In the Tour de France, the leader in the mountains competition wears a distinctive polka dot jersey (French: maillot à pois rouges).

Additionally, King of the Mountains (KoM) can also apply to the highest ranked user in certain activities tracked by applications such as Strava.

[1] A. a Franco Pellizotti was the Mountains leader but later had his results removed after his biological passport indicated irregular values, but the classification has not been remade yet.

Gino Bartali holds the record for the Giro d'Italia, also with seven wins, while José Luis Laguía has won the Vuelta equivalent five times.

after the end of 2024 Vuelta a España Only four other riders were leading mountains classification in all three Grand Tours: Tony Rominger, Aurelio González Puente, Tim Wellens and Karsten Kroon.