Pink Jersey Statistics

Pink Jersey Statistics

Since the first Giro d'Italia in 1909, there have been 1,804 stages, up to and including stage 20 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. Since 1931, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the pink jersey (Italian: Maglia rosa).

Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets a pink jersey, he is not considered the winner of the pink jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the pink jersey is considered the winner of the pink jersey, and thereby the winner of the Giro d'Italia.

In this article first-place-classifications before 1931 are also counted as if a pink jersey was awarded. Although the number of stages is 1,804, this does not mean that also 1,804 pink jerseys were awarded. In the 1912 Giro d'Italia, the race was contested by teams, so no individual cyclist got a jersey. Sometimes more cyclists were leading the classification (1925 after stages 2 and 3, 1929 after stage 2, 1936 after stage 6, 1938 after stages 2 and 3, 1957 after stage 18 and 1973 after the prologue. As a result of this, there have been more pink jerseys given than there were stages. As of 2013, 1,812 pink jerseys have been awarded in the Giro d'Italia to 245 different riders.