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Alberto Contador, the fifth cyclist to have won all three Grand Tours during his career Alfredo Binda won the Giro d'Italia five times. Tony Rominger, winner of four Grand Tours Ivan Basso, he has won two Giros Stephen Roche, winner of two Grand Tours Jan Ullrich won two Grand Tours. Luis Herrera was the first South American to win a Grand Tour.
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.
Winning a stage in a Grand Tour is a significant achievement and winning a stage in each Grand Tour is a rare feat that only 112 riders have achieved in their careers. Fiorenzo Magni was the first rider to win a stage in each Grand Tour with his victory in the stage 7 individual time trial at the 1955 Vuelta a España. [4] The most recent rider ...
The rider with most participations on Grand Tours is Matteo Tosatto with 34 (12 Tours, 13 Giros and 9 Vueltas). The rider who has finished most Grand Tours is also Matteo Tosatto, with 28 (12 Tours, 11 Giros and 5 Vueltas). Adam Hansen has finished the most consecutive Grand Tours: 20 tours from 2011 Vuelta a España till 2018 Giro d'Italia.
Still, it would be a mistake to overlook Froome’s place among the greatest Grand Tour specialists in cycling history. The 39-year-old dominated the sport’s biggest stage races for much of the ...
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 ...
The crash took place around 40 kilometers from the end of the stage as the riders came around a right turn on a descent, with fellow Grand Tour winners Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel also ...
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]