List of Giro d'Italia general classification winners

Fausto Coppi, who won the Giro d'Italia five times between 1940 and 1953

The Giro d'Italia is an annual road bicycle race held in May. Established in 1909 by newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Giro is one of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.^[1] The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through Italy and neighbouring countries such as France.^[2] The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual finishing times for each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The course changes every year, but has traditionally finished in Milan.

The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day is leader of the general classification, and since 1931 wears a pink jersey. Other classifications have also been added, and sometimes removed; the leaders of some of these classifications were also indicated with jerseys, whose colours have varied over the years. As of 2011, the red jersey is worn by the leader of the points classification; the green jersey is worn by the leader of the mountains classification and the white jersey is worn by the leader of the young rider classification.

Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx have the most Giro victories, each of them having won the competition five times. Coppi is the youngest winner of the Giro, he was 20 years, 158 days old when he won the 1940 Giro d'Italia.^[3] The oldest winner of the Giro is Fiorenzo Magni, who was 34 years old, 180 days when he won the 1955 Giro d'Italia. The fastest victory in the Giro was in 1983, when Giuseppe Saronni won at an average speed of 38.937 kilometres per hour (24.194 mph).^[4] Italian cyclists have won the most Giros; 41 cyclists have won 68 Giros between them. Belgian cyclists are second with seven victories, and French riders are third with six wins.^[5] The current champion is Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana team, who won the 2016 Giro d'Italia.^[6]

History

In 1909 the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport established the Giro d'Italia, inspired by the success of the Tour de France, which started in 1903.^[7] The first Giro was won by Luigi Ganna, while Carlo Galetti won the two following Giros. In 1912, there was no individual classification, instead there was only a team classification, which was won by Team Atala. The 1912 Giro is the only time the competition has not had an individual classification.^[8] From 1914 onwards the scoring format was changed from a points-based system to a time-based system, in which the cyclist who had the lowest aggregate time at the end of the race would win. The Giro was suspended for four years from 1915 to 1918, due to the First World War. Costante Girardengo was the winner of the first Giro after the war in 1919.^[9]

The Pink Jersey (Italian: Maglia rosa) worn by the leader of the general classification

The dominant figure in the 1920s was Alfredo Binda, who won his first Giro in 1925 and followed this up with another victory in 1927, in which he won 12 of the 15 stages. Victory in 1929 came courtesy of eight successive stage wins. At the height of his dominance Binda was called to the head office of La Gazzetta dello Sport in 1930; the newspaper accused him of ruining the race and offered him 22,000 lira to be less dominant, which he refused.^[10] Binda won five Giros before he was usurped as the dominant cyclist by Gino Bartali. Nicknamed the "Iron Man of Tuscany" for his endurance, Bartali won two Giros during the 1930s, in 1936 and 1937.^[11] Bartali's dominance was challenged in 1940, the last Giro before the Second World War, when he was defeated by his 20-year-old team-mate Fausto Coppi.^[12]

The rivalry between Bartali and Coppi intensified after the war. Bartali won his last Giro in 1946, with Coppi winning his second the following year. Coppi won a further three Giros and in 1952 he became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and Giro in the same year. Swiss Hugo Koblet became the first non-Italian to win the race in 1950.^[13] No one dominated the tour during the 1950s, Coppi, Charly Gaul and Fiorenzo Magni each won two Giros during the decade. The 1960s were similar, five-time Tour de France winner Jacques Anquetil won in 1960, and 1964,^[14] while Franco Balmamion won two successive Giros in 1962 and 1963.^[15]

Belgian Eddy Merckx was the dominant figure during the 1970s. His first victory came in 1968; another triumph in 1970 was followed by three successive victories from 1972 to 1974, which is the record for the most successive victories in the Giro.^[16] Felice Gimondi was victorious in 1976 winning his third Giro. Belgians Michel Pollentier and Johan De Muynck won the two subsequent Giros in 1977 and 1978. In 1980, Frenchman Bernard Hinault who up to this point had won two Tours de France, became France's first winner since Anquetil in 1964. He would win another two Giros in 1982 and 1985.^[17]

Stephen Roche was victorious in 1987, a year in which he also won the Tour and the UCI Road World Championship.^[18] American Andy Hampsten became the first non-European winner the following year,^[13] and Laurent Fignon was victorious in 1989. Spaniard Miguel Indurain, winner of five Tours, won successive Giros in 1991 and 1992. Three time winner of the Vuelta a España, Tony Rominger was victorious in 1995, defeating the previous winner Evgeni Berzin.^[19] Marco Pantani was the winner in 1998, a year in which he completed the Tour and Giro double, Ivan Gotti won the previous Giro in 1997 and the subsequent one in 1999.

Stefano Garzelli won the Giro in 2000.^[20] Gilberto Simoni was the winner in 2001 and 2003, with Paolo Savoldelli victorious in 2002. Simoni was denied a third victory in 2004, when he was beaten by team-mate Damiano Cunego. Salvodelli won his second Giro in 2005, beating Simoni by 28 seconds. Ivan Basso was the victor in 2006, Danilo di Luca won in 2007, though the tour was marred by doping allegations.^[21] Spaniard Alberto Contador of Astana was the winner in 2008; the following year he raced in the Tour de France instead, and Denis Menchov was the Giro victor.^[22] Basso returned after a doping suspension to regain his title in 2010.^[23] Contador was the victor at the podium ceremony in Milan,^[24] but he was later stripped of the title after he was found guilty of doping in the 2010 Tour de France. Runner-up Michele Scarponi was awarded the victory.^[25]

Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian to win the Giro in 2012, beating Joaquim Rodríguez by 16 seconds.^[26] After gaining the lead after the eighth stage, Vincenzo Nibali won two more stages to help consolidate his lead and win the 2013 edition.^[27] Colombian Nairo Quintana became the first rider from South America to win the Giro in 2014.^[28] The following year Contador won the Giro for the second time.^[29] Nibali won his second Giro in 2016; he finished 52 seconds ahead of second-placed Esteban Chaves.^[6]

Winners

Key

	Winner won points classification in the same year
*	Winner won King of the Mountains classification in the same year
#	Winner won young rider classification in the same year
	Winner won points and King of the Mountains classification in the same year

• The "Year" column refers to the year the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
• The "Distance" column refers to the distance over which the race was held.
• The "Margin" column refers to the margin of time or points by which the winner defeated the runner-up.
• The "Stage wins" column refers to the number of stage wins the winner had during the race.

Giro d'Italia general classification winners

Year	Country	Cyclist	Sponsor/team	Distance	Time/points	Margin	Stage wins
1909	Italy	Ganna, LuigiLuigi Ganna	Atala	2,445 km (1,519 mi)	25	2	3
1910	Italy	Galetti, CarloCarlo Galetti	Atala	2,984 km (1,854 mi)	28	18	2
1911	Italy	Galetti, CarloCarlo Galetti	Bianchi	3,526 km (2,191 mi)	50	8	3
1912	Italy	& —	Team Atala	2,443 km (1,518 mi)	33	10	1
1913	Italy	Oriani, CarloCarlo Oriani	Maino	2,932 km (1,822 mi)	37	6	0
1914	Italy	Calzolari, AlfonsoAlfonso Calzolari	Stucchi	3,162 km (1,965 mi)	135h 17' 56"	+ 1h 57' 26"	1
1915	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1916	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1917	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1918	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1919	Italy	Girardengo, CostanteCostante Girardengo	Stucchi	2,984 km (1,854 mi)	112h 51' 29"	+ 51' 56"	7
1920	Italy	Belloni, GaetanoGaetano Belloni	Bianchi	2,632 km (1,635 mi)	102h 44' 33"	+ 32' 24"	3
1921	Italy	Brunero, GiovanniGiovanni Brunero	Legnano	3,107 km (1,931 mi)	120h 24' 39"	+ 41"	1
1922	Italy	Brunero, GiovanniGiovanni Brunero	Legnano	3,095 km (1,923 mi)	119h 43' 00"	+ 12' 29"	2
1923	Italy	Girardengo, CostanteCostante Girardengo	Maino	3,202 km (1,990 mi)	122h 28' 17"	+ 37"	8
1924	Italy	Enrici, GiuseppeGiuseppe Enrici	& —	3,613 km (2,245 mi)	143h 43' 37"	+ 58' 21"	2
1925	Italy	Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda	Legnano	3,520 km (2,190 mi)	137h 31' 13"	+ 4' 58"	1
1926	Italy	Brunero, GiovanniGiovanni Brunero	Legnano	3,430 km (2,130 mi)	137h 55' 59"	+ 15' 28"	1
1927	Italy	Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda	Legnano	3,758 km (2,335 mi)	144h 15' 35"	+ 27' 24"	12
1928	Italy	Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda	Wolsit	3,044 km (1,891 mi)	114h 15' 19"	+ 18' 13"	6
1929	Italy	Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda	Legnano	2,920 km (1,810 mi)	107h 18' 24"	+ 3' 44"	8
1930	Italy	Marchisio, LuigiLuigi Marchisio	Legnano	3,095 km (1,923 mi)	115h 11' 55"	+ 52"	2
1931	Italy	Camusso, FrancescoFrancesco Camusso	Gloria	3,012 km (1,872 mi)	102h 40' 46"	+ 2' 47"	2
1932	Italy	Pesenti, AntonioAntonio Pesenti	Wolsit	3,235 km (2,010 mi)	105h 42' 41"	+ 11' 09"	1
1933	Italy	Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda^*	Legnano	3,343 km (2,077 mi)	111h 01' 52"	+ 12' 34"	6
1934	Italy	Guerra, LearcoLearco Guerra	Maino	3,706 km (2,303 mi)	121h 17' 17"	+ 51"	10
1935	Italy	Bergamaschi, VascoVasco Bergamaschi	Maino	3,577 km (2,223 mi)	113h 22' 46"	+ 3' 07"	2
1936	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali^*	Legnano	3,766 km (2,340 mi)	120h 12' 30"	+ 2' 36"	3
1937	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali^*	Legnano	3,840 km (2,390 mi)	122h 25' 40"	+ 8' 18"	4
1938	Italy	Valetti, GiovanniGiovanni Valetti^*	Frejus	3,645 km (2,265 mi)	112h 49' 28"	+ 8' 52"	3
1939	Italy	Valetti, GiovanniGiovanni Valetti	Frejus	3,011 km (1,871 mi)	88h 02' 00"	+ 2' 59"	3
1940	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi	Legnano	3,574 km (2,221 mi)	107h 31' 10"	+ 2' 40"	1
1941	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1942	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1943	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1944	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1945	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
1946	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali^*	Legnano	3,039 km (1,888 mi)	95h 32' 20"	+ 47"	0
1947	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi	Bianchi	3,843 km (2,388 mi)	115h 55' 07"	+ 1' 43"	3
1948	Italy	Magni, FiorenzoFiorenzo Magni	Willier Triestina	4,164 km (2,587 mi)	125h 51' 52"	+ 11"	3
1949	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi^*	Bianchi	4,088 km (2,540 mi)	125h 25' 50"	+ 23' 47"	3
1950	Switzerland	Koblet, HugoHugo Koblet^*	Guerra–Svizzera	3,981 km (2,474 mi)	117h 28' 03"	+ 5' 12"	2
1951	Italy	Magni, FiorenzoFiorenzo Magni	Ganna	4,153 km (2,581 mi)	121h 11' 37"	+ 1' 46"	0
1952	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi	Bianchi	3,964 km (2,463 mi)	114h 36' 43"	+ 9' 18"	3
1953	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi	Bianchi	4,035 km (2,507 mi)	118h 37' 26"	+ 1' 29"	3
1954	Switzerland	Clerici, CarloCarlo Clerici	Guerra–Svizzera	4,337 km (2,695 mi)	129h 13' 07"	+ 24' 16"	1
1955	Italy	Magni, FiorenzoFiorenzo Magni	Nivea–Fuchs	3,861 km (2,399 mi)	108h 56' 13"	+ 13"	1
1956	Luxembourg	Gaul, CharlyCharly Gaul^*	Guerra	3,523 km (2,189 mi)	101h 39' 49"	+ 3' 27"	3
1957	Italy	Nencini, GastoneGastone Nencini	Chlorodont	3,926 km (2,440 mi)	104h 45' 06"	+ 19"	2
1958	Italy	Baldini, ErcoleErcole Baldini	Legnano	3,341 km (2,076 mi)	92h 09' 30"	+ 4' 17"	4
1959	Luxembourg	Gaul, CharlyCharly Gaul^*	Emi–Guerra	3,657 km (2,272 mi)	101h 50' 54"	+ 6' 12"	3
1960	France	Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil	Fynsec	3,481 km (2,163 mi)	94h 03' 54"	+ 28"	2
1961	Italy	Pambianco, ArnaldoArnaldo Pambianco	Fides	4,004 km (2,488 mi)	111h 25' 28"	+ 3' 45"	0
1962	Italy	Balmamion, FrancoFranco Balmamion	Carpano	4,180 km (2,600 mi)	123h 07' 03"	+ 3' 57"	0
1963	Italy	Balmamion, FrancoFranco Balmamion	Carpano	4,063 km (2,525 mi)	116h 50' 16"	+ 2' 24"	0
1964	France	Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil	St. Raphael	4,069 km (2,528 mi)	115h 10' 27"	+ 1' 22"	1
1965	Italy	Adorni, VittorioVittorio Adorni	Salvarani	4,051 km (2,517 mi)	121h 08' 18"	+ 11' 26"	3
1966	Italy	Motta, GianniGianni Motta	Molteni	3,976 km (2,471 mi)	111h 10' 48"	+ 3' 57"	2
1967	Italy	Gimondi, FeliceFelice Gimondi	Salvarani	3,572 km (2,220 mi)	101h 05' 34"	+ 3' 36"	1
1968	Belgium	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Faema	3,917 km (2,434 mi)	108h 42' 27"	+ 5' 01"	3
1969	Italy	Gimondi, FeliceFelice Gimondi	Salvarani	3,851 km (2,393 mi)	128h 04' 27"	+ 3' 35"	0
1970	Belgium	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Faemino	3,292 km (2,046 mi)	90h 08' 47"	+ 3' 14"	3
1971	Sweden	Pettersson, GöstaGösta Pettersson	Ferretti	3,621 km (2,250 mi)	97h 24' 04"	+ 2' 32"	0
1972	Belgium	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Molteni	3,725 km (2,315 mi)	103h 04' 04"	+ 5' 30"	3
1973	Belgium	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Molteni	3,801 km (2,362 mi)	106h 54' 41"	+ 7' 42"	6
1974	Belgium	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Molteni	4,001 km (2,486 mi)	113h 08' 13"	+ 12"	2
1975	Italy	Bertoglio, FaustoFausto Bertoglio	Jollyceramica	3,933 km (2,444 mi)	111h 31' 24"	+ 41"	1
1976	Italy	Gimondi, FeliceFelice Gimondi	Bianchi–Campagnolo	4,161 km (2,586 mi)	119h 58' 16"	+ 19"	1
1977	Belgium	Pollentier, MichelMichel Pollentier	Flandria	3,884 km (2,413 mi)	107h 27' 16"	+ 2' 32"	1
1978	Belgium	De Muynck, JohanJohan De Muynck	Bianchi–Faema	3,610 km (2,240 mi)	101h 31' 22"	+ 59"	1
1979	Italy	Saronni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Saronni	Scic–Bottecchia	3,301 km (2,051 mi)	89h 29' 18"	+ 2' 09"	3
1980	France	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault	Renault–Gitane	4,025 km (2,501 mi)	112h 08' 20"	+ 5' 43"	1
1981	Italy	Battaglin, GiovanniGiovanni Battaglin	Inoxpran	3,895 km (2,420 mi)	104h 50' 36"	+ 38"	1
1982	France	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault	Renault-Elf-Gitane	4,010 km (2,490 mi)	110h 07' 55"	+ 2' 35"	4
1983	Italy	Saronni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Saronni	Del Tongo–Colnago	3,916 km (2,433 mi)	100h 45' 30"	+ 1' 07"	3
1984	Italy	Moser, FrancescoFrancesco Moser	Gis–Tuc Lu	3,808 km (2,366 mi)	98h 32' 20"	+ 1' 03"	4
1985	France	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault	La Vie Claire–Look	3,998 km (2,484 mi)	105h 46' 51"	+ 1' 08"	1
1986	Italy	Visentini, RobertoRoberto Visentini	Carrera–Inoxpran	3,858 km (2,397 mi)	102h 33' 55"	+ 1' 02"	1
1987	Ireland	Roche, StephenStephen Roche	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	3,915 km (2,433 mi)	105h 39' 42"	+ 3' 40"	2
1988	United States	Hampsten, AndyAndy Hampsten^*	7–Eleven Hoonved	3,759 km (2,336 mi)	97h 18' 56"	+ 1' 43"	2
1989	France	Fignon, LaurentLaurent Fignon	Système U	3,623 km (2,251 mi)	93h 30' 16"	+ 1' 15"	1
1990	Italy	Bugno, GianniGianni Bugno	Château d'Ax	3,450 km (2,140 mi)	91h 51' 04"	+ 6' 33"	3
1991	Italy	Chioccioli, FrancoFranco Chioccioli	Del Tongo M.G.	3,715 km (2,308 mi)	99h 35' 43"	+ 3' 48"	3
1992	Spain	Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain	Banesto	3,835 km (2,383 mi)	103h 36' 08"	+ 1' 15"	2
1993	Spain	Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain	Banesto	3,703 km (2,301 mi)	99h 09' 44"	+ 58"	2
1994	Russia	Berzin, EvgeniEvgeni Berzin^#	Gewiss–Ballan	3,738 km (2,323 mi)	100h 41' 21"	+ 2' 51"	3
1995	Switzerland	Rominger, TonyTony Rominger	Mapei–Gb	3,736 km (2,321 mi)	97h 37' 50"	+ 4' 13"	4
1996	Russia	Tonkov, PavelPavel Tonkov	Panaria–Vinavil	3,990 km (2,480 mi)	105h 20' 23"	+ 2' 43"	1
1997	Italy	Gotti, IvanIvan Gotti	Saeco	3,912 km (2,431 mi)	102h 53' 58"	+ 1' 27"	1
1998	Italy	Pantani, MarcoMarco Pantani^*	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi	3,868 km (2,403 mi)	98h 48' 32"	+ 1' 43"	2
1999	Italy	Gotti, IvanIvan Gotti	Team Polti	3,757 km (2,334 mi)	99h 55' 56"	+ 3' 35"	0
2000	Italy	Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli	Mercatone Uno–Albacom	3,707 km (2,303 mi)	98h 30' 14"	+ 1' 27"	1
2001	Italy	Simoni, GilbertoGilberto Simoni	Lampre–Daikin	3,572 km (2,220 mi)	89h 02' 58"	+ 7' 31"	1
2002	Italy	Savoldelli, PaoloPaolo Savoldelli	Index–Alexia	3,334 km (2,072 mi)	89h 22' 42"	+ 1' 41"	0
2003	Italy	Simoni, GilbertoGilberto Simoni	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	3,544 km (2,202 mi)	89h 32' 09"	+ 7' 06"	3
2004	Italy	Cunego, DamianoDamiano Cunego	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	3,435 km (2,134 mi)	88h 40' 43"	+ 2' 02"	4
2005	Italy	Savoldelli, PaoloPaolo Savoldelli	Discovery Channel	3,440 km (2,140 mi)	91h 25' 51"	+ 28"	1
2006	Italy	Basso, IvanIvan Basso	Team CSC	3,526 km (2,191 mi)	91h 33' 36"	+ 9' 18"	3
2007	Italy	Di Luca, DaniloDanilo Di Luca	Liquigas	3,463 km (2,152 mi)	92h 59' 39"	+ 1' 55"	2
2008	Spain	Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador	Astana	3,420 km (2,130 mi)	89h 56' 49"	+ 1' 57"	0
2009	Russia	Menchov, DenisDenis Menchov	Rabobank	3,456 km (2,147 mi)	86h 03' 11"	+ 41"	2
2010	Italy	Basso, IvanIvan Basso	Liquigas–Doimo	3,485 km (2,165 mi)	87h 44' 01"	+ 1' 51"	1
2011	Italy	Scarponi, MicheleMichele Scarponi^[A]	Lampre–ISD	3,524 km (2,190 mi)	84h 11' 24"	+ 46"	0
2012	Canada	Hesjedal, RyderRyder Hesjedal	Garmin–Barracuda	3,503 km (2,177 mi)	91h 39' 02"	+ 16"	0
2013	Italy	Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali	Astana	3,405 km (2,116 mi)	84h 53' 28"	+ 4' 43"	2
2014	Colombia	Quintana, NairoNairo Quintana^#	Movistar Team	3,445.5 km (2,140.9 mi)	88h 14' 32"	+ 2' 58"	2
2015	Spain	Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador	Tinkoff–Saxo	3,481.8 km (2,163.5 mi)	88h 22' 25"	+ 1' 53"	0
2016	Italy	Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali	Astana	3,463.15 km (2,151.90 mi)	82h 44' 31"	+ 0' 52"	1

Multiple winners

As of 2016, 22 cyclists have won the Giro d'Italia more than once.^[30]

Multiple winners of the Giro d'Italia general classification

Cyclist	Total	Years
Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda (ITA)	5	1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933
Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi (ITA)	5	1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953
Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx (BEL)	5	1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974
Brunero, GiovanniGiovanni Brunero (ITA)	3	1921, 1922, 1926
Bartali, GinoGino Bartali (ITA)	3	1936, 1937, 1946
Magni, FiorenzoFiorenzo Magni (ITA)	3	1948, 1951, 1955
Gimondi, FeliceFelice Gimondi (ITA)	3	1967, 1969, 1976
Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA)	3	1980, 1982, 1985
Galetti, CarloCarlo Galetti (ITA)	2	1910, 1911
Girardengo, CostanteCostante Girardengo (ITA)	2	1919, 1923
Valetti, GiovanniGiovanni Valetti (ITA)	2	1938, 1939
Gaul, CharlyCharly Gaul (LUX)	2	1956, 1959
Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil (FRA)	2	1960, 1964
Balmamion, FrancoFranco Balmamion (ITA)	2	1962, 1963
Saronni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Saronni (ITA)	2	1979, 1983
Indurain, MiguelMiguel Indurain (ESP)	2	1992, 1993
Gotti, IvanIvan Gotti (ITA)	2	1997, 1999
Simoni, GilbertoGilberto Simoni (ITA)	2	2001, 2003
Savoldelli, PaoloPaolo Savoldelli (ITA)	2	2002, 2005
Basso, IvanIvan Basso (ITA)	2	2006, 2010
Contador, AlbertoAlberto Contador (ESP)	2	2008, 2015
Nibali, VincenzoVincenzo Nibali (ITA)	2	2013, 2016

By nationality

Riders from twelve different countries have won the Giro d'Italia.^[30]

Giro d'Italia general classification winners by nationality

Country	No. of winning cyclists	No. of wins
Italy	41	69
Belgium	3	7
France	3	6
Spain	2	4
Switzerland	3	3
Russia	3	3
Luxembourg	1	2
Sweden	1	1
Ireland	1	1
United States	1	1
Canada	1	1
Colombia	1	1

Footnotes

A. ^{^} Alberto Contador was the winner at the podium ceremony in Milan on the last day of the 2011 Giro d'Italia, but was subsequently found to have tested positive for performing-enhancing drugs on a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France. He was originally suspended on 25 January 2011 for a year, but appealed the decision. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found him guilty of using clenbuterol during the race; thus his results since the 2010 Tour de France were taken away from him and he was stripped of the win on 6 February 2012.^[31]

References

General

• "Giro d'Italia roll of honour". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
• "Giro d'Italia". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2011.

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