The Grand Tours are the three most prestigious multi-week stage races in professional road bicycle racing. 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. No cyclist has won all three Grand Tours in the same calendar year, but Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Chris Froome have won all three in succession (thus holding all titles at the same time); the only other cyclists to win all three Grand Tours at some point in their career are Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Jonas Vingegaard. Contador is the youngest, at 25 years, to win every Tour. It is rare for cyclists to ride all Grand Tours in the same year; in 2004, for example, 474 cyclists started in one of the Grand Tours, 68 rode two and only two cyclists started all three.
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. Greg Lemond became the first North American to win the Tour de France in 1986, and also won again in 89' and 90'. Andrew Hampsten, became the first North American to win the Giro, when he won in 1988. Luis Herrera became the first person from South America and the Southern Hemisphere to win a Grand Tour when he won the 1987 Vuelta a España.
Eddy Merckx, with 11 victories, has won the most Grand Tours. Bernard Hinault is second with 10 and Jacques Anquetil is third with eight. Merckx, Fausto Coppi and Alfredo Binda have won the most Giros, each winning five during their career. Merckx, Hinault, Anquetil, Miguel Indurain and Tadej Pogačar hold the record for the most victories in the Tour, with five each. Roberto Heras and Primož Roglič hold the record for the most victories in the Vuelta, with four wins each.
Winners By cyclist
Riders in bold are still active. Number of wins in gold indicates the current record holder(s).
+Grand Tour general classification winnersRankCyclistCountryWinning spanGiroTourVueltaTotal1 Belgium1968–1974551112 France1978–1985352103 France1957–196425184 Italy1940–19535207 Spain1991–19952507 Spain2007-20152237 Great Britain2011–201814278 Slovenia2020–202615069 Italy1925–1933 5005 Italy1936–19483205 Italy1965–19763115 Slovenia2019–202410 4513 Italy2010–20162114 Switzerland1992–19951034 Spain2000–200500 44 Denmark2022–2026121417 Italy1921–19263003 Italy1910–19123003 Italy1948–19553003 France1953–19550303 United States1986–19900303 Belgium1913–19200303 Luxembourg1956–19592103 France1983–19891203 Spain1985–1989012326 Italy1962–19632002 Italy2006–20102 002 Italy1919–19232002 Italy1997–19992002 Italy1979–19832002 Italy2002–20052002 Italy2001–20032002 Italy1938–19392002 Italy1924–19250202 Luxembourg1927–19280202 Belgium1919–19220202 France1930–19320202 Belgium1936–19390202 France1931–19340202 France1907–19080202 France1975–19770202 Spain1941–1942002 2 Belgium1935–19360022 Spain1972–19740022 Switzerland1996–19970022 Colombia2019–20211102 Switzerland1950–19511102 Italy1957–19601102 Italy19981102 Ireland19871102 Italy19811012 Russia2007–20091012 Colombia2014–20161012 Great Britain2018–20251012 Netherlands1967–19680112 Spain1970–19730112 France1967–19690112 Germany1997–19990112 Netherlands1979–1980011260 Italy19651001 Italy19581001 Italy19201001 Italy19351001 Italy19751001 Russia19941001 Italy19901001 Italy19141001 Italy19311001 Ecuador20191001 Italy19911001 Switzerland19541001 Italy20041001 Belgium19781001 Italy20071001 Netherlands20171001 Italy19241001 Italy19091001 Italy20001001 Great Britain20201001 Australia20221001 Italy19341001 United States19881001 Canada20121001 Italy19301001 Italy19121001 Italy19841001 Italy19661001 Italy19131001 Italy19611001 Italy19121001 Italy19321001 Sweden19711001 Belgium19771001 Italy20111001 Russia19961001 Italy19861001 France19660101 Spain19590101 Belgium19260101 France19040101 Belgium19290101 Belgium19120101 Australia20110101 Luxembourg19090101 France19030101 France19110101 Switzerland19500101 France19370101 France19100101 Belgium19350101 France19660101 Spain20060101 France19060101 Denmark19960101 France19470101 Spain20080101 Luxembourg20100101 Belgium19210101 France19330101 Great Britain20180101 France19050101 Belgium19760101 France19560101 Great Britain20120101 Germany19620011 Italy20150011 Belgium19710011 France19840011 Spain20010011 Italy19560011 Belgium19600011 France19550011 Belgium20220011 Spain19660011 Italy19900011 Spain20020011 Colombia19870011 United States20130011 France19950011 Ireland19880011 United States20230011 Spain19460011 Spain19820011 Spain19570011 Belgium19770011 Spain20260011 Spain19910011 Spain19980011 Spain19760011 Spain19860011 France19640011 Spain19450011 Spain19500011 Spain19480011 Spain19800011 Spain19610011 France19580011 Spain19590011 Spain19750011 Spain20090011 Belgium19470011 Kazakhstan20060011 Germany19650011
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By country +Grand Tour general classification winners by countryRankCountryGiroTourVueltaTotal1 69 10 6 852 6 36 9 513 4 12 33 494 7 18 8 335 3 6 3 126 2 5 4 117 3 2 5 108 2 5 0 79 1 3 2 610 1 2 2 5 2 1 2 5131513 0 1 3 4 3 0 1 415 1 1 1 316 1 1 0 217 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
See also
Grand Tour (cycling)
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