The Cima Coppi is the title given to the highest peak in the yearly running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The mountain that is given this title each year awards more mountains classification points to the first rider than any of the other categorized mountains in the race.

History The categorization was first introduced for the 1965 Giro d'Italia in honor of the late Fausto Coppi who won five editions of the Giro d'Italia and three mountain classification titles during his career. It was first announced on 22 April 1965 by then race director Vincenzo Torriani that the highest peak would award two times as many mountains classification points. Torriani thought of possibly awarding time bonuses to the first to summit the mountain; however, after many dissenting opinions, he opted to award more mountains classification points.

The Cima Coppi changes from year to year, depending on the altitude profile of the Giro d'Italia, but the Cima Coppi par excellence is the Stelvio Pass, which at 2758m is the highest point ever reached by the Giro. The Stelvio has been used in the 1972, 1975, 1980, 1994, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2020 editions. It was also scheduled in 1965, 1988, 2013, and 2024, but in each case the course was modified due to weather conditions, with various effects on the Cima Coppi designation.

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+Key * Point was also used as the location of the stage finish ~ Climb was used for the first time in Giro d'Italia history ^ Point was a new highest elevation reached in all Giro editions up to then

+List of highest points reached in the Giro d'Italia Year Stage Climb Elevation Mountain range Coordinates First cyclist to summit 1965 20 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 1966 20 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1967 19 Tre Cime di Lavaredo Sexten Dolomites 1968 12 Tre Cime di Lavaredo Sexten Dolomites 1969 21 Passo Sella Dolomites 1970 20 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1971 17 Grossglockner High Tauern 1972 17 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 1973 19 Passo Giau Dolomites 1974 20 Tre Cime di Lavaredo Sexten Dolomites 1975 21 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 1976 19 Passo Sella Dolomites 1977 18 Valparola Pass Dolomites 1978 15 Dolomites 1979 17 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1980 20 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 1981 20 Tre Cime di Lavaredo Sexten Dolomites 1982 21 Col d'Izoard Cottian Alps 1983 20 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1984 20 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1985 19 Passo del Sempione Pennine Alps/Lepontine Alps 1986 21 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1987 16 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1988 20 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps — 1989 16 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps — 1990 16 Pordoi PassDolomites 1991 17 Pordoi PassDolomites 1992 14 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1993 14 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1994 15 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 1995 19 Colle dell'Agnello Cottian Alps — 1996 21 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps 1997 19 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 1998 17 Passo Sella Dolomites 1999 21 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps 2000 19 Colle dell'Agnello Cottian Alps 2001 18 Colle Fauniera Cottian Alps — 2002 16 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 2003 18 Cottian Alps 2004 18 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps 2005 14 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 2006 20 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps 2007 12 Colle dell'Agnello Cottian Alps 2008 20 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps 2009 10 Sestriere Cottian Alps 2010 20 Passo di Gavia Southern Rhaetian Alps 2011 15 Passo Giau Dolomites 2012 20 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 2013 20 Tre Cime di Lavaredo Sexten Dolomites 2014 16 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 2015 20 Colle delle Finestre Cottian Alps 2016 19 Colle dell'Agnello Cottian Alps 2017 16 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 2018 19 Colle delle Finestre Cottian Alps 2019 20 Passo Manghen Lagorai 2020 18 Stelvio Pass Eastern Alps 2021 16 Passo Giau Dolomites 2022 20 Pordoi Pass Dolomites 2023 19 Tre Cime di Lavaredo Sexten Dolomites 2024 17 Passo Sella Dolomites 202520 Colle delle Finestre2,178 m (7,146 ft)Cottian Alps 2026 19 Passo Giau Dolomites

Multiple winners

The following riders have won the Cima Coppi on 2 or more occasions.

+Multiple winners of the Cima Coppi Cyclist Total Years 3 1972, 1973, 1974 3 1997, 1999, 2000 2 1991, 1994 2 2009, 2011 2 2015, 2017 2 2002, 2008

Winners by nationality

Riders from eleven different countries have won the Cima Coppi.

+Cima Coppi winners by nationality Country No. of wins No. of winning cyclists 2321 118 86 55 33 22 22 21 11 11 11

See also Souvenir Henri Desgrange – a similar award given in France's Grand Tour, the Tour de France.

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