Cima Coppi

The Cima Coppi is the highest altitude reached by the passage of cyclists during the course of the Giro d'Italia. It was established in 1965, five years after the death of the "champion" Fausto Coppi.

Past Cima Coppi's

The Cima Coppi changes from year to year, depending on the altitude profile of the Giro d'Italia, but the Cima Coppi par excellence is the Stelvio Pass, which is 2758 meters with the highest point ever reached by the Tour in 1972 editions, 1975, 1980, 1994 and 2005. It was also expected in 1965 and 1988 editions, but the climb is just 800 meters from the summit due to avalanche in the first case and the second did not take place at all, changing the route of the stage. In 2009, the Cima Coppi initially set to 2068 m above sea level the Blockhaus, the 17th stage was set, because re-routing to 2035m of Sestriere.

Here is a list of the Cima Coppi in various editions, as the first cyclist who will have passed.

• 1965 Passo dello Stelvio (offset 800 m from the brow, due to avalanche) Graziano Battistini  Italy
• 1966 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Eddy Merckx  Belgium
• 1967 Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2320 m) Felice Gimondi  Italy
• 1968 Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2320 m) Eddy Merckx  Belgium
• 1969 Passo Sella (2214 m) Claudio Michelotto  Italy
• 1970 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Luciano Armani  Italy
• 1971 Grossglockner (2506 m) Pierfranco Vianelli  Italy
• 1972 Passo dello Stelvio (2758 m) José Manuel Fuente  Spain
• 1973 Passo di Giau (2236 m) José Manuel Fuente  Spain
• 1974 Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2320 m) José Manuel Fuente  Spain
• 1975 Passo dello Stelvio (2758 m) Francisco Galdos  Spain
• 1976 Torri del Vajolet (2400 m) Andres Gandarias  Spain
• 1977 Valparola (2200 m) Faustino Fernández Ovies  Spain
• 1978 Passo Valles (2033 m) Gianbattista Baronchelli  Italy
• 1979 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Leonardo Natale  Italy
• 1980 Passo dello Stelvio (2758 m) Jean-René Bernaudeau  France
• 1981 Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2320 m) Beat Breu  Switzerland
• 1982 Col d'Izoard (2361 m) Lucien Van Impe  Belgium
• 1983 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Marino Lejarreta  Spain
• 1984 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Laurent Fignon  France
• 1985 Passo del Sempione (2005 m) Reynel Montoya  Colombia
• 1986 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Pedro Muñoz  Spain
• 1987 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Jean-Claude Bagot  France
• 1988 Passo dello Stelvio (2758 m) (unscaled because of snow)
• 1989 Passo di Gavia (2621 m) (stage canceled due to bad weather)
• 1990 Passo Pordoi (2239 m)
  • 1st pass - Maurizio Vandelli  Italy
  • 2nd pass - Charly Mottet  France
• 1991 Passo Pordoi (2239 m)
  • 1st pass Franco Vona  Italy
  • 2nd pass Franco Chioccioli  Italy
• 1992 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Claudio Chiappucci  Italy
• 1993 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Miguel Indurain  Spain
• 1994 Passo dello Stelvio (2758 m) Franco Vona  Italy
• 1995 Colle dell'Agnello (2744 m) (non scalato causa slavina)
• 1996 Passo di Gavia (2621 m) Hernan Buenahora  Colombia
• 1997 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) José Jaime González  Colombia
• 1998 Passo Sella (2214 m) Marco Pantani  Italy
• 1999 Passo di Gavia (2621 m) José Jaime González  Colombia
• 2000 Colle dell'Agnello (2744 m) José Jaime González  Colombia
• 2001 Colle Fauniera (2511 m) (stage cancelled due to protests)
• 2002 Passo Pordoi (2239 m) Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio  Mexico
• 2003 Colle d'Esischie (2366 m) Freddy Gonzalez  Colombia
• 2004 Passo di Gavia (2621 m) Vladimir Miholjević  Croatia
• 2005 Passo dello Stelvio (2758 m) José Rujano  Venezuela
• 2006 Passo di Gavia (2621 m) Juan Manuel Garate  Spain
• 2007 Colle dell'Agnello (2744 m) Yoann Le Boulanger  France
• 2008 Passo di Gavia (2621 m) Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio  Mexico
• 2009 Colle del Sestriere (2035 m) Stefano Garzelli  Italy
• 2010 Passo di Gavia (2618 m) Johann Tschopp  Switzerland
• 2011 Passo di Giau (2236 m) Stefano Garzelli  Italy