Giro d'Italia records and statistics explained

Since the first Giro d'Italia in 1909, there have been 2,094 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 (Italian: 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, 1929 after stage 2, 1936 after stage 6, 1938 after stages 2 and 3, 1957 after stage 18 and 1973 after the prologue). 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, 2,045 pink jerseys have been awarded in the Giro d'Italia to 287 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, 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 78 stages 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.

• Ranked by most days in the Maglia Rosa, updated until after Stage 21 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia.

data-sort-type="number"	Rank!	Name	Country	Maglia Rosa	Giro Wins	Points	KoM	Young rider	Years
1			78	5	2	1	0	1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974
2			65	5	0	1	0	1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933
3			50	1	4	0	0	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985
4			48	2	4	0	0	1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986
5=			42	3	0	7	0	1936, 1937, 1939, 1946, 1947
5=			42	2	0	0	0	1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967
7=			31	5	0	3	0	1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
7=			31	3	0	0	0	1980, 1982, 1985
9			29	2	0	0	0	1992, 1993
10=			26	2	0	0	0	1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926
10=			26	1	0	0	1	1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987
12			25	2	1	0	0	2001, 2003, 2004
13			24	3	0	0	0	1948, 1951, 1955
14=			23	2	0	0	0	2008, 2015
14=			23	1	0	1	0	1950, 1953
14=			23	2	0	1	0	1937, 1938, 1939
17			22	1	0	0	0	1976, 1978
18=			21	1	0	0	1	1988, 1991
18=			21	2	0	0	0	2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
18=			21	1	1	0	0	1995
21=			20	1	1	0	0	1990
21=			20	2	0	2	0	1956, 1957, 1959
21=			20	3	0	0	0	1967, 1969, 1976
21=			20	1	0	0	2	1996, 1997
21=	Tadej Pogačar		20	1	0	1	0	2024
26=			19	1	0	0	0	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
26=			19	2	0	0	0	2005, 2006, 2010
26=			19	1	0	0	1	1994
29=			18	1	0	0	0	2005, 2007^[2]
29=			18	1	0	0	0	1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936
29=			18	1	0	0	0	1987
32=			17	3	0	0	0	1921, 1922, 1925, 1926
32=			17	1	0	0	0	1954
32=			17	1	0	0	0	2016, 2017, 2018
32=			17	2	0	0	0	1909, 1910, 1911
36=	João Almeida		15	0	0	0	1	2020
36=			15	1	0	0	0	1935, 1939
36=			15	0	0	0	0	1946, 1948, 1949
36=			15	1	0	1	0	1982, 1984, 1989
36=			15	1	0	0	0	1930, 1931
41=	Richard Carapaz		14	1	0	0	0	2019, 2022
41=			14	0	0	0	1	1981, 1982, 1983, 1989
41=			14	0	0	0	0	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
41=			14	0	0	4	0	1972, 1974
41=			14	1	0	0	0	1998, 1999
41=			14	2	0	0	0	2002, 2005, 2006
47=	Egan Bernal		13	1	0	0	1	2021
47=			13	0	0	0	0	2018
49=			12	2	0	0	0	1962, 1963
49=			12	0	0	0	0	1998
51=			11	0	0	0	0	1993, 1994
51=			11	1	0	0	0	1920, 1921, 1929
51=			11	0	0	1	0	2000
51=			11	1	0	0	0	2004
51=			11	2	0	0	0	1997, 1999
56=			10	0	0	0	0	2002
56=			10	0	0	0	0	1966
56=	Juan Pedro López		10	0	0	0	1	2022
56=			10	1	0	0	0	2009
56=			10	0	0	1	0	1971
56=			10	1	0	0	0	1977
56=			10	0	0	0	0	2012
56=			10	0	0	0	0	1963
64=			9	0	0	0	0	1922, 1923, 1924
64=			9	0	0	0	0	2001
64=			9	0	0	1	0	1975
64=			9	1	0	2	0	2000, 2002, 2003
64=			9	1	0	1	0	1955, 1957
64=			9	0	0	0	0	1946, 1948
64=			9	1	0	0	0	1958, 1961
64=	Nairo Quintana		9	1	0	0	1	2014, 2017
72=			8	1	0	0	0	1975
72=			8	0	0	1	0	1957
72=			8	0	0	0	0	1956
72=			8	0	0	1	0	1953, 1956
72=			8	1	0	1	0	1988
72=			8	0	0	0	0	1960
72=			8	0	1	0	0	1999
72=	Bob Jungels		8	0	0	0	2	2016, 2017
72=			8	0	0	0	0	1949
72=	Michael Matthews		8	0	0	0	0	2014, 2015
72=			8	1	1	0	0	1966
72=			8	0	0	0	0	1967
72=	Geraint Thomas		8	0	0	0	0	2023
72=			8	0	0	0	0	1951, 1957
72=			8	0	0	0	0	2008
87=			7	1	0	0	0	1958
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1987, 1989
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1962
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1938
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1934, 1935, 1936
87=			7	1	0	0	0	1932
87=			7	0	1	0	0	2003, 2009
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1957, 1961
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1988
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1969
87=	Primož Roglič		7	1	0	0	0	2019, 2023
87=			7	1	1	0	0	2011
87=			7	0	0	0	0	1950, 1951
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1951, 1952
100=			6	0	2	3	0	1970
100=			6	1	0	0	0	1914
100=			6	1	0	0	0	1931, 1934
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1939
100=			6	0	3	0	0	1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
100=	Valerio Conti		6	0	0	0	0	2019
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1952, 1957
100=			6	1	0	0	0	1924
100=			6	0	0	0	0	2002, 2010, 2014
100=			6	1	0	0	0	1909
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1980
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1958
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1926, 1928, 1935
100=			6	0	0	0	0	1996
115=			5	0	0	0	0	2010
115=			5	1	0	0	0	1975, 1981
115=			5	0	0	0	0	1932
115=	Filippo Ganna		5	0	0	0	0	2020, 2021
115=			5	1	0	0	0	2012
115=	Steven Kruijswijk		5	0	0	0	0	2016
115=	Andreas Leknessund		5	0	0	0	0	2023
115=			5	0	0	0	0	1977
115=			5	0	0	0	0	1965
115=			5	0	0	0	0	2007, 2011
115=			5	0	0	0	0	2010
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1962
126=			4	0	2	0	0	2005
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1936
126=	Mark Cavendish		4	0	1	0	0	2009, 2011, 2013
126=	Rohan Dennis		4	0	0	0	0	2018
126=	Remco Evenepoel		4	0	0	0	0	2023
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1940
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1924
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1998, 2006
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1996
126=			4	0	0	0	0	2013
126=			4	0	0	0	0	2008
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1911
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1967, 1969
126=			4	0	0	0	0	2011
126=			4	0	0	0	0	1961, 1962
126=	Rigoberto Urán		4	0	0	0	0	2014
126=			4	0	0	0	0	2001
126=			4	0	0	0	0	2011
145=			3	0	1	0	0	1971, 1972
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1988
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1958
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1971, 1972
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1946
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1953
145=			3	0	3	0	0	1976
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1933
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1949
145=	Chris Froome		3	1	0	1	0	2018
145=			3	0	0	2	0	1955
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1967
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1914, 1920
145=	Jai Hindley		3	1	0	0	0	2020, 2022
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1975, 1981
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1993
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1954
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1940
145=			3	0	0	0	0	2000
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1998, 2007
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1971
145=			3	1	0	0	0	1971
145=			3	0	0	0	0	2012
145=			3	0	0	0	0	2004
145=			3	0	0	0	1	2010
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1913
145=			3	0	0	0	0	2000
145=	Attila Valter		3	0	0	0	0	2021
145=	Mathieu van der Poel		3	0	0	0	0	2022
145=			3	0	0	0	0	1947
175=	Bruno Armirail		2	0	0	0	0	2023
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1913, 1914
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1940
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1938
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1986
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1946
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1999
175=	Gianluca Brambilla		2	0	0	0	0	2016
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1938
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1948
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1989
175=	Alessandro De Marchi		2	0	0	0	0	2021
175=			2	0	1	0	0	1983, 1986
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2007
175=	Wilco Kelderman		2	0	0	0	0	2020
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1930, 1931
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1992
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2004
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2011
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1955
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1958, 1971
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1964
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2012
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1965
175=			2	1	0	0	0	1913
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1913
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2019
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2004, 2006
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1986, 1989
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1974
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1983
175=			2	0	0	0	0	2006
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1976
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1978
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1961
175=			2	0	0	0	0	1938
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1952
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1913
211=	Andrey Amador		1	0	0	0	0	2016
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2015
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1910
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1956
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1998
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1909
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1937
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1940
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1969
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1982
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2008
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1958
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1991
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1981
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1960
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1991
211=	Esteban Chaves		1	0	0	0	0	2016
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1965
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1938
211=	Simon Clarke		1	0	0	0	0	2015
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1950
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1952
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1994
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1936
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2002
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1953
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1935
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1965
211=	Fernando Gaviria		1	0	0	0	0	2017
211=	Tao Geoghegan Hart		1	1	0	0	1	2020
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2015
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1931
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2017
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1968
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2000
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1996
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2000
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2013
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2016
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2005
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1925
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1962
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2009
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2012
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1950
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2005
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1962
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1955
211=	Jhonatan Narváez		1	0	0	0	0	2024
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1930
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1996
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1920
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1911
211=	Lukas Pöstlberger		1	0	0	0	0	2017
211=			1	0	0	0	1	1983
211=	Salvatore Puccio		1	0	0	0	0	2013
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1999
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1957
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1998
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1986
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1973
211=			1	0	0	2	0	1966
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1978
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1937
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2014
211=			1	0	0	1	0	1959
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2008
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1958
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1960
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1938
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1954
211=			1	0	0	0	0	2010
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1967
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1996
211=			1	0	0	0	0	1956

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

Rank	Country	Jerseys	Giro wins	Points	KoM	Young rider	Most recent cyclist	Most recent date	Different holders
1		1164	69	34	39	14	Alessandro De Marchi	2021, stage 5	156
2		163	7	5	6	1	Remco Evenepoel	2023, stage 9	18
3		137	4	1	16	1	Juan Pedro López	2022, stage 13	17
4		123	6	4	6	1	Bruno Armirail	2023, stage 15	18
5		82	3	2	3	0	Alex Zülle	1998, stage 16	6
6		49	3	2	0	5	Denis Menchov	2009, stage 21	3
7		44	1	3	1	0	Mathieu van der Poel	2022, stage 3	10
8		32	2	1	2	1	Geraint Thomas	2023, stage 19	7
9		30	1	1	1	1	Jai Hindley	2022, stage 21	10
10=		29	2	0	1	0	Tadej Pogačar	2024, stage 21	3
11=		28	2	1	6	6	Egan Bernal	2021, stage 21	5
11=		28	2	0	2	3	Bob Jungels	2017, stage 8	2
13		23	0	1	1	0	André Greipel	2017, stage 2	8
14		18	1	0	0	0	Stephen Roche	1987, stage 22	1
15		17	0	0	1	1	João Almeida	2020, stage 17	2
16		15	1	0	0	0	Jhonatan Narváez	2024, stage 1	2
17		12	1	0	1	0	Taylor Phinney	2012, stage 3	3
18		8	0	0	0	0	Andreas Leknessund	2023, stage 8	2
19		7	0	0	0	0	Sergei Honchar	2006, stage 7	2
20		6	1	0	0	0	Svein Tuft	2014, stage 1	2
21=		5	0	0	0	0	Alexander Vinokourov	2010, stage 10	1
21=		5	1	0	0	1	Thomas Lövkvist	2009, stage 4	3
23		4	0	0	0	0	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	2011, stage 12	1
24		3	0	0	0	0	Attila Valter	2021, stage 8	1
25		2	0	0	0	0	Ramūnas Navardauskas	2012, stage 5	1
26=		1	0	0	0	0	Lukas Pöstlberger	2017, stage 1	1
26=		1	0	0	0	0	Andrey Amador	2016, stage 13	1
26=		1	0	0	0	1	Jan Hruška	2000, Prologue	1
29=		0	0	0	1	0	–	–	0
29=		0	0	1	0	0	–	–	0
29=		0	0	1	0	0	–	–	0
29=		0	0	0	1	0	–	–	0

Stage wins

Stage wins per rider

Some 34 riders have won more than 10 stages at the Giro.^[3]

Active riders are in bold

Rank	Name	Country	Wins
1			42
2	Alfredo Binda		41
3			31
4			30
5			24
=			24
7			23
8			22
=	Alessandro Petacchi		22
=			22
11			20
=			20
13			19
14			17
=			17
=	Mark Cavendish		17
17			16
=			16
19			15
=			15
=			15
22			13
=			13
=			13
=			13
25			12
=			12
=			12
28			11
=			11
=			11
=			11
=			11
=			11

See also

• Yellow jersey statistics (for a similar list of leaders in the Tour de France)
• Vuelta a España statistics (for a similar list of leaders in the Vuelta a España)

External links

• Giro GC and Stage Winners
• Recent Giro results

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. Danilo Di Luca wore the pink jersey for seven additional days in 2009, when he also won the points classification; these results have been stripped, and are not included in this table.
3. Web site: Most stage wins ProCyclingStats.