Giro d'Italia Points, Mountains (GPM),
Youth and Team Classifications

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List of winners, podium, distances and average speed for all editions of the Giro d'Italia

Beside the General Classifcation for lowest elapsed time (awarded a pink jersey), there are other competitions within the Giro d'Italia.

Climber: Called GPM for Gran Premio della Montagna was made a sperate classification in 1933, The leader in the GPM started wearing a green jersey in 1974. Because the classification's sponsor, Banca Mediolanum, uses blue as its corporate color, the GPM leader has worn a blue jersey since 2012.

Points: The first two editions of the Giro were determined by points (adding up placings). A separate Points classification was established in 1966 (though I have a points result for 1958) and the next two years the leader in the points classification was given a red jersey. From 1969 to 2009 it was purple (cyclamen, to be exact) and in 2010 it became red again.

Young Rider: Awarded to the rider with the best General Classication time who had not reached his 25th birthday by January 1. While there was a Young Rider classification in the 1930s, the category got its offical start in 1976. From 1995 to 2006 there was no young rider prize.

Team: Currently calculated by adding up the times of the three best riders of each team per stage.

Click on any year for complete Final General Classification, results for every stage with running GC and photos.