Combination classification in the Giro d'Italia

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Maglia Azzurra
File:Jersey blue.svg
SportRoad Cycling
CompetitionGiro d'Italia
Awarded forWinning the combination classification
English nameBlue jersey
Local nameMaglia Azzurra (in Italian)
History
First award1972
Editions12
Final award2006
First winnerFile:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL)
Most winsFile:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL)
(2 wins)
Most recentFile:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)

The Combination classification was a competition in the annual Giro d'Italia bicycle race. It was first introduced in the 1985 Giro d'Italia, where it was first won by the Swiss rider Urs Freuler.[1] The classification was run annually until the 1988 Giro d'Italia, where the American Andrew Hampsten won the classification.[2] The combination classification was replaced in the 1989 Giro d'Italia by the intergiro classification. The classification reappeared after an 11-year hiatus in 2001. It was the absent from the succeeding Giro d'Italia editions until it returned in 2006, where Paolo Savoldelli won the classification.[3] The classification did not return in 2007, as it was replaced by the return of the Young rider classification. For the 1988 and the 2006 editions of the Giro, the leader of the classification was awarded a blue jersey.[3][4][5]

Combination classification standings

Year First Points Second Points Third Points Ref.
1972 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) [6]
1973 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) 4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Felice Gimondi (ITA) 9 File:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) 17 [7]
1976 File:Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Moser (ITA) 12 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) 31 File:Flag of Italy.svg Arnaldo Caverzasi (ITA) 52 [8]
1977 File:Flag of Italy.svg Wilmo Francioni (ITA) File:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Beccia (ITA) File:Flag of Italy.svg Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) [9]
1978 File:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) File:Flag of Italy.svg Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ueli Sutter (SUI) [10]
1980 File:Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault (FRA) 8 File:Flag of Italy.svg Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) 11 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Prim (SWE) 12 [11]
1985 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Freuler (SUI) 44 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Acácio da Silva (POR) 38 File:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Rosola (ITA) 30 [12]
1986 File:Flag of Italy.svg Guido Bontempi (ITA) 52 File:Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Muñoz (ESP) 38 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) 30 [13]
1987 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Stephen Roche (IRL) 80 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Millar (GBR) 68 File:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Rosola (ITA) 60 [14]
1988 File:Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Hampsten (USA) 8 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erik Breukink (NED) 12 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Zimmermann (SUI) 20 [2]
2001 File:Flag of Italy.svg Gilberto Simoni (ITA) 13 File:Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Caucchioli (ITA) 35 File:Flag of Spain.svg Unai Osa (ESP) 38 [15]
2006 File:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) 775 File:Flag of Spain.svg José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP) 651 File:Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Basso (ITA) 595 [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hinault: Tres Vidas En Rosa" [Hinault: Three Lives In Pink] (PDF) (in español). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1985. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delgado termino septimo en la General" [Delgado finished seventh in the General] (PDF) (in español). El Mundo Deportivo. 13 June 1988. p. 47. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anthony Tan (28 May 2006). ""Seven key moments"; Mission 1 of 2 complete". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  4. ↑ "il gavia, 5 giugno 1988" [The Gavia, June 5, 1988] (in italiano). ALBUMCICLISMO. 13 December 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Giro 1988: Andy's Epic Day". PezCycling News. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Paolini primattore nella gremita Piazza del Duomo" [Paolini leading man in the crowded Piazza del Duomo] (PDF). l'Unità (in italiano). PCI. 12 June 1972. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Clasificaciones oficiales" [Official classifications] (PDF) (in español). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1973. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "La classifica finale" [The final classification] (PDF). l'Unità (in italiano). PCI. 13 June 1976. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Tutte le classifiche della gara" [All the rankings of the race] (PDF). l'Unità (in italiano). PCI. 13 June 1977. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Classifica finale" [Final classification] (PDF). l'Unità (in italiano). PCI. 29 May 1978. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF) (in español). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 June 1980. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "Così lo scorso anno: Hinault, Moser, Lemond" [So last year: Hinault, Moser, Lemond] (PDF). l'Unità (in italiano). PCI. 7 May 1986. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "Le pagelle dello scorso anno" [The report cards last year] (PDF). l'Unità (in italiano). PCI. 18 May 1987. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "B... Roche De Oro" [Golden Roche] (PDF) (in español). El Mundo Deportivo. 14 June 1987. p. 41. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  15. ↑ Jeff Jones (2001-06-10). "Coda". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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