The Grand Tours are the three most prestigious multi-week stage races in professional road bicycle racing. The competitions are the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España, contested annually in that order. They are the only stage races permitted to last longer than 14 days. No cyclist has won all three Grand Tours's points classifications in the same year; the only cyclists to win all three Grand Tours's points classifications in their career are Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Mark Cavendish, Laurent Jalabert, Eddy Merckx, Alessandro Petacchi, and Mads Pedersen. 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.
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. The majority of winners have come from Europe, however there have been a few notable victories for cyclists from other continents. Abdoujaparov, of Uzbekistan, won five points classifications. The only other non-European country to win a points classification at a Grand Tour is Australia, who have won five between three riders.
Erik Zabel, with 9 victories, has won the most points classifications at the Grand Tours. Sean Kelly is second with 8 and Laurent Jalabert is third with seven. Zabel held the record for the most points classifications at the Tour with six, until being surpassed by Peter Sagan in 2019. Francesco Moser and Giuseppe Saronni share the record of four points classifications at the Giro. While, Kelly and Jalabert both have four victories in the points classification at the Vuelta.
Winners
By cyclist Riders in bold are still active. Number of wins in gold indicates the current record holder(s). +Grand Tour points classification winnersRankCyclistCountryWinning spanGiroTourVueltaTotal1 Germany1996–200406392 Slovakia2012–2021 1 7 08 Ireland1980–198904 484 France1992–199912 475 Belgium1968–197323166/1991–19941315 Netherlands1964–196803258 Italy1976–1982 4004 Italy1979–1983 4004 Great Britain2010–2021 1 2 14 Belgium1976–19810314 Spain2012–2018 0 0 44 Denmark2022–2026112414 Italy1992–2002 3 0 03 Belgium1972–1975 3 0 03 Netherlands1985–1988 3 0 03 Italy1968–1970 2 1 03 Italy2023–20252103 Italy2004–2010 1 1 13 Australia2002–2006 0 3 03 Norway2005–2009 0 2 13 Belgium1959–1965 0 1 2323 Italy2005–2006 2 0 02 Italy2015–2016 2 0 02 France2020–2022 2 0 02 Switzerland1993–1995 1 0 12 Italy1996–1998 1 0 12 Italy2007–2008 1 0 12 France1959–1961 0 2 02 France1958–1960 0 2 02 Belgium1955–1956 0 2 02 West Germany1962 0 1 12 Belgium2022–20260112 Australia2023–20240022 Spain1972–1974 0 0 22/ Germany1990–1991 0 0 22 Slovenia2019–2020 0 0 2238 Germany2019 1 0 01 Italy1993 1 0 01 Italy1971 1 0 01 Italy1986 1 0 01 France2014 1 0 01 Italy1990 1 0 01 Italy1991 1 0 01 Australia2010 1 0 01 Italy1989 1 0 01 Switzerland1984 1 0 01 Colombia2017 1 0 01 Russia2000 1 0 01 France20261001 Russia2009 1 0 01 Italy1966 1 0 01 Italy1998 1 0 01 Spain20121001 Italy2011 1 0 01 Italy2003 1 0 01 Italy2001 1 0 01 Italy2018 1 0 01 Italy1967 1 0 01 Ireland2020 0 1 01 Belgium2007 0 1 01 Australia2003 0 1 01 France1977 0 1 01 France1957 0 1 01 Spain2008 0 1 01 Eritrea20240101 Belgium1970 0 1 01 France1979 0 1 01 Belgium1984 0 1 01 Switzerland1954 0 1 01 Germany1990 0 1 01 Australia2017 0 1 0 1 Belgium1980 0 1 01 Belgium20230101 Belgium1988 0 1 01 Belgium1966 0 1 01 Switzerland1953 0 1 01 Belgium1974 0 1 01 Belgium1975 0 1 01 Netherlands19870101 Belgium1973 0 1 01 Belgium1986 0 1 01 Spain1958 0 0 11 Spain1981 0 0 11 Belgium1960 0 0 11 Germany2014 0 0 11 Belgium1979 0 0 11 Great Britain1989 0 0 11 Italy20160011 Great Britain2017 0 0 11 Germany2009 0 0 11 France1971 0 0 11 Spain1987 0 0 11 Spain2000 0 0 11 Spain1957 0 0 11 Netherlands2021 0 0 11 Spain1983 0 0 11 Italy1955 0 0 11 Netherlands1963 0 0 11 Spain2001 0 0 11 Spain1975 0 0 11 Netherlands2011 0 0 11 Switzerland1982 0 0 11 Spain1964 0 0 11 Belgium1970 0 0 11 Spain19450011 Belgium1969 0 0 11 Spain1961 0 0 11 West Germany1976 0 0 11 Belgium2008 0 0 11 Belgium1984 0 0 11 Belgium1978 0 0 11 Netherlands1966 0 0 11 Belgium1956 0 0 11 Belgium1999 0 0 11
By country +Grand Tour points classification winners by countryCountryGiroTourVueltaTotal 33 3 5 43 5 21 14 40 1 1 17 19 5 9 5 19 1 7 8 16 3 4 6 13 0 5 4 9 1 7 0 8 1 5 2 8 2 2 2 6 1 2 3 6 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10101
See also Cycling sprinter Points classification in the Tour de France Points classification in the Giro d'Italia Points classification in the Vuelta a España
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