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]

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

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

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	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
24	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	2009–2011	2	0	0	2
24	Chepe González	Colombia	1997–1999	2	0	0	2
24	Fredy González	Colombia	2001–2003	2	0	0	2
24	Mariano Piccoli	Italy	1995–1996	2	0	0	2
24	Vito Taccone	Italy	1961–1963	2	0	0	2
24	Louison Bobet	France	1950–1961	1	1	0	2
24	Chris Froome	Great Britain	2015-2018	1	1	0	2
24	Aurelio González Puente	Spain	1957–1968	1	1	0	2
24	Robert Millar	United Kingdom	1984–1987	1	1	0	2
24	Gastone Nencini	Italy	1955–1957	1	1	0	2
24	Rafał Majka	Poland	2014-2016	0	2	0	2
24	Imerio Massignan	Italy	1960–1961	0	2	0	2
24	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	2005–2006	0	2	0	2
24	Félicien Vervaecke	Belgium	1935–1937	0	2	0	2
24	Pedro Torres	Spain	1973–1977	0	1	1	2
24	José Luis Abilleira	Spain	1973–1974	0	0	2	2
24	Félix Cárdenas	Colombia	2003–2004	0	0	2	2
24	Omar Fraile	Spain	2015-2016	0	0	2	2
24	Felipe Yáñez	Spain	1979–1984	0	0	2	2
40	Julián Arredondo	Colombia	2014	1	0	0	1
40	Remo Bertoni	Italy	1934	1	0	0	1
40	Alfredo Binda	Italy	1933	1	0	0	1
40	Francesco Casagrande	Italy	2000	1	0	0	1
40	Faustino Fernández Oviés	Spain	1977	1	0	0	1
40	Laurent Fignon	France	1984	1	0	0	1
40	Pasquale Fornara	Spain	1953	1	0	0	1
40	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	2006	1	0	0	1
40	Iñaki Gastón	Spain	1991	1	0	0	1
40	Andrew Hampsten	United States	1988	1	0	0	1
40	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	1950	1	0	0	1
40	Matthew Lloyd	Australia	2010	1	0	0	1
40	José Luiz Navarro	Spain	1985	1	0	0	1
40	Claudio Michelotto	Italy	1969	1	0	0	1
40	Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez	Spain	1986	1	0	0	1
40	Marco Pantani	Italy	1998	1	0	0	1
40	Julio Alberto Pérez	Mexico	2002	1	0	0	1
40	Leonardo Piepoli	Italy	2007	1	0	0	1
40	Stefano Pirazzi	Italy	2013	1	0	0	1
40	Matteo Rabottini	Italy	2012	1	0	0	1
40	Pascal Richard	Switzerland	1994	1	0	0	1
40	José Rujano	Venezuela	2005	1	0	0	1
40	Emanuele Sella	Italy	2008	1	0	0	1
40	Angelino Soler	Spain	1962	1	0	0	1
40	Ueli Sutter	Switzerland	1978	1	0	0	1
40	Giovanni Valetti	Italy	1938	1	0	0	1
40	Rik Van Looy	Belgium	1960	1	0	0	1
40	Martin Vandenbossche	Belgium	1970	1	0	0	1
40	Giovanni Visconti	Italy	2015	1	0	0	1
40	Fabian Wegmann	Germany	2004	1	0	0	1
40	Julian Alaphilippe	France	2018	0	1	0	1
40	Warren Barguil	France	2017	0	1	0	1
40	Giovanni Battaglin	Italy	1979	0	1	0	1
40	Giancarlo Bellini	Italy	1976	0	1	0	1
40	Santiago Botero	Colombia	2000	0	1	0	1
40	Pierre Brambilla	France	1947	0	1	0	1
40	Anthony Charteau	France	2010	0	1	0	1
40	Thierry Claveyrolat	France	1990	0	1	0	1
40	Bernard Hinault	France	1986	0	1	0	1
40	Jesús Loroño	Spain	1953	0	1	0	1
40	Sylvere Maes	Belgium	1940	0	1	0	1
40	Raymond Martin	France	1980	0	1	0	1
40	Mariano Martínez	France	1978	0	1	0	1
40	Domingo Perurena	Spain	1974	0	1	0	1
40	Nairo Quintana	Colombia	2013	0	1	0	1
40	Christophe Rinero	France	1998	0	1	0	1
40	Steven Rooks	Netherlands	1988	0	1	0	1
40	Mauricio Soler	Colombia	2007	0	1	0	1
40	Samuel Sánchez	Spain	2011	0	1	0	1
40	Gert-Jan Theunisse	Netherlands	1989	0	1	0	1
40	Vicente Trueba	Spain	1933	0	1	0	1
40	Bernard Vallet	France	1982	0	1	0	1
40	René Vietto	France	1934	0	1	0	1
40	Thomas Voeckler	France	2012	0	1	0	1
40	Giuseppe Buratti	Italy	1955	0	0	1	1
40	Simon Clarke	Australia	2012	0	0	1	1
40	Nino Defilippis	Italy	1956	0	0	1	1
40	Thomas De Gendt	Belgium	2018	0	0	1	1
40	Mariano Díaz	Spain	1967	0	0	1	1
40	Nicolas Edet	France	2013	0	0	1	1
40	Juan Fernández Martín	Spain	1980	0	0	1	1
40	Carlos Hernández Bailo	Spain	1992	0	0	1	1
40	Luc Leblanc	France	1992	0	0	1	1
40	Luis León Sánchez	Spain	2014	0	0	1	1
40	José Martín Farfán	Colombia	1990	0	0	1	1
40	Egoi Martínez	Spain	2006	0	0	1	1
40	Denis Menchov	Russia	2007	0	0	1	1
40	Salvador Molina	Spain	1936	0	0	1	1
40	Edoardo Molinar	Italy	1935	0	0	1	1
40	Luis Ocaña	Spain	1969	0	0	1	1
40	Aitor Osa	Spain	2002	0	0	1	1
40	Álvaro Pino	Spain	1988	0	0	1	1
40	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain	2005	0	0	1	1
40	Bernardo Ruiz	Spain	1948	0	0	1	1
40	Gregorio San Miguel	Spain	1966	0	0	1	1
40	Carlos Sastre	Spain	2000	0	0	1	1
40	Antonio Suárez	Spain	1959	0	0	1	1
40	Agustín Tamames	Spain	1970	0	0	1	1
40	Fermín Trueba	Spain	1941	0	0	1	1
40	Óscar Vargas	Colombia	1989	0	0	1	1
40	Davide Villella	Italy	2017	0	0	1	1
40	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	1971	0	0	1	1

By country

Grand Tour points classification winners by country

Country	Giro	Tour	Vuelta	Total
Spain	15	17	49	81
Italy	38	11	4	53
France	4	22	6	32
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
United States	1	0	0	1
Venezuela	1	0	0	1
Russia	0	0	1	1

See also

• Climbing specialist
• Mountains classification in the Tour de France
• Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia
• Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España

References

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.