1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

{{Short description|5th season of the tournament}}

{{ Infobox cycling season

| name = 1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

| edition = 5

| competition = Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

| image =

| image_caption =

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| dates = 19 March – 26 October

| location = Europe

| rounds = 11

| individual_champion = {{flagathlete|Ferdinand Kübler|SUI}}

| individual_champion_team = Frejus

| nations_champion = {{ITA}}

| previous = 1951

| next = 1953

}}

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

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Date

!Race

!Country

!Winner

!Team

!Report

19 March

|Milan–San Remo

|{{ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Loretto Petrucci|ITA}}

|

|Report

6 April

|Tour of Flanders

|{{BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Roger Decock|BEL}}

| Bertin–d'Alessandro

|Report

13 April

|Paris–Roubaix

|{{FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Rik Van Steenbergen|BEL}}

|

|Report

27 April

|Paris–Brussels

|{{FRA}}/{{BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Briek Schotte|BEL}}

| Alcyon-Dunlop

|Report

10 May

|La Flèche Wallonne

|{{BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Ferdinand Kübler|SUI}}

| Frejus

|Report

11 May

|Liège–Bastogne–Liège

|{{BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Ferdinand Kübler|SUI}}

| Frejus

|Report

17 May – 8 June

|Giro d'Italia

|{{ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Fausto Coppi|ITA}}

| Bianchi

|Report

14 June – 21 June

|Tour de Suisse

|{{SUI}}

| {{flagathlete|Pasquale Fornara|ITA}}

|

|Report

25 June – 19 July

|Tour de France

|{{FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Fausto Coppi|ITA}}

| Italy

|Report

5 October

|Paris–Tours

|{{FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Raymond Guégan|FRA}}

|

|Report

26 October

|Giro di Lombardia

|{{ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Minardi|ITA}}

|

|Report

Final standings

=Riders=

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CyclistTeamPoints
1

|{{flagathlete|Ferdinand Kübler|SUI}} || Frejus || 113

2

|{{flagathlete|Fausto Coppi|ITA}} || Bianchi || 97

3

|{{flagathlete|Stan Ockers|BEL}} || || 72

4

|{{flagathlete|Briek Schotte|BEL}} || Alcyon-Dunlop || 53

5

| {{flagathlete|Jean Robic|FRA}} || || 51

6

|{{flagathlete|Louison Bobet|FRA}} || || 50

7

|{{flagathlete|Loretto Petrucci|ITA}} || || 44

8

|{{flagathlete|Alex Close|BEL}} || || 32

9=

| {{flagathlete|Raymond Impanis|BEL}} || || 28

9=

|{{flagathlete|Désiré Keteleer|BEL}} || || 28

=Nations=

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!

!Nation

!Points

1

|{{ITA}}

|align="center"|493

2

|{{BEL}}

|align="center"|410

3

|{{FRA}}

|align="center"|349

References

  • {{Cycling Archives race report|103010}}

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{{1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo}}

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