Darren Durber
First taking place in 1909, the Giro d'Italia is the second most prestigious cycling road race in the world behind the Tour de France.
We take a look through the archives at all of the previous winners of the coveted Giro trophy.
Danish star Jonas Vingegaard is the most recent rider to win the Giro d'Italia, the Visma-Lease a Bike man stormed to victory in 2026 by a five minute 33 second margin, becoming the eighth rider in history to complete the Grand Tour collection.
Cycling
Most Giro d'Italia general classification wins
The following cyclists have won the Giro on the most occasions since the first race in 1909:
- Alfredo Binda, Italy - 5 (1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933)
- Fausto Coppi, Italy - 5 (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953)
- Eddy Merckx, Belgium - 5 (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974)
- Giovanni Brunero, Italy - 3 (1921, 1922, 1926)
- Gino Bartali, Italy - 3 (1936, 1937, 1946)
- Fiorenzo Magni, Italy - 3 (1948, 1951, 1955)
- Felice Gimondi, Italy - 3 (1967, 1969, 1976)
- Bernard Hinault, France - 3 (1980, 1982, 1985)
Giro d'Italia general classification winners by year (1990 - present)
- 1990 - Gianni Bugno (Italy)
- 1991 - Franco Chioccioli (Italy)
- 1992 - Miguel Indurain (Spain)
- 1993 - Miguel Indurain (Spain)
- 1994 - Evgeni Berzin
- 1995 - Tony Rominger (Switzerland)
- 1996 - Pavel Tonkov
- 1997 - Ivan Gotti (Italy)
- 1998 - Marco Pantani (Italy)
- 1999 - Ivan Gotti (Italy)
- 2000 - Stefano Garzelli (Italy)
- 2001 - Gilberto Simoni (Italy)
- 2002 - Paolo Savoldelli (Italy)
- 2003 - Gilberto Simoni (Italy)
- 2004 - Damiano Cunego (Italy)
- 2005 - Paolo Savoldelli (Italy)
- 2006 - Ivan Basso (Italy)
- 2007 - Danilo Da Luca (Italy)
- 2008 - Alberto Contador (Spain)
- 2009 - Denis Menchov
- 2010 - Ivan Basso (Italy)
- 2011 - Michele Scarponi (Italy)
- 2012 - Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
- 2013 - Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
- 2014 - Nairo Quintana (Colombia)
- 2015 - Alberto Contador (Spain)
- 2016 - Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
- 2017 - Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands)
- 2018 - Chris Froome (Great Britain)
- 2019 - Richard Carapaz (Ecuador)
- 2020 - Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain)
- 2021 - Egan Bernal (Colombia)
- 2022 - Jai Hindley (Australia)
- 2023 - Primoz Roglic (Slovenia)
- 2024 - Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia)
- 2025 - Simon Yates (Great Britain)
- 2026 - Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark)
Most Giro d'Italia general classification wins by country
- Italy - 69
- Belgium - 7
- France - 6
- Spain - 4
- Switzerland - 3
- Great Britain - 3
- Colombia - 2
- Slovenia - 2
- Luxembourg - 2
- Sweden - 1
- Ireland - 1
- United States - 1
- Canada - 1
- Netherlands - 1
- Ecuador - 1
- Australia - 1
- Denmark - 1
