The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's three

Grand Tours 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 ...

. A stage race that generally lasts for three weeks, it awards a number of jerseys for winners of certain classifications – the current competitions that award a jersey are: *

General classification The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulat ...

, for the fastest rider to complete the race. The winner wears the ''maglia rosa'' (pink jersey). *

Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...

, for the rider with the most points as awarded by finishing positions on stages and the first riders to go through intermediate sprints. Recently, the winner wears the ''maglia rosso passione'' (red jersey). In 2017, the race organizers brought back the ''maglia ciclamino'' (cyclamen jersey). *

Mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a femal ...

, for the rider awarded the most points for crossing designated climbs, generally at the peaks of hills and mountains. The winner wears the ''maglia azzurra'' (blue jersey). *

Young rider classification Young rider classification (french: classement général des jeunes) is a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, which awards the current leader by overall time for rid ...

, for the fastest rider under the age of 25 to complete the race. The winner wears the ''maglia bianca'' (white jersey).

General performances

Multiple winners

Winners by country

References