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List of Grand Tour mountains classification winners

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]

Two men in formal dress standing by a memorial.
Charly Gaul (left) and Federico Bahamontes (right) have won thirteen mountains classifications at the Grand Tours between each other.

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

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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

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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 1935–1948 7 2 0 9
1 Federico Bahamontes   Spain 1954–1964 1 6 2 9
3 Lucien Van Impe   Belgium 1971–1983 2 6 0 8
4 Richard Virenque   France 1994–2004 0 7 0 7
5 Julio Jiménez   Spain 1963–1967 0 3 3 6
6 José Manuel Fuente   Spain 1971–1974 4 0 1 5
6 Claudio Chiappucci   Italy 1990–1993 3 2 0 5
6 Fausto Coppi   Italy 1948–1954 3 2 0 5
6 Andrés Oliva   Spain 1975–1978 2 0 3 5
6 Luis Herrera   Colombia 1985–1991 1 2 2 5
6 José Luis Laguía   Spain 1981–1986 0 0 5 5
12 Charly Gaul   Luxembourg 1955–1959 2 2 0 4
12 José María Jiménez   Spain 1997–2001 0 0 4 4
12 David Moncoutié   France 2008–2011 0 0 4 4
15 Franco Bitossi   Italy 1964–1966 3 0 0 3
15 Claudio Bortolotto   Italy 1979–1981 3 0 0 3
15 Raphaël Géminiani   France 1950–1957 2 1 0 3
15 Eddy Merckx   Belgium 1968–1970 1 2 0 3
15 Tadej Pogačar   Slovenia 2020–2024 1 2 0 3
15 Laurent Jalabert   France 1995–2002 0 2 1 3
15 Julián Berrendero   Spain 1936–1945 0 1 2 3
15 Tony Rominger   Switzerland 1993–1996 0 1 2 3
15 Antonio Karmany   Spain 1960–1962 0 0 3 3
15 Emilio Rodríguez   Spain 1946–1950 0 0 3 3
25 Stefano Garzelli   Italy 2009–2011 2 0 0 2
25 Chepe González   Colombia 1997–1999 2 0 0 2
25 Fredy González   Colombia 2001–2003 2 0 0 2
25 Mariano Piccoli   Italy 1995–1996 2 0 0 2
25 Vito Taccone   Italy 1961–1963 2 0 0 2
25 Louison Bobet   France 1950–1961 1 1 0 2
25 Chris Froome   Great Britain 2015-2018 1 1 0 2
25 Aurelio González Puente   Spain 1957–1968 1 1 0 2
25 Robert Millar   United Kingdom 1984–1987 1 1 0 2
25 Gastone Nencini   Italy 1955–1957 1 1 0 2
25 Giulio Ciccone   Italy 2021–2023 1 1 0 2
25 Geoffrey Bouchard   France 2019–2021 1 0 1 2
25 Rafał Majka   Poland 2014-2016 0 2 0 2
25 Imerio Massignan   Italy 1960–1961 0 2 0 2
25 Michael Rasmussen   Denmark 2005–2006 0 2 0 2
25 Félicien Vervaecke   Belgium 1935–1937 0 2 0 2
25 Richard Carapaz   Ecuador 2022-2024 0 1 1 2
25 Pedro Torres   Spain 1973–1977 0 1 1 2
25 José Luis Abilleira   Spain 1973–1974 0 0 2 2
25 Félix Cárdenas   Colombia 2003–2004 0 0 2 2
25 Omar Fraile   Spain 2015-2016 0 0 2 2
25 Felipe Yáñez   Spain 1979–1984 0 0 2 2
47 Julián Arredondo   Colombia 2014 1 0 0 1
47 Remo Bertoni   Italy 1934 1 0 0 1
47 Alfredo Binda   Italy 1933 1 0 0 1
47 Francesco Casagrande   Italy 2000 1 0 0 1
47 Faustino Fernández Oviés   Spain 1977 1 0 0 1
47 Laurent Fignon   France 1984 1 0 0 1
47 Pasquale Fornara   Spain 1953 1 0 0 1
47 Juan Manuel Gárate   Spain 2006 1 0 0 1
47 Iñaki Gastón   Spain 1991 1 0 0 1
47 Ruben Guerreiro   Portugal 2020 1 0 0 1
47 Andrew Hampsten   United States 1988 1 0 0 1
47 Hugo Koblet   Switzerland 1950 1 0 0 1
47 Matthew Lloyd   Australia 2010 1 0 0 1
47 José Luiz Navarro   Spain 1985 1 0 0 1
47 Claudio Michelotto   Italy 1969 1 0 0 1
47 Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez   Spain 1986 1 0 0 1
47 Marco Pantani   Italy 1998 1 0 0 1
47 Julio Alberto Pérez   Mexico 2002 1 0 0 1
47 Leonardo Piepoli   Italy 2007 1 0 0 1
47 Stefano Pirazzi   Italy 2013 1 0 0 1
47 Matteo Rabottini   Italy 2012 1 0 0 1
47 Pascal Richard   Switzerland 1994 1 0 0 1
47 José Rujano   Venezuela 2005 1 0 0 1
47 Emanuele Sella   Italy 2008 1 0 0 1
47 Angelino Soler   Spain 1962 1 0 0 1
47 Ueli Sutter   Switzerland 1978 1 0 0 1
47 Giovanni Valetti   Italy 1938 1 0 0 1
47 Rik Van Looy   Belgium 1960 1 0 0 1
47 Martin Vandenbossche   Belgium 1970 1 0 0 1
47 Giovanni Visconti   Italy 2015 1 0 0 1
47 Fabian Wegmann   Germany 2004 1 0 0 1
47 Julian Alaphilippe   France 2018 0 1 0 1
47 Romain Bardet   France 2019 0 1 0 1
47 Warren Barguil   France 2017 0 1 0 1
47 Giovanni Battaglin   Italy 1979 0 1 0 1
47 Giancarlo Bellini   Italy 1976 0 1 0 1
47 Santiago Botero   Colombia 2000 0 1 0 1
47 Pierre Brambilla   France 1947 0 1 0 1
47 Anthony Charteau   France 2010 0 1 0 1
47 Thierry Claveyrolat   France 1990 0 1 0 1
47 Bernard Hinault   France 1986 0 1 0 1
47 Jesús Loroño   Spain 1953 0 1 0 1
47 Sylvere Maes   Belgium 1940 0 1 0 1
47 Raymond Martin   France 1980 0 1 0 1
47 Mariano Martínez   France 1978 0 1 0 1
47 Domingo Perurena   Spain 1974 0 1 0 1
47 Nairo Quintana   Colombia 2013 0 1 0 1
47 Christophe Rinero   France 1998 0 1 0 1
47 Steven Rooks   Netherlands 1988 0 1 0 1
47 Mauricio Soler   Colombia 2007 0 1 0 1
47 Samuel Sánchez   Spain 2011 0 1 0 1
47 Gert-Jan Theunisse   Netherlands 1989 0 1 0 1
47 Vicente Trueba   Spain 1933 0 1 0 1
47 Bernard Vallet   France 1982 0 1 0 1
47 René Vietto   France 1934 0 1 0 1
47 Thomas Voeckler   France 2012 0 1 0 1
47 Giuseppe Buratti   Italy 1955 0 0 1 1
47 Simon Clarke   Australia 2012 0 0 1 1
47 Nino Defilippis   Italy 1956 0 0 1 1
47 Thomas De Gendt   Belgium 2018 0 0 1 1
47 Mariano Díaz   Spain 1967 0 0 1 1
47 Nicolas Edet   France 2013 0 0 1 1
47 Juan Fernández Martín   Spain 1980 0 0 1 1
47 Carlos Hernández Bailo   Spain 1992 0 0 1 1
47 Luc Leblanc   France 1992 0 0 1 1
47 Luis León Sánchez   Spain 2014 0 0 1 1
47 Guillaume Martin   France 2020 0 0 1 1
47 José Martín Farfán   Colombia 1990 0 0 1 1
47 Egoi Martínez   Spain 2006 0 0 1 1
47 Denis Menchov   Russia 2007 0 0 1 1
47 Salvador Molina   Spain 1936 0 0 1 1
47 Edoardo Molinar   Italy 1935 0 0 1 1
47 Luis Ocaña   Spain 1969 0 0 1 1
47 Aitor Osa   Spain 2002 0 0 1 1
47 Álvaro Pino   Spain 1988 0 0 1 1
47 Joaquim Rodríguez   Spain 2005 0 0 1 1
47 Bernardo Ruiz   Spain 1948 0 0 1 1
47 Gregorio San Miguel   Spain 1966 0 0 1 1
47 Carlos Sastre   Spain 2000 0 0 1 1
47 Antonio Suárez   Spain 1959 0 0 1 1
47 Agustín Tamames   Spain 1970 0 0 1 1
47 Fermín Trueba   Spain 1941 0 0 1 1
47 Óscar Vargas   Colombia 1989 0 0 1 1
47 Davide Villella   Italy 2017 0 0 1 1
47 Joop Zoetemelk   Netherlands 1971 0 0 1 1

By country

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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
  Slovenia 1 2 0 3
  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
  Russia 0 0 1 1

See also

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References

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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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