Giro d'Italia records and statistics explained

Since the first Giro d'Italia in 1909, there have been 2,095 stages. This number includes half-stages, prologues, and a small number of stages cancelled mid-race or immediately before the start. This number is up to date after Stage 20 of the 2024 Giro. Since 1931, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the pink jersey (it|Maglia rosa).

Although the leader of the classification after each stage gets a pink jersey, he is not considered the winner of the pink jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage is complete, the wearer of the pink jersey is considered the winner of the pink jersey, and thereby the winner of the Giro d'Italia. In 2020, British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart became the first cyclist to win the overall pink jersey, having never worn it during the race itself.[1]

In this article first-place-classifications before 1931 are also counted as if a pink jersey was awarded. Nonetheless, the number of pink jerseys awarded is not equal to the number of stages. In the 1912 Giro d'Italia, the race was contested by teams, so no individual cyclist is counted in this statistic. Sometimes more cyclists were leading the classification (1925 after stages 2 and 3, 1936 after stage 6). On the other hand, jerseys were not awarded in between any of the 51 pairs of half-stages that took place during the history of the Giro. Thus, as of 2024, 2,019 pink jerseys have been awarded in the Giro d'Italia to 280 different riders.

Individual records

Key:

Cyclists who are still active
In previous Giri d'Italia, sometimes a stage was split in two. On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Maglia Rosa" column gives the number of days that the cyclist wore the pink jersey as the leader of the classification, the "Giro wins" column gives the number of days that the cyclist won the pink jersey. The next four columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification, and the young rider competition, and the years in which the pink jersey was worn, with bold years indicating an overall Giro win. For example: Eddy Merckx has spent 76 days as leader of the race, won the general classification five times; won the points classification two times, won the mountains classification one time, and never won the young rider classification. He wore the pink jersey in the 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, and 1974 editions of the race (which he all won) as well as 1969 (which he did not win).

After Alberto Contador was stripped from his victory in the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Michele Scarponi became the new winner.

data-sort-type="number"Rank!NameCountryMaglia
Rosa
Giro WinsPointsKoMYoung riderYears
1 7652101968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974
2 6150101925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933
3 5014001976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985
4 4824001979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986
5= 4230701936, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1947
5= 4220001959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967
7= 3150301940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
7= 3130001980, 1982, 1985
9 2920001992, 1993
10= 2620001919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926
10= 2610011980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987
12= Fiorenzo Magni2430001948, 1951, 1955
12= Gilberto Simoni2421002001, 2003, 2004
14= 2320002008, 2015
14= 2310101950, 1953
14= 2320101937, 1938, 1939
17 2210001976, 1978
18= 2110011988, 1991
18= 2111001995
20= 2011001990
20= Felice Gimondi2030001967, 1969, 1976
20= Vincenzo Nibali2020002010, 2011, 2013, 2016
20= Tadej Pogačar2010102024
20= Pavel Tonkov2010021996, 1997
25= 1910001963, 1964, 1965, 1966
25= 1920002005, 2006, 2010
25= 1910011994
25= 1920201956, 1957, 1959
29= 1810002005, 2007
29= 1810001987
31= Carlo Clerici1710001954
31= Tom Dumoulin1710002016, 2017, 2018
31= Carlo Galetti1720001909, 1910, 1911
31= Learco Guerra1710001931, 1932, 1933, 1934
35= João Almeida 1500012020
35= 1510001935, 1939
35= Giovanni Brunero1530001921, 1922, 1925, 1926
35= Giordano Cottur1500001946, 1948, 1949
35= Laurent Fignon1510101982, 1984, 1989
35= 1510001930, 1931
41= Richard Carapaz 1410002019, 2022
41= 1400011981, 1982, 1983, 1989
41= 1400001964, 1965, 1967, 1968
41= 1400401972, 1974
41= 1410101998, 1999
41= 1420002002, 2005, 2006
47= 1310001920, 1921, 1922, 1929
47= Egan Bernal 1310012021
47= 1300002018
50= 1220001962, 1963
50= 1200001998
51= 1100001993, 1994
51= 1100102000
51= 1110002004
51= 1120001997, 1999
51= Julio Jiménez1100001966
57= Jens Heppner1000002002
57= Juan Pedro López 1000012022
57= 1011002009
57= 1000101971
57= 1010001977
57= 1001002012
57= 1000001963
64= Bartolomeo Aimo900001922, 1923, 1924
64= 900101957
64= 900101953, 1956
64= 900002001
64= 900101975
64= 910202000, 2002, 2003
64= 910101955, 1957
64= 900001946, 1948
64= 910001958, 1961
64= Nairo Quintana910012014, 2017
74= 810001975
74= Alessandro Fantini800001956
74= Andrew Hampsten810101988
74= Jos Hoevenaers800001960
74= Laurent Jalabert801001999
74= Bob Jungels800022016, 2017
74= Adolfo Leoni800001949
74= Michael Matthews800002014, 2015
74= Gianni Motta811001966
74= José Pérez Francés800001967
74= Domenico Piemontesi800001926, 1928, 1935
74= Geraint Thomas800002023
74= Rik Van Steenbergen800001951, 1957
74= Giovanni Visconti800102008
88= Ercole Baldini710001958
88= Erik Breukink700001987, 1989
88= Alfonso Calzolari710001914
88= 700001962
88= Antonio Pesenti710001932
88= Alessandro Petacchi701002003, 2009
88= Massimo Podenzana700001988
88= Giancarlo Polidori700001969
88= Primož Roglič710002019, 2023
88= Michele Scarponi711002011
88= Fritz Schär700001950, 1951
99= Giancarlo Astrua600001951, 1952
99= Franco Bitossi602301970
99= Francesco Camusso610001931, 1934
99= Cino Cinelli600001939
99= Mario Cipollini603001995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
99= Valerio Conti600002019
99= Nino Defilippis600001952, 1957
99= Cesare Del Cancia600001938
99= Giuseppe Enrici610001924
99= Cadel Evans601002002, 2010, 2014
99= Luigi Ganna610001909
99= Giuseppe Olmo600001934, 1935, 1936
99= Wladimiro Panizza600001980
99= Giovanni Pettinati600001958
99= Miguel Poblet600001961
99= Davide Rebellin600001996
115= 500002010
115= 510001975, 1981
115= 500001936
115= 500001932
115= Filippo Ganna 500002020, 2021
115= 510002012
115= Steven Kruijswijk 500002016
115= Andreas Leknessund 500002023
115= 500001977
115= 500001965
115= 500002007, 2011
115= 500002010
127= 400001962
127= 402002005
127= Mark Cavendish401002009, 2011, 2013
127= Rohan Dennis400002018
127= Remco Evenepoel400002023
127= Pierino Favalli400001940
127= Federico Gay400001924
127= Serhiy Honchar400001998, 2006
127= Silvio Martinello400001996
127= Luca Paolini400002013
127= Franco Pellizotti400002008
127= Giovanni Rossignoli400001911
127= Silvano Schiavon400001967, 1969
127= Kanstantsin Sivtsov400002011
127= Antonio Suárez400001961, 1962
127= Rigoberto Urán400012014
127= Rik Verbrugghe400002001
127= Pieter Weening400002011
145= 301001971, 1972
145= 300001988
145= 300001946
145= 300001958
145= 300001971, 1972
145= 300001953
145= 303001976
145= 300001933
145= 300001949
145= Chris Froome 310102018
145= 300201955
145= 300001967
145= 300001914, 1920
145= Jai Hindley 310002020, 2022
145= 300001975, 1981
145= 300001993
145= 300001954
145= 300001940
145= 300002000
145= 300001998, 2007
145= 300001971
145= 310001971
145= 300002012
145= 300002004
145= 300012010
145= 300001913
145= 300002000
145= Attila Valter 300002021
145= Mathieu van der Poel 300002022
145= 300001947
175= Bruno Armirail 200002023
175= 200001940
175= 200001986
175= 200001946
175= 200001999
175= Gianluca Brambilla 200002016
175= 200001948
175= 200001989
175= Alessandro De Marchi 200002021
175= 201001983, 1986
175= 200002007
175= Wilco Kelderman 200002020
175= 200001930, 1931
175= 200001992
175= 200002004
175= 200001955
175= 200001958, 1971
175= 200001964
175= 200002012
175= 200001965
175= 210001913
175= 200001913
175= 200002019
175= 200002004, 2006
175= 200001986, 1989
175= 200001974
175= 200001983
175= 200002006
175= 200001976
175= 200001978
175= 200001961
206= Giorgio Albani100001952
206= Pierino Albini100001913
206= Andrey Amador100002016
206= Fabio Aru100012015
206= Ernesto Azzini100001910
206= Giuseppe Azzini100001913
206= 100001956
206= 100001998
206= 100001909
206= 100001937
206= 100001940
206= 100001969
206= 100001982
206= 100002008
206= 100001958
206= 100001991
206= 100001981
206= 100001960
206= 100001991
206= Esteban Chaves 100002016
206= 100001965
206= 100001938
206= Simon Clarke 100002015
206= 100001950
206= 100001952
206= 100001994
206= Juan Carlos Domínguez100002002
206= Wim van Est100001953
206= Walter Fantini100001935
206= Luciano Galbo100001965
206= Fernando Gaviria101002017
206= Tao Geoghegan Hart110012020
206= Simon Gerrans100002015
206= Luigi Giacobbe100001931
206= André Greipel100002017
206= José Enrique Gutiérrez100002000
206= Pascal Hervé100001996
206= Jan Hruška100002000
206= Beñat Intxausti100002013
206= Marcel Kittel100002016
206= Brett Lancaster100002005
206= Pietro Linari100001925
206= Dino Liviero100001962
206= Thomas Löfkvist100002009
206= Adriano Malori100002012
206= Alfredo Martini100001950
206= Robbie McEwen100002005
206= Vincenzo Meco100001962
206= Guido Messina100001955
206= David Millar100002011
206= Jhonatan Narváez100002024
206= Antonio Negrini100001930
206= Abraham Olano100001996
206= Giuseppe Olivieri100001920
206= Lucien Petit-Breton100001911
206= Lukas Pöstlberger100002017
206= Tommy Prim100011983
206= Salvatore Puccio100002013
206= Ivan Quaranta100001999
206= Antonin Rolland100001957
206= Laurent Roux100001998
206= Sergio Santimaria100001986
206= Vito Taccone100201966
206= Nello Troggi100001937
206= Svein Tuft100002014
206= Rik Van Looy100101959
206= Christian Vande Velde100002008
206= Willy Vannitsen100001958
206= Romeo Venturelli100001960
206= Mario Vicini100001938
206= Gerrit Voorting100001954
206= Bradley Wiggins100002010
206= Giorgio Zancanaro100001967
206= Stefano Zanini100001996
206= Vincenzo Zucconelli100001956

Notes

Per country

The pink jersey has been awarded to 28 different countries since 1903. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of pink jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Giro wins" stands for the number of Giro wins by cyclists of that country, "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by a cyclist of that country, "KoM" for the number of times the mountains classification was won by a cyclist of that country, and "White" for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country.The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that lead the general classification most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of different cyclists of the country that lead the general classification.

Updated until after Stage 21 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia

RankCountryJerseysGiro winsPointsKoMYoung riderMost recent cyclistMost recent dateDifferent holders
1115269353915Alessandro De Marchi2021, stage 5152
21607561Remco Evenepoel2023, stage 917
313741171Juan Pedro López2022, stage 1317
41236461Bruno Armirail2023, stage 1517
5823230Alex Zülle1998, stage 166
6493205Denis Menchov2009, stage 213
7441310Mathieu van der Poel2022, stage 310
8312121Geraint Thomas2023, stage 197
9301111Jai Hindley2022, stage 2110
10292010Tadej Pogačar2024, stage 213
11282166Egan Bernal 2021, stage 21 5
12272023Bob Jungels2017, stage 82
13220110André Greipel2017, stage 27
14181000Stephen Roche1987, stage 221
15170011João Almeida2020, stage 172
16151000Jhonatan Narváez2024, stage 12
17121010Taylor Phinney2012, stage 33
1880000Andreas Leknessund2023, stage 82
1970000Sergei Honchar2006, stage 72
2061000Svein Tuft2014, stage 12
21=50000Alexander Vinokourov2010, stage 101
21=51001Thomas Löfkvist2009, stage 43
2340000Kanstantsin Sivtsov2011, stage 121
2430000Attila Valter2021, stage 81
2520000Ramūnas Navardauskas2012, stage 51
26=10000Lukas Pöstlberger2017, stage 11
26=10000Andrey Amador2016, stage 131
26=10001Jan Hruška2000, Prologue1
29=000100
29=001000
29=001000
29=000100

Stage wins per rider

Some 34 riders have won more than 10 stages at the Giro.[2]

Rank Name Country Wins First win Last win
1 42 1989 2003
2 41 1925 1933
3 31 1930 1937
4 30 1913 1926
5 25* 1967 1974
6 24 1978 1985
7 23 1973 1986
8 22 1940 1955
= 22 1972 1979
= 22 2003 2011
11 21 1964 1975
12 20 1933 1937
= 20 1956 1961
14 17 1935 1950
= 17 1938 1951
= 17 2008 2023
17 16 1981 1993
18 15 1930 1938
= 15 1951 1957
= 15 1966 1977
= 15 1982 1989
22 13 1919 1929
= 13 1936 1950
= 13 1946 1953
= 13 1970 1976
= 13 1981 1994
27 12 1959 1962
= 12 2002 2007
29 11 1926 1935
= 11 1946 1952
= 11 1956 1961
= 11 1962 1969
= 11 1964 1970
= 11 1981 1988

Five riders have won at least 8 stages in a single year:[3]

Stage wins per country

Riders representing 37 countries have won at least one stage in Giro.

Country
1302
171
112
80
57
44
42
37
34
33
Country
25
17
15
15
13
12
9
9
9
7
Country
6
6
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
Country
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Detailed table! Year! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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9--1---------------------------------
11--1---------------------------------
8------------------------------------
9------------------------------------
8------------------------------------
9---1--------------------------------
121-3---------------------------------
10------------------------------------
10------------------------------------
10------------------------------------
12------------------------------------
12------------------------------------
12------------------------------------
15------------------------------------
12------------------------------------
14------------------------------------
15------------------------------------
12------------------------------------
12----1-------------------------------
142-1---------------------------------
161-----------------------------------
18--2---------------------------------
21------------------------------------
23------------------------------------
20---1--------------------------------
19------------------------------------
20------------------------------------
19------------------------------------
20------------------------------------
181-----------------------------------
19------------------------------------
15---3--------------------------------
162-11--------------------------------
154--1--------------------------------
181--1----1---------------------------
125--3----2---------------------------
18-111--------------------------------
13-4------2-----3---------------------
7642-----1-----2---------------------
1315------------1---------------------
94321----------3---------------------
9544-----------1--1------------------
8641-----1-----1---------------------
12431-----1---------------------------
20-1----------------------------------
1611111---1---------------------------
201--1--------------------------------
17-2--2-1-----------------------------
8731-2------1------------------------
10841---------------------------------
175----------1------------------------
1451----------------------------------
1623---------1------------------------
9103--------------1-------------------
5141-----11---------------------------
1076----------------------------------
8112-----1-----1----------------------
10122----------------------------------
1511------------1----------------------
164---2-------------------------------
123--1---------1--2-------------1-----
17-13--------1----1-------------------
18-1-2---------3----------------------
11-164-1------------------------------
1623--1-----------1-------------------
11-136---------2----------------------
131-15------2-------2-----------------
1111-1----3-1--1---12---1-------------
131-31--1-3--------2------------------
11--331---1-2-----------1-------------
5--14-1-22--3------1---3-------------
13-13--2-----------------1---1--------
16-22---1--------------------1--------
15-22-1-11----------------------------
16-2-------2-1----------------1-------
11-111--1--3-----1---3-----------1----
10-1-6---1-1-1---1---1----------------
13-111-----2-1---21-------------------
13-1--1--1-4-----11-------------------
15-113-----1-----11-------------------
12-14----12------1------------1-------
1312---1-1-1----------3---------------
1511--2--1-----------------1----------
1113---2---11--------------2----------
16-1---2-------1-1--------------------
16-----2---11----1--------------------
11-11--4-2--1------------1------------
812--33-1---1--------------1---------
12-1--21-1-----2---------------2------
14----2-2--11-------------1-----------
612--113--3---1----------1-1---------
71-21131--121----1-------------------
6141-1-3-1--------------21-----------
614---131--21--------1-----------1---
7-1--1171-1----------------1---------
6--3-24-41---1-----------------------
933--12---1--1-----------1-----------
612--7--111--1--------------------1--
1-32111-53-1-1-1-------------------1-
511--11511---1----3---1--------------
5-22-22-2-11-2--------2--------------
6--4--23-----1-----1112--------------
72-12-2121-1------1-1----------------
52-3-11313-----------1--------------1
42-1-3212--121----11-----------------
5313-1---1---6--------1--------------
TOTAL130217111280574442373433251715151312999766654433222111111

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Hart won the overall race on the last stage, having gone into the final day time-trial level on time, but second overall on countback behind then leader, Australian Jai Hindley.
  2. Web site: Most stage wins ProCyclingStats.
  3. Web site: Giro d'Italia 2009. 187. Infostrada sports. 2009. 29 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101217115026/http://infostradasports.com/download/media/handbook.pdf. 17 December 2010.