List of Grand Tour mountains classification winners

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Charly Gaul (left) and Federico Bahamontes (right) have won thirteen mountains classifications at the Grand Tours between each other.

The Grand Tours are the three most prestigious multi-week stage races in professional road bicycle racing.[1] The competitions are the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España, contested annually in that order. They are the only stage races permitted to last longer than 14 days.[2] No cyclist has won all three Grand Tours's mountains classifications in the same year; the only cyclists to win all three Grand Tours's mountains classifications in their career are Federico Bahamontes and Luis Herrera. It is rare for cyclists to ride all Grand Tours in the same year; in 2004, 474 cyclists started in one of the Grand Tours, 68 rode two and two cyclists started all three.[3]

Cyclists are ranked on the basis of their total wins in the three Grand Tours. When there is a tie between cyclists they are listed alphabetically by the Grand Tour they won. The majority of winners have come from Europe, however there have been a few notable victories for cyclists from other continents. Colombia, Australia, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela are the only non-European countries to have a rider win a mountains classification, with twenty-two victories shared between the five countries.

Bahamontes and Gino Bartali, with 9 victories, have won the most mountains classifications at the Grand Tours. Lucien Van Impe is third with 8 and Richard Virenque is fourth with seven. Virenque has won the most mountains classifications at the Tour, with seven. Bartali, with seven, holds the record mountains classifications at the Giro. While, José Luis Laguía both have five victories in the mountains classification at the Vuelta.

Winners[edit]

Lucien Van Impe won a total of eight mountains classifications at the Grand Tours during his career.
Richard Virenque won seven mountains classifications at the Grand Tour races he competed in, all in the Tour.
Julio Jiménez won six Grand Tour mountains classifications.
Fausto Coppi won five mountains classification at Grand Tour races in his career.

By cyclist[edit]

Riders in bold are still active. Number of wins in gold indicates the current record holder(s).

Grand Tour mountains classification winners
Rank Cyclist Country Winning span Giro Tour Vuelta Total
1 Gino Bartali Italy Italy 1935–1948 7 2 0 9
1 Federico Bahamontes Spain Spain 1954–1964 1 6 2 9
3 Lucien Van Impe Belgium Belgium 1971–1983 2 6 0 8
4 Richard Virenque France France 1994–2004 0 7 0 7
5 Julio Jiménez Spain Spain 1963–1967 0 3 3 6
6 José Manuel Fuente Spain Spain 1971–1974 4 0 1 5
6 Claudio Chiappucci Italy Italy 1990–1993 3 2 0 5
6 Fausto Coppi Italy Italy 1948–1954 3 2 0 5
6 Andrés Oliva Spain Spain 1975–1978 2 0 3 5
6 Luis Herrera Colombia Colombia 1985–1991 1 2 2 5
6 José Luis Laguía Spain Spain 1981–1986 0 0 5 5
12 Charly Gaul Luxembourg Luxembourg 1955–1959 2 2 0 4
12 José María Jiménez Spain Spain 1997–2001 0 0 4 4
12 David Moncoutié France France 2008–2011 0 0 4 4
15 Franco Bitossi Italy Italy 1964–1966 3 0 0 3
15 Claudio Bortolotto Italy Italy 1979–1981 3 0 0 3
15 Raphaël Géminiani France France 1950–1957 2 1 0 3
15 Eddy Merckx Belgium Belgium 1968–1970 1 2 0 3
15 Laurent Jalabert France France 1995–2002 0 2 1 3
15 Julián Berrendero Spain Spain 1936–1945 0 1 2 3
15 Tony Rominger Switzerland Switzerland 1993–1996 0 1 2 3
15 Antonio Karmany Spain Spain 1960–1962 0 0 3 3
15 Emilio Rodríguez Spain Spain 1946–1950 0 0 3 3
24 Stefano Garzelli Italy Italy 2009–2011 2 0 0 2
24 Chepe González Colombia Colombia 1997–1999 2 0 0 2
24 Fredy González Colombia Colombia 2001–2003 2 0 0 2
24 Mariano Piccoli Italy Italy 1995–1996 2 0 0 2
24 Vito Taccone Italy Italy 1961–1963 2 0 0 2
24 Louison Bobet France France 1950–1961 1 1 0 2
24 Chris Froome United Kingdom Great Britain 2015-2018 1 1 0 2
24 Aurelio González Puente Spain Spain 1957–1968 1 1 0 2
24 Robert Millar United Kingdom United Kingdom 1984–1987 1 1 0 2
24 Gastone Nencini Italy Italy 1955–1957 1 1 0 2
24 Geoffrey Bouchard France France 2019–2021 1 0 1 2
24 Giulio Ciccone Italy Italy 2021–2023 1 1 0 2
24 Rafał Majka Poland Poland 2014-2016 0 2 0 2
24 Imerio Massignan Italy Italy 1960–1961 0 2 0 2
24 Michael Rasmussen Denmark Denmark 2005–2006 0 2 0 2
24 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium Belgium 1935–1937 0 2 0 2
24 Pedro Torres Spain Spain 1973–1977 0 1 1 2
24 José Luis Abilleira Spain Spain 1973–1974 0 0 2 2
24 Félix Cárdenas Colombia Colombia 2003–2004 0 0 2 2
24 Omar Fraile Spain Spain 2015-2016 0 0 2 2
24 Felipe Yáñez Spain Spain 1979–1984 0 0 2 2
45 Julián Arredondo Colombia Colombia 2014 1 0 0 1
45 Remo Bertoni Italy Italy 1934 1 0 0 1
45 Alfredo Binda Italy Italy 1933 1 0 0 1
45 Francesco Casagrande Italy Italy 2000 1 0 0 1
45 Faustino Fernández Oviés Spain Spain 1977 1 0 0 1
45 Laurent Fignon France France 1984 1 0 0 1
45 Pasquale Fornara Spain Spain 1953 1 0 0 1
45 Juan Manuel Gárate Spain Spain 2006 1 0 0 1
45 Iñaki Gastón Spain Spain 1991 1 0 0 1
45 Ruben Guerreiro Portugal Portugal 2020 1 0 0 1
45 Andrew Hampsten United States United States 1988 1 0 0 1
45 Hugo Koblet Switzerland Switzerland 1950 1 0 0 1
45 Matthew Lloyd Australia Australia 2010 1 0 0 1
45 José Luiz Navarro Spain Spain 1985 1 0 0 1
45 Claudio Michelotto Italy Italy 1969 1 0 0 1
45 Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez Spain Spain 1986 1 0 0 1
45 Marco Pantani Italy Italy 1998 1 0 0 1
45 Julio Alberto Pérez Mexico Mexico 2002 1 0 0 1
45 Leonardo Piepoli Italy Italy 2007 1 0 0 1
45 Stefano Pirazzi Italy Italy 2013 1 0 0 1
45 Matteo Rabottini Italy Italy 2012 1 0 0 1
45 Pascal Richard Switzerland Switzerland 1994 1 0 0 1
45 José Rujano Venezuela Venezuela 2005 1 0 0 1
45 Emanuele Sella Italy Italy 2008 1 0 0 1
45 Angelino Soler Spain Spain 1962 1 0 0 1
45 Ueli Sutter Switzerland Switzerland 1978 1 0 0 1
45 Giovanni Valetti Italy Italy 1938 1 0 0 1
45 Rik Van Looy Belgium Belgium 1960 1 0 0 1
45 Martin Vandenbossche Belgium Belgium 1970 1 0 0 1
45 Giovanni Visconti Italy Italy 2015 1 0 0 1
45 Fabian Wegmann Germany Germany 2004 1 0 0 1
45 Julian Alaphilippe France France 2018 0 1 0 1
45 Romain Bardet France France 2019 0 1 0 1
45 Warren Barguil France France 2017 0 1 0 1
45 Giovanni Battaglin Italy Italy 1979 0 1 0 1
45 Giancarlo Bellini Italy Italy 1976 0 1 0 1
45 Santiago Botero Colombia Colombia 2000 0 1 0 1
45 Pierre Brambilla France France 1947 0 1 0 1
45 Anthony Charteau France France 2010 0 1 0 1
45 Thierry Claveyrolat France France 1990 0 1 0 1
45 Bernard Hinault France France 1986 0 1 0 1
45 Jesús Loroño Spain Spain 1953 0 1 0 1
45 Sylvere Maes Belgium Belgium 1940 0 1 0 1
45 Raymond Martin France France 1980 0 1 0 1
45 Mariano Martínez France France 1978 0 1 0 1
45 Domingo Perurena Spain Spain 1974 0 1 0 1
45 Tadej Pogačar Slovenia Slovenia 2020 0 1 0 1
45 Nairo Quintana Colombia Colombia 2013 0 1 0 1
45 Christophe Rinero France France 1998 0 1 0 1
45 Steven Rooks Netherlands Netherlands 1988 0 1 0 1
45 Mauricio Soler Colombia Colombia 2007 0 1 0 1
45 Samuel Sánchez Spain Spain 2011 0 1 0 1
45 Gert-Jan Theunisse Netherlands Netherlands 1989 0 1 0 1
45 Vicente Trueba Spain Spain 1933 0 1 0 1
45 Bernard Vallet France France 1982 0 1 0 1
45 René Vietto France France 1934 0 1 0 1
45 Thomas Voeckler France France 2012 0 1 0 1
45 Giuseppe Buratti Italy Italy 1955 0 0 1 1
45 Simon Clarke Australia Australia 2012 0 0 1 1
45 Nino Defilippis Italy Italy 1956 0 0 1 1
45 Thomas De Gendt Belgium Belgium 2018 0 0 1 1
44 Mariano Díaz Spain Spain 1967 0 0 1 1
44 Nicolas Edet France France 2013 0 0 1 1
44 Juan Fernández Martín Spain Spain 1980 0 0 1 1
44 Carlos Hernández Bailo Spain Spain 1992 0 0 1 1
44 Luc Leblanc France France 1992 0 0 1 1
44 Luis León Sánchez Spain Spain 2014 0 0 1 1
44 Guillaume Martin France France 2020 0 0 1 1
44 José Martín Farfán Colombia Colombia 1990 0 0 1 1
44 Egoi Martínez Spain Spain 2006 0 0 1 1
44 Denis Menchov Russia Russia 2007 0 0 1 1
44 Salvador Molina Spain Spain 1936 0 0 1 1
44 Edoardo Molinar Italy Italy 1935 0 0 1 1
44 Luis Ocaña Spain Spain 1969 0 0 1 1
44 Aitor Osa Spain Spain 2002 0 0 1 1
44 Álvaro Pino Spain Spain 1988 0 0 1 1
44 Joaquim Rodríguez Spain Spain 2005 0 0 1 1
44 Bernardo Ruiz Spain Spain 1948 0 0 1 1
44 Gregorio San Miguel Spain Spain 1966 0 0 1 1
44 Carlos Sastre Spain Spain 2000 0 0 1 1
44 Antonio Suárez Spain Spain 1959 0 0 1 1
44 Agustín Tamames Spain Spain 1970 0 0 1 1
44 Fermín Trueba Spain Spain 1941 0 0 1 1
44 Óscar Vargas Colombia Colombia 1989 0 0 1 1
44 Davide Villella Italy Italy 2017 0 0 1 1
44 Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands Netherlands 1971 0 0 1 1

By country[edit]

Grand Tour mountains classification winners by country
Country Giro Tour Vuelta Total
 Spain 16 18 50 84
 Italy 39 12 4 55
 France 5 23 9 37
 Belgium 6 11 1 18
 Colombia 6 5 6 17
 Switzerland 3 1 2 6
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 4
 United Kingdom 2 2 0 4
 Netherlands 0 2 1 3
 Denmark 0 2 0 2
 Australia 1 0 1 2
 Poland 0 2 0 2
 Germany 1 0 0 1
 Mexico 1 0 0 1
 Portugal 1 0 0 1
 United States 1 0 0 1
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1
 Slovenia 0 1 0 1
 Russia 0 0 1 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

General

  • "The Tour through the Years". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  • "Past winners". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  • Jacques Augendre. "Le Maillot Vert: Classement Par Points" [The Green Jersey: Points Classificaition] (PDF). Le Tour de France (in French). ASO. p. 119. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  • "Giro d'Italia – Fight for Pink: Il Garibaldi" (PDF). Giro d'Italia. RCS MediaGroup. p. 38. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

Specific

  1. ^ "Million dollar, baby!". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. ^ "UCI Cycling Regulations". Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Archived from the original (ASP) on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  3. ^ Riche, Antoine (19 March 2005). "Doubler deux Grands Tours revient à la mode". CyclisMag (in French). Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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