Grand Tour (cycling)

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The seven cyclists who have won all three tours. Only Contador and Hinault have won each Grand Tour at least twice, and only Merckx, Hinault and Froome have won all three tours consecutively.

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours, and all three races are similar in format, being three-week races with daily stages. They have a special status in the UCI regulations: more points for the UCI World Tour are distributed in Grand Tours than in other races, [1] and they are the only stage races allowed to last longer than 14 days, [2] and these differ from major stage races more than one week in duration.

Contents

All three races have a substantial history, with the Tour de France first held in 1903, Giro d'Italia first held in 1909 and the Vuelta a España first held in 1935. The Giro is generally run in May, the Tour in July, and the Vuelta in late August and September. The Vuelta was originally held in the spring, usually late April, with a few editions held in June in the 1940s. In 1995, however, the race moved to September to avoid direct competition with the Giro.

The Tour de France is the oldest and most prestigious in terms of points accrued to racers of all three, [1] and is the most widely attended annual sporting event in the world. [3] The Tour, the Giro and the Road World Cycling Championship make up the Triple Crown of Cycling.

The three Grand Tours are men's events, and as of 2025, no three week races currently exist on the women's road cycling circuit. The Vuelta Femenina, Giro d'Italia Women and Tour de France Femmes are sometimes considered to be equivalent races for women – taking place over shorter, smaller routes around a week in length. The Vuelta Femenina was first held under that name in 2023, the Giro d'Italia Women was first held in 1988, and various women's Tour de France events have taken place since 1984 – with the Tour de France Femmes having its first edition in 2022.

Description

In their current form, the Grand Tours are held over three consecutive weeks and typically include two rest days near the beginning of the second and third weeks. If the opening stages are in a country not neighbouring the home nation of the race, there is sometimes an additional rest day after the opening weekend to allow for transfers. The stages are a mix of long massed start races (sometimes including mountain and hill climbs and descents; others are flat stages favoring those with a sprint finish) and individual and team time trials. Stages in the Grand Tours are generally under 200 kilometres in length.

UCI rules regarding 'Grand Tours'

Grand Tour events have specific rules and criteria as part of Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) regulations. For the UCI World Tour, more points are given in grand tours than in other races; the winner of the Tour de France receives 1000 points, and the winners of the Giro and Vuelta receive 850 points. Depending on the nature of other races, points vary for the winner of the overall classification [1] The grand tours have a special status for the length: they are allowed to last between 15 and 23 days – whereas other stage races are not allowed to last longer than 14 days. [2]

Teams

Historically, controversy surrounds which teams are invited to the event by the organiser. Typically, the UCI prefers top-rated professional teams to enter, while operators of the Grand Tours often want teams based in their country or those unlikely to cause controversy. Between 2005 and 2007, organisers had to accept all ProTour teams, leaving only two wildcard teams per Tour. However, the Unibet team, a ProTour team normally guaranteed entry, was banned from the three Grand Tours for violating gambling advertising laws. In 2008, following numerous doping scandals, some teams were refused entry to the Grand Tours: Astana did not compete at the 2008 Tour de France and Team Columbia did not compete at the 2008 Vuelta a España.

Since 2011, under UCI World Tour rules, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams are guaranteed a place in all three events, as well as the top two UCI ProTeams from the previous year's world ranking. As of 2025, the race organizers are free to invite two more wildcard teams from the top 40 teams in the world ranking (shrinking to the top 30 in 2026). [4] This new rule is intended to prevent organizers from favoring low-ranked domestic teams, such as the 2023 Vuelta a España, where Burgos BH were ranked 62nd and invited over many higher performing teams. [4]

In 2023, Team Jumbo–Visma riders Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss won the Giro, Tour and Vuelta respectively, making the team the first to win all three Grand Tours in a single calendar year. [5]

Competitions

The main competition is the individual general classification, decided on aggregate time (sometimes after allowance of time bonuses). There are also classifications for teams and young riders, and based on climbing and sprinting points, and other minor competitions. Five riders have won three individual classifications open to all riders (general, mountains, young and points classifications) in the same race: Eddy Merckx in the 1968 Giro d'Italia and 1969 Tour de France and 1973 Vuelta a España, Tony Rominger in the 1993 Vuelta a España, Laurent Jalabert in the 1995 Vuelta a España, Marco Pantani in the 1998 Giro d'Italia, and Tadej Pogačar in the 2020 Tour de France and 2021 Tour de France.

Riders

It is rare for cyclists to ride all grand tours in the same year; in 2004, 474 cyclists started in at least one of the grand tours, 68 of them rode two Grand Tours and only two cyclists started in all three grand tours. [6] It is not unusual for sprinters to start each of the Grand Tours and aim for stage wins before the most difficult stages occur. Alessandro Petacchi and Mark Cavendish started all three Grand Tours in 2010 and 2011, respectively, as did some of their preferred support riders. For both riders in both years, only the Tour de France was ridden to its conclusion.

Over the years, 36 riders have completed all three Grand Tours in one year: Adam Hansen did so six years in a row. The only riders to have finished in the top 10 in each of the three tours during the same year are Raphaël Géminiani in 1955 and Gastone Nencini in 1957. In 2023 Sepp Kuss became the first rider since Nencini to start and finish all three tours in one year, while winning one of them - in Kuss' case the 2023 Vuelta a España.

Riders from the same country winning all three Grand Tours in a single year has happened only on four occasions. It first occurred in 1964 with French riders Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor, with the second occurrence in 2008 with Spanish riders Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre. 2018 marked the only time three different riders from the same country won all three Tours, these being British riders Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates. In 2024 Slovenian riders Tadej Pogačar (winning the Giro and the Tour) and Primož Roglič (winning the Vuelta) repeated the accomplishments of the aforementioned French, Spanish and British riders.

Women's Grand Tour events

As of 2024, no three week races currently exist on the women's road cycling circuit. Historically, women have participated in three week long stages races, with various women's Tour de France events taking place since 1984. [7] [8] In the contemporary UCI Women's World Tour, the Giro d'Italia Women (first held in 1988), the Tour de France Femmes (first held in 2022) and the Vuelta Femenina (started in 2015, gaining its current name in 2023) are sometimes considered to be equivalent races for women – taking place over shorter, smaller routes around a week in length. [9] [10] The Vuelta Femenina takes place in May, the Giro d'Italia Women is generally run in late June / early July and the Tour de France Femmes is held in late July following the men's Tour de France.

Some media and teams have referred to these women's events as Grand Tours, as they are the biggest events in the women's calendar. [11] [10] [12] However, they are not three week stage races, they do not have a special status in the rules and regulations of cycling (such as more points in the UCI Women's World Tour, or allowing an increased number of stages), [13] [14] and some have argued that the races need to visit high mountains (such as the Alps) or contain time trial stages to be considered an equivalent event. [11] [15]

Campaign groups such as Le Tour Entier and The Cyclists' Alliance continue to push organisers and the UCI to allow for longer stage races for women, [14] as well as to improve the quality and economic stability of the women's peloton to allow for three week long races in future. [15] [16]

From 2026, the UCI will award more ranking points to Giro d'Italia Women, Tour de France Femmes and the Vuelta Femenina compared to other races in the UCI Women's World Tour. [17] [18]

General Classification winners

Wins per year

Legend
Rider won 3 Grand Tours in the same year
Rider won 2 Grand Tours in the same year
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A.  a b c d e f g Lance Armstrong was declared the winner of seven consecutive Tours from 1999 to 2005. However, on 22 October 2012, he was stripped of all his titles by the UCI for his use of performance-enhancing drugs. The organizers of the Tour de France announced that the winner's slot would remain empty in the record books, rather than transfer the win to the second-place finishers each year. [20]

Wins per rider

RankRiderTotalGiroTourVuelta
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx 115 (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974)5 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)1 (1973)
2 Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault 103 (1980, 1982, 1985)5 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985)2 (1978, 1983)
3 Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil 82 (1960, 1964)5 (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)1 (1963)
4 Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Coppi 75 (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953)2 (1949, 1952)
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Indurain 72 (1992, 1993)5 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Contador 72 (2008, 2015)2 (2007, 2009)3 (2008, 2012, 2014)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Froome 71 (2018)4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)2 (2011, 2017)
8 Flag of Italy.svg Alfredo Binda 55 (1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933)
Flag of Italy.svg Gino Bartali 53 (1936, 1937, 1946)2 (1938, 1948)
Flag of Italy.svg Felice Gimondi 53 (1967, 1969, 1976)1 (1965)1 (1968)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič 51 (2023)4 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2024)
12 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tony Rominger 41 (1995)3 (1992, 1993, 1994)
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Heras 44 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Nibali 42 (2013, 2016)1 (2014)1 (2010)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar 41 (2024)3 (2020, 2021, 2024)

Wins by country

Grand Tour general classification wins by country
CountryGiroTourVueltaTotal
Flag of Italy.svg Italy6910685
Flag of France.svg France636951
Flag of Spain.svg Spain4123248
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium718833
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain36312
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland32510
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia2349
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg2507
Flag of the United States.svg United States1326
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands1225
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia2125
Flag of Germany.svg Germany0134
Flag of Russia.svg Russia3014
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark0303
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland1113
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia1102
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1001
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada1001
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador1001
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan0011

All three wins in the same year by one country

YearCountry Giro Tour Vuelta
1964 France Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil Flag of France.svg Raymond Poulidor
2008 Spain Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Contador Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sastre Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Contador
2018 United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Froome Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraint Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Simon Yates
2024 Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič

All three wins in the same year by a home rider

Year Giro Tour Vuelta
1957 Flag of Italy.svg Gastone Nencini Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Jesús Loroño
1961 Flag of Italy.svg Arnaldo Pambianco Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Angelino Soler
1966 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Motta Flag of France.svg Lucien Aimar Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Francisco Gabica
1975 Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Bertoglio Flag of France.svg Bernard Thévenet Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Agustín Tamames

Winners of all three Grand Tours

Seven cyclists have won all three of the Grand Tours during their career: [21]

RiderTotalGiroTourVuelta
Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil 82 (1960, 1964)5 (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)1 (1963)
Flag of Italy.svg Felice Gimondi 53 (1967, 1969, 1976)1 (1965)1 (1968)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx 115 (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974)5 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)1 (1973)
Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault 103 (1980, 1982, 1985)5 (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985)2 (1978, 1983)
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Contador 72 (2008, 2015)2 (2007, 2009)3 (2008, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Nibali 42 (2013, 2016)1 (2014)1 (2010)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Froome 71 (2018)4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)2 (2011, 2017)

Hinault and Contador are the only cyclists to have won each Grand Tour at least twice.

Winners of three or more consecutive Grand Tours

Winners of multiple Grand Tours in a single year

No rider has won all three Grand Tours in a single year in any classification (general, points, mountain, young rider). Few riders have even finished all three in a single year; of those who have, two finished in the top ten in each: Raphaël Géminiani (4th, 6th and 3rd in the Giro, Tour and Vuelta in 1955) and Gastone Nencini (1st, 6th and 9th in 1957).

Eleven riders have achieved a double by winning two grand tours in the same calendar year. [21]

Of the above eleven, Pantani, Roche and Battaglin's doubles were their only Grand Tour victories in their careers.

Merckx, Roche and Pogacar also won the men's road race at the World Championship in the same year as their Giro-Tour double to complete the Triple Crown of Cycling.

Smallest margin between 1st and 2nd placed rider

The margins between the winner of a Grand Tour and the runner-up are often narrow, and rarely larger than a few minutes.

As of 2021, there have been 54 Grand Tours with a winning margin less than one minute. The smallest margins are as follows:

RankWinnerTimeRunner-upMarginRace
1 Flag of France.svg Éric Caritoux 90h 08' 03"" Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Fernández +00h 00' 06"Vuelta a España (1984)
2 Flag of the United States.svg Greg LeMond 87h 38' 35" Flag of France.svg Laurent Fignon +00h 00' 08"Tour de France (1989)
3 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg José Manuel Fuente 86h 48' 18" Flag of Portugal (official).svg Joaquim Agostinho +00h 00' 11"Vuelta a España (1974)
Flag of Italy.svg Fiorenzo Magni 124h 51' 52" Flag of Italy.svg Ezio Cecchi Giro d'Italia (1948)
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx 113h 08' 13" Flag of Italy.svg Gianbattista Baronchelli +00h 00' 12"Giro d'Italia (1974)
6 Flag of Italy.svg Angelo Conterno 105h 37' 52" Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Jesús Loroño +00h 00' 13"Vuelta a España (1956)
Flag of Italy.svg Fiorenzo Magni 108h 56' 12" Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Coppi Giro d'Italia (1955)
8 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Augustín Tamames 88h 00" 56' Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Domingo Perurena +00h 00' 14"Vuelta a España (1975)
Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič 85h 29" 02' Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraint Thomas Giro d'Italia (2023)
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryder Hesjedal 91h 39' 02" Flag of Spain.svg Joaquim Rodríguez +00h 00' 16"Giro d'Italia (2012)

The biggest winning margin in a Grand Tour was 2h 59' 21" in Maurice Garin's win at the first Tour de France in 1903. The biggest margin in the history of Giro d'Italia was in 1914 when Alfonso Calzolari won by 1h 57' 26", and the biggest margin in the history of Vuelta a España was in 1945 when Delio Rodríguez finished 30' 08" clear.

Days leading classification

In previous tours, sometimes a stage was broken in two (or three). "Days" column gives the number of times the cyclist was a classification leader at the end of the day. Numbers in brackets include split stages.

after the end of 2025 Giro d'Italia

Legend
Current records
Rider was leading in all Grand Tours
RankRiderDaysLeading spanGiroTourVuelta
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx 182(200)1968–197576(78)97(111)9(11)
2 Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault 121(125)1978–19863175(79)15
3 Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil 108(110)1957–19674251(52)15(16)
4 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Induráin 931985–199529604
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Froome 892011–201835927
6 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alex Zülle 641992–200012448
7 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Moser 63(66)1975–198550(52)6(7)7
8 Flag of Italy.svg Gino Bartali 62(73)1936–194942(50)20(23)0
Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič 622019–202591142
10 Flag of Italy.svg Alfredo Binda 611925–19336100
11 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Contador 602007–2015231126
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar 602020–202420400

Sixteen other cyclists have led the overall standings in all three Grand Tours during their careers. No rider has done so in a single season.

Tadej Pogačar amassed most Grand Tour days at the top of the classification in a single calendar year - 39 in 2024.

Points classification winners

The Tour/Giro/Vuelta triple has been achieved by five riders – Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Mark Cavendish, Laurent Jalabert, Eddy Merckx and Alessandro Petacchi.

RankRiderTotalGiroTourVuelta
1 Flag of Germany.svg Erik Zabel 906 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)3 (2002, 2003, 2004)
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Sean Kelly 804 (1982, 1983, 1985, 1989)4 (1980, 1985, 1986, 1988)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Sagan 81 (2021)7 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)0
4 Flag of France.svg Laurent Jalabert 71 (1999)2 (1992, 1995)4 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx 62 (1968, 1973)3 (1969, 1971, 1972)1 (1973)

Mountains classification winners

The Tour/Giro/Vuelta triple has been achieved by two riders – Federico Bahamontes and Luis Herrera.

RankRiderTotalGiroTourVuelta
1 Flag of Italy.svg Gino Bartali 97 (1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947)2 (1938, 1948)0
Flag of Spain.svg Federico Bahamontes 91 (1956)6 (1954, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964)2 (1957, 1958)
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Van Impe 82 (1982, 1983)6 (1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983)0
4 Flag of France.svg Richard Virenque 707 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004)0
5 Flag of Spain.svg Julio Jiménez 603 (1965, 1966, 1967)3 (1963, 1964, 1965)

Young rider classification winners

The Tour/Giro double has been achieved by three riders – Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana and Andy Schleck. The Giro/Vuelta double has been achieved by one rider – Miguel Ángel López. The Tour/Vuelta double has been achieved by two riders – Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel.

RankRiderTotalGiroTourVuelta
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar 504 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)1 (2019)
2 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Andy Schleck 41 (2007)3 (2008, 2009, 2010)0
3 Flag of Germany.svg Jan Ullrich 303 (1996, 1997, 1998)0
Flag of Colombia.svg Nairo Quintana 31 (2014)2 (2013, 2015)0
Flag of Colombia.svg Miguel Ángel López 32 (2018, 2019)01 (2017)

Grand Tour stage wins

Stage wins by rider

Three cyclists have won stages in all three of the Grand Tours in the same season: Miguel Poblet in 1956, Pierino Baffi in 1958 and Alessandro Petacchi in 2003. [22] The rider with the most Grand Tour stage wins in one season is Freddy Maertens who won 20 stages in 1977: 13 in the Vuelta a España and 7 in the Giro d'Italia.

Cyclists whose names are in bold are still active.
This list is complete up to and including the 2024 Vuelta a España. [23]
RankRiderTotalGiroTourVueltaYears
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx 6424 a3461967–1975
2 Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cipollini 57421231989–2003
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cavendish 55173532008–2024
4 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Petacchi 48226202000–2011
5 Flag of Italy.svg Alfredo Binda 4341201925–1933
6 Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault 4162871978–1986
7 Flag of Italy.svg Learco Guerra 3931801930–1937
Flag of Spain.svg Delio Rodríguez 3900391941–1947
9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Looy 37127181958–1969
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Freddy Maertens 35715131976–1981
11 Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Coppi 3122901940–1955
12 Flag of Italy.svg Costante Girardengo 3030001913–1926
13 Flag of Italy.svg Gino Bartali 29171201935–1950
14 Flag of Italy.svg Marino Basso 2715661966–1977
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Moser 2723221973–1986
16 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Di Paco 26151101930–1938
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Poblet 2620331955–1961
Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar 2661732019–2024
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Saronni 2624021978–1985
20 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Bitossi 2521401964–1975
Flag of Italy.svg Guido Bontempi 25165 b41981–1993
Flag of France.svg Laurent Jalabert 2534181992–2001
Flag of France.svg André Leducq 2502501927–1938
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Steenbergen 2515461949–1957
25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Roger De Vlaeminck 2422111970–1984
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robbie McEwen 24121201999–2007
27 Flag of France.svg Jacques Anquetil 2361611957–1964
Flag of France.svg André Darrigade 2312201953–1964
29 Flag of Germany.svg André Greipel 2271142008–2017
Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Roglič 2243152016–2024
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean Paul van Poppel 224991986–1994
32 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Charly Gaul 21111001955–1961
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gerben Karstens 2116141965–1976
Flag of Ireland.svg Sean Kelly 2105161978–1988
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tony Rominger 2153131988–1996
36 Flag of France.svg Jean Alavoine 2031701909–1923
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Nicolas Frantz 2002001924–1929
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Olmo 2020001933–1937
Flag of Germany.svg Erik Zabel 2001281995–2007
40 Flag of France.svg François Faber 1901901908–1914
Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Kittel 1941412011–2017
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu 1913601970–1977
43 Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Altig 184861962–1969
Flag of Italy.svg Nino Defilippis 189721952–1964
Flag of Italy.svg Adolfo Leoni 1817101938–1951
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Sagan 1821242011–2021
47 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 171971991–1996
Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Valverde 1714122003–2019
49 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Freuler 1615101981–1989
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Induráin 1641201989–1995
Flag of France.svg René Le Grevès 1601601933–1939
Flag of Italy.svg Fiorenzo Magni 166731948–1955
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Pantani 168801994–2000
Flag of France.svg Charles Pélissier 1601601929–1935
55 Flag of Italy.svg Moreno Argentin 1513201981–1994
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Bugno 159421988–1998
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Ocaña 150961969–1973
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Linden 159421972–1978

a Not counting the two-man team time trial Prologue win in 1973 Giro.

b Not counting the TTT/ITT combined format Preface win in 1988 Tour.

Stage wins by country

Riders representing 42 countries have won at least one stage in Grand Tours.

Country#
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1761
Flag of France.svg  France 925
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 907
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 807
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 335
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 203
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 152
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 147
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 106
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 93
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 88
Country#
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 70
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 58
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 53
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 53
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 37
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 30
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 24
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 16
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 15
Country#
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 14
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 13
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 10
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5
Country#
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 5
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 4
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1
Detailed table
Year Flag of Italy.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Colombia.svg Flag of Luxembourg.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Portugal (official).svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Ecuador.svg Flag of Estonia.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Belarus.svg Flag of South Africa.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of Venezuela.svg Flag of East Germany.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Lithuania.svg Flag of Eritrea.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Costa Rica.svg
1903-5----1-----------------------------------
1904-5----1-----------------------------------
1905-11----------------------------------------
1906-13----------------------------------------
1907-15----------------------------------------
1908-10--------4-------------------------------
1909871-------6-------------------------------
19101012--------3-------------------------------
191111121-------2-------------------------------
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1914874---2---2-------------------------------
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19211159---------------------------------------
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192311122---------------------------------------
19241745-------2-------------------------------
19251718-------4-------------------------------
192613-12-------4-------------------------------
192715615-------3-------------------------------
192812134-------5-------------------------------
1929141091------2-------------------------------
193020133---------------------------------------
19311986-----------------------3---------------
19321976--2------------------------------------
1933191011---------------------------------------
193419212---------------------------------------
19352515154----------------------2---------------
1936231317121-1---2-------------------------------
1937269102-43---1-------------------------------
193825812-311---1-------------------------------
193919177-1-1---2-------------------------------
194020-----------------------------------------
1941---22--------------------------------------
194234-13--------------------------------------
1945---17-------------2------------------------
194619--202------------1------------------------
19473012417--3-----------------------------------
1948306916--------------------------------------
19492585---1---1-------------------------------
1950269517--6---2-------------------------------
1951207621-7---1-------------------------------
19522297-2-2---1-------------------------------
19532110216-3-----------------------------------
195412159-5-6-----------------------------------
19552912374-1---3-------------------------------
1956221310102-1---6-------------------------------
195716229111-----2-------------------------------
1958211211121--1--5-------------------------------
19591318913--31--4------1------------------------
196014141814--2---1---1---------------------------
1961111616131-----2------1------------------------
1962181512736--------1---------------------------
196321111692---------2---------------------------
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1989105481225313-3-31--2-3----1-------1---------
199019941071--23-1----1-------3-------114-------
199124711271-112-2------------7---------------1-
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19942012-43-72-2-3---3--4--31------------2------
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Grand Tour finishers

Only 36 riders have finished all three Grand Tours in one season. Adam Hansen has done this six times consecutively, Marino Lejarreta four times and Bernardo Ruiz achieved it in three different years, while Eduardo Chozas and Carlos Sastre have completed the accomplishment twice. [24] [25]

The rider with most participations on Grand Tours is Matteo Tosatto with 34 (12 Tours, 13 Giros and 9 Vueltas). The rider who has finished most Grand Tours is also Matteo Tosatto, with 28 (12 Tours, 11 Giros and 5 Vueltas). Adam Hansen has finished the most consecutive Grand Tours: 20 tours from 2011 Vuelta a España till 2018 Giro d'Italia. Bernardo Ruiz was the first rider to ride every tour of a season on three occasions which he completed in 1957. Marino Lejarreta completed every grand tour of the season for the 4th time in 1991 and of these 12 tours he finished in the top 10 of eight of them. His record of 4 was not passed until Adam Hansen completed the Vuelta in 2016.

Gastone Nencini (1957) and Sepp Kuss (2023) are the only cyclists to both ride all three Grand Tours and win one in the same season. The best average finish was the first time three Grand Tours were finished in one season, when Raphaël Géminiani finished 4th, 6th and 3rd in the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, respectively.

RiderYearFinal GC position
GiroTourVuelta
Flag of the United States.svg Sepp Kuss 202314121
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas De Gendt 2019516056
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Hansen (6)20179311395
Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Valverde 20163612
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Hansen (5)201668100110
Flag of France.svg Sylvain Chavanel 2015365447
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Hansen (4)20157711455
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Hansen (3)2014736453
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Hansen (2)2013727260
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Hansen 20129481123
Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Lang 20115611377
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sastre (2)20108208
Flag of New Zealand.svg Julian Dean 2009136121132
Flag of Italy.svg Marzio Bruseghin 200832710
Flag of Germany.svg Erik Zabel 2008804349
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mario Aerts 2007207028
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sastre 20064344
Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Lombardi 200588118114
Flag of Spain.svg Jon Odriozola 2001586983
Flag of Italy.svg Mariano Piccoli 1999385058
Flag of Italy.svg Guido Bontempi 1992407562
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Stephens 1992577466
Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Chozas (2)1991101111
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Giovannetti 199183018
Flag of Spain.svg Marino Lejarreta (4)19915533
Flag of Spain.svg Inaki Gaston 1991236114
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Leanizbarrutia 1991643944
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Poulnikov 1991118866
Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Tebaldi 1991478987
Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Chozas 199011633
Flag of Spain.svg Marino Lejarreta (3)19907555
Flag of Spain.svg Marino Lejarreta (2)198910520
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Javier Lukin 1988328260
Flag of Spain.svg Marino Lejarreta 198741034
Flag of France.svg Philippe Poissonnier 1985869066
Flag of Spain.svg José Luis Uribezubia 1971295027
Flag of Spain.svg Jose Manuel Fuente 1971397254
Flag of Spain.svg Federico Bahamontes 19581786
Flag of Italy.svg Pierino Baffi 1958236337
Flag of Italy.svg Mario Baroni 1957745346
Flag of Italy.svg Gastone Nencini 1957169
Flag of Spain.svg Bernardo Ruiz (3)195755243
Flag of Italy.svg Arrigo Padovan 1956122619
Flag of Spain.svg Bernardo Ruiz (2)1956387031
Flag of Spain.svg José Serra 195626819
Flag of France.svg Raphaël Géminiani 1955463
Flag of Spain.svg Bernardo Ruiz 1955282214
Flag of France.svg Louis Caput 1955685455

See also

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