Giro dItalia: Winners and records

Giro d’Italia: Winners and records

The Giro d’Italia began in 1909 in a bid to increase sales for La Gazzetta dello Sport. Italian riders dominated the early decades of the race but that changed from the 60's onwards with foreigners seizing control. Recent years have seen a mix, with plenty of Italian victories to keep the tifosi happy. Cyclingstage.com presents the recent winners and record holders from Italy's grand tour.

Just like the Tour de France, the Giro has seen it’s fair share of controversy with regular changes to the record books due to doping offences. Riders like Ricco, Basso, Sella and Di Luca have brought shame on their home race but more recent editions of the Corsa Rosa are being remembered for the right reasons.

With jerseys up for grabs for GC, mountains, sprints (points) and riders under 26, there are many intriguing battles taking place over the course of the three weeks.

Year	GC	Points class.	Mountains class.	Best young rider
2018	Chris Froome	Elia Viviani	Chris Froome	Miguel Ángel López
2017	Tom Dumoulin	Fernando Gaviria	Mikel Landa	Bob Jungels
2016	Vincenzo Nibali	Giacomo Nizzolo	Mikel Nieve	Bob Jungels
2015	Alberto Contador	Giacomo Nizzolo	Giovanni Visconti	Fabio Aru
2014	Nairo Quintana	Nacer Bouhanni	Julian Arredondo	Nairo Quintana
2013	Vincenzo Nibali	Mark Cavendish	Stefano Pirazzi	Carlos Betancur
2012	Ryder Hesjedal	Joaquím Rodríguez	Matteo Rabottini	Rigoberto Urán
2011	Michele Scarponi	Michele Scarponi	Stefano Garzelli	Roman Kreuziger
2010	Ivan Basso	Cadel Evans	Matthew Lloyd	Richie Porte
2009	Denis Mensjov	~~Danilo Di Luca~~ *	Stefano Garzelli	Kevin Seeldraeyers
2008	Alberto Contador	Daniele Bennati	~~Emanuele Sella~~ *	Riccardo Riccò
2007	Danilo Di Luca	Alessandro Petacchi	Leonardo Piepoli	Andy Schleck
2006	Ivan Basso	Paolo Bettini	Juan Manuel Gárate	n/a
2005	Paolo Savoldelli	Paolo Bettini	José Rujano	n/a
2004	Damiano Cunego	Alessandro Petacchi	Fabian Wegmann	n/a
2003	Gilberto Simoni	Gilberto Simoni	Freddy González	n/a
2002	Paolo Savoldelli	Mario Cipollini	Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio	n/a
2001	Gilberto Simoni	Massimo Strazzer	Freddy González	n/a
2000	Stefano Garzelli	Dmitri Konysjev	Francesco Casagrande	n/a

Record holders in the Giro d’Italia

Three riders have won the Giro d’Italia five times. Namely Alfredo Binda and Fausto Coppi from Italy and Eddy Merckx, the Cannibal, from Belgium.

Mario Cipollini took by far the most stage wins: 42.

Merckx’s closet has the most pink jerseys – he wore the Maglia Rosa on 77 occasions. Alberto Contador is next in line, with 22 jerseys, 2 jerseys ahead of Vincenzo Nibali.

Giro-Tour double

Most current riders admit it is too difficult to pull off the Giro-Tour double. Those who did manage the double are Fausto Coppi (twice), Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx (thrice), Bernard Hinault (twice), Stephen Roche, Miguel Indurain (twice) and Marco Pantani.