Tour Winners in Cycling?
What cyclists have won the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the Vuelta a Espana in their career (doesn’t have to be in the same year)?
Tagged with: cyclists • giro d italia • tour de france • Vuelta a España
Filed under: Giro d’ Italia
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There are too many to list here…However, go to the links below and it will give you all of the winners, their times and second place finishers and team names if there a team affiliation.
crazydave hit the nail on the head, but I thought it was worth mentioning that Eddy Merckx is by FAR the most dominant rider in the history of the sport. Check out his palmares (cycling resume) here and compare it to anyone else:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders/m.htm
(scroll down a bit to get to Merckx)
No cyclist has ever won all three Grand Tour events in the same year. Only four cyclists have won all three of the Grand Tours during their career:
Jacques Anquetil; France; 5 Tours (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964), 2 Giros (1960, 1964), 1 Vuelta (1963).
Felice Gimondi; Italy; 1 Tour (1965), 3 Giros (1967, 1969, 1976), 1 Vuelta (1968)
Eddy Merckx; Belgium; 5 Tours (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974), 5 Giros (1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974), 1 Vuelta (1973)
Bernard Hinault; France; 5 Tours (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985), 3 Giros (1980, 1982, 1985), 2 Vueltas (1978, 1983)
The last time a rider has won the Giro and the TdF in the same year was Marco Pantani in 1998,. Miguel Indurain did the double in 1992 and 1993 .