Intergiro classification in the Giro d'Italia

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Maglia Azzurra
Jersey blue.svg
SportRoad Cycling
CompetitionGiro d'Italia
Awarded forWinning the Intergiro
English nameBlue jersey
Local nameMaglia Azzurra (in Italian)
History
First award1989
Editions17
Final award2005
First winnerFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Jure Pavlič  (YUG)
Most winsFlag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Guidi  (ITA)
(3 wins)
Most recentFlag of Italy.svg  Stefano Zanini  (ITA)

The Intergiro was a competition in the annual multiple stage bicycle race the Giro d'Italia. [1] [2] It was first introduced in 1989. [3] The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. [2] [4] As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. [1] [2]

Somewhere in the middle of the stage there was a point where the time of the riders was measured, in the same way as is done at the finish of the stage. [2] The only difference was that the racers rode on after the intergiro point to the regular stage finish. Next to a time measurement, there were bonus seconds to earn just like in the regular stage finish. [2] That way, riders who were in a group in front of the bunch gained time in the intergiro classification, and riders who were often in this position would have a good position in the classification. [2]

The intergiro was a way for riders, who weren't sprinters or contenders for the GC, to fight for a jersey, and was in that way similar to a combativity award. There were racers that geared their whole Giro d'Italia to the intergiro classification, and calmly rode to the finish after the intergiro point was passed. However, the zest for the intergiro lessened over the years, to the point where there were only 2 to 3 racers contending the blue jersey during the last years. Therefore, the intergiro classification was replaced by a combination classification in the 2006 Giro d'Italia.

Intergiro Standings

List of Intergiro classification winners [5]
YearFirstTimeSecondTimeThirdTimeRef.
1989 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Jure Pavlič  (YUG)49h 50' 00"Flag of France.svg  Laurent Fignon  (FRA)+ 4' 07"Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Claude Criquielion  (BEL)+ 4' 24" [6]
1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Phil Anderson  (AUS)47h 56' 08"Flag of Italy.svg  Massimo Ghirotto  (ITA)+ 39"Flag of Italy.svg  Luca Gelfi  (ITA)+ 3' 33" [7] [8]
1991 Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Leanizbarrutia  (ESP)59h 34' 55"Flag of Italy.svg  Claudio Chiappucci  (ITA)+ 9' 36"Flag of Italy.svg  Franco Chioccioli  (ITA)+ 9' 39" [9] [10]
1992 Flag of Spain.svg  Miguel Indurain  (ESP)57h 38' 08"Flag of Italy.svg  Claudio Chiappucci  (ITA)+ 2' 03"Flag of France.svg  Laurent Bezault  (FRA)+ 2' 08" [11]
1993 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Ján Svorada  (SVK)53h 10' 33"Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Colagè  (ITA)+ 40"Flag of Spain.svg  Miguel Indurain  (ESP)+ 41" [12] [13]
1994 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Djamolidine Abdoujaparov  (UZB)62h 00' 39"Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeni Berzin  (RUS)+ 44"Flag of Italy.svg  Fabiano Fontanelli  (ITA)+ 1' 50" [14]
1995 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Tony Rominger  (SUI)56h 04' 21"Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Fidanza  (ITA)+ 54"Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeni Berzin  (RUS)+ 1' 24" [15] [16]
1996 Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Guidi  (ITA)59h 36' 45"Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Bontempi  (ITA)+ 15"Flag of Italy.svg  Mauro Bettin  (ITA)+ 1' 37" [17] [18]
1997 Flag of Russia.svg  Dimitri Konyshev  (RUS)52h 48' 18"Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Cipollini  (ITA)+ 3' 01"Flag of Sweden.svg  Glenn Magnusson  (SWE)+ 3' 15" [19] [20]
1998 Flag of Italy.svg  Gian Matteo Fagnini  (ITA)62h 32' 12"Flag of Italy.svg  Mariano Piccoli  (ITA)+ 55"Flag of Italy.svg  Nicola Loda  (ITA)+ 2' 29" [21] [22]
1999 Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Guidi  (ITA)58h 47' 30"Flag of Italy.svg  Massimo Strazzer  (ITA)+ 2"Flag of Italy.svg  Gian Matteo Fagnini  (ITA)+ 24" [23]
2000 Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Guidi  (ITA)62h 50' 05"Flag of Russia.svg  Dimitri Konyshev  (RUS)+ 57"Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Ferrari  (ITA)+ 1' 38" [24]
2001 Flag of Italy.svg  Massimo Strazzer  (ITA)51h 27' 14"Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Zanini  (ITA)+ 2' 49"Flag of Italy.svg  Moreno Di Biase  (ITA)+ 2' 49" [25]
2002 Flag of Italy.svg  Massimo Strazzer  (ITA)55h 05' 46"Flag of Ukraine.svg  Serhiy Honchar  (UKR)+ 4' 26"Flag of Spain.svg  Aitor González  (ESP)+ 4' 41" [26]
2003 Flag of Sweden.svg  Magnus Bäckstedt  (SWE)50h 20' 37"Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ján Svorada  (CZE)+ 2' 02"Flag of Spain.svg  Constantino Zaballa  (ESP)+ 2' 26" [27]
2004 Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Illiano  (ITA)49h 38' 14"Flag of Italy.svg  Crescenzo D'Amore  (ITA)+ 13"Flag of Italy.svg  Mariano Piccoli  (ITA)+ 19" [28] [29]
2005 Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Zanini  (ITA)54h 37' 01"Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bettini  (ITA)+ 27"Flag of Germany.svg  Sven Krauß  (GER)+ 30" [30] [31]

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