List of Giro d'Italia general classification winners

[1] The race usually covers approximately 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi), passing through Italy and neighbouring countries such as France.

The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day is leader of the general classification, and since 1931 wears a pink jersey.

Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx have the most Giro victories, each of them having won the competition five times.

[4] The fastest victory in the Giro was in 1983, when Giuseppe Saronni won at an average speed of 38.937 kilometres per hour (24.194 mph).

[6] The current champion is Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates, who won the 2024 Giro d'Italia.

[7] In 1909 the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport established the Giro d'Italia, inspired by the success of the Tour de France, which started in 1903.

[12] Bartali's dominance was challenged in 1940, the last Giro before the Second World War, when he was defeated by his 20-year-old teammate Fausto Coppi.

[14] No one dominated the tour during the 1950s, Coppi, Charly Gaul and Fiorenzo Magni each won two Giros during the decade.

Belgians Michel Pollentier and Johan De Muynck won the two subsequent Giros in 1977 and 1978.

[18] Stephen Roche was victorious in 1987, a year in which he also won the Tour and the UCI Road World Championship.

Ivan Basso was the victor in 2006, Danilo di Luca won in 2007, though the tour was marred by doping allegations.

[22] Spaniard Alberto Contador of Astana was the winner in 2008; the following year he raced in the Tour de France instead, and Denis Menchov was the Giro victor.

[24] Contador was the victor at the podium ceremony in Milan,[25] but he was later stripped of the title after he was found guilty of doping in the 2010 Tour de France.

He finished 46 seconds ahead of defending champion Dumoulin, mounting a comeback in the final week which included an 80 kilometres (50 mi) solo victory on stage 19.