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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1958 |
Milan-San Remo |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
282 km |
| March 30, 1958 |
Tour of Flanders |
Germain Derycke (Bel) |
230 km |
| April 13, 1958 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Leon Van Daele (Bel) |
269 km |
| April 27, 1958 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Fred De Bruyne (Bel) |
246 km |
| April 30-May 15, 1958 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Jean Stablinski (Fra) |
16 Stages,
3,246 km |
| May 18-June 8, 1958 |
Giro d'Italia |
Ercole Baldini (Ita) |
20 Stages,
3,341 km |
| June 26-July 19, 1958 |
Tour de France |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
24 Stages,
4,330 km |
| August 31, 1958 |
World
Championships |
Ercole Baldini (Ita) |
Reims, France 277 km |
October 19, 1958 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Nino Defilippis (Ita) |
Milan-Milan,
243 km |
• Tour de France - Live television shots came to the TdF. The limited race action came from the famous climb of the Col d'Aubisque.
• China - Communist leader Mao presents the “Great Leap Forward” to encourage the industrialization of China.
• Cuba - Rebel leader Fidel Castro ousts the mafia corrupted dictator Fulgencio Batista and wins total control of the island nation.
• NFL - the National Football League's championship game, viewed by millions of fans on TV, is won by the Baltimore Colts in “sudden death” overtime. The game generated such interest that CBS signed a long term TV contract for the hot NFL product.
• Munich, Germany - an airplane carrying the Manchester United FC crashed in a blizzard taking off from Munich Airport.
• North Pole - the Nautilus submarine journeys under the North Pole.
• Music - January 20, 1958, Elvis Presley is drafted into military service.
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