Just like the Tour de France, the Giro has seen it’s fair share of controversy with regular changes to the record books due to doping offences. Riders like Ricco, Basso, Sella and Di Luca have brought shame on their home race but more recent editions of the Corsa Rosa are being remembered for the right reasons.

With jerseys up for grabs for GC, mountains, sprints (points) and riders under 26, there are many intriguing battles taking place over the course of the three weeks.

Year	GC	Points	KOM	Best young rider
2020	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Arnaud Démare	Ruben Guerreiro	Tao Geoghegan Hart
2019	Richard Carapaz	Pascal Ackermann	Giulio Ciccone	Miguel Ángel López
2018	Chris Froome	Elia Viviani	Chris Froome	Miguel Ángel López
2017	Tom Dumoulin	Fernando Gaviria	Mikel Landa	Bob Jungels
2016	Vincenzo Nibali	Giacomo Nizzolo	Mikel Nieve	Bob Jungels
2015	Alberto Contador	Giacomo Nizzolo	Giovanni Visconti	Fabio Aru
2014	Nairo Quintana	Nacer Bouhanni	Julian Arredondo	Nairo Quintana
2013	Vincenzo Nibali	Mark Cavendish	Stefano Pirazzi	Carlos Betancur
2012	Ryder Hesjedal	Joaquím Rodríguez	Matteo Rabottini	Rigoberto Urán
2011	Michele Scarponi	Michele Scarponi	Stefano Garzelli	Roman Kreuziger
2010	Ivan Basso	Cadel Evans	Matthew Lloyd	Richie Porte
2009	Denis Mensjov	Danilo Di Luca *	Stefano Garzelli	Kevin Seeldraeyers
2008	Alberto Contador	Daniele Bennati	Emanuele Sella *	Riccardo Riccò
2007	Danilo Di Luca	Alessandro Petacchi	Leonardo Piepoli	Andy Schleck
2006	Ivan Basso	Paolo Bettini	Juan Manuel Gárate	n/a
2005	Paolo Savoldelli	Paolo Bettini	José Rujano	n/a
2004	Damiano Cunego	Alessandro Petacchi	Fabian Wegmann	n/a
2003	Gilberto Simoni	Gilberto Simoni	Freddy González	n/a
2002	Paolo Savoldelli	Mario Cipollini	Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio	n/a
2001	Gilberto Simoni	Massimo Strazzer	Freddy González	n/a
2000	Stefano Garzelli	Dmitri Konysjev	Francesco Casagrande	n/a

Record holders in the Giro d’Italia

Sitting on my arse, watching bike races on TV and then writing about them a bit. Our love of pink cycling gear is undoubtedly at its peak for the year. We felt it only right to celebrate Giro 100 by sharing some of our favourite items. Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia will celebrate the th anniversary of the unification of Italy, with a mountainous route that looks set to exalt a possible duel between Vincenzo.

Three riders have won the Giro d’Italia five times. Namely Alfredo Binda and Fausto Coppi from Italy and Eddy Merckx, the Cannibal, from Belgium.

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Mario Cipollini took by far the most stage wins: 42.

Merckx’s closet has the most pink jerseys – he wore the Maglia Rosa on 77 occasions. Alberto Contador is next in line, with 22 jerseys, 2 jerseys ahead of Vincenzo Nibali.

Giro-Tour double

Most current riders admit it is too difficult to pull off the Giro-Tour double. Those who did manage the double are Fausto Coppi (twice), Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx (thrice), Bernard Hinault (twice), Stephen Roche, Miguel Indurain (twice) and Marco Pantani.

The four official jerseys of the 2012 Giro d'Italia were presented today in Milano.

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The Maglia Rosa, pink jersey, will be sponsored by Estathè for the 16ht consecutive year. Here are Giorgia Wurth, this year's 'madrina' and Mario Cipollini with the jersey:
The Gran Premio della Montagna, King of the Mountain (KOM), jersey will be a different color this year. Gone is the green jersey for this competition, now replaced with a blue jersey. The sponsor of this jersey is Banca Mediolanum.
The giovani, young rider, jersey remains white. Riders born after January 1,1987, are eligible in this competition. The sponsor this year is F.lli Orsero.
The punti, points, leader classification jersey is red. The sponsor will be named in the next few days.
All the jerseys:
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