Intergiro classification in the Giro d'Italia
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The Intergiro is a competition in the annual multiple stage bicycle race the Giro d'Italia.[1][2] It was first introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 2005 as a stand alone Jersey. It was reintroduced in 2024 as number colour.[3] The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped.[2][4] As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wore a blue jersey until 2005, and from 2024 has a green colour on their race number.[1][2]
1989–2005 from 2024 | |
Sport | Road Cycling |
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Competition | Giro d'Italia |
Discipline | Road |
Awarded for | Winning the Intergiro |
English name | Blue jersey (until 2005) |
Local name | Maglia Azzurra (in Italian) (until 2005) |
History | |
First award | 1989 |
Editions | 17 |
First winner | Jure Pavlič (YUG) |
Most wins | Fabrizio Guidi (ITA)
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Most recent | Stefano Zanini (ITA) |
Somewhere in the middle of the stage there is a point where the time of the riders was measured, in the same way as is done at the finish of the stage.[2] The only difference is that the racers ride on after the intergiro point to the regular stage finish. Next to a time measurement, there were bonus seconds to earn just like in the regular stage finish until 2005.[2] That way, riders who were in a group in front of the bunch gained time in the intergiro classification, and riders who were often in this position would have a good position in the classification.[2]
The intergiro was a way for riders, who weren't sprinters or contenders for the GC, to fight for a jersey, and is now similar to a combativity award. There were racers that geared their whole Giro d'Italia to the intergiro classification, and calmly rode to the finish after the intergiro point was passed. The intergiro classification was replaced by a combination classification in the 2006 Giro d'Italia.[5]