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In [[road bicycle racing]], a '''Grand Tour''' refers to one of the three major [[Europe]]an professional cycling [[stage (bicycle race)|stage]] races: [[Tour de France]], [[Giro d'Italia]] and [[Vuelta a España]]. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in format being multi-week races with daily stages. They have a special status in the [[UCI]] regulations: more points for the [[UCI World Tour]] are distributed in Grand Tours than in other races,<ref name="uciprotour">{{cite web|url=http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTcxNw&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 |title=UCI Cycling regulations| page=56 |date= |accessdate=2012-07-20}}</ref> and they are the only stage races allowed to last longer than 14 days.<ref name="ucirules">{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTkzNg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 |title=UCI Cycling regulations| page=41 |date= |accessdate=2012-07-20}}</ref>

The Tour de France is the oldest and most prestigious<ref name="uciprotour"/> of all three, and also the world's most famous cycling race.  The [[Giro d'Italia]] is the second most important<ref>The Tour, the Giro and the [[UCI Road World Championships|Road World Cycling Championship]] make up the [[Triple Crown of Cycling]].</ref><ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=/features/2009/american_giro_stage_winners_may09 An American in Italy] cyclingnews.com, May 5, 2009</ref><ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/abu_dhabi07 Million dollar, baby!] cyclingnews.com, January 12, 2007</ref><ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/vuelta08/?id=/features/2008/vuelta08_az1 Vuelta a España A-Z] cyclingnews.com, September 7, 2008</ref> and has occasionally been as popular as the Tour (late '40s, '50s, and early '70s).  While the Tour de France has long been a household sporting name around the globe, known even to those not interested in cycling, the other two European Grand Tours are relatively unknown outside the continent, where they are familiar only to cycling enthusiasts.

== Description ==
In their current form, the Grand Tours are held over three consecutive weeks and typically include two "rest" days near the end of the first and second week.  The stages are a mix of long massed start races (sometimes including mountain and hill [[climbing specialist|climbs]] and descents; others are flat stages favoring those with a [[cycling sprinter|sprint]] finish), as well as [[individual time trial|individual]] and [[team time trials]] and non-competitive exhibition and rest days. Unlike most one-day races, stages in the Grand Tours are generally under 200 kilometers in length.

Controversy often surrounds which teams are invited to the event. Typically, the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] (''International Cycling Union'') prefers top-rated professional teams to enter, while operators of the Grand Tours often want teams based in their country or those unlikely to cause controversy. From 2005 to 2007, organisers had to accept all [[UCI ProTour|ProTour]] teams, leaving only two wildcard teams per Tour. However, the [[Unibet.com Cycling Team|Unibet team]], a ProTour team normally guaranteed entry, was banned from the three Grand Tours due to gambling advertising laws. In 2008, following numerous doping scandals, some teams were refused entry to the Grand Tours: [[Astana Team|Astana]] did not compete at the [[2008 Tour de France]] and [[Team Columbia]] did not compete at the [[2008 Vuelta a España]]. Since 2011, under the UCI World Tour rules, all [[ProTour]] teams are guaranteed a place in all three events, and obliged to participate.

The prizes include the individual [[General classification]], the team classification, the [[King of the Mountains]], the [[points classification]], and often the best young rider classification, in addition to other less known classifications.  The most contested ones are the individual general classification (''[[Maillot jaune]]'' -yellow jersey- in the Tour de France, ''[[Maglia rosa]]'' -pink jersey- in the Giro d'Italia, and ''[[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Jersey rojo]]'' -red jersey- in the Vuelta a España, ; king of the mountains classification (''[[Maillot à pois rouges]]'' -polka dot jersey- in the Tour, ''[[Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|Maglia Azzurra]]'' -blue jersey- in the Giro, and ''[[Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España|Jersey de puntos azules]]'' -blue polka dots jersey- in the Vuelta); and points classification (''[[Maillot vert]]'' -green jersey- in the Tour, ''[[Points classification in the Giro d'Italia|Maglia Rosso Passione]]'' -red jersey- in the Giro, and ''[[Points classification in the Vuelta a España|Jersey verde]]'' -green jersey- in the Vuelta).  Only three riders have won all three in the same race:  [[Eddy Merckx]] in the [[1968 Giro d'Italia]] and [[1969 Tour de France]], [[Tony Rominger]] in the [[1993 Vuelta a España]] and [[Laurent Jalabert]] in the [[1995 Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/rider_bio.asp?rider_id=50 |title=Tony Rominger |publisher=Cycling Hall of Fame.com |date=1961-03-27 |accessdate=2012-07-20}}</ref>

It is rare for cyclists to ride all grand tours in the same year; in 2004, 474 cyclists started in at least one of the grand tours, 68 of them rode two Grand Tours and only two cyclists started in all three grand tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclismag.com/article.php?sid=917|title=Doubler deux Grands Tours revient à la mode|date=19 March 2005|author=Riche, Antoine|publisher=CyclisMag|language=French|accessdate=11 November 2010}}</ref> It is not unusual for sprinters and their leadout men, who do not expect to complete each race, to start each of the Grand Tours and aim for stage wins before the most difficult stages occur. [[Alessandro Petacchi]] and [[Mark Cavendish]] started all three Grand Tours in 2010 and 2011, respectively, as did some of their preferred support riders. For both riders in both years, only the Tour de France was ridden to its conclusion.

Over the years, 32 riders have completed all three Grand Tours in one year. [[Marino Lejarreta]] has done it four times, [[Bernardo Ruiz]] three times, [[Eduardo Chozas]] and [[Carlos Sastre]] twice each, and 28 more riders have achieved the feat once.

The only riders to have finished top 10 in each three during one year are [[Raphaël Géminiani]] in 1955 and [[Gastone Nencini]] in 1957.

== UCI rules ==
For the [[UCI World Tour]], more points are given in grand tours than in other races; the winner of the Tour de France receives 200 points, and the winners of the Giro and Vuelta receive 170 points, while other races give 100 points at most.<ref name="uciprotour"/>
The grand tours have a special status for the length: they are allowed to last between 15 and 23 days.<ref name="ucirules"/>

== Grand Tour winners ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
! {{flagathlete| [[Giro d'Italia]]|ITA}} 
! {{flagathlete| [[Tour de France]]|FRA}} 
! {{flagathlete| [[Vuelta a España]]|ESP}}
|-
| 1903 
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 
| {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Garin]]| FRA}} 
| rowspan="32" style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
| 1904 
| {{flagathlete|[[Henri Cornet]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1905 
| {{flagathlete|[[Louis Trousselier]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1906 
| {{flagathlete|[[René Pottier]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1907 
| {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Petit-Breton]]| FRA}} <small>(1/2) 
|-
| 1908 
| {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Petit-Breton]]| FRA}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1909 
| {{flagathlete|[[Luigi Ganna]]|ITA|1861}} 
| {{flagathlete|[[François Faber]]| LUX}} 
|-
| 1910 
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Galetti]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/3) 
| {{flagathlete|[[Octave Lapize]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1911 
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Galetti]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/3) 
| {{flagathlete|[[Gustave Garrigou]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1912 
| {{flagathlete|[[Team Atala]]|ITA|1861}} <br> <small> {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Galetti]]|ITA|1861}} (3/3) <br> {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Micheletto]]|ITA|1861}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Eberardo Pavesi]]|ITA|1861}} 
| {{flagathlete|[[Odile Defraye]]| BEL}} 
|-
| 1913 
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Oriani]]|ITA|1861}} 
| {{flagathlete|[[Philippe Thys]]| BEL}} <small>(1/3) 
|-
| 1914 
| {{flagathlete|[[Alfonso Calzolari]]|ITA|1861}} 
| {{flagathlete|[[Philippe Thys]]| BEL}} <small>(2/3) 
|-
| 1915 
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested'' 
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested'' 
|-
| 1916 
|-
| 1917 
|-
| 1918 
|-
| 1919 || {{flagathlete|[[Costante Girardengo]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Firmin Lambot]]| BEL}} <small>(1/2) 
|-
| 1920 || {{flagathlete|[[Gaetano Belloni]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[Philippe Thys]]| BEL}} <small>(3/3) 
|-
| 1921 || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Brunero]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Léon Scieur]]| BEL}} 
|-
| 1922 || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Brunero]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Firmin Lambot]]| BEL}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1923 || {{flagathlete|[[Costante Girardengo]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Henri Pélissier]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1924 || {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Enrici]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[Ottavio Bottecchia]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/2) 
|-
| 1925 || {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Binda]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Ottavio Bottecchia]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1926 || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Brunero]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Buysse]]| BEL}} 
|-
| 1927 || {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Binda]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Nicolas Frantz]]| LUX}} <small>(1/2) 
|-
| 1928 || {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Binda]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(3/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Nicolas Frantz]]| LUX}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1929 || {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Binda]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(4/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Maurice De Waele]]| BEL}} 
|-
| 1930 || {{flagathlete|[[Luigi Marchisio]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[André Leducq]]| FRA}} <small>(1/2) 
|-
| 1931 || {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Camusso]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[Antonin Magne]]| FRA}} <small>(1/2) 
|-
| 1932 || {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Pesenti]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[André Leducq]]| FRA}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1933 || {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Binda]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(5/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Georges Speicher]]| FRA}} 
|-
| 1934 || {{flagathlete|[[Learco Guerra]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[Antonin Magne]]| FRA}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1935 || {{flagathlete|[[Vasco Bergamaschi]]|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|[[Romain Maes]]| BEL}} || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Deloor]]|BEL}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1936 || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]| BEL}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Gustaaf Deloor]]|BEL}} <small>(2/2)
|-
| 1937 || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Lapébie]]| FRA}} 
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested''
|-
| 1938 || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Valetti]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(3/5) 
|-
| 1939 || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Valetti]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Sylvère Maes]]| BEL}} <small>(2/2) 
|-
| 1940 
| {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA|1861}} <small>(1/7) 
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested''
|-
| 1941 
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested''  
| {{flagathlete|[[Julián Berrendero]]|ESP|1938}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1942 
| {{flagathlete|[[Julián Berrendero]]|ESP|1938}} <small>(2/2)
|-
| 1943 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested''
|-
| 1944 
|-
| 1945 
| {{flagathlete|[[Delio Rodríguez]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1946 
| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA}} <small>(4/5) 
| {{flagathlete|[[Dalmacio Langarica]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1947 || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} <small>(2/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]| FRA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Edward Van Dijck]]| BEL}}
|-
| 1948 || {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}} <small>(1/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]| ITA}} <small>(5/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernardo Ruiz]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1949 || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} <small>(3/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]| ITA}} <small>(4/7) 
| style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested''
|-
| 1950 || {{flagathlete|[[Hugo Koblet]]|SUI}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Ferdinand Kübler]]| SUI}} || {{flagathlete|[[Emilio Rodríguez]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1951 || {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}} <small>(2/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Hugo Koblet]]| SUI}} <small>(2/2) 
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| ''Not contested''
|-
| 1952 || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} <small>(5/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]| ITA}} <small>(6/7) 
|-
| 1953 || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} <small>(7/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Louison Bobet]]| FRA}} <small>(1/3) 
|-
| 1954 || {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Clerici]]|SUI}} || {{flagathlete|[[Louison Bobet]]| FRA}} <small>(2/3) 
|-
| 1955 || {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Louison Bobet]]| FRA}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Dotto]]| FRA}}
|-
| 1956 || {{flagathlete|[[Charly Gaul]]|LUX}} <small>(1/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Walkowiak]]| FRA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Angelo Conterno]]| ITA}}
|-
| 1957 || {{flagathlete|[[Gastone Nencini]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]| FRA}} <small>(1/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Jesús Loroño]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1958 || {{flagathlete|[[Ercole Baldini]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Charly Gaul]]| LUX}} <small>(2/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Jean Stablinski]]| FRA}}
|-
| 1959 || {{flagathlete|[[Charly Gaul]]|LUX}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Federico Bahamontes]]|ESP|1945}} || {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Suárez]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1960 || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}} <small>(2/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Gastone Nencini]]| ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Frans De Mulder]]| BEL}}
|-
| 1961 || {{flagathlete|[[Arnaldo Pambianco]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]| FRA}} <small>(3/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Angelino Soler]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1962 || {{flagathlete|[[Franco Balmamion]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]| FRA}} <small>(4/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Rudi Altig]]| GER}}
|-
| 1963 || {{flagathlete|[[Franco Balmamion]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]| FRA}} <small>(5/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]| FRA}} <small>(6/8)
|-
| 1964 || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}} <small>(7/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]| FRA}} <small>(8/8) || {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Poulidor]]| FRA}}
|-
| 1965 || {{flagathlete|[[Vittorio Adorni]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]| ITA}} <small>(1/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Rolf Wolfshohl]]| GER}}
|-
| 1966 || {{flagathlete|[[Gianni Motta]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Aimar]]| FRA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Francisco Gabica]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1967 || {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]|ITA}} <small>(2/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Pingeon]]| FRA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Jan Janssen]]| NED}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1968 || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} <small>(1/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Jan Janssen]]| NED}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]| ITA}} <small>(3/5)
|-
| 1969 || {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]|ITA}} <small>(4/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]| BEL}} <small>(2/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Roger Pingeon]]| FRA}} <small>(2/2)
|-
| 1970 || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} <small>(3/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]| BEL}} <small>(4/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Luis Ocaña]]|ESP|1945}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1971 || {{flagathlete|[[Gösta Pettersson]]|SWE}} || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]| BEL}} <small>(5/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Ferdinand Bracke]]| BEL}}
|-
| 1972 || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} <small>(6/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]| BEL}} <small>(7/11) || {{flagathlete|[[José Manuel Fuente]]|ESP|1945}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1973 || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} <small>(9/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Luis Ocaña]]|ESP|1945}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]| BEL}} <small>(8/11)
|-
| 1974 || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}} <small>(10/11) || {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]| BEL}} <small>(11/11) || {{flagathlete|[[José Manuel Fuente]]|ESP|1945}} <small>(2/2)
|-
| 1975 || {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Bertoglio]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Thévenet]]| FRA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Agustín Tamames]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1976 || {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]|ITA}} <small>(5/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Van Impe]]| BEL}} || {{flagathlete|[[José Pesarrodona]]|ESP|1945}}
|-
| 1977 || {{flagathlete|[[Michel Pollentier]]|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Thévenet]]| FRA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Freddy Maertens]]| BEL}}
|-
| 1978 || {{flagathlete|[[Johan De Muynck]]|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(1/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(2/10)
|-
| 1979 || {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Saronni]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(3/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Joop Zoetemelk]]| NED}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1980 || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}} <small>(4/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Joop Zoetemelk]]| NED}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Faustino Rupérez]]| ESP}}
|-
| 1981 || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Battaglin]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(5/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Battaglin]]| ITA}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1982 || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}} <small>(6/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(7/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Marino Lejarreta]]| ESP}}
|-
| 1983 || {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Saronni]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]| FRA}} <small>(1/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(8/10)
|-
| 1984 || {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Moser]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]| FRA}} <small>(2/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Éric Caritoux]]| FRA}}
|-
| 1985 || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}} <small>(9/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]| FRA}} <small>(10/10) || {{flagathlete|[[Pedro Delgado]]| ESP}} <small>(1/3)
|-
| 1986 || {{flagathlete|[[Roberto Visentini]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Greg LeMond]]| USA}} <small>(1/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Álvaro Pino]]| ESP}}
|-
| 1987 || {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Roche]]|IRL}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Roche]]| IRL}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Luis Herrera]]| COL}}
|-
| 1988 || {{flagathlete|[[Andy Hampsten]]|USA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Pedro Delgado]]| ESP}} <small>(2/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]]| IRL}}
|-
| 1989 || {{flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]|FRA}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Greg LeMond]]| USA}} <small>(2/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Pedro Delgado]]| ESP}} <small>(3/3)
|-
| 1990 || {{flagathlete|[[Gianni Bugno]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Greg LeMond]]| USA}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Marco Giovannetti]]|ITA}}
|-
| 1991 || {{flagathlete|[[Franco Chioccioli]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]| ESP}} <small>(1/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Melchor Mauri]]|ESP}}
|-
| 1992 || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}} <small>(2/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]| ESP}} <small>(3/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Rominger]]|SUI}} <small>(1/4)
|-
| 1993 || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}} <small>(4/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]| ESP}} <small>(5/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Rominger]]| SUI}} <small>(2/4)
|-
| 1994 || {{flagathlete|[[Eugeni Berzin]]|RUS}} || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}} <small>(6/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Rominger]]|SUI}} <small>(3/4)
|-
| 1995 || {{flagathlete|[[Tony Rominger]]|SUI}} <small>(4/4) || {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}} <small>(7/7) || {{flagathlete|[[Laurent Jalabert]]|FRA}}
|-
| 1996 || {{flagathlete|[[Pavel Tonkov]]|RUS}} || {{flagathlete|[[Bjarne Riis]]|DEN}} || {{flagathlete|[[Alex Zülle]]|SUI}} <small>(1/2)
|-
| 1997 || {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Gotti]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Jan Ullrich]]|GER}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Alex Zülle]]|SUI}} <small>(2/2)
|-
| 1998 || {{flagathlete|[[Marco Pantani]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Marco Pantani]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Abraham Olano]]|ESP}}
|-
| 1999 
| {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Gotti]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2) 
|rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|  ''No Winner''<ref>[[Lance Armstrong]] was originally credited as winner of the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005, but his results were disqualified after an investigation into doping in 2012, and the races were left without an alternative winner being declared.</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Jan Ullrich]]|GER}} <small>(2/2)
|-
| 2000 || {{flagathlete|[[Stefano Garzelli]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Roberto Heras]]|ESP}} <small>(1/3)
|-
| 2001 || {{flagathlete|[[Gilberto Simoni]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Ángel Casero]]|ESP}}
|-
| 2002 || {{flagathlete|[[Paolo Savoldelli]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2)|| {{flagathlete|[[Aitor González]]|ESP}}
|-
| 2003 || {{flagathlete|[[Gilberto Simoni]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2)|| {{flagathlete|[[Roberto Heras]]|ESP}} <small>(2/3)
|-
| 2004 || {{flagathlete|[[Damiano Cunego]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Roberto Heras]]|ESP}} <small>(3/3)
|-
| 2005 || {{flagathlete|[[Paolo Savoldelli]]| ITA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Denis Menchov]]|RUS}} <small>(1/3)
|-
| 2006 || {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Basso]]|ITA}} <small>(1/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Óscar Pereiro]]|ESP}} || {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Vinokourov]]|KAZ}}
|-
| 2007 || {{flagathlete|[[Danilo Di Luca]]|ITA}} || {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}} <small>(1/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Denis Menchov]]|RUS}} <small>(2/3)
|-
| 2008 || {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}} <small>(2/5) || {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}} || {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}} <small>(3/5)
|-
| 2009 || {{flagathlete|[[Denis Menchov]]|RUS}} <small>(3/3) || {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}} <small>(4/5) ||{{flagathlete|[[Alejandro Valverde]]|ESP}}
|-
| 2010 || {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Basso]]|ITA}} <small>(2/2) || {{flagathlete|[[Andy Schleck]]|LUX}} <small> || {{flagathlete|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]|ITA}}
|-
| 2011 || {{flagathlete|[[Michele Scarponi]]|ITA}} <small> || {{flagathlete|[[Cadel Evans]]|AUS}} || {{flagathlete|[[Juan José Cobo]]|ESP}}
|-
| 2012 || {{flagathlete|[[Ryder Hesjedal]]|CAN}} || {{flagathlete|[[Bradley Wiggins]]|GBR}} || {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}} <small>(5/5)
|}

== Statistics ==

=== Winners of all three Grand Tours ===

No cyclist has ever won all three Grand Tour events in the same year.
Only two cyclists have placed in the top ten at all three Grand Tours in the same year: Geminiani in 1955 and Nencini in 1957.

Only five cyclists have won all three of the Grand Tours during their career:<ref name="chof"/>
* {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}}: 5 Tours ([[1957 Tour de France|1957]], [[1961 Tour de France|1961]], [[1962 Tour de France|1962]], [[1963 Tour de France|1963]], [[1964 Tour de France|1964]]), 2 Giro ([[1960 Giro d'Italia|1960]], [[1964 Giro d'Italia|1964]]), 1 Vuelta ([[1963 Vuelta a España|1963]]).
* {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}}: 2 Tours ([[2007 Tour de France|2007]], [[2009 Tour de France|2009]]), 1 Giro ([[2008 Giro d'Italia|2008]]), 2 Vueltas ([[2008 Vuelta a España|2008]], [[2012 Vuelta a España|2012]])
* {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]|ITA}}: 1 Tour ([[1965 Tour de France|1965]]), 3 Giro ([[1967 Giro d'Italia|1967]], [[1969 Giro d'Italia|1969]], [[1976 Giro d'Italia|1976]]), 1 Vuelta ([[1968 Vuelta a España|1968]])
* {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}: 5 Tours ([[1978 Tour de France|1978]], [[1979 Tour de France|1979]], [[1981 Tour de France|1981]], [[1982 Tour de France|1982]], [[1985 Tour de France|1985]]), 3 Giro ([[1980 Giro d'Italia|1980]], [[1982 Giro d'Italia|1982]], [[1985 Giro d'Italia|1985]]), 2 Vueltas ([[1978 Vuelta a España|1978]], [[1983 Vuelta a España|1983]])
* {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}}: 5 Tours ([[1969 Tour de France|1969]], [[1970 Tour de France|1970]], [[1971 Tour de France|1971]], [[1972 Tour de France|1972]], [[1974 Tour de France|1974]]), 5 Giro ([[1968 Giro d'Italia|1968]], [[1970 Giro d'Italia|1970]], [[1972 Giro d'Italia|1972]], [[1973 Giro d'Italia|1973]], [[1974 Giro d'Italia|1974]]), 1 Vuelta ([[1973 Vuelta a España|1973]])

Only three cyclists have won stages in all three of the Grand Tours in the same year:<ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/sep03/sep09news2 Petacchi equals Poblet and Baffi], September 9, 2003, Cyclingnews]</ref>
* {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Poblet]]|ESP|1945}}: 1956
* {{flagathlete|[[Pierino Baffi]]|ITA}}: 1958
* {{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Petacchi]]|ITA}}: 2003

=== Podiums on all three Grands Tours ===

Thirteen cyclists have reached the podium on all the three Grand Tours along their career:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Tour !! Giro !! Vuelta !! Total
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}} || 6 || 6 || 1 || '''13'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}  || 7 || 3 || 2 || '''12'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}}  || 6 || 5 || 1 || '''12'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Felice Gimondi]]|ITA}}  || 2 || 9 || 1 || '''12'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Induráin]]|ESP}}  || 5 || 3 || 1 || '''9'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]|FRA}}  || 3 || 2 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}}  || 2 || 1 || 3 || '''6'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Tony Rominger]]|SUI}}  || 1 || 1 || 4 || '''6'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}}  || 2 || 1 || 2 || '''5'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Denis Menchov]]|RUS}}  || 2 || 1 || 2 || '''5'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]|ITA}}  || 1 || 2 || 1 || '''4'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Jose Manuel Fuente]]|ESP}}  || 1 || 1 || 2 || '''4'''
|-
|  {{flagathlete|[[Herman Van Springel]]|BEL}}  || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''3'''
|}

=== Winners of two Grand Tours in a year ===

Nine riders have achieved a double by winning two grand tours in the same year.

Seven cyclists have won the Tour and the Giro in the same year:<ref name="chof"/>
* {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}: 1949, 1952
* {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}}: 1964
* {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}}: 1970, 1972, 1974
* {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}: 1982, 1985
* {{flagathlete|[[Stephen Roche]]|IRL}}: 1987
* {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}}: 1992, 1993
* {{flagathlete|[[Marco Pantani]]|ITA}}: 1998

The Tour/Vuelta double has been achieved by two cyclists:<ref name="chof"/>
* {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Anquetil]]|FRA}}: 1963
* {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}: 1978

The Giro/Vuelta double has been achieved by three cyclists:<ref name="chof"/>
* {{flagathlete|[[Eddy Merckx]]|BEL}}: 1973
* {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Battaglin]]|ITA}}: 1981
* {{flagathlete|[[Alberto Contador]]|ESP}}: 2008

Of the above nine, Pantani, Roche and Battaglin's doubles were their only Grand Tour victories in their careers.

=== Most Grand Tour wins ===
{{main|List of Grand Tour general classification winners}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Most Grand Tour wins<ref name="chof">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/races/results/results_grand_tours.txt |title=Historical Results – The Grand Tours |date= |accessdate=2012-07-20}}</ref>
|-
!Name
!Total Wins
!Tour de France
!Giro d'Italia
!Vuelta a España
|-
| {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Eddy|Merckx}}|BEL}} 
| 11 
| 5 ([[1969 Tour de France|1969]], [[1970 Tour de France|1970]], [[1971 Tour de France|1971]], [[1972 Tour de France|1972]], [[1974 Tour de France|1974]])
| 5 ([[1968 Giro d'Italia|1968]], [[1970 Giro d'Italia|1970]], [[1972 Giro d'Italia|1972]], [[1973 Giro d'Italia|1973]], [[1974 Giro d'Italia|1974]])
| 1 ([[1973 Vuelta a España|1973]])
|-
| {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Bernard|Hinault}}|FRA}}  
| 10 
| 5 ([[1978 Tour de France|1978]], [[1979 Tour de France|1979]], [[1981 Tour de France|1981]], [[1982 Tour de France|1982]], [[1985 Tour de France|1985]])
| 3 ([[1980 Giro d'Italia|1980]], [[1982 Giro d'Italia|1982]], [[1985 Giro d'Italia|1985]])
| 2 ([[1978 Vuelta a España|1978]], [[1983 Vuelta a España|1983]])
|-
| {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Jacques|Anquetil}}|FRA}} 
| 8 
| 5 ([[1957 Tour de France|1957]], [[1961 Tour de France|1961]], [[1962 Tour de France|1962]], [[1963 Tour de France|1963]], [[1964 Tour de France|1964]])
| 2 ([[1960 Giro d'Italia|1960]], [[1964 Giro d'Italia|1964]])
| 1 ([[1963 Vuelta a España|1963]])
|-
| {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel|Indurain}}|ESP}} 
| 7 
| 5 ([[1991 Tour de France|1991]], [[1992 Tour de France|1992]], [[1993 Tour de France|1993]], [[1994 Tour de France|1994]], [[1995 Tour de France|1995]]) 
| 2 ([[1992 Giro d'Italia|1992]], [[1993 Giro d'Italia|1993]]) 
| 0
|-
| {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Fausto|Coppi}}|ITA}} 
| 7 
| 2 ([[1949 Tour de France|1949]], [[1952 Tour de France|1952]]) 
| 5 ([[1940 Giro d'Italia|1940]], [[1947 Giro d'Italia|1947]], [[1949 Giro d'Italia|1949]], [[1952 Giro d'Italia|1952]], [[1953 Giro d'Italia|1953]]) 
| 0
|}

=== Most Grand Tour podiums ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Tour !! Giro !! Vuelta !! Total
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Anquetil]] || 6 || 6 || 1 || '''13'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Hinault]]  || 7 || 3 || 2 || '''12'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Eddy Merckx]]  || 6 || 5 || 1 || '''12'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Felice Gimondi]]  || 2 || 9 || 1 || '''12'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Poulidor]]  || 8 || 0 || 2 || '''10'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gino Bartali]]  || 3 || 7 || 0 || '''10'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Induráin]]  || 5 || 3 || 1 || '''9'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fausto Coppi]]  || 2 || 7 || 0 || '''9'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|NED}} [[Joop Zoetemelk]]  || 7 || 0 || 1 || '''8'''
|-
|  {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Delgado]]  || 3 || 0 || 5 || '''8'''
|}

===Most Mountain Jerseys===

{{main|King of the Mountains}}

*'''9: [[Federico Bahamontes]] – {{ESP}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1954 Tour de France|1954]], [[1958 Tour de France|1958]], [[1959 Tour de France|1959]], [[1962 Tour de France|1962]], [[1963 Tour de France|1963]], [[1964 Tour de France|1964]])
** Giro d'Italia ([[1956 Giro d'Italia|1956]])
** Vuelta a España ([[1957 Vuelta a España|1957]], [[1958 Vuelta a España|1958]])

*'''9: [[Gino Bartali]] – {{ITA}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1938 Tour de France|1938]], [[1948 Tour de France|1948]])
** Giro d'Italia ([[1935 Giro d'Italia|1935]], [[1936 Giro d'Italia|1936]], [[1937 Giro d'Italia|1937]], [[1939 Giro d'Italia|1939]], [[1940 Giro d'Italia|1940]], [[1946 Giro d'Italia|1946]], [[1947 Giro d'Italia|1947]])

*'''8: [[Lucien Van Impe]] – {{BEL}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1971 Tour de France|1971]], [[1972 Tour de France|1972]], [[1975 Tour de France|1975]], [[1977 Tour de France|1977]], [[1981 Tour de France|1981]], [[1983 Tour de France|1983]])
** Giro d'Italia ([[1982 Giro d'Italia|1982]], [[1983 Giro d'Italia|1983]])

*'''7: [[Richard Virenque]] – {{FRA}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1994 Tour de France|1994]], [[1995 Tour de France|1995]], [[1996 Tour de France|1996]], [[1997 Tour de France|1997]], [[1999 Tour de France|1999]], [[2003 Tour de France|2003]], [[2004 Tour de France|2004]])

The '''Tour/Giro/Vuelta''' triple has been achieved by two riders – [[Federico Bahamontes]] and [[Luis Herrera]].

=== Most Points Jerseys ===

{{main|Points classification}}

*'''9: [[Erik Zabel]] – {{GER}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1996 Tour de France|1996]], [[1997 Tour de France|1997]], [[1998 Tour de France|1998]], [[1999 Tour de France|1999]], [[2000 Tour de France|2000]], [[2001 Tour de France|2001]])
** Vuelta a España ([[2002 Vuelta a España|2002]], [[2003 Vuelta a España|2003]], [[2004 Vuelta a España|2004]])

*'''8: [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] – {{IRL}}'''
** Tour de France  ([[1982 Tour de France|1982]], [[1983 Tour de France|1983]], [[1985 Tour de France|1985]], [[1989 Tour de France|1989]])
** Vuelta a España ([[1980 Vuelta a España|1980]], [[1985 Vuelta a España|1985]], [[1986 Vuelta a España|1986]], [[1988 Vuelta a España|1988]])

*'''7: [[Laurent Jalabert]] – {{FRA}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1992 Tour de France|1992]], [[1995 Tour de France|1995]])
** Giro d'Italia ([[1999 Giro d'Italia|1999]])
** Vuelta a España ([[1994 Vuelta a España|1994]], [[1995 Vuelta a España|1995]], [[1996 Vuelta a España|1996]], [[1997 Vuelta a España|1997]])

*'''6: [[Eddy Merckx]] – {{BEL}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1969 Tour de France|1969]], [[1971 Tour de France|1971]], [[1972 Tour de France|1972]])
** Giro d'Italia ([[1968 Giro d'Italia|1968]], [[1973 Giro d'Italia|1973]])
** Vuelta a España ([[1973 Vuelta a España|1973]])

*'''5: [[Djamolidine Abdoujaparov]] – {{UZB}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1991 Tour de France|1991]], [[1993 Tour de France|1993]], [[1994 Tour de France|1994]])
** Giro d'Italia ([[1994 Giro d'Italia|1994]])
** Vuelta a España ([[1992 Vuelta a España|1992]])

*'''5: [[Jan Janssen (cyclist)|Jan Janssen]] – {{NED}}'''
** Tour de France ([[1964 Tour de France|1964]], [[1965 Tour de France|1965]], [[1967 Tour de France|1967]])
** Vuelta a España ([[1967 Vuelta a España|1967]], [[1968 Vuelta a España|1968]])

Winning the points classification in each of the three Grand Tours during a cyclist's career is a significant accomplishment.

The '''Tour/Giro/Vuelta''' triple has been achieved by four riders – Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Laurent Jalabert, Eddy Merckx and Alessandro Petacchi.

=== Most Grand Tour stage wins ===
Cyclists whose names are in bold are still active.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infostradasports.com/download/media/handbook.pdf|title=Giro d'Italia 2009|page=208|publisher=Infostrada sports|year=2009|accessdate=29 June 2011|format=pdf}}</ref> This list is complete up to stage 1 of the [[2013 Giro d'Italia]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Tour De France<br>stage wins<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_07.pdf |title=Le Tour en chiffres : Les vainqueurs d'étapes |publisher=ASO |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref>
!Giro d'Italia<br>stage wins
!Vuelta a España<br>stage wins
!Grand Tour<br>stage wins
|-
|1 || [[Eddy Merckx]] || {{BEL}} || 34 || 24 || 6 || 64
|-
|2 || [[Mario Cipollini]] || {{ITA}} || 12 || 42 || 3 || 57
|-
|3 || [[Alessandro Petacchi]] || {{ITA}} || 6 || 22 || 20 || 48
|-
|4 || [[Alfredo Binda]] || {{ITA}} || 2 || 41 || 0 || 43
|-
|5 || [[Bernard Hinault]] || {{FRA}} || 28 || 7 || 7 || 42
|-
|rowspan=2|6 || [[Learco Guerra]] || {{ITA}} || 8 || 31 || 0 || 39
|-
|| [[Delio Rodríguez]] || {{ESP}} || 0 || 0 || 39 || 39
|-
|rowspan=2|8 ||  [[Rik Van Looy]] || {{BEL}} || 7 || 12 || 18 || 37
|-
|'''[[Mark Cavendish]]''' || {{GBR}} || 23|| 11 || 3 || 37
|-
|10 ||  [[Freddy Maertens]] || {{BEL}} || 15 || 7 || 13 || 35
|-
|11 || [[Fausto Coppi]] || {{ITA}} || 9 || 22 || 0 || 31
|-
|12 || [[Costante Girardengo]] || {{ITA}} || 0 || 30 || 0 || 30
|-
|13 || [[Gino Bartali]] || {{ITA}} || 12 || 17 || 0 || 29
|-
|14 || [[Marino Basso]] || {{ITA}} || 6 || 15 || 6 || 27
|-
|rowspan=3|15 || [[Guido Bontempi]] || {{ITA}} || 6 || 16 || 4 || 26
|-
||[[Raffaele Di Paco]] || {{ITA}} || 11 || 15 || 0 || 26
|-
|| [[Miguel Poblet]] || {{ESP}} || 3 || 20 || 3 || 26
|-
|rowspan=5|18 ||[[Franco Bitossi]] || {{ITA}} || 4 || 21 || 0 || 25 
|-
|| [[Laurent Jalabert]] || {{FRA}} || 4 || 3 || 18 || 25
|-
|| [[André Leducq]] || {{FRA}} || 25 || 0 || 0 || 25
|-
|| [[Francesco Moser]] || {{ITA}} || 2 || 23 || 0 || 25
|-
|| [[Rik Van Steenbergen]] || {{BEL}} || 4 || 15 || 6 || 25
|-
|rowspan=3|23|| [[Roger De Vlaeminck]] || {{BEL}} || 1 || 22 || 1 || 24
|- 
|| [[Robbie McEwen]] || {{AUS}} || 12 || 12 || 0 || 24
|-
|| [[Giuseppe Saronni]] || {{ITA}} || 0 || 24 || 0 || 24
|-
|rowspan=3|26 || [[Jacques Anquetil]] || {{FRA}} || 16 || 5 || 1 || 22
|-
|| [[André Darrigade]] || {{FRA}} || 22 || 0 || 0 || 22
|-
|| [[Jean Paul van Poppel]] || {{NED}} || 9 || 4 || 9 || 22
|-
|rowspan=2|29 || [[Charly Gaul]] || {{LUX}} || 10 || 11 || 0 || 21
|-
|| [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] || {{IRL}} || 5 || 0 || 16 || 21
|-
|rowspan=5|31 || [[Nicolas Frantz]] || {{LUX}} || 20 || 0 || 0 || 20
|-
|| [[Gerben Karstens]] || {{NED}} || 6 || 1 || 13 || 20
|-
|| [[Giuseppe Olmo]] || {{ITA}} || 0 || 20 || 0 || 20
|-
|| [[Tony Rominger]] || {{SUI}} || 3 || 5 || 12 || 20
|-
|| [[Erik Zabel]] || {{GER}} || 12 || 0 || 8 || 20
|-
|rowspan=2|36 || [[Jean Alavoine]] || {{FRA}} || 17 || 2 || 0 || 19
|-
|| [[François Faber]] || {{LUX}} || 19 || 0 || 0 || 19
|-
|38 || [[Nino Defilippis]] || {{ITA}} || 7 || 9 || 2 || 18
|-
|39 || [[Djamolidine Abdoujaparov]] || {{UZB}} || 9 || 1 || 7 || 17
|-
|rowspan=6|40 || [[Rudi Altig]] || {{GER}} || 8 || 2 || 6 || 16
|-
|| [[Urs Freuler]] || {{SUI}} || 1 || 15 || 0 || 16
|-
|| [[Miguel Indurain]] || {{ESP}} || 12 || 4 || 0 || 16
|-
|| [[René Le Greves]] || {{FRA}} || 16 || 0 || 0 || 16
|-
|| [[Fiorenzo Magni]] || {{ITA}} || 7 || 6 || 3 || 16
|-
|| [[Charles Pelissier]] || {{FRA}} || 16 || 0 || 0 || 16
|-
|rowspan=3|46 || [[Moreno Argentin]] || {{ITA}} || 2 || 13 || 0 || 15
|-
|| [[Gianni Bugno]] || {{ITA}} || 4 || 9 || 2 || 15
|-
|| [[Rik Van Linden]] || {{BEL}} || 4 || 9 || 2 || 15
|-
|rowspan=4|49 || [[Felice Gimondi]] || {{ITA}} || 7 || 6 || 1 || 14
|-
||'''[[Thor Hushovd]]''' || {{NOR}} || 10 || 1 || 3 || 14
|-
|| [[Marcel Wüst]] || {{GER}} || 1 || 1 || 12 || 14
|-
|| [[Alex Zülle]] || {{SUI}} || 2 || 3 || 9 || 14
|-
|rowspan=8|53 || [[Pierino Baffi]] || {{ITA}} || 5 || 4 || 4 || 13
|-
|| [[José Manuel Fuente]] || {{ESP}} || 2 || 8 || 3 || 13
|-
|| [[Walter Godefroot]] || {{BEL}} || 10 || 1 || 2 || 13
|-
|| [[Hugo Koblet]] || {{SUI}} || 5 || 7 || 1 || 13
|-
|| [[Guido Reybrouck]] || {{BEL}} || 6 || 3 || 4 || 13
|-
|| [[Philippe Thys]] || {{BEL}} || 13 || 0 || 0 || 13
|-
|| [[Louis Trousselier]] || {{FRA}} || 13 || 0 || 0 || 13
|-
|| [[Joop Zoetemelk]] || {{NED}} || 10 || 0 || 3 || 13
|-
|rowspan=9|61 || [[Vittorio Adorni]] || {{ITA}} || 0 || 11 || 1 || 12
|-
|| [[Julián Berrendero]] || {{ESP}} || 1 || 0 || 11 || 12
|-
|| [[Louison Bobet]] || {{FRA}} || 11 || 1 || 0 || 12
|-
|| [[Michele Dancelli]] || {{ITA}} || 1 || 11 || 0 || 12
|-
|| [[Laurent Fignon]] || {{FRA}} || 9 || 2 || 1 || 12
|-
|| [[Roberto Heras]] || {{ESP}} || 1 || 1 || 10 || 12
|-
|| [[Julio Jiménez]] || {{ESP}} || 5 || 4 || 3 || 12
|-
|| [[Nicola Minali]] || {{ITA}} || 3 || 2 || 7 || 12
|-
|| [[Eddy Planckaert]] || {{BEL}} || 2 || 0 || 10 || 12
|-
|rowspan=14|70 || [[Jean Aerts]] || {{BEL}} || 11 || 0 || 0 || 11
|-
|| [[Maurice Archambaud]] || {{FRA}} || 10 || 1 || 0 || 11
|-
|| [[Federico Bahamontes]] || {{ESP}} || 7 || 1 || 3 || 11
|-
|| '''[[Daniele Bennati]]''' || {{ITA}} || 2 || 3 || 6 || 11
|-
|| [[Jeroen Blijlevens]] || {{NED}} || 4 || 2 || 5 || 11
|-
|| [[Oscar Freire]] || {{ESP}} || 4 || 0 || 7 || 11
|-
|| [[Miguel María Lasa]] || {{ESP}} || 2 || 3 || 6 || 11
|-
|| [[Gastone Nencini]] || {{ITA}} || 4 || 7 || 0 || 11
|-
|| [[Domingo Perurena]] || {{ESP}} || 0 || 0 || 11 || 11
|-
|| [[Gilberto Simoni]] || {{ITA}} || 1 || 8 || 2 || 11
|-
|| [[Jean Stablinski]] || {{FRA}} || 5 || 2 || 4 || 11
|-
|| [[Ján Svorada]] || {{CZE}} || 3 || 5 || 3 || 11
|-
|| [[Augustin Tamames]] || {{ESP}} || 0 || 0 || 11 || 11
|-
|| '''[[Alejandro Valverde]]''' || {{ESP}} || 4 || 0 || 7 || 11
|-
|rowspan=13|84 || '''[[Fabian Cancellara]]''' || {{SUI}} || 8 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| [[Giovanni Corrieri]] || {{ITA}} || 3 || 7 || 0 || 10
|-
|| '''[[André Greipel]]''' || {{GER}} || 4 || 2 || 4 || 10
|-
|| [[Barry Hoban]] || {{GBR}} || 8 || 0 || 2 || 10
|-
|| [[Gerrie Knetemann]] || {{NED}} || 10 || 0 || 0 || 10
|-
|| [[Antonin Magne]] || {{FRA}} || 10 || 0 || 0 || 10
|-
|| '''[[David Millar]]''' || {{GBR}} || 4 || 1 || 5 || 10
|-
|| [[Henri Pelissier]] || {{FRA}} || 10 || 0 || 0 || 10
|-
|| [[Jan Raas]] || {{NED}} || 10 || 0 || 0 || 10
|-
|| '''[[Joaquim Rodríguez]]''' || {{ESP}} || 1|| 2 || 7 || 10
|-
|| [[Edward Sels]] || {{BEL}} || 7 || 1 || 2 || 10
|-
|| [[Jan Ullrich]] || {{GER}} || 7 || 1 || 2 || 10
|-
|| [[Lucien Van Impe]] || {{BEL}} || 9 || 1 || 0 || 10
|}

=== Grand Tour finishers ===
Only 32 riders have finished all three Grand Tours in one season. [[Marino Lejarreta]] did it four times between 1987 and 1991, [[Bernardo Ruiz]] achieved it in three different years, and two other riders have completed the accomplishment twice.<ref>[http://www.spaziociclismo.it/?action=read&idnotizia=22725 L'impresa di Adam Hansen: completati Giro, Tour e Vuelta in un anno], Spazio Ciclismo, 9. sept. 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/xtra_bestanden/tourrec.htm Tour Xtra: Tour Records]</ref>

The rider with most participations on Grand Tours is [[Eduardo Chozas]], with 27 (6 Tours, 7 Giros and 14 Vueltas). He is also the rider which has finished most Grand Tours, with 26: the only Grand Tour he could not finish was the [[1984 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España 1984]] (he retired on the last stage).<ref>[http://www.echozas.com/echozas-www/html/eduardo/Eduardo.Curriculum.htm Curriculum de Eduardo Chozas], 30. oct. 2012</ref>

{{col-begin}}	 
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Rider
! Year
! Final Position - Giro 
! Final Position - Tour
! Final Position - Vuelta
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Hansen]] || 2012 ||  align=right | 94 ||  align=right | 81||  align=right | 123
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Sebastian Lang]] || 2011 ||  align=right | 56 ||  align=right | 113 ||  align=right | 77
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sastre]] (2) || 2010 ||  align=right | 8 ||  align=right | 20 ||  align=right | 8
|-
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Julian Dean]] || 2009 ||  align=right | 136 ||  align=right | 121 ||  align=right | 132
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marzio Bruseghin]] || 2008 ||  align=right | 3 ||  align=right | 27 ||  align=right | 10
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Erik Zabel]] || 2008 ||  align=right | 80 ||  align=right | 43 ||  align=right | 49
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mario Aerts]] || 2007 ||  align=right | 20 ||  align=right | 70 ||  align=right | 28
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sastre || 2006 ||  align=right | 43 ||  align=right | 4 ||  align=right | 4
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Lombardi]] || 2005 ||  align=right | 88 ||  align=right | 118 ||  align=right | 114
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jon Odriozola Mugarza]] || 2001 ||  align=right | 58 ||  align=right | 69 ||  align=right | 83
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mariano Piccoli]] || 1999 ||  align=right | 38 ||  align=right | 50 ||  align=right | 58
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Guido Bontempi]] || 1992 ||  align=right | 40 ||  align=right | 75 ||  align=right | 62
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neil Stephens]] || 1992 ||  align=right | 57 ||  align=right | 74 ||  align=right | 66
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Eduardo Chozas]] (2) || 1991 ||  align=right | 10 ||  align=right | 11 ||  align=right | 11
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Giovannetti]] || 1991 ||  align=right | 8 ||  align=right | 30 ||  align=right | 18
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marino Lejarreta]] (4)|| 1991 ||  align=right | 5 ||  align=right | 53 ||  align=right | 3
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Inaki Gaston]] || 1991 ||  align=right | 23 ||  align=right | 61 ||  align=right | 14
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Leanizbarrutia]] || 1991 ||  align=right | 64 ||  align=right | 39 ||  align=right | 44
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valdimir Poelnikov]] || 1991 ||  align=right | 11 ||  align=right | 88 ||  align=right | 66
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valerio Tebaldi]] || 1991 ||  align=right | 47 ||  align=right | 89 ||  align=right | 87
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Rider
! Year
! Final Position - Giro 
! Final Position - Tour
! Final Position - Vuelta
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Eduardo Chozas  || 1990 ||  align=right | 11 ||  align=right | 6 ||  align=right | 33
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marino Lejarreta (3) || 1990 ||  align=right | 7 ||  align=right | 5 ||  align=right | 55
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marino Lejarreta (2) || 1989 ||  align=right | 10 ||  align=right | 5 ||  align=right | 20
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis-Javier Lukin]] || 1988 ||  align=right | 32 ||  align=right | 82 ||  align=right | 60
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marino Lejarreta  || 1987 ||  align=right | 4 ||  align=right | 10 ||  align=right | 34
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Poissonier]] || 1985 ||  align=right | 86 ||  align=right | 90 ||  align=right | 66
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jose Luis Uribezubia]] || 1971 ||  align=right | 29 ||  align=right | 50 ||  align=right | 27
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jose Manuel Fuente]] || 1971 ||  align=right | 39 ||  align=right | 72 ||  align=right | 54
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Federico Bahamontes]] || 1958 ||  align=right | 17 ||  align=right | 8 ||  align=right | 6
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierino Baffi]] || 1958 ||  align=right | 23 ||  align=right | 63 ||  align=right | 37
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mario Baroni]] || 1957 ||  align=right | 74 ||  align=right | 53 ||  align=right | 46
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gastone Nencini]] || 1957 ||  align=right | 1 ||  align=right | 6 ||  align=right | 9
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Bernardo Ruiz]] (3) || 1957 ||  align=right | 55 ||  align=right | 24 ||  align=right | 3
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Arrigo Padovan]] || 1956 ||  align=right | 12 ||  align=right | 26 ||  align=right | 19
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Bernardo Ruiz (2) || 1956 ||  align=right | 38 ||  align=right | 70 ||  align=right | 31
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Serra (cyclist)|José Serra]] || 1956 ||  align=right | 26||  align=right | 81||  align=right | 9
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphael Geminiani]] || 1955 ||  align=right | 4 ||  align=right | 6 ||  align=right | 3
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Bernardo Ruiz  || 1955 ||  align=right | 28 ||  align=right | 22 ||  align=right | 14
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis Caput]] || 1955 ||  align=right | 68 ||  align=right | 54 ||  align=right | 55
|}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Tour de France}}
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{{Vuelta a España}}
{{Road bicycle racing}}

[[Category:Road bicycle racing terminology]]
[[Category:Road bicycle races]]

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