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]

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 chronologically by the last 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

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
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 Fausto Coppi Italy 1948–1954 3 2 0 5
José Manuel Fuente Spain 1971–1974 4 0 1 5
Andrés Oliva Spain 1975–1978 2 0 3 5
José Luis Laguía Spain 1981–1986 0 0 5 5
Luis Herrera Colombia 1985–1991 1 2 2 5
Claudio Chiappucci Italy 1990–1993 3 2 0 5
12 Charly Gaul Luxembourg 1955–1959 2 2 0 4
José María Jiménez Spain 1997–2001 0 0 4 4
David Moncoutié France 2008–2011 0 0 4 4
Tadej Pogačar Slovenia 2020–2025 1 3 0 4
16 Julián Berrendero Spain 1936–1945 0 1 2 3
Emilio Rodríguez Spain 1946–1950 0 0 3 3
Raphaël Géminiani France 1951–1957 2 1 0 3
Antonio Karmany Spain 1960–1962 0 0 3 3
Franco Bitossi Italy 1964–1966 3 0 0 3
Eddy Merckx Belgium 1968–1970 1 2 0 3
Claudio Bortolotto Italy 1979–1981 3 0 0 3
Tony Rominger Switzerland 1993–1996 0 1 2 3
Laurent Jalabert France 1995–2002 0 2 1 3
25 Félicien Vervaecke Belgium 1935–1937 0 2 0 2
Louison Bobet France 1950–1951 1 1 0 2
Gastone Nencini Italy 1955–1957 1 1 0 2
Imerio Massignan Italy 1960–1961 0 2 0 2
Vito Taccone Italy 1961–1963 2 0 0 2
Aurelio González Puente Spain 1967–1968 1 1 0 2
José Luis Abilleira Spain 1973–1974 0 0 2 2
Pedro Torres Spain 1973–1977 0 1 1 2
Felipe Yáñez Spain 1979–1984 0 0 2 2
Robert Millar Great Britain 1984–1987 1 1 0 2
Mariano Piccoli Italy 1995–1996 2 0 0 2
Chepe González Colombia 1997–1999 2 0 0 2
Fredy González Colombia 2001–2003 2 0 0 2
Félix Cárdenas Colombia 2003–2004 0 0 2 2
Michael Rasmussen Denmark 2005–2006 0 2 0 2
Carlos Sastre Spain 2000–2008 0 1 1 2
Egoi Martínez Spain 2006–2009 0 1 1 2
Stefano Garzelli Italy 2009–2011 2 0 0 2
Rafał Majka Poland 2014–2016 0 2 0 2
Omar Fraile Spain 2015–2016 0 0 2 2
Chris Froome Great Britain 2015–2018 1 1 0 2
Geoffrey Bouchard France 2019–2021 1 0 1 2
Giulio Ciccone Italy 2019–2023 1 1 0 2
Richard Carapaz Ecuador 2022–2024 0 1 1 2
Jay Vine Australia 2024–2025 0 0 2 2
50 Alfredo Binda Italy 1933 1 0 0 1
Vicente Trueba Spain 1933 0 1 0 1
Remo Bertoni Italy 1934 1 0 0 1
René Vietto France 1934 0 1 0 1
Edoardo Molinar Italy 1935 0 0 1 1
Salvador Molina Spain 1936 0 0 1 1
Giovanni Valetti Italy 1938 1 0 0 1
Sylvère Maes Belgium 1939 0 1 0 1
Fermín Trueba Spain 1941 0 0 1 1
Pierre Brambilla Italy 1947 0 1 0 1
Bernardo Ruiz Spain 1948 0 0 1 1
Hugo Koblet Switzerland 1950 1 0 0 1
Pasquale Fornara Italy 1953 1 0 0 1
Jesús Loroño Spain 1953 0 1 0 1
Giuseppe Buratti Italy 1955 0 0 1 1
Nino Defilippis Italy 1956 0 0 1 1
Jean Brankart Belgium 1958 1 0 0 1
Antonio Suárez Spain 1959 0 0 1 1
Rik Van Looy Belgium 1960 1 0 0 1
Angelino Soler Spain 1962 1 0 0 1
Gregorio San Miguel Spain 1966 0 0 1 1
Mariano Díaz Spain 1967 0 0 1 1
Francisco Gabica Spain 1968 0 0 1 1
Luis Ocaña Spain 1969 0 0 1 1
Claudio Michelotto Italy 1969 1 0 0 1
Agustín Tamames Spain 1970 0 0 1 1
Martin Van Den Bossche Belgium 1970 1 0 0 1
Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands 1971 0 0 1 1
Domingo Perurena Spain 1974 0 1 0 1
Francisco Galdós Spain 1975 1 0 0 1
Giancarlo Bellini Italy 1976 0 1 0 1
Faustino Fernández Ovies Spain 1977 1 0 0 1
Ueli Sutter Switzerland 1978 1 0 0 1
Mariano Martínez France 1978 0 1 0 1
Giovanni Battaglin Italy 1979 0 1 0 1
Juan Fernández Spain 1980 0 0 1 1
Raymond Martin France 1980 0 1 0 1
Bernard Vallet France 1982 0 1 0 1
Laurent Fignon France 1984 1 0 0 1
José Luis Navarro Spain 1985 1 0 0 1
Pedro Muñoz Spain 1986 1 0 0 1
Bernard Hinault France 1986 0 1 0 1
Álvaro Pino Spain 1988 0 0 1 1
Andrew Hampsten United States 1988 1 0 0 1
Steven Rooks Netherlands 1988 0 1 0 1
Óscar Vargas Colombia 1989 0 0 1 1
Gert-Jan Theunisse Netherlands 1989 0 1 0 1
José Martín Farfán Colombia 1990 0 0 1 1
Thierry Claveyrolat France 1990 0 1 0 1
Iñaki Gastón Spain 1991 1 0 0 1
Carlos Hernández Bailo Spain 1992 0 0 1 1
Luc Leblanc France 1994 0 0 1 1
Pascal Richard Switzerland 1994 1 0 0 1
Marco Pantani Italy 1998 1 0 0 1
Christophe Rinero France 1998 0 1 0 1
Francesco Casagrande Italy 2000 1 0 0 1
Santiago Botero Colombia 2000 0 1 0 1
Julio Alberto Pérez Mexico 2002 1 0 0 1
Aitor Osa Spain 2002 0 0 1 1
Fabian Wegmann Germany 2004 1 0 0 1
José Rujano Venezuela 2005 1 0 0 1
Joaquim Rodríguez Spain 2005 0 0 1 1
Juan Manuel Gárate Spain 2006 1 0 0 1
Leonardo Piepoli Italy 2007 1 0 0 1
Mauricio Soler Colombia 2007 0 1 0 1
Denis Menchov Russia 2007 0 0 1 1
Emanuele Sella Italy 2008 1 0 0 1
Matthew Lloyd Australia 2010 1 0 0 1
Anthony Charteau France 2010 0 1 0 1
Samuel Sánchez Spain 2011 0 1 0 1
Matteo Rabottini Italy 2012 1 0 0 1
Thomas Voeckler France 2012 0 1 0 1
Simon Clarke Australia 2012 0 0 1 1
Stefano Pirazzi Italy 2013 1 0 0 1
Nairo Quintana Colombia 2013 0 1 0 1
Nicolas Edet France 2013 0 0 1 1
Julián Arredondo Colombia 2014 1 0 0 1
Luis León Sánchez Spain 2014 0 0 1 1
Giovanni Visconti Italy 2015 1 0 0 1
Mikel Nieve Spain 2016 1 0 0 1
Mikel Landa Spain 2017 1 0 0 1
Warren Barguil France 2017 0 1 0 1
Davide Villella Italy 2017 0 0 1 1
Julian Alaphilippe France 2018 0 1 0 1
Thomas De Gendt Belgium 2018 0 0 1 1
Romain Bardet France 2019 0 1 0 1
Ruben Guerreiro Portugal 2020 1 0 0 1
Guillaume Martin France 2020 0 0 1 1
Michael Storer Australia 2021 0 0 1 1
Koen Bouwman Netherlands 2022 1 0 0 1
Jonas Vingegaard Denmark 2022 0 1 0 1
Thibaut Pinot France 2023 1 0 0 1
Remco Evenepoel Belgium 2023 0 0 1 1
Lorenzo Fortunato Italy 2025 1 0 0 1

By country

Grand Tour mountains classification winners by country
Country Giro Tour Vuelta Total
 Spain 17 18 50 85
 Italy 40 13 4 57
 France 6 23 9 38
 Belgium 6 11 2 19
 Colombia 6 5 6 17
 Switzerland 3 1 2 6
 Australia 1 0 4 5
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 4
 United Kingdom 2 2 0 4
 Netherlands 1 2 1 4
 Slovenia 1 3 0 4
 Denmark 0 3 0 3
 Poland 0 2 0 2
 Ecuador 0 1 1 2
 United States 1 0 0 1
 Mexico 1 0 0 1
 Germany 1 0 0 1
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1
 Russia 0 0 1 1
 Portugal 1 0 0 1

See also

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.
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