Giro d'Italia records and statistics

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In previous Giri d'Italia, sometimes a stage was split in two. On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Maglia Rosa" column gives the number of days that the cyclist wore the pink jersey as the leader of the classification{{refn|name=Prol|group=lower-alpha|There were prologues for three Giro editions that did not count towards the general classification, but were used to determine what rider would wear the race leader's maglia rosa on the first stage of the race.

The winners of these prologues therefore wore the leader's jersey for one more day, but were not the leaders of the general classification:

• the prologue for the 1968 Giro, won by Charly Grosskost.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1968.html |title=1968 Giro d'Italia |work=Bike Race Info |author=Bill and Carol McGann |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |access-date=2012-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170306/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1968.html |archive-date=2014-02-27 |url-status=live }}
• the prologue for the 1971 Giro.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1971.html |title=1971 Giro d'Italia |work=Bike Race Info|author= Bill and Carol McGann |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|access-date=2012-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227195922/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1971.html|archive-date=27 February 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1971/05/20/MD19710520-015.pdf |title=Estas son las etapas |language=es |date=20 May 1971 |page=15 |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |access-date=27 May 2012 |trans-title=These are the stages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419081048/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1971/05/20/MD19710520-015.pdf |archive-date=19 April 2019 |url-status=live }} Salvarani won the prologue and each member of their team (Gimondi, Motta, Emilio Casalini, Ottavio Crepaldi, Ercole Gualazzini, Pietro Guerra, Antoon Houbrechts, Primo Mori, Roberto Poggiali and Dino Zandegù wore a maglia rosa during the race's first stage.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12911&p=1#page/2/mode/1up|title=Gimondi e Motta in coro <>|newspaper=Corriere dello Sport|date=21 May 1971|page=2|access-date=7 July 2013|language=it|trans-title=Gimondi and Motta in chorus << They will tremble all >>|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231210605/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=12911&p=1|archive-date=31 December 2014|url-status=live}}
• the prologue for the 1973 Giro was not a typical prologue as it was a two-man team time trial, not the normal individual time trial.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html |title=1973 Giro d'Italia |work= Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |author=Bill and Carol McGann|access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102081424/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1973.html|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=live}} Results from the stage were used to determine the first wearers of the maglia rosa and maglia ciclamino ({{langx|en|mauve, or purple, jersey}}).{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_009.pdf|title=Il Giro di ieri e di Oggi|language=it |date=16 May 1973 |page=10 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2018|format=PDF |trans-title=The Tour of Yesterday and Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604155839/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/16/page_009.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/19/page_012.pdf|title=Eddy Parte In Rosa|language=it |date=19 May 1973 |page=12 |newspaper=l'Unità |publisher=PCI |access-date=22 June 2018|author=Gino Sala|format=PDF |trans-title=Eddy Starts in Pink|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604154309/https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/05/19/page_012.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2020}} The rider with the quickest time of the two winners (Merckx) would wear the pink jersey, while the second rider (Roger Swerts) wore the purple jersey.

The prologue for the 1978 Giro not only did not count towards GC, but also did not award its winner Dietrich Thurau any distinctive jersey.{{cite news|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,18/articleid,1467_02_1978_0103A_0018_23041366/|title=Dopo il prologo "turistico", parte il vero Giro|author=Maurizio Caravella|language=it|date=8 May 1978|page=18|newspaper=La Stampa|publisher=Editrice La Stampa|access-date=25 December 2024|trans-title=After the "touristic" prologue, the real Giro begins}}}}, the "Giro wins" column gives the number of days that the cyclist won the pink jersey. The next four columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification, and the young rider competition, and the years in which the pink jersey was worn, with bold years indicating an overall Giro win. For example: Eddy Merckx has spent 76 days as leader of the race, won the general classification five times; won the points classification two times, won the mountains classification one time, and never won the young rider classification. He wore the pink jersey in the 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, and 1974 editions of the race (which he all won) as well as 1969 (which he did not win).

After Alberto Contador was stripped from his victory in the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Michele Scarponi became the new winner.

• Ranked by most days in the Maglia Rosa, updated until after Stage 21 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia.

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The pink jersey has been awarded to 28 different countries since 1903. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of pink jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Giro wins" stands for the number of Giro wins by cyclists of that country, "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by a cyclist of that country, "KoM" for the number of times the mountains classification was won by a cyclist of that country, and "White" for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country.

The "Most recent" column shows the cyclist of the country that lead the general classification most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of different cyclists of the country that lead the general classification.

Updated until after Stage 21 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia

Some 34 riders have won more than 10 stages at the Giro.{{cite web| url = https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/history/most-stage-wins| title = Most stage wins {{!}} ProCyclingStats}}

{{ small |^*Counting the two-man team time trial Prologue in 1973.}}

Five riders have won at least 8 stages in a single year:{{cite web|url=http://www.infostradasports.com/download/media/handbook.pdf|title=Giro d'Italia 2009|page=187|publisher=Infostrada sports|year=2009|access-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217115026/http://infostradasports.com/download/media/handbook.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2010}}

• {{flagathlete|Alfredo Binda|ITA}} - 12 (1927), 8 (1929)
• {{flagathlete|Learco Guerra|ITA}} - 10 (1934)
• {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Olmo|ITA}} - 10 (1936)
• {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}} - 9 (2004)
• {{flagathlete|Costante Girardengo|ITA}} - 8 (1923)

Riders representing 37 countries have won at least one stage in Giro.

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