1949 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
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| Second edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 March – 23 October |
| Location | Europe |
| Races | 10 |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion |  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (Bianchi–Ursus) |
| Nations' champion | Italy |
The 1949 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was the second edition of the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo. It included ten races: all nine races from the 1948 edition were retained and the Tour de Suisse added. The competition was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi–Ursus who won four of the ten rounds: Milan–San Remo, the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Giro di Lombardia.
Races[edit]
| Date | Race | Country | Winner | Team | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March | Milan–San Remo | Italy | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Bianchi–Ursus | Report |
| 10 April | Tour of Flanders |  Belgium | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | Ganna–Ursus | Report |
| 13 April | La Flèche Wallonne | Belgium | Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) | Mercier–Hutchinson | Report |
| 17 April | Paris–Roubaix |  France | Serse Coppi (ITA) and André Mahé (FRA) | Bianchi–Ursus/Stella–Dunlop | Report |
| 24 April | Paris–Brussels | France/ Belgium | Maurice Diot (FRA) | Mercier–Hutchinson | Report |
| 15 May | Paris–Tours | France | Albert Ramon (BEL) | Ganna–Ursus | Report |
| 21 May – 12 June | Giro d'Italia | Italy | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Bianchi–Ursus | Report |
| 30 June – 24 July | Tour de France | France | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Italy | Report |
| 30 July – 6 August | Tour de Suisse |  Switzerland |  Gottfried Weilenmann (SUI) | Wolf | Report |
| 23 October | Giro di Lombardia | Italy | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | Bianchi–Ursus | Report |
Final standings[edit]
Riders[edit]
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) | 203 | |
| 2= | Gino Bartali (ITA) | 115 | |
| 2= | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | 115 | |
| 4 | Nedo Logli (ITA) | 68 | |
| 5 | Adolfo Leoni (ITA) | 67 | |
| 6 | Maurice Mollin (BEL) | 62 | |
| 7 | Giulio Bresci (ITA) | 59 | |
| 8 | Giancarlo Astrua (ITA) | 59 | |
| 9 |  Jean Goldschmit (LUX) | 56 | |
| 10 | Albert Ramon (BEL) | 55 |
Nations[edit]
| Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 878 |
| 2 | Belgium | 628 |
| 3 | France | 621 |
References[edit]
- 1949 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo results at Cycling Archives