- Points classification in the Giro d'Italia
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Rosso Passione jersey 
Award details Sport Road Cycling Competition Giro d'Italia Given for Most consistent finisher Local name(s) Maglia Rosso Passione (Italian) History First award 1966 Editions 45 First winner 
Gianni Motta (ITA)Most wins Francesco Moser (ITA)
Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
- 3 times
Most recent 
Alberto Contador (ESP)The points classification in the Giro d'Italia is one of the secondary classifications in the Giro d'Italia. It is determined by the placements in the daily stages, independent from time distances. From 1967 to 1969 the leader wore a red jersey but in 1970 it was changed to mauve, named Maglia Ciclamino (from Italian: mauve jersey), named for its color of the alpine flower cyclamen. The red jersey was re-introduced in 2010. It will now be called the Maglia Rosso Passione.[1]
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History
The ranking points system was introduced in 1966, when there was associated with a mesh, while for the two editions was awarded a red jersey to the leader of the classification. From 1969 to 2009, the jersey was mauve, but often referred to as cyclamen.
Points are given to riders who finish among the first in a stage, independent of the time difference. There are also points given to the first cyclists to reach the intermediate sprints. There is an intermediate sprints competition, with names changing from year to year, (Intergiro, Expo Milano 2015, Traguardo Volante), which used to give a blue jersey to its leader.
Among the winners of the points classification are Mario Cipollini (three times), Alessandro Petacchi and in 2006 the future world champion Paolo Bettini.
At the other grand tours, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, there are also points classifications; the points classification in the Tour de France rewards a green jersey to its leader and the points classification in the Vuelta a España rewards a blue jersey.
Current rules
As of 2009, the winner of each stage receives 25 points, independent of the type of stage (unlike the better known points classification in the Tour de France, where winning a mountain stage gives less points than winning flat stage). The next cyclist receives 20 points, the next ones 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, until the fifteenth cyclist who receives one point. Every stage (excluding time trials) also has an intermediate sprint. The first to cross that sprint receives 8 points, the next one 6 points, the next ones 4, 3, 2, until the sixth cyclist who receives one point.
If two or more cyclists have the same number of points, the ranking is determined by the most number of stage victories, followed by the most number of intermediate sprint victories, followed by the lowest time in the general classification.[2]
Winners
- bold-face type denotes rider won the general classification as well.
- italic-face type denotes rider won the mountains classification as well.
- italic and bold-face type denotes rider won the overall, points and mountains classifications.
Notes
- The original winner was Alessandro Petacchi, who was stripped of his results from the 2007 Giro after a positive test for elevated levels of salbutamol.
- Awarded after the disqualification (due to doping) of apparent winner Danilo Di Luca
Azzurri d'Italia classification
The Azzurri d'Italia classification (English: Azure or Sky Blue Italy) is an award in the Giro d'Italia in which points are awarded for the top three stage finishers (4, 2 and 1 point). It is similar to the standard points classification for which the leader and final winner are awarded the red jersey but no jersey is awarded for this classification, only a cash prize to the overall winner. For the 2007 Giro d'Italia, the Azzurri d'Italia winner won € 5,000.[4]
Past winners
Rider Team 2001 Mario Cipollini (ITA) Saeco Macchine per Caffè 2002 Mario Cipollini (ITA) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2003 Gilberto Simoni (ITA) Saeco Macchine per Caffè 2004 Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Fassa Bortolo 2005 Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Fassa Bortolo 2006 Ivan Basso (ITA) Team CSC 2007 Alessandro Petacchi(ITA)Team Milram2008 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 2009 Danilo Di Luca(ITA)LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini2010 
Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team 2011 Alberto Contador (ESP) Saxo Bank-SunGard References
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2010-giro-jersey-presented-in-florence
- ^ Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cyclingnews. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=history
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=/features/2007/giro_classifications07 Cyclingnews.com: Giro classifications 2007
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General classification
(maglia rosa)
Points classification
(maglia rosso passione)
Mountains classification
(maglia verde)
Young rider classification
(maglia bianca)
Defunct jerseys:
Last rider (maglia nera) • 
Intergiro classification (maglia azzurra)
Giro d'Italia winners of the points classification in the Giro d'Italia 1966 Gianni Motta • 1967 Dino Zandegù • 1968 Eddy Merckx • 1969–70 Franco Bitossi • 1971 Marino Basso • 1972 Roger De Vlaeminck • 1973 Eddy Merckx • 1974–75 Roger De Vlaeminck • 1976–1978 Francesco Moser • 1979 Giuseppe Saronni • 1980–1981 Giuseppe Saronni • 1982 Francesco Moser • 1983 Giuseppe Saronni • 1984 Urs Freuler • 1985 Johan Van der Velde • 1986 Guido Bontempi • 1987–1988 Johan Van der Velde • 1989 Giovanni Fidanza • 1990 Gianni Bugno • 1991 Claudio Chiappucci • 1992 Mario Cipollini • 1993 Adriano Baffi • 1994 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov • 1995 Tony Rominger • 1996 Fabrizio Guidi • 1997 Mario Cipollini • 1998 Mariano Piccoli • 1999 Laurent Jalabert • 2000 Dimitri Konyshev • 2001 Massimo Strazzer • 2002 Mario Cipollini • 2003 Gilberto Simoni • 2004 Alessandro Petacchi • 2005–2006 Paolo Bettini • 2007 Danilo Di Luca • 2008 Daniele Bennati • 2009 Danilo Di Luca • 2010 Cadel Evans • 2011 Alberto Contador
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