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Aside from Merckx, Hinault and Froome, Italian legend Fausto Coppi won three consecutive Grand Tours - Giro, Tour, Giro - in the era before the Vuelta existed. 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 ...
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours , and all three races are similar in format, being three-week races with daily stages.
Eddy Merckx won 64 stages between the Grand Tours during his racing years. Bernard Hinault won 41 stages at the Grand Tours between the years 1978 and 1986. Miguel Poblet (center) won 26 stages between all three Grand Tours during his professional racing career. Jean-Paul van Poppel won a total of 22 stages at the Grand Tours.
There are no three week grand tours in women's cycling, but shorter stage races associated with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta Espana, and the World Championship, were won by Annemiek van Vleuten in 2022. She is the only cyclist win all three Grand Tours, and the World Championship in one year, she wins nine Grand Tours ...
It is rare for cyclists to ride all Grand Tours in the same year; in 2004, 474 cyclists started in one of the Grand Tours, 68 rode two and two cyclists started all three. [3] 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.
List of Grand Tour general classification winners; List of Grand Tour mountains classification winners; List of Grand Tour points classification winners; List of riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
Fausto Coppi, who won the Giro d'Italia five times between 1940 and 1953. The Giro d'Italia is an annual road bicycle race held in May. Established in 1909 by newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Giro is one of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. [1]