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37-515: Some teams and media have referred to the race as a 'Grand Tour' , as it is one of the biggest events on the women's calendar. However, the race does not meet the UCI definition of such an event. La Vuelta Femenina replaces the Challenge by La Vuelta stage race (previously one day race) run between 2015 and 2022, staged at the same time as the men's tour. In 2015 , La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

74-662: A Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia , Tour de France , and Vuelta a España . Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours , and all three races are similar in format, being three-week races with daily stages. They have a special status in the UCI regulations: more points for the UCI World Tour are distributed in Grand Tours than in other races, and they are

111-477: A single year in any classification (general, points, mountain, young rider). Few riders have even finished all three in a single year ; of those who have, two finished in the top ten in each: Raphaël Géminiani (4th, 6th and 3rd in the Giro, Tour and Vuelta in 1955) and Gastone Nencini (1st, 6th and 9th in 1957). Eleven riders have achieved a double by winning two grand tours in the same calendar year. Of

148-520: A special status in the rules and regulations of cycling (such as more points in the UCI Women's World Tour, or allowing an increased number of stages), and some have argued that the races need to visit high mountains (such as the Alps ) or contain time trial stages to be considered an equivalent event. Campaign groups such as Le Tour Entier and The Cyclists' Alliance continue to push organisers and

185-475: A squadre ) Intergiro classification ( Intergiro ) [REDACTED] General classification ( la roja ) [REDACTED] Points classification ( jersey verde ) [REDACTED] Mountains classification ( jersey puntos azules ) [REDACTED] Young rider classification ( jersey blanco ) [REDACTED] Team classification ( clasificación por equipos ) [REDACTED] Combativity award Points classification in

222-628: A third day of racing was added and the race was renamed as the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta – after sponsor Ceratizit , and as stages were held outside the borders of the Autonomous Community of Madrid . The 2021 edition increased the number of stages to 4, with the race finishing in Santiago de Compostela . The 2022 edition had 5 stages, from Marina de Cudeyo in the northern Cantabria region to Madrid – with

259-514: A week in length. The Vuelta Femenina takes place in May, the Giro d'Italia Women is generally run in late June / early July and the Tour de France Femmes is held in late July following the men's Tour de France. Some media and teams have referred to these women's events as Grand Tours, as they are the biggest events in the women's calendar. However, they are not three week stage races, they do not have

296-544: The 2023 Vuelta a España . Riders from the same country winning all three Grand Tours in a single year has happened only on four occasions. It first occurred in 1964 with French riders Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor , with the second occurrence in 2008 with Spanish riders Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre . 2018 marked the only time three different riders from the same country won all three Tours, these being British riders Chris Froome , Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates . In 2024 Slovenian riders Tadej Pogačar (winning

333-483: The Triple Crown of Cycling . The three Grand Tours are men's events, and as of 2023, no three week races currently exist on the women's road cycling circuit . The Vuelta Femenina , Giro d'Italia Women and Tour de France Femmes are sometimes considered to be equivalent races for women – taking place over shorter, smaller routes around a week in length. The Vuelta Femenina was first held under that name in 2023,

370-532: The UCI World Tour , more points are given in grand tours than in other races; the winner of the Tour de France receives 1000 points, and the winners of the Giro and Vuelta receive 850 points. Depending on the nature of other races, points vary for the winner of the overall classification The grand tours have a special status for the length: they are allowed to last between 15 and 23 days – whereas other stage races are not allowed to last longer than 14 days. Historically, controversy surrounds which teams are invited to

407-672: The women's road cycling circuit . Historically, women have participated in three week long stages races, with various women's Tour de France events taking place since 1984. In the contemporary UCI Women's World Tour , the Giro d'Italia Women (first held in 1988), the Tour de France Femmes (first held in 2022) and the Vuelta Femenina (started in 2015, gaining its current name in 2023) are sometimes considered to be equivalent races for women – taking place over shorter, smaller routes around

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444-596: The Giro and the Tour) and Primož Roglič (winning the Vuelta) repeated the accomplishments of the aforementioned French, Spanish and British riders. On four occasions, each of the three Grand Tours in the same year was won by a home rider, that is, an Italian winning the Giro, a Frenchman winning the Tour and a Spaniard winning the Vuelta. The last occasion this occurred was 1975. As of 2024 , no three week races currently exist on

481-408: The Giro d'Italia Women was first held in 1988, and various women's Tour de France events have taken place since 1984 – with the Tour de France Femmes having its first edition in 2022. In their current form, the Grand Tours are held over three consecutive weeks and typically include two rest days near the beginning of the second and third weeks. If the opening stages are in a country not neighbouring

518-605: The Grand Tours in the same season: Miguel Poblet in 1956, Pierino Baffi in 1958 and Alessandro Petacchi in 2003. The rider with the most Grand Tour stage wins in one season is Freddy Maertens who won 20 stages in 1977: 13 in the Vuelta a España and 7 in the Giro d'Italia . Only 36 riders have finished all three Grand Tours in one season. Adam Hansen has done this six times consecutively, Marino Lejarreta four times and Bernardo Ruiz achieved it in three different years, while Eduardo Chozas and Carlos Sastre have completed

555-524: The Tour de France was ridden to its conclusion. Over the years, 36 riders have completed all three Grand Tours in one year: Adam Hansen did so six years in a row. The only riders to have finished in the top 10 in each of the three tours during the same year are Raphaël Géminiani in 1955 and Gastone Nencini in 1957. In 2023 Sepp Kuss became the first rider since Nencini to start and finish all three tours in one year, while winning one of them - in Kuss' case

592-444: The UCI for his use of performance-enhancing drugs . The organizers of the Tour de France announced that the winner's slot would remain empty in the record books, rather than transfer the win to the second-place finishers each year. Seven cyclists have won all three of the Grand Tours during their career: Hinault and Contador are the only cyclists to have won each Grand Tour at least twice. No rider has won all three Grand Tours in

629-416: The UCI to allow for longer stage races for women, as well as to improve the quality and economic stability of the women's peloton to allow for three week long races in future. A.  Lance Armstrong was declared the winner of seven consecutive Tours from 1999 to 2005. However, on 22 October 2012, he was stripped of all his titles by

666-405: The above eleven, Pantani, Roche and Battaglin's doubles were their only Grand Tour victories in their careers. The margins between the winner of a Grand Tour and the runner-up are often narrow, and rarely larger than a few minutes. As of 2021, there have been 54 Grand Tours with a winning margin less than one minute. The smallest margins are as follows: The biggest winning margin in a Grand Tour

703-400: The accomplishment twice. The rider with most participations on Grand Tours is Matteo Tosatto with 34 (12 Tours, 13 Giros and 9 Vueltas). The rider who has finished most Grand Tours is also Matteo Tosatto, with 28 (12 Tours, 11 Giros and 5 Vueltas). Adam Hansen has finished the most consecutive Grand Tours: 20 tours from 2011 Vuelta a España till 2018 Giro d'Italia . Bernardo Ruiz was

740-457: The event by the organiser. Typically, the UCI prefers top-rated professional teams to enter, while operators of the Grand Tours often want teams based in their country or those unlikely to cause controversy. Between 2005 and 2007, organisers had to accept all ProTour teams, leaving only two wildcard teams per Tour. However, the Unibet team , a ProTour team normally guaranteed entry, was banned from

777-421: The final day of the race coinciding with the final day of the 2022 Vuelta a España . The race had been criticised by the women's peloton for not being challenging enough, with 3 time Giro Donne winner and 2022 Tour de France Femmes winner Annemiek van Vleuten , stating ""if you look at the [2022] course you can conclude that the Vuelta (sic) is not yet ready to call itself a grand tour". In June 2022, it

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814-445: The first rider to ride every tour of a season on three occasions which he completed in 1957. Marino Lejarreta completed every grand tour of the season for the 4th time in 1991 and of these 12 tours he finished in the top 10 of eight of them. His record of 4 was not passed until Adam Hansen completed the Vuelta in 2016. Gastone Nencini (1957) and Sepp Kuss (2023) are the only cyclists to both ride all three Grand Tours and win one in

851-421: The grand tours, 68 of them rode two Grand Tours and only two cyclists started in all three grand tours. It is not unusual for sprinters to start each of the Grand Tours and aim for stage wins before the most difficult stages occur. Alessandro Petacchi and Mark Cavendish started all three Grand Tours in 2010 and 2011, respectively, as did some of their preferred support riders. For both riders in both years, only

888-524: The home nation of the race, there is sometimes an additional rest day after the opening weekend to allow for transfers. The stages are a mix of long massed start races (sometimes including mountain and hill climbs and descents; others are flat stages favoring those with a sprint finish) and individual and team time trials . Stages in the Grand Tours are generally under 200 kilometres in length. Grand Tour events have specific rules and criteria as part of Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) regulations. For

925-667: The major stage races in women's cycling ( La Vuelta Femenina , Tour de France Femmes and Giro Donne ). The 2024 edition was won by Dutch rider Demi Vollering , on a longer and more challenging course than previous editions. [REDACTED] General classification ( la roja ) [REDACTED] Points classification ( jersey verde ) [REDACTED] Mountains classification ( jersey puntos azules ) [REDACTED] Young rider classification ( jersey blanco ) [REDACTED] Team classification ( clasificación por equipos ) [REDACTED] Combativity award Grand Tour (cycling) In road bicycle racing ,

962-560: The mountains classification, and the white jersey for the young rider (under 23) classification. The jerseys are made by Santini. The first rider to the top of the largest climb on the race is awarded the Cima Estela Domínguez, honouring the Spanish rider who was killed while training in 2023. The 2023 edition was won by Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten by just nine seconds, making her the first woman to win all three of

999-456: The only stage races allowed to last longer than 14 days, and these differ from major stage races more than one week in duration. All three races have a substantial history, with the Tour de France first held in 1903, Giro d'Italia first held in 1909 and the Vuelta a España first held in 1935. The Giro is generally run in May, the Tour in July, and the Vuelta in late August and September. The Vuelta

1036-758: The organisers are free to invite wildcard teams of UCI ProContinental status to make up the 22 teams that usually compete. In 2023, Team Jumbo–Visma riders Primož Roglič , Jonas Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss won the Giro , Tour and Vuelta respectively, making the team the first to win all three Grand Tours in a single calendar year. The main competition is the individual general classification , decided on aggregate time (sometimes after allowance of time bonuses). There are also classifications for teams and young riders , and based on climbing and sprinting points , and other minor competitions. Five riders have won three individual classifications open to all riders (general, mountains, young and points classifications) in

1073-486: The previous Challenge by La Vuelta races. In April 2023, the European Broadcasting Union announced that a three year television deal had been agreed, with the race available on free to air channels across Europe. The race has identical classifications to the Vuelta a España, with the red jersey for the general classification, the green jersey for the points classification, the polka dot jersey for

1110-468: The race will be sponsored by supermarket Carrefour . Annemiek van Vleuten praised the route, calling it "a very complete Vuelta", and welcomed that the inclusion of the Lagos de Covadonga climb on the final stage, stating "to end in such a famous location is essential for the race". Organisers referred to the 2023 edition as the first edition of La Vuelta Femenina, with media noting that the race had grown from

1147-445: The same race: Eddy Merckx in the 1968 Giro d'Italia and 1969 Tour de France and 1973 Vuelta a España , Tony Rominger in the 1993 Vuelta a España , Laurent Jalabert in the 1995 Vuelta a España , Marco Pantani in the 1998 Giro d'Italia , and Tadej Pogačar in the 2020 Tour de France and 2021 Tour de France . It is rare for cyclists to ride all grand tours in the same year; in 2004, 474 cyclists started in at least one of

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1184-610: The same season. The best average finish was the first time three Grand Tours were finished in one season, when Raphaël Géminiani finished 4th, 6th and 3rd in the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, respectively. [REDACTED] General classification   ( maglia rosa )  [REDACTED] Points classification   ( maglia ciclamino )  [REDACTED] Mountains classification   ( maglia azzurra )  [REDACTED] Young rider classification ( maglia bianca ) Team classification ( classifica

1221-556: The three Grand Tours for violating gambling advertising laws. In 2008, following numerous doping scandals, some teams were refused entry to the Grand Tours: Astana did not compete at the 2008 Tour de France and Team Columbia did not compete at the 2008 Vuelta a España . Since 2011, under the UCI World Tour rules, all UCI WorldTeams are guaranteed a place in all three events, and obliged to participate, and

1258-979: Was 2h 59' 21" in Maurice Garin 's win at the first Tour de France in 1903 . The biggest margin in the history of Giro d'Italia was in 1914 when Alfonso Calzolari won by 1h 57' 26", and the biggest margin in the history of Vuelta a España was in 1945 when Delio Rodríguez finished 30' 08" clear. The Tour/Giro/Vuelta triple has been achieved by five riders – Djamolidine Abdoujaparov , Mark Cavendish , Laurent Jalabert , Eddy Merckx and Alessandro Petacchi . The Tour/Giro/Vuelta triple has been achieved by two riders – Federico Bahamontes and Luis Herrera . The Tour/Giro double has been achieved by three riders – Egan Bernal , Nairo Quintana and Andy Schleck . The Giro/Vuelta double has been achieved by one rider – Miguel Ángel López . The Tour/Vuelta double has been achieved by two riders – Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel . Three cyclists have won stages in all three of

1295-484: Was announced that the Challenge by La Vuelta event would increase in length to 7 days, be renamed La Vuelta Femenina , and would be held in May rather than September. This would make it the third Major Tour for professional women following the Giro d'Italia Donne and the Tour de France Femmes . In February 2023, the route for the 2023 edition was announced by race director Fernando Escartín, who also confirmed that

1332-536: Was first held as a one-day road race in the centre of Madrid , coinciding with the final day of the Vuelta a España. The race was similar to the La Course by Le Tour de France race held in conjunction with the final days of the Tour de France . In 2016, the race joined the newly established UCI Women's World Tour . From 2018 onwards, a time trial was held as a first stage, remaining in the Madrid region. In 2020 ,

1369-573: Was originally held in the spring, usually late April, with a few editions held in June in the 1940s. In 1995, however, the race moved to September to avoid direct competition with the Giro. The Tour de France is the oldest and most prestigious in terms of points accrued to racers of all three, and is the most widely attended annual sporting event in the world. The Tour, the Giro and the Road World Cycling Championship make up

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