bobet (FRA) Stella–Dunlop 97
2  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 96
3  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) 90
4  Hugo Koblet (SUI) 77
5  Gino Bartali (ITA) 69
6  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 68
7  Fausto Coppi (ITA) 53
8  Bernard Gauthier (FRA) 51
9  Raymond Impanis (BEL) 40
10  Pierre Barbotin (FRA) 37

Nations

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Nation Points
1  France 483
2  Italy 474
3  Belgium 302

References

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