Combination classification in the Giro d'Italia

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Maglia Azzurra
Jersey blue.svg
SportRoad Cycling
CompetitionGiro d'Italia
Awarded forWinning the combination classification
English nameBlue jersey
Local nameMaglia Azzurra (in Italian)
History
First award1972
Editions12
Final award2006
First winnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Merckx  (BEL)
Most winsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Merckx  (BEL)
(2 wins)
Most recentFlag of Italy.svg  Paolo Savoldelli  (ITA)

The Combination classification was a competition in the annual Giro d'Italia bicycle race. It was first introduced in the 1985 Giro d'Italia, where it was first won by the Swiss rider Urs Freuler. [1] The classification was run annually until the 1988 Giro d'Italia, where the American Andrew Hampsten won the classification. [2] The combination classification was replaced in the 1989 Giro d'Italia by the intergiro classification. The classification reappeared after an 11-year hiatus in 2001. It was the absent from the succeeding Giro d'Italia editions until it returned in 2006, where Paolo Savoldelli won the classification. [3] The classification did not return in 2007, as it was replaced by the return of the Young rider classification.

For the 1988 and the 2006 editions of the Giro, the leader of the classification was awarded a blue jersey. [3] [4] [5]

Combination classification standings

YearFirstPointsSecondPointsThirdPointsRef.
1972 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Merckx  (BEL) [6]
1973 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Merckx  (BEL)4Flag of Italy.svg  Felice Gimondi  (ITA)9Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Battaglin  (ITA)17 [7]
1976 Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Moser  (ITA)12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eddy Merckx  (BEL)31Flag of Italy.svg  Arnaldo Caverzasi  (ITA)52 [8]
1977 Flag of Italy.svg  Wilmo Francioni  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Beccia  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Gianbattista Baronchelli  (ITA) [9]
1978 Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe Saronni  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Wladimiro Panizza  (ITA)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ueli Sutter  (SUI) [10]
1980 Flag of France.svg  Bernard Hinault  (FRA)8Flag of Italy.svg  Wladimiro Panizza  (ITA)11Flag of Sweden.svg  Tommy Prim  (SWE)12 [11]
1985 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Urs Freuler  (SUI)44Flag of Portugal.svg  Acácio da Silva  (POR)38Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Rosola  (ITA)30 [12]
1986 Flag of Italy.svg  Guido Bontempi  (ITA)52Flag of Spain.svg  Pedro Muñoz  (ESP)38Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eric Vanderaerden  (BEL)30 [13]
1987 Flag of Ireland.svg  Stephen Roche  (IRL)80Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Millar  (GBR)68Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Rosola  (ITA)60 [14]
1988 Flag of the United States.svg  Andrew Hampsten  (USA)8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Erik Breukink  (NED)12Flag of Switzerland.svg  Urs Zimmermann  (SUI)20 [2]
2001 Flag of Italy.svg  Gilberto Simoni  (ITA)13Flag of Italy.svg  Pietro Caucchioli  (ITA)35Flag of Spain.svg  Unai Osa  (ESP)38 [15]
2006 Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Savoldelli  (ITA)775Flag of Spain.svg  José Enrique Gutiérrez  (ESP)651Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Basso  (ITA)595 [3]

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1988 Giro dItalia, Stage 1 to Stage 11

The 1988 Giro d'Italia began on 23 May, and stage 11 occurred on 2 June. The 1988 edition began with a short 9 km (5.6 mi) individual time trial around the city of Urbino. The following two days of racing were normal mass-start stages, before the fourth day of racing consisted of two half-stages, the first a normal stage and the latter a 40 km (24.9 mi) team time trial. The rest of the opening half of the race – remaining within Italy for the duration – consisted of stages with or without categorized climbs.

References

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  2. 1 2 "Delgado termino septimo en la General" [Delgado finished seventh in the General](PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 13 June 1988. p. 47. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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  8. ↑ "La classifica finale" [The final classification](PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 13 June 1976. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Tutte le classifiche della gara" [All the rankings of the race](PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 13 June 1977. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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