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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.
Bernardo Ruiz was the first rider to ride every tour of a season on three occasions which he completed in 1957. Marino Lejarreta completed every grand tour of the season for the 4th time in 1991 and of these 12 tours he finished in the top 10 of eight of them. His record of 4 was not passed until Adam Hansen completed the Vuelta in 2016.
The Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España are collectively known as the Grand Tours of cycling. The oldest of the races, the Tour, began in 1903, while the Giro first started in 1909 and the Vuelta in 1935. The modern editions of the races all consist of 21 days of racing with two rest days spread throughout race calendar, giving ...
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 ...
Erik Zabel has won the most points classifications at the Grand Tour races, with nine to his credit. 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
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 2024 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included thirty-five road cycling events throughout the 2024 cycling season. The tour started with the Tour Down Under on 16 January, and concluded with the Tour of Guangxi on 20 October.
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]