List of Giro d'Italia general classification winners
Winners
Table:
Year	Country	Cyclist	Sponsor/team	Distance	Time/points	Margin	Stage wins

1909	Italy	Luigi Ganna	Atala–Dunlop	2,445 km (1,519 mi)	25	2	3

1910	Italy	Carlo Galetti	Atala–Continental	2,984 km (1,854 mi)	28	18	2

1911	Italy	Carlo Galetti	Bianchi	3,526 km (2,191 mi)	50	8	3

1912	Italy	&—	Atala–Dunlop	2,443 km (1,518 mi)	33	10	1

1913	Italy	Carlo Oriani	Maino	2,932 km (1,822 mi)	37	6	0

1914	Italy	Alfonso Calzolari	Stucchi–Dunlop	3,162 km (1,965 mi)	135h 17' 56"	+ 1h 57' 26"	1

1915	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1916	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1917	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1918	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1919	Italy	Costante Girardengo	Stucchi–Dunlop	2,984 km (1,854 mi)	112h 51' 29"	+ 51' 56"	7

1920	Italy	Gaetano Belloni	Bianchi	2,632 km (1,635 mi)	102h 44' 33"	+ 32' 24"	3

1921	Italy	Giovanni Brunero	Legnano–Pirelli	3,107 km (1,931 mi)	120h 24' 39"	+ 41"	1

1922	Italy	Giovanni Brunero	Legnano–Pirelli	3,095 km (1,923 mi)	119h 43' 00"	+ 12' 29"	2

1923	Italy	Costante Girardengo	Maino	3,202 km (1,990 mi)	122h 28' 17"	+ 37"	8

1924	Italy	Giuseppe Enrici	&—	3,613 km (2,245 mi)	143h 43' 37"	+ 58' 21"	2

1925	Italy	Alfredo Binda	Legnano–Pirelli	3,520 km (2,190 mi)	137h 31' 13"	+ 4' 58"	1

1926	Italy	Giovanni Brunero	Legnano–Pirelli	3,430 km (2,130 mi)	137h 55' 59"	+ 15' 28"	1

1927	Italy	Alfredo Binda	Legnano–Pirelli	3,758 km (2,335 mi)	144h 15' 35"	+ 27' 24"	12

1928	Italy	Alfredo Binda	Wolsit–Pirelli	3,044 km (1,891 mi)	114h 15' 19"	+ 18' 13"	6

1929	Italy	Alfredo Binda	Legnano–Torpedo	2,920 km (1,810 mi)	107h 18' 24"	+ 3' 44"	8

1930	Italy	Luigi Marchisio	Legnano–Pirelli	3,095 km (1,923 mi)	115h 11' 55"	+ 52"	2

1931	Italy	Francesco Camusso	Gloria–Hutchinson	3,012 km (1,872 mi)	102h 40' 46"	+ 2' 47"	2

1932	Italy	Antonio Pesenti	Wolsit–Hutchinson	3,235 km (2,010 mi)	105h 42' 41"	+ 11' 09"	1

1933	Italy	Alfredo Binda*	Legnano–Clément	3,343 km (2,077 mi)	111h 01' 52"	+ 12' 34"	6

1934	Italy	Learco Guerra	Maino–Clément	3,706 km (2,303 mi)	121h 17' 17"	+ 51"	10

1935	Italy	Vasco Bergamaschi	Maino–Girardengo	3,577 km (2,223 mi)	113h 22' 46"	+ 3' 07"	2

1936	Italy	Gino Bartali*	Legnano–Wolsit	3,766 km (2,340 mi)	120h 12' 30"	+ 2' 36"	3

1937	Italy	Gino Bartali*	Legnano	3,840 km (2,390 mi)	122h 25' 40"	+ 8' 18"	4

1938	Italy	Giovanni Valetti*	Frejus	3,645 km (2,265 mi)	112h 49' 28"	+ 8' 52"	3

1939	Italy	Giovanni Valetti	Frejus	3,011 km (1,871 mi)	88h 02' 00"	+ 2' 59"	3

1940	Italy	Fausto Coppi	Legnano	3,574 km (2,221 mi)	107h 31' 10"	+ 2' 40"	1

1941	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1942	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1943	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1944	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1945	&—	Not contested	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

1946	Italy	Gino Bartali*	Legnano–Pirelli	3,039 km (1,888 mi)	95h 32' 20"	+ 47"	0

1947	Italy	Fausto Coppi	Bianchi	3,843 km (2,388 mi)	115h 55' 07"	+ 1' 43"	3

1948	Italy	Fiorenzo Magni	Wilier Triestina	4,164 km (2,587 mi)	125h 51' 52"	+ 11"	3

1949	Italy	Fausto Coppi*	Bianchi–Ursus	4,088 km (2,540 mi)	125h 25' 50"	+ 23' 47"	3

1950	Switzerland	Hugo Koblet*	Guerra–Ursus	3,981 km (2,474 mi)	117h 28' 03"	+ 5' 12"	2

1951	Italy	Fiorenzo Magni	Ganna–Ursus	4,153 km (2,581 mi)	121h 11' 37"	+ 1' 46"	0

1952	Italy	Fausto Coppi	Bianchi–Pirelli	3,964 km (2,463 mi)	114h 36' 43"	+ 9' 18"	3

1953	Italy	Fausto Coppi	Bianchi–Pirelli	4,035 km (2,507 mi)	118h 37' 26"	+ 1' 29"	3

1954	Switzerland	Carlo Clerici	Guerra–Ursus	4,337 km (2,695 mi)	129h 13' 07"	+ 24' 16"	1

1955	Italy	Fiorenzo Magni	Clément–Fuchs	3,861 km (2,399 mi)	108h 56' 13"	+ 13"	1

1956	Luxembourg	Charly Gaul*	Faema–Guerra	3,523 km (2,189 mi)	101h 39' 49"	+ 3' 27"	3

1957	Italy	Gastone Nencini	Leo–Chlorodont	3,926 km (2,440 mi)	104h 45' 06"	+ 19"	2

1958	Italy	Ercole Baldini	Legnano	3,341 km (2,076 mi)	92h 09' 30"	+ 4' 17"	4

1959	Luxembourg	Charly Gaul*	EMI	3,657 km (2,272 mi)	101h 50' 54"	+ 6' 12"	3

1960	France	Jacques Anquetil	Fynsec–Helyett	3,481 km (2,163 mi)	94h 03' 54"	+ 28"	2

1961	Italy	Arnaldo Pambianco	Fides	4,004 km (2,488 mi)	111h 25' 28"	+ 3' 45"	0

1962	Italy	Franco Balmamion	Carpano	4,180 km (2,600 mi)	123h 07' 03"	+ 3' 57"	0

1963	Italy	Franco Balmamion	Carpano	4,063 km (2,525 mi)	116h 50' 16"	+ 2' 24"	0

1964	France	Jacques Anquetil	Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop	4,069 km (2,528 mi)	115h 10' 27"	+ 1' 22"	1

1965	Italy	Vittorio Adorni	Salvarani	4,051 km (2,517 mi)	121h 08' 18"	+ 11' 26"	3

1966	Italy	Gianni Motta	Molteni	3,976 km (2,471 mi)	111h 10' 48"	+ 3' 57"	2

1967	Italy	Felice Gimondi	Salvarani	3,572 km (2,220 mi)	101h 05' 34"	+ 3' 36"	1

1968	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Faema	3,917 km (2,434 mi)	108h 42' 27"	+ 5' 01"	3

1969	Italy	Felice Gimondi	Salvarani	3,851 km (2,393 mi)	128h 04' 27"	+ 3' 35"	0

1970	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Faemino–Faema	3,292 km (2,046 mi)	90h 08' 47"	+ 3' 14"	3

1971	Sweden	Gösta Pettersson	Ferretti	3,621 km (2,250 mi)	97h 24' 04"	+ 2' 32"	0

1972	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni	3,725 km (2,315 mi)	103h 04' 04"	+ 5' 30"	3

1973	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni	3,801 km (2,362 mi)	106h 54' 41"	+ 7' 42"	6

1974	Belgium	Eddy Merckx	Molteni	4,001 km (2,486 mi)	113h 08' 13"	+ 12"	2

1975	Italy	Fausto Bertoglio	Jollj Ceramica	3,933 km (2,444 mi)	111h 31' 24"	+ 41"	1

1976	Italy	Felice Gimondi	Bianchi–Campagnolo	4,161 km (2,586 mi)	119h 58' 16"	+ 19"	1

1977	Belgium	Michel Pollentier	Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni	3,884 km (2,413 mi)	107h 27' 16"	+ 2' 32"	1

1978	Belgium	Johan De Muynck	Bianchi–Faema	3,610 km (2,240 mi)	101h 31' 22"	+ 59"	1

1979	Italy	Giuseppe Saronni	Scic–Bottecchia	3,301 km (2,051 mi)	89h 29' 18"	+ 2' 09"	3

1980	France	Bernard Hinault	Renault–Gitane	4,025 km (2,501 mi)	112h 08' 20"	+ 5' 43"	1

1981	Italy	Giovanni Battaglin	Inoxpran	3,895 km (2,420 mi)	104h 50' 36"	+ 38"	1

1982	France	Bernard Hinault	Renault–Elf–Gitane	4,010 km (2,490 mi)	110h 07' 55"	+ 2' 35"	4

1983	Italy	Giuseppe Saronni	Del Tongo–Colnago	3,916 km (2,433 mi)	100h 45' 30"	+ 1' 07"	3

1984	Italy	Francesco Moser	Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu	3,808 km (2,366 mi)	98h 32' 20"	+ 1' 03"	4

1985	France	Bernard Hinault	La Vie Claire–Look	3,998 km (2,484 mi)	105h 46' 51"	+ 1' 08"	1

1986	Italy	Roberto Visentini	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	3,858 km (2,397 mi)	102h 33' 55"	+ 1' 02"	1

1987	Ireland	Stephen Roche	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond	3,915 km (2,433 mi)	105h 39' 42"	+ 3' 40"	2

1988	United States	Andrew Hampsten*	7-Eleven–Hoonved	3,759 km (2,336 mi)	97h 18' 56"	+ 1' 43"	2

1989	France	Laurent Fignon	Super U–Raleigh–Fiat	3,623 km (2,251 mi)	93h 30' 16"	+ 1' 15"	1

1990	Italy	Gianni Bugno	Chateau d'Ax–Salotti	3,450 km (2,140 mi)	91h 51' 04"	+ 6' 33"	3

1991	Italy	Franco Chioccioli	Del Tongo–MG Boys	3,715 km (2,308 mi)	99h 35' 43"	+ 3' 48"	3

1992	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,835 km (2,383 mi)	103h 36' 08"	+ 1' 15"	2

1993	Spain	Miguel Indurain	Banesto	3,703 km (2,301 mi)	99h 09' 44"	+ 58"	2

1994	Russia	Evgeni Berzin#	Gewiss–Ballan	3,738 km (2,323 mi)	100h 41' 21"	+ 2' 51"	3

1995	Switzerland	Tony Rominger	Mapei–GB–Latexco	3,736 km (2,321 mi)	97h 37' 50"	+ 4' 13"	4

1996	Russia	Pavel Tonkov	Panaria–Vinavil	3,990 km (2,480 mi)	105h 20' 23"	+ 2' 43"	1

1997	Italy	Ivan Gotti	Saeco	3,912 km (2,431 mi)	102h 53' 58"	+ 1' 27"	1

1998	Italy	Marco Pantani*	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi	3,868 km (2,403 mi)	98h 48' 32"	+ 1' 43"	2

1999	Italy	Ivan Gotti	Team Polti	3,757 km (2,334 mi)	99h 55' 56"	+ 3' 35"	0

2000	Italy	Stefano Garzelli	Mercatone Uno–Albacom	3,707 km (2,303 mi)	98h 30' 14"	+ 1' 27"	1

2001	Italy	Gilberto Simoni	Lampre–Daikin	3,572 km (2,220 mi)	89h 02' 58"	+ 7' 31"	1

2002	Italy	Paolo Savoldelli	Index–Alexia Alluminio	3,334 km (2,072 mi)	89h 22' 42"	+ 1' 41"	0

2003	Italy	Gilberto Simoni	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	3,544 km (2,202 mi)	89h 32' 09"	+ 7' 06"	3

2004	Italy	Damiano Cunego	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	3,435 km (2,134 mi)	88h 40' 43"	+ 2' 02"	4

2005	Italy	Paolo Savoldelli	Discovery Channel	3,440 km (2,140 mi)	91h 25' 51"	+ 28"	1

2006	Italy	Ivan Basso	Team CSC	3,526 km (2,191 mi)	91h 33' 36"	+ 9' 18"	3

2007	Italy	Danilo Di Luca	Liquigas	3,463 km (2,152 mi)	92h 59' 39"	+ 1' 55"	2

2008	Spain	Alberto Contador	Astana	3,420 km (2,130 mi)	89h 56' 49"	+ 1' 57"	0

2009	Russia	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	3,456 km (2,147 mi)	86h 03' 11"	+ 41"	2

2010	Italy	Ivan Basso	Liquigas–Doimo	3,485 km (2,165 mi)	87h 44' 01"	+ 1' 51"	1

2011	Italy	Alberto Contador Michele Scarponi	Lampre–ISD	3,524 km (2,190 mi)	84h 11' 24"	+ 46"	0

2012	Canada	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin–Barracuda	3,503 km (2,177 mi)	91h 39' 02"	+ 16"	0

2013	Italy	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	3,405 km (2,116 mi)	84h 53' 28"	+ 4' 43"	2

2014	Colombia	Nairo Quintana#	Movistar Team	3,445.5 km (2,140.9 mi)	88h 14' 32"	+ 2' 58"	2

2015	Spain	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff–Saxo	3,481.8 km (2,163.5 mi)	88h 22' 25"	+ 1' 53"	0

2016	Italy	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana	3,463.15 km (2,151.90 mi)	82h 44' 31"	+52"	1

2017	Netherlands	Tom Dumoulin	Team Sunweb	3,609.1 km (2,242.6 mi)	90h 44' 54"	+31"	2

2018	Great Britain	Chris Froome*	Team Sky	3,572.4 km (2,219.8 mi)	89h 02' 39"	+46"	2

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