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Points classification

The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called intermediate sprints. The points classification is the top prize for many cycling sprinters and is often known as the sprint classification; however, in some stage races these classifications are based on different criteria.

The points classification is arguably the second most important title and cycling jersey to win at a cycling stage race behind the general classification, which is the winner of the event by overall time.

Points classification winners of the Grand Tours

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Winners by year

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Legend
Rider also won General classification
Rider also won General and Mountains classification
Year   Giro d'Italia   Tour de France   Vuelta a España
1953 Introduced in 1966   Fritz Schär (SUI) (1/1) Introduced in 1955
1954   Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (1/1)
1955   Stan Ockers (BEL) (1/2)   Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (1/1)
1956   Stan Ockers (BEL) (2/2)   Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (1/1)
1957   Jean Forestier (FRA) (1/1)   Vicente Iturat (ESP) (1/1)
1958   Jean Graczyk (FRA) (1/2)   Salvador Botella (ESP) (1/1)
1959   André Darrigade (FRA) (1/2)   Rik Van Looy (BEL) (1/3)
1960   Jean Graczyk (FRA) (2/2)   Arthur De Cabooer (BEL) (1/1)
1961   André Darrigade (FRA) (2/2)   Antonio Suárez (ESP) (1/1)
1962   Rudi Altig (FRG) (1/2)   Rudi Altig (GER) (2/2)
1963   Rik Van Looy (BEL) (2/3)   Bas Maliepaard (NED) (1/1)
1964   Jan Janssen (NED) (1/5)   José Pérez Francés (ESP) (1/1)
1965   Jan Janssen (NED) (2/5)   Rik Van Looy (BEL) (3/3)
1966   Gianni Motta (ITA) (1/1)   Willy Planckaert (BEL) (1/1)   Jos van der Vleuten (NED) (1/1)
1967   Dino Zandegù (ITA) (1/1)   Jan Janssen (NED) (4/5)   Jan Janssen (NED) (3/5)
1968   Eddy Merckx (BEL) (1/6)   Franco Bitossi (ITA) (1/3)   Jan Janssen (NED) (5/5)
1969   Franco Bitossi (ITA) (2/3)   Eddy Merckx (BEL) (2/6)   Raymond Steegmans (BEL) (1/1)
1970   Franco Bitossi (ITA) (3/3)   Walter Godefroot (BEL) (1/1)   Guido Reybrouck (BEL) (1/1)
1971   Marino Basso (ITA) (1/1)   Eddy Merckx (BEL) (3/6)   Cyrille Guimard (FRA) (1/1)
1972   Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (1/3)   Eddy Merckx (BEL) (4/6)   Domingo Perurena (ESP) (1/2)
1973   Eddy Merckx (BEL) (6/6)   Herman Van Springel (BEL) (1/1)   Eddy Merckx (BEL) (5/6)
1974   Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (2/3)   Patrick Sercu (BEL) (1/1)   Domingo Perurena (ESP) (2/2)
1975   Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (3/3)   Rik Van Linden (BEL) (1/1)   Miguel María Lasa (ESP) (1/1)
1976   Francesco Moser (ITA) (1/4)   Freddy Maertens (BEL) (1/4)   Dietrich Thurau (GER) (1/1)
1977   Francesco Moser (ITA) (2/4)   Jacques Esclassan (FRA) (1/1)   Freddy Maertens (BEL) (2/4)
1978   Francesco Moser (ITA) (3/4)   Freddy Maertens (BEL) (3/4)   Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL) (1/1)
1979   Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (1/4)   Bernard Hinault (FRA) (1/1)   Alfons De Wolf (BEL) (1/1)
1980   Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (2/4)   Rudy Pevenage (BEL) (1/1)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (1/8)
1981   Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (3/4)   Freddy Maertens (BEL) (4/4)   Javier Cedena (ESP) (1/1)
1982   Francesco Moser (ITA) (4/4)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (2/8)   Stefan Mutter (SUI) (1/1)
1983   Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (4/4)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (3/8)   Marino Lejarreta (ESP) (1/1)
1984   Urs Freuler (SUI) (1/1)   Frank Hoste (BEL) (1/1)   Guido Van Calster (BEL) (1/1)
1985   Johan van der Velde (NED) (1/3)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (4/8)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (5/8)
1986   Guido Bontempi (ITA) (1/1)   Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) (1/1)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (6/8)
1987   Johan van der Velde (NED) (2/3)   Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) (1/1)   Alfonso Gutiérrez (ESP) (1/1)
1988   Johan van der Velde (NED) (3/3)   Eddy Planckaert (BEL) (1/1)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (7/8)
1989   Giovanni Fidanza (ITA) (1/1)   Sean Kelly (IRL) (8/8)   Malcolm Elliott (GBR) (1/1)
1990   Gianni Bugno (ITA) (1/1)   Olaf Ludwig (GER) (1/1)   Uwe Raab (GER) (1/2)
1991   Claudio Chiappucci (ITA) (1/1)   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) (1/5)   Uwe Raab (GER) (2/2)
1992   Mario Cipollini (ITA) (1/3)   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (1/7)   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) (2/5)
1993   Adriano Baffi (ITA) (1/1)   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) (3/5)   Tony Rominger (SUI) (1/2)
1994   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) (4/5)   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) (5/5)   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (2/7)
1995   Tony Rominger (SUI) (2/2)   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (3/7)   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (4/7)
1996   Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) (1/2)   Erik Zabel (GER) (1/9)   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (5/7)
1997   Mario Cipollini (ITA) (2/3)   Erik Zabel (GER) (2/9)   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (6/7)
1998   Mariano Piccoli (ITA) (1/1)   Erik Zabel (GER) (3/9)   Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) (2/2)
1999   Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (7/7)   Erik Zabel (GER) (4/9)   Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) (1/1)
2000   Dmitri Konyshev (RUS) (1/1)   Erik Zabel (GER) (5/9)   Roberto Heras (ESP) (1/1)
2001   Massimo Strazzer (ITA) (1/1)   Erik Zabel (GER) (6/9)   José María Jiménez (ESP) (1/1)
2002   Mario Cipollini (ITA) (3/3)   Robbie McEwen (AUS) (1/3)   Erik Zabel (GER) (7/9)
2003   Gilberto Simoni (ITA) (1/1)   Baden Cooke (AUS) (1/1)   Erik Zabel (GER) (8/9)
2004   Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (1/3)   Robbie McEwen (AUS) (2/3)   Erik Zabel (GER) (9/9)
2005   Paolo Bettini (ITA) (1/2)   Thor Hushovd (NOR) (1/3)   Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (2/3)
2006   Paolo Bettini (ITA) (2/2)   Robbie McEwen (AUS) (3/3)   Thor Hushovd (NOR) (2/3)
2007 No winner[A]   Tom Boonen (BEL) (1/1)   Daniele Bennati (ITA) (1/2)
2008   Daniele Bennati (ITA) (2/2)   Óscar Freire (ESP) (1/1)   Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (1/1)
2009   Denis Menchov (RUS) (1/1)   Thor Hushovd (NOR) (3/3)   André Greipel (GER) (1/1)
2010   Cadel Evans (AUS) (1/1)   Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (3/3)   Mark Cavendish (GBR) (1/4)
2011   Michele Scarponi (ITA) (1/1)   Mark Cavendish (GBR) (2/4)   Bauke Mollema (NED) (1/1)
2012   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (1/1)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (1/8)   Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (1/4)
2013   Mark Cavendish (GBR) (3/4)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (2/8)   Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (2/4)
2014   Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (1/1)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (3/8)   John Degenkolb (GER) (1/1)
2015   Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) (1/2)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (4/8)   Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (3/4)
2016   Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) (2/2)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (5/8)   Fabio Felline (ITA) (1/1)
2017   Fernando Gaviria (COL) (1/1)   Michael Matthews (AUS) (1/1)   Chris Froome (GBR) (1/1)
2018   Elia Viviani (ITA) (1/1)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (6/8)   Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (4/4)
2019   Pascal Ackermann (GER) (1/1)   Peter Sagan (SVK) (7/8)   Primož Roglič (SLO) (1/2)
2020   Arnaud Démare (FRA) (1/2)   Sam Bennett (IRL) (1/1)   Primož Roglič (SLO) (2/2)
2021   Peter Sagan (SVK) (8/8)   Mark Cavendish (GBR) (4/4)   Fabio Jakobsen (NED) (1/1)
2022   Arnaud Démare (FRA) (2/2)   Wout van Aert (BEL) (1/1)   Mads Pedersen (DEN) (1/1)
2023   Jonathan Milan (ITA) (1/2)   Jasper Philipsen (BEL) (1/1)   Kaden Groves (AUS) (1/2)
2024   Jonathan Milan (ITA) (2/2)   Biniam Girmay (ERI) (1/1)   Kaden Groves (AUS) (2/2)
Year   Giro d'Italia   Tour de France   Vuelta a España

A. a Alessandro Petacchi was the Points leader but tested positive for elevated levels of salbutamol, resulting in a suspension and forfeiture of all results during the event. No alternate winner was declared.

Most points jerseys

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Rank Rider Total Giro Tour Vuelta
1   Erik Zabel[i] 9 – 6 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) 3 (2002, 2003, 2004)
2   Sean Kelly 8 – 4 (1982, 1983, 1985, 1989) 4 (1980, 1985, 1986, 1988)
  Peter Sagan 8 1 (2021) 7 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) –
4   Laurent Jalabert 7 1 (1999) 2 (1992, 1995) 4 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
5   Eddy Merckx 6 2 (1968, 1973) 3 (1969, 1971, 1972) 1 (1973)
6   Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 5 1 (1994) 3 (1991, 1993, 1994) 1 (1992)
  Jan Janssen 5 – 3 (1964, 1965, 1967) 2 (1967, 1968)
8   Mark Cavendish 4 1 (2013) 1 (2011, 2021) 1 (2010)
  Freddy Maertens 4 – 3 (1976, 1978, 1981) 1 (1977)
  Francesco Moser 4 4 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1982) – –
  Giuseppe Saronni 4 4 (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983) – –
  Alejandro Valverde 4 – – 4 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018)

i In 2013, Zabel admitted to taking banned substances from 1996 to 2003, including EPO and the steroid hormone cortisone.[1]

Career triples

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Winning the points classification in each of the three Grand Tours during a cyclist's career is a significant accomplishment. The Tour/Giro/Vuelta triple has been achieved by five riders:[2]

Rider Total Giro Tour Vuelta
  Eddy Merckx (BEL) 6 2 (1968, 1973) 3 (1969, 1971, 1972) 1 (1973)
  Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB) 5 1 (1994) 3 (1991, 1993, 1994) 1 (1992)
  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 7 1 (1999) 2 (1992, 1995) 4 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) 3 1 (2004) 1 (2010) 1 (2005)
  Mark Cavendish (GBR) 4 1 (2013) 2 (2011, 2021) 1 (2010)

Natural doubles

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Winning the points classification in two Grand Tours in a single year is a rare feat.

Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Erik Zabel admits to 'doping for many years' and resigns from PCC". The Guardian. Press Association. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Results Grand Tours". Cycling Hall of Fame. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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