The Degrange Colombo Challenge 1949

The Degrange Colombo Challenge 1949
The Degrange Colombo Challenge 1949
Information
Kind of sport	road cycling
Organizers	L'équipe; La gazzetta dello sport; Het nieuwsblad-sportwereld; Les sports
room	2nd
Location	Belgium , Italy , France , Switzerland
date	March 19 - October 23, 1949
Racing	ten
Winners
Individual	Fausto Coppy
Command	Italy
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The 2nd season of the Degrange-Colombo Challenge - the 1949 seasonal cycling tournament .

Season Overview

The tournament calendar has changed. It was replenished with a multi-day event - it became the Tour of Switzerland , which was located between or after both grand tours. Thus, the tournament began to consist of 10 races - three in Belgium, Italy and France, and one in Switzerland. The first victory in the history of the tournament was won by a representative of Switzerland. He became Gottfried Vilenmann on the Tour of Switzerland.

The tournament regulations remained the same. It provided for the accrual of points to the first 25 riders in each race (points were doubled on grand tours). To be classified in the final ranking, the rider had to take part in at least one race held in each of the organizing countries (Belgium, Italy and France), participation in Switzerland was not mandatory. The national rating was calculated as the sum of the top five racers from the country at each race.

Accrued points

Racing / Place	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	13	14	15	sixteen	17	18	nineteen	20	21	22	23	24	25
Grand Tours	60	52	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	thirty	28	26	24	22	20	18	sixteen	14	12	ten	eight	6	four	2
Other races	thirty	26	23	22	21	20	nineteen	18	17	sixteen	15	14	13	12	eleven	ten	9	eight	7	6	five	four	3	2	one

The winner of the individual rating was the Italian Fausto Coppi , who won the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France . The second and third places were shared by two more Italians - Gino Bartali and Fiorenzo Magni . In total, the top ten were seven representatives of Italy.

Among the countries, Italy excelled for the second year in a row.

Calendar

No.	date	Race	Winner
one	March 19th	Milan - San Remo	Fausto Coppy
2	April 10th	Tour of Flanders	Fiorenzo Magni
3	April 13th	Flash Valon	Rick Van Stenbergen
four	April 18th	Paris - Roubaix ^[1]	Cerse Coppy Andre Maye
five	April 24th	Paris - Brussels	Maurice Diot
6	May 15	Paris - Tours	Albert Ramon
7	May 21 - June 12	Giro d'Italia	Fausto Coppy
eight	June 30 - July 24	Tour de France	Fausto Coppy
eight	July 30 - September 6	Switzerland tour	Gottfried Wilenmann
ten	October 23	Giro di Lombardy	Fausto Coppy

Final rating

Individual

No.	Racer	Glasses
one	Fausto Coppy	203
2	Gino Bartali	115
2	Fiorenzo Magni	115
four	Nedo Logley	68
five	Adolfo Leoni	67
6	Maurice Mullin	62
7	Giulio Breschi	59
eight	Giancarlo Astroa	58
9	Jean Goldschmidt	56
ten	Albert Ramon	55

National

No.	A country	Glasses
one	Italy	878
2	Belgium	628
3	France	621

Notes

↑ There were two winners in the Paris-Roubaix race: Andre Mahe - the first to cross the finish line and Cerse Mines - won the sprint from the peloton. However, Coppy filed a protest because Mahe did not follow the correct route. Mahe was disqualified, but a few days later he was again declared the winner of the French Cycling Federation. After months of uncertainty in November, the UCI finally declared both riders winners of the race.

Links

The 1949 Degrange-Colombo Challenge at Cycling Archives
LesSports.info racing results
Season results on memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
Season results on the archive page '' velo-club.net ''

[1] There were two winners in the Paris-Roubaix race: Andre Mahe - the first to cross the finish line and Cerse Mines - won the sprint from the peloton. However, Coppy filed a protest because Mahe did not follow the correct route. Mahe was disqualified, but a few days later he was again declared the winner of the French Cycling Federation. After months of uncertainty in November, the UCI finally declared both riders winners of the race.