List of Grand Tour general 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 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, and Vincenzo Nibali.^[3] Contador is the youngest, at 25 years, to win every Tour.^[4] 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.^[5]

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. Andrew Hampsten, became the first North American to win the Giro, when he won in 1988.^[6] 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.^[7]

Eddy Merckx, with 11 victories, has won the most Grand Tours. Bernard Hinault is second with 10 and Jacques Anquetil is third with eight.

Miguel Indurain hold the record for the most victories in the Tour, with five each. Roberto Heras holds the record for the most victories in the Vuelta, which he has won four times.^[8]

Winners

By cyclist

Miguel Indurain

, winner of seven Grand Tours

Riders in bold are still active. Number of wins in gold indicates the current record holder(s).

Grand Tour general classification winners
Rank	Cyclist	Country	Winning span	Giro	Tour	Vuelta	Total
1	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	1968–1974	5	5	1	11
2	Bernard Hinault	France	1978–1985	3	5	2	10
3	Jacques Anquetil	France	1957–1964	2	5	1	8
4	Fausto Coppi	Italy	1940–1953	5	2	0	7
	Miguel Indurain	Spain	1991–1995	2	5	0	7
	Alberto Contador	Spain	2007–2015	2	2	3	7
	Chris Froome	Great Britain	2011–2018	1	4	2	7
8	Gino Bartali	Italy	1936–1948	3	2	0	5
	Alfredo Binda	Italy	1925–1933	5	0	0	5
	Felice Gimondi	Italy	1965–1976	3	1	1	5
11	Tony Rominger	Switzerland	1992–1995	1	0	3	4
	Roberto Heras	Spain	2000–2005	0	0	4	4
	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy	2010–2016	2	1	1	4
	Primož Roglič	Slovenia	2019–2023	1	0	3	4
15	Giovanni Brunero	Italy	1921–1926	3	0	0	3
	Carlo Galetti	Italy	1910–1912	3	0	0	3
	Fiorenzo Magni	Italy	1948–1955	3	0	0	3
	Louison Bobet	France	1953–1955	0	3	0	3
	Greg LeMond	United States	1986–1990	0	3	0	3
	Philippe Thys	Belgium	1913–1920	0	3	0	3
	Charly Gaul	Luxembourg	1956–1959	2	1	0	3
	Laurent Fignon	France	1983–1989	1	2	0	3
	Tadej Pogačar	Slovenia	2020–2024	1	2	0	3
	Pedro Delgado	Spain	1985–1989	0	1	2	3
24	Franco Balmamion	Italy	1962–1963	2	0	0	2
	Ivan Basso	Italy	2006–2010	2	0	0	2
	Costante Girardengo	Italy	1919–1923	2	0	0	2
	Ivan Gotti	Italy	1997–1999	2	0	0	2
	Giuseppe Saronni	Italy	1979–1983	2	0	0	2
	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	2002–2005	2	0	0	2
	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	2001–2003	2	0	0	2
	Giovanni Valetti	Italy	1938–1939	2	0	0	2
	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	1924–1925	0	2	0	2
	Nicolas Frantz	Luxembourg	1927–1928	0	2	0	2
	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	1919–1922	0	2	0	2
	André Leducq	France	1930–1932	0	2	0	2
	Sylvère Maes	Belgium	1936–1939	0	2	0	2
	Antonin Magne	France	1931–1934	0	2	0	2
	Lucien Petit-Breton	France	1907–1908	0	2	0	2
	Bernard Thévenet	France	1975–1977	0	2	0	2
	Jonas Vingegaard	Denmark	2022–2023	0	2	0	2
	Julián Berrendero	Spain	1941–1942	0	0	2	2
	Gustaaf Deloor	Belgium	1935–1936	0	0	2	2
	José Manuel Fuente	Spain	1972–1974	0	0	2	2
	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	1996–1997	0	0	2	2
	Egan Bernal	Colombia	2019–2021	1	1	0	2
	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland	1950–1951	1	1	0	2
	Gastone Nencini	Italy	1957–1960	1	1	0	2
	Marco Pantani	Italy	1998	1	1	0	2
	Stephen Roche	Ireland	1987	1	1	0	2
	Giovanni Battaglin	Italy	1981	1	0	1	2
	Denis Menchov	Russia	2007–2009	1	0	1	2
	Nairo Quintana	Colombia	2014–2016	1	0	1	2
	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	1967–1968	0	1	1	2
	Luis Ocaña	Spain	1970–1973	0	1	1	2
	Roger Pingeon	France	1967–1969	0	1	1	2
	Jan Ullrich	Germany	1997–1999	0	1	1	2
	Joop Zoetemelk	Netherlands	1979–1980	0	1	1	2
58	Vittorio Adorni	Italy	1965	1	0	0	1
	Ercole Baldini	Italy	1958	1	0	0	1
	Gaetano Belloni	Italy	1920	1	0	0	1
	Vasco Bergamaschi	Italy	1935	1	0	0	1
	Fausto Bertoglio	Italy	1975	1	0	0	1
	Evgeni Berzin	Russia	1994	1	0	0	1
	Gianni Bugno	Italy	1990	1	0	0	1
	Alfonso Calzolari	Italy	1914	1	0	0	1
	Francesco Camusso	Italy	1931	1	0	0	1
	Richard Carapaz	Ecuador	2019	1	0	0	1
	Franco Chioccioli	Italy	1991	1	0	0	1
	Carlo Clerici	Switzerland	1954	1	0	0	1
	Damiano Cunego	Italy	2004	1	0	0	1
	Johan De Muynck	Belgium	1978	1	0	0	1
	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	2007	1	0	0	1
	Tom Dumoulin	Netherlands	2017	1	0	0	1
	Giuseppe Enrici	Italy	1924	1	0	0	1
	Luigi Ganna	Italy	1909	1	0	0	1
	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	2000	1	0	0	1
	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Great Britain	2020	1	0	0	1
	Jai Hindley	Australia	2022	1	0	0	1
	Learco Guerra	Italy	1934	1	0	0	1
	Andrew Hampsten	United States	1988	1	0	0	1
	Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	2012	1	0	0	1
	Luigi Marchisio	Italy	1930	1	0	0	1
	Giovanni Micheletto	Italy	1912	1	0	0	1
	Francesco Moser	Italy	1984	1	0	0	1
	Gianni Motta	Italy	1966	1	0	0	1
	Carlo Oriani	Italy	1913	1	0	0	1
	Arnaldo Pambianco	Italy	1961	1	0	0	1
	Eberardo Pavesi	Italy	1912	1	0	0	1
	Antonio Pesenti	Italy	1932	1	0	0	1
	Gösta Pettersson	Sweden	1971	1	0	0	1
	Michel Pollentier	Belgium	1977	1	0	0	1
	Michele Scarponi	Italy	2011	1	0	0	1
	Pavel Tonkov	Russia	1996	1	0	0	1
	Roberto Visentini	Italy	1986	1	0	0	1
	Lucien Aimar	France	1966	0	1	0	1
	Federico Bahamontes	Spain	1959	0	1	0	1
	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	1926	0	1	0	1
	Henri Cornet	France	1904	0	1	0	1
	Maurice De Waele	Belgium	1929	0	1	0	1
	Odile Defraye	Belgium	1912	0	1	0	1
	Cadel Evans	Australia	2011	0	1	0	1
	François Faber	Luxembourg	1909	0	1	0	1
	Maurice Garin	France	1903	0	1	0	1
	Gustave Garrigou	France	1911	0	1	0	1
	Ferdinand Kübler	Switzerland	1950	0	1	0	1
	Roger Lapébie	France	1937	0	1	0	1
	Octave Lapize	France	1910	0	1	0	1
	Romain Maes	Belgium	1935	0	1	0	1
	Henri Pélissier	France	1966	0	1	0	1
	Óscar Pereiro	Spain	2006	0	1	0	1
	René Pottier	France	1906	0	1	0	1
	Bjarne Riis	Denmark	1996	0	1	0	1
	Jean Robic	France	1947	0	1	0	1
	Carlos Sastre	Spain	2008	0	1	0	1
	Andy Schleck	Luxembourg	2010	0	1	0	1
	Léon Scieur	Belgium	1921	0	1	0	1
	Georges Speicher	France	1933	0	1	0	1
	Geraint Thomas	Great Britain	2018	0	1	0	1
	Louis Trousselier	France	1905	0	1	0	1
	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium	1976	0	1	0	1
	Roger Walkowiak	France	1956	0	1	0	1
Bradley Wiggins	Great Britain	2012	0	1	0	1
Rudi Altig	Germany	1962	0	0	1	1
Fabio Aru	Italy	2015	0	0	1	1
Ferdinand Bracke	Belgium	1971	0	0	1	1
Éric Caritoux	France	1984	0	0	1	1
Ángel Casero	Spain	2001	0	0	1	1
Angelo Conterno	Italy	1956	0	0	1	1
Frans De Mulder	Belgium	1960	0	0	1	1
Jean Dotto	France	1955	0	0	1	1
Remco Evenepoel	Belgium	2022	0	0	1	1
Francisco Gabica	Spain	1966	0	0	1	1
Marco Giovannetti	Italy	1990	0	0	1	1
Aitor González	Spain	2002	0	0	1	1
Luis Herrera	Colombia	1987	0	0	1	1
Chris Horner	United States	2013	0	0	1	1
Laurent Jalabert	France	1995	0	0	1	1
Sean Kelly	Ireland	1988	0	0	1	1
Sepp Kuss	United States	2023	0	0	1	1
Dalmacio Langarica	Spain	1946	0	0	1	1
Marino Lejarreta	Spain	1982	0	0	1	1
Jesús Loroño	Spain	1957	0	0	1	1
Freddy Maertens	Belgium	1977	0	0	1	1
Melcior Mauri	Spain	1991	0	0	1	1
Abraham Olano	Spain	1998	0	0	1	1
José Pesarrodona	Spain	1976	0	0	1	1
Álvaro Pino	Spain	1986	0	0	1	1
Raymond Poulidor	France	1964	0	0	1	1
Delio Rodríguez	Spain	1945	0	0	1	1
Emilio Rodríguez	Spain	1950	0	0	1	1
Bernardo Ruiz	Spain	1948	0	0	1	1
Faustino Rupérez	Spain	1980	0	0	1	1
Angelino Soler	Spain	1961	0	0	1	1
Jean Stablinski	France	1958	0	0	1	1
Antonio Suárez	Spain	1959	0	0	1	1
Agustín Tamames	Spain	1975	0	0	1	1
Alejandro Valverde	Spain	2009	0	0	1	1
Edward Van Dijck	Belgium	1947	0	0	1	1
Alexander Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	2006	0	0	1	1
Rolf Wolfshohl	Germany	1965	0	0	1	1
Simon Yates	Great Britain	2018	0	0	1	1

By country

Grand Tour general classification winners by country
Rank	Country	Giro	Tour	Vuelta	Total
1	Italy	69	10	6	85
2	France	6	36	9	51
3	Spain	4	12	32	48
4	Belgium	7	18	8	33
5	Great Britain	2	6	3	11
6	Switzerland	3	2	5	10
7	Luxembourg	2	5	0	7
7	Slovenia	2	2	3	7
9	United States	1	3	2	6
10	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
10	Colombia	2	1	2	5
12	Germany	0	1	3	4
12	Russia	3	0	1	4
14	Ireland	1	1	1	3
14	Denmark	0	3	0	3
16	Australia	1	1	0	2
17	Sweden	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1

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^ 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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[1] "Million dollar, baby!". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 12 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. 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.

[chof-3] "Historical Results – The Grand Tours". Cycling Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 11 August 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

[4] Birnie, Lionel (21 September 2008). "Contador becomes quickest to complete Grand Tour set". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

[5] 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.

[6] Johnson, Greg (15 May 2009). "50 Giro facts you need to know". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

[7] "Vuelta a España O–Z". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

[8] Arribas, Carlos (23 December 2012). "Heras wins back Vuelta victory". El País. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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