Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia

Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia

Award details
Sport	Road Cycling
Competition	Giro d'Italia
Given for	Best climber in mountain stages
Local name	Gran Premio della Montagna (Italian)
History
First award	1933
Editions	78 (as of 2015)
First winner	Alfredo Binda (ITA)
Most wins	Gino Bartali (ITA) (7 times)
Most recent	Giovanni Visconti (ITA)

The Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification that is a part of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. The climbs are put into different classifications based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage. Bonus points are given to mountain top finishes and to the first riders over the Cima Coppi, traditionally adjudged as the highest point of the entire Giro.

The classification was first calculated in 1933; from 1974 to 2011, the leader of the mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia wore the maglia verde (from Italian: "green jersey"): in 2012, as part of a sponsorship deal, the jersey color was changed to blue (maglia azzurra).

History

The mountains classification was added to the Giro d'Italia in 1933.^[1] In the inaugural year of the classification, the organizers chose select climbs and awarded points to the first three riders who crossed the climbs.^[1] Alfredo Binda was first over each climb and won the first mountains classification.^[1] In 1974, the organizers added a green jersey to designate the leader of the classification.^[2] The green jersey was used until 2012, when the classification's sponsor, Banca Mediolanum, renewed its sponsorship for another four years and desired the jersey to be blue rather than green.^[3]

Winners

Key

*	Winner won general classification in the same year
	Winner won general and points 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 "Points" column refers to the amount of points that the rider had in the mountains classification.
• 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 mountains classification winners^[4][5]

Year	Country	Cyclist	Sponsor/team	Points	Margin	Stage wins
1933	Italy	Binda, AlfredoAlfredo Binda^*	Legnano	?	?	6
1934	Italy	Bertoni, RemoRemo Bertoni	Legnano	31	10	0
1935	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali	Fréjus	44	16	1
1936	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali^*	Legnano	38.5	13.5	3
1937	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali^*	Legnano	37	12	4
1938	Italy	Valetti, GiovanniGiovanni Valetti^*	Frejus	29	3	3
1939	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali	Legnano	22	3	4
1940	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali	Legnano	25	4	2
1941	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —
1942	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —
1943	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —
1944	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —
1945	& —	Not contested	& —	& —	& —	& —
1946	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali^*	Legnano	27	7	0
1947	Italy	Bartali, GinoGino Bartali	Legnano	24	3	1
1948	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi	Bianchi	25	9	0
1949	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi^*	Bianchi	46	5	3
1950	Switzerland	Koblet, HugoHugo Koblet^*	Guerra–Svizzera	43	14	2
1951	France	Bobet, LouisonLouison Bobet	Bottecchia	29	2	1
1952	France	Géminiani, RaphaëlRaphaël Géminiani	Bianchi	31	3	0
1953	Italy	Fornara, PasqualePasquale Fornara	Cilo	33	13	1
1954	Italy	Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi	Bianchi	6	1	1
1955	Italy	Nencini, GastoneGastone Nencini	Leo-Chlorodont	7	1	2
1956	Luxembourg	Gaul, CharlyCharly Gaul^*[N 1]	Faema	20	15	3
	Spain	Bahamontes, FedericoFederico Bahamontes[N 1]	Girardengo	30	17	0
1957	France	Géminiani, RaphaëlRaphaël Géminiani	Saint Raphaël	56	18	0
1958	Belgium	Brankart, JeanJean Brankart	Saint Raphaël	56	17	4
1959	Luxembourg	Gaul, CharlyCharly Gaul^*	Emi	560	240	3
1960	Belgium	Van Looy, RikRik Van Looy	Faema	250	40	3
1961	Italy	Taccone, VitoVito Taccone	Atala	270	140	1
1962	Spain	Soler, AngelinoAngelino Soler	Ghigi	260	160	3
1963	Italy	Taccone, VitoVito Taccone	Lygie	520	400	5
1964	Italy	Bitossi, FrancoFranco Bitossi	Spring Oil	200	60	4
1965	Italy	Bitossi, FrancoFranco Bitossi	Filotex	250	90	1
1966	Italy	Bitossi, FrancoFranco Bitossi	Filotex	490	170	2
1967	Spain	González, AurelioAurelio González	KAS-Kaskol	460	370	1
1968	Belgium	Merckx, EddyEddy Merckx	Faema	340	160	1
1969	Italy	Michelotto, ClaudioClaudio Michelotto	Max Meyer	330	80	1
1970	Belgium	Van Den Bossche, MartinMartin Van Den Bossche	Molteni	460	40	0
1971	Spain	Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente	KAS	360	90	1
1972	Spain	Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente	KAS	490	040	0
1973	Spain	Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente	KAS	550	40	1
1974	Spain	Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente	KAS	510	180	5
1975	Spain	Galdós, FranciscoFrancisco Galdós	KAS	300	60	1
	Spain	Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva	KAS			0
1976	Spain	Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva	KAS	535	145	0
1977	Spain	Fernández Oviez, FaustinoFaustino Fernández Oviez	KAS	675	185	0
1978	Switzerland	Sutter, UeliUeli Sutter	Zonca	830	310	0
1979	Italy	Bortolotto, ClaudioClaudio Bortolotto	Sanson	495	165	1
1980	Italy	Bortolotto, ClaudioClaudio Bortolotto	San Giacomo	670	270	0
1981	Italy	Bortolotto, ClaudioClaudio Bortolotto	Santini	510	10	0
1982	Belgium	Van Impe, LucienLucien Van Impe	Metauromobili	860	480	0
1983	Belgium	Van Impe, LucienLucien Van Impe	Metauromobili	70	27	1
1984	France	Fignon, LaurentLaurent Fignon	Renault-Elf	53	13	1
1985	Spain	Navarro, José LuisJosé Luis Navarro	Zor	54	7	0
1986	Spain	Muñoz, PedroPedro Muñoz	Fagor	54	19	1
1987	United Kingdom	Millar, RobertRobert Millar	Panasonic–Isostar	97	44	1
1988	United States	Hampsten, AndrewAndrew Hampsten^*	7–Eleven Hoonved	59	4	2
1989	Colombia	Herrera, LuisLuis Herrera	Café de Colombia	70	32	2
1990	Italy	Chiappucci, ClaudioClaudio Chiappucci	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	74	18	0
1991	Spain	Gastón, IñakiIñaki Gastón	CLAS-Cajastur	75	6	0
1992	Italy	Chiappucci, ClaudioClaudio Chiappucci	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	76	31	0
1993	Italy	Chiappucci, ClaudioClaudio Chiappucci	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	42	2	1
1994	Switzerland	Richard, PascalPascal Richard	GB–MG Maglificio	78	20	1
1995	Italy	Piccoli, MarianoMariano Piccoli	Brescialat	75	30	1
1996	Italy	Piccoli, MarianoMariano Piccoli	Brescialat	69	32	0
1997	Colombia	González, ChepeChepe González	Kelme–Costa Blanca	99	64	1
1998	Italy	Pantani, MarcoMarco Pantani^*	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi	89	27	2
1999	Colombia	González, ChepeChepe González	Kelme–Costa Blanca	61	16	1
2000	Italy	Casagrande, FrancescoFrancesco Casagrande	Vini Caldirola–Sidermec	71	24	1
2001	Colombia	González, FredyFredy González	Selle Italia–Pacific	73	31	1
2002	Mexico	Alberto Pérez, JulioJulio Alberto Pérez	Colombia–Selle Italia	69	36	2
2003	Colombia	González, FredyFredy González	Colombia–Selle Italia	100	22	0
2004	Germany	Wegmann, FabianFabian Wegmann	Gerolsteiner	56	2	0
2005	Venezuela	Rujano, JoséJosé Rujano	Colombia–Selle Italia	143	86	1
2006	Spain	Manuel Gárate, JuanJuan Manuel Gárate	Quick-Step–Innergetic	64	8	1
2007	Italy	Piepoli, LeonardoLeonardo Piepoli	Saunier Duval–Prodir	79	33	1
2008	Italy	Sella, EmanueleEmanuele Sella	CSF Group–Navigare	136	73	3
2009	Italy	Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo	61	16	1
2010	Australia	Lloyd, MatthewMatthew Lloyd	Omega Pharma–Lotto	56	15	1
2011	Italy	Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli	Acqua & Sapone	67	24	0
2012	Italy	Rabottini, MatteoMatteo Rabottini	Farnese Vini–Selle Italia	84	40	1
2013	Italy	Pirazzi, StefanoStefano Pirazzi	Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox	82	37	0
2014	Colombia	Arredondo, JuliánJulián Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	173	41	1
2015	Italy	Visconti, GiovanniGiovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	125	3	0

Multiple winners

As of 2015, 15 cyclists have won the mountains classification more than once.^[6]

Multiple winners of the Giro d'Italia mountains classification

Cyclist	Total	Years
Bartali, GinoGino Bartali (ITA)	7	1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947
Manuel Fuente, JoséJosé Manuel Fuente (ESP)	4	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Coppi, FaustoFausto Coppi (ITA)	3	1948, 1949, 1954
Bitossi, FrancoFranco Bitossi (ITA)	3	1964, 1965, 1966
Bortolotto, ClaudioClaudio Bortolotto (ITA)	3	1979, 1980, 1981
Chiappucci, ClaudioClaudio Chiappucci (ITA)	3	1990, 1992, 1993
Géminiani, RaphaëlRaphaël Géminiani (FRA)	2	1952, 1957
Gaul, CharlyCharly Gaul (LUX)	2	1956, 1959
Taccone, VitoVito Taccone (ITA)	2	1961, 1963
Oliva, AndrésAndrés Oliva (ESP)	2	1975, 1976
Van Impe, LucienLucien Van Impe (BEL)	2	1982, 1983
Piccoli, MarianoMariano Piccoli (ITA)	2	1995, 1996
González, ChepeChepe González (COL)	2	1997, 1999
González, FreddyFreddy González (COL)	2	2001, 2003
Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli (ITA)	2	2009, 2011

By nationality

Riders from thirteen different countries have won the Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia.^[6]

Giro d'Italia mountains classification winners by nationality

Country	No. of winning cyclists	No. of wins
Italy	20	38
Spain	11	15
Belgium	5	6
Colombia	4	6
France	3	4
Switzerland	3	3
Luxembourg	1	2
Australia	1	1
Germany	1	1
United Kingdom	1	1
Mexico	1	1
United States	1	1
Venezuela	1	1

Distribution of points

The points that are gained by consecutive riders reaching a mountain top are distributed according to the following classification:

Point Distribution Grid as of 2012

	GPM4	GPM3	GPM2	GPM1
1st rider	3	5	9	15
2nd rider	2	3	5	9
3rd rider	1	2	3	5
4th rider		1	2	3
5th rider			1	2
6th rider				1

The organisation of the race determines which mountains are included for the mountains classification and in which category they are.

References

Footnotes

1. The 1956 Giro d'Italia had two mountain competitions: the Trofeo Dolomiti and the Trofeo Appennini. Charly Gaul won the former and Federico Bahamontes, the latter.

Citations

1. Bill and Carol McGann. "1933 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
2. Bill and Carol McGann. "1974 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
3. Cycling News (17 December 2011). "Blue Mountains Jersey For 2012 Giro D'Italia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
4. "Past winners". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 May 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
5. "Giro d'Italia – Fight for Pink: Il Garibaldi" (PDF). Giro d'Italia. RCS MediaGroup. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
6. "Giro d'Italia 2009" (PDF). Infostrada sports. 2009. p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2011.