List of Grand Tour points 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 points classifications in the same year; the only cyclists to win all three Grand Tours's points classifications in their career are Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Mark Cavendish, Laurent Jalabert, Eddy Merckx and Alessandro Petacchi. 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]

Erik Zabel has won the most points classifications at the Grand Tour races, with nine to his credit.

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. Abdoujaparov, of Uzbekistan, won five points classifications. The only other non-European country to win a points classification at a Grand Tour is Australia, who have won five between three riders.

Erik Zabel, with 9 victories, has won the most points classifications at the Grand Tours. Sean Kelly is second with 8 and Laurent Jalabert is third with seven. Zabel held the record for the most points classifications at the Tour with six, until being surpassed by Peter Sagan in 2019. Francesco Moser and Giuseppe Saronni share the record of four points classifications at the Giro. While, Kelly and Jalabert both have four victories in the points classification at the Vuelta.

Winners
Sean Kelly won a total of eight points classifications at the Grand Tours during his career.
Laurent Jalabert won seven points classifications at the Grand Tour races he competed in.
Eddy Merckx won six Grand Tour points classifications.
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov won five points 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 points classification winners
Rank Cyclist Country Winning span Giro Tour Vuelta Total
1 Erik Zabel Germany 1996–2004 0 6 3 9
2 Sean Kelly Ireland 1980–1989 0 4 4 8
3 Laurent Jalabert France 1992–1997 1 2 4 7
4 Peter Sagan Slovakia 2012–2019 0 7 0 7
4 Eddy Merckx Belgium 1968–1973 2 3 1 6
6 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov  Soviet Union/ Uzbekistan 1991–1994 1 3 1 5
6 Jan Janssen Netherlands 1964–1968 0 3 2 5
8 Francesco Moser Italy 1976–1982 4 0 0 4
8 Giuseppe Saronni Italy 1979–1983 4 0 0 4
8 Freddy Maertens Belgium 1976–1981 0 3 1 4
8 Alejandro Valverde Spain 2012–2018 0 0 4 4
12 Mario Cipollini Italy 1992–2002 3 0 0 3
12 Roger De Vlaeminck Belgium 1972–1975 3 0 0 3
12 Johan Van Der Velde Netherlands 1985–1988 3 0 0 3
12 Franco Bitossi Italy 1968–1970 2 1 0 3
12 Alessandro Petacchi Italy 2004–2010 1 1 1 3
12 Mark Cavendish United Kingdom 2010–2013 1 1 1 3
12 Rik Van Looy Belgium 1959–1965 0 1 2 3
12 Robbie McEwen Australia 2002–2006 0 3 0 3
12 Thor Hushovd Norway 2005–2009 0 2 1 3
21 Paolo Bettini Italy 2005–2006 2 0 0 2
21 Daniele Bennati Italy 2007–2008 1 0 1 2
21 Fabrizio Guidi Italy 1996–1998 1 0 1 2
21 Giacomo Nizzolo Italy 2015-2016 2 0 0 2
21 Tony Rominger Switzerland 1993–1995 1 0 1 2
21 André Darrigade France 1959–1961 0 2 0 2
21 Jean Graczyk France 1958–1960 0 2 0 2
21 Stan Ockers Belgium 1955–1956 0 2 0 2
21 Rudi Altig West Germany 1962 0 1 1 2
21 Domingo Perurena Spain 1972–1974 0 0 2 2
21 Uwe Raab Germany 1990–1991 0 0 2 2
32 Adriano Baffi Italy 1993 1 0 0 1
32 Marino Basso Italy 1971 1 0 0 1
32 Guido Bontempi Italy 1986 1 0 0 1
32 Nacer Bouhanni France 2014 1 0 0 1
32 Gianni Bugno Italy 1990 1 0 0 1
32 Claudio Chiappucci Italy 1991 1 0 0 1
32 Cadel Evans Australia 2010 1 0 0 1
32 Giovanni Fidanza Italy 1989 1 0 0 1
32 Urs Freuler Switzerland 1984 1 0 0 1
32 Dmitri Konyshev Russia 2000 1 0 0 1
32 Denis Menchov Russia 2009 1 0 0 1
32 Gianni Motta Italy 1966 1 0 0 1
32 Mariano Piccoli Italy 1998 1 0 0 1
32 Michele Scarponi Italy 2011 1 0 0 1
32 Gilberto Simoni Italy 2003 1 0 0 1
32 Massimo Strazzer Italy 2001 1 0 0 1
32 Elia Viviani Italy 2018 1 0 0 1
32 Dino Zandegù Italy 1967 1 0 0 1
32 Tom Boonen Belgium 2007 0 1 0 1
32 Baden Cooke Australia 2003 0 1 0 1
32 Jacques Esclassan France 1977 0 1 0 1
32 Jean Forestier France 1957 0 1 0 1
32 Óscar Freire Spain 2008 0 1 0 1
32 Walter Godefroot Belgium 1970 0 1 0 1
32 Bernard Hinault France 1979 0 1 0 1
32 Frank Hoste Belgium 1984 0 1 0 1
32 Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland 1954 0 1 0 1
32 Olaf Ludwig Germany 1990 0 1 0 1
32 Michael Matthews Australia 2017 0 1 0 1
32 Rudy Pevenage Belgium 1980 0 1 0 1
32 Eddy Planckaert Belgium 1988 0 1 0 1
32 Willy Planckaert Belgium 1966 0 1 0 1
32 Fritz Schär Switzerland 1953 0 1 0 1
32 Patrick Sercu Belgium 1974 0 1 0 1
32 Herman Van Springel Belgium 1973 0 1 0 1
32 Rik Van Linden Belgium 1975 0 1 0 1
32 Eric Vanderaerden Belgium 1986 0 1 0 1
32 Salvador Botella Spain 1958 0 0 1 1
32 Javier Cedena Spain 1981 0 0 1 1
32 John Degenkolb Germany 2014 0 0 1 1
32 Alfons De Wolf Belgium 1979 0 0 1 1
32 Arthur Decabooter Belgium 1960 0 0 1 1
32 Malcolm Elliot United Kingdom 1989 0 0 1 1
32 Fabio Felline Italy 2016 0 0 1 1
32 Christopher Froome United Kingdom 2017 0 0 1 1
32 André Greipel Germany 2009 0 0 1 1
32 Cyrille Guimard France 1971 0 0 1 1
32 Alfonso Gutierrez Spain 1987 0 0 1 1
32 Roberto Heras Spain 2000 0 0 1 1
32 Vicente Iturat Spain 1957 0 0 1 1
32 Marino Lejaretta Spain 1983 0 0 1 1
32 Fiorenzo Magni Italy 1955 0 0 1 1
32 Bas Maliepaard Netherlands 1963 0 0 1 1
32 José Maria Jiménez Spain 2001 0 0 1 1
32 Miguel María Lasa Spain 1975 0 0 1 1
32 Bauke Mollema Netherlands 2011 0 0 1 1
32 Steffan Mutter Switzerland 1982 0 0 1 1
32 José Pérez-Francés Spain 1964 0 0 1 1
32 Guido Reybrouck Belgium 1970 0 0 1 1
32 Raymond Steegmans Belgium 1969 0 0 1 1
32 Antonio Suárez Spain 1961 0 0 1 1
32 Dietrich Thurau West Germany 1976 0 0 1 1
32 Greg Van Avermaet Belgium 2008 0 0 1 1
32 Guido Van Calster Belgium 1984 0 0 1 1
32 Ferdi Van Den Haute Belgium 1978 0 0 1 1
32 Jos van der Vleuten Netherlands 1966 0 0 1 1
32 Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium 1956 0 0 1 1
32 Frank Vandenbroucke Belgium 1999 0 0 1 1

By country
Grand Tour points classification winners by country
Country Giro Tour Vuelta Total
 Italy 32 2 5 39
 Belgium 5 19 13 37
 Spain 1 1 17 19
 Germany 0 8 9 17
 France 2 9 5 16
 Netherlands 3 4 5 12
 Ireland 0 4 3 7
 Australia 1 5 0 6
 Slovakia 0 7 0 7
  Switzerland 2 2 2 6
 Uzbekistan 1 3 1 5
 United Kingdom 1 1 3 5
 Norway 0 2 1 3
 Russia 2 0 0 2

See also

References

General

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  • "Past winners". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
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  • "Giro d'Italia – Fight for Pink: Il Garibaldi" (PDF). Giro d'Italia. RCS MediaGroup. p. 40. 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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