And for the final stage of this year’s #Giro2026, the last clean #GirodItalia GC in the series: 2012.
This time the winner changes, with Joaquim Rodríguez 🇪🇸 taking the top spot ahead of Thomas De Gendt 🇧🇪 and Michele Scarponi 🇮🇹.
As Stage 20 of #Giro2026 unfolds, my clean #GirodItalia GC series is almost at the finish line.
2009: Carlos Sastre 🇪🇸 takes the win in front of Basso and Garzeli
2010: a rare case where the clean GC remains unchanged, the entire official top 10 stays in place.
2008 clean #GirodItalia GC.
Alberto Contador 🇪🇸 rises to the top, winning ahead of Marzio Bruseghin 🇮🇹 and Jurgen Van den Broeck 🇧🇪.
A fitting Giro farewell for Paolo Bettini 🇮🇹, who would finish inside the clean top 10.
2007 clean #GirodItalia GC.
Andy Schleck 🇱🇺 would take the victory, moving up from 2nd.
But Gilberto Simoni 🇮🇹 also makes history as best rider in Giro history: with 5 wins and 3 runner-up finishes, he would surpass Fausto Coppi’s 5-2-0 record in clean Giro
2006 clean #GirodItalia GC.
Gilberto Simoni 🇮🇹 would write a history: a 5th Giro victory, under a 5th different team name.
That gives him 5 wins and 2 runner-up finishes, matching Fausto Coppi’s line in this clean Giro history.
2002 clean #GirodItalia GC.
With Gilberto Simoni absent, Juan Manuel Garate 🇪🇸 would take a big victory here, moving up from 4th.
It would also be a 2nd straight clean Giro win for Lampre.
Continuing my clean #GirodItalia GC series this time I will present year 2004
Damiano Cunego 🇮🇹 remains the winner, ahead of Gilberto Simoni.
A huge result for Saeco, they would take a 1–2 in the general classification.
