title: 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
text: # 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
  
  The 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the sixth edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included eleven races: all the races form the 1952 edition were retained with no additions. Loretto Petrucci won the individual championship while Italy retained the nations championship.
  
  ## Races
  
  | Date | Race | Country | Winner | Team | Report |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 March | Milan–San Remo | Italy | Loretto Petrucci (ITA) | Bianchi–Pirelli | Report |
  | 5 April | Tour of Flanders | Belgium | Wim van Est (NED) | Garin | Report |
  | 12 April | Paris–Roubaix | France | Germain Derycke (BEL) | | Report |
  | 26 April | Paris–Brussels | France/ Belgium | Loretto Petrucci (ITA) | Bianchi–Pirelli | Report |
  | 2 May | La Flèche Wallonne | Belgium | Stan Ockers (BEL) | | Report |
  | 3 May | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Belgium | Alois De Hertog (BEL) | | Report |
  | 12 May – 2 June | Giro d'Italia | Italy | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Bianchi–Pirelli | Report |
  | 17 June – 24 June | Tour de Suisse | Switzerland | Hugo Koblet (SUI) | | Report |
  | 3 July – 26 July | Tour de France | France | Louison Bobet (FRA) | France | Report |
  | 4 October | Paris–Tours | France | Jozef Schils (BEL) | | Report |
  | 25 October | Giro di Lombardia | Italy | Bruno Landi (ITA) | Fiorelli | Report |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  ### Riders
  
  | | Cyclist | Team | Points |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Loretto Petrucci (ITA) | Bianchi–Pirelli | 69 |
  | 2 | Louison Bobet (FRA) | | 66 |
  | 3 | Stan Ockers (BEL) | | 53 |
  | 4 | Pasquale Fornara (ITA) | | 48 |
  | 5 | Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) | | 41 |
  | 6 | Nino Defilippis (ITA) | | 39 |
  | 7 | Germain Derijcke (BEL) | | 38 |
  | 8 | Wout Wagtmans (NED) | | 37 |
  | 9 | Raymond Impanis (BEL) | | 36 |
  | 10 | Alex Close (BEL) | | 34 |
  
  ### Nations
  
  | | Nation | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 453 |
  | 2 | Belgium | 444 |
  | 3 | France | 355 |
  