Combination classification in the Giro d'Italia
# Combination classification in the Giro d'Italia

The Combination classification was a competition in the annual Giro d'Italia bicycle race. It was first introduced in the 1985 Giro d'Italia, where it was first won by the Swiss rider Urs Freuler. The classification was run annually until the 1988 Giro d'Italia, where the American Andrew Hampsten won the classification. The combination classification was replaced in the 1989 Giro d'Italia by the intergiro classification. The classification reappeared after an 11-year hiatus in 2001. It was the absent from the succeeding Giro d'Italia editions until it returned in 2006, where Paolo Savoldelli won the classification. The classification did not return in 2007, as it was replaced by the return of the Young rider classification.

For the 1988 and the 2006 editions of the Giro, the leader of the classification was awarded a blue jersey.

## Combination classification standings

| Year | First | Points | Second | Points | Third | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1972 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) | | | | | |
| 1973 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) | 4 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) | 9 | Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) | 17 |
| 1976 | Francesco Moser (ITA) | 12 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) | 31 | Arnaldo Caverzasi (ITA) | 52 |
| 1977 | Wilmo Francioni (ITA) | | Mario Beccia (ITA) | | Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) | |
| 1978 | Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) | | Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) | | Ueli Sutter (SUI) | |
| 1980 | Bernard Hinault (FRA) | 8 | Wladimiro Panizza (ITA) | 11 | Tommy Prim (SWE) | 12 |
| 1985 | Urs Freuler (SUI) | 44 | Acácio da Silva (POR) | 38 | Paolo Rosola (ITA) | 30 |
| 1986 | Guido Bontempi (ITA) | 52 | Pedro Muñoz (ESP) | 38 | Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) | 30 |
| 1987 | Stephen Roche (IRL) | 80 | Robert Millar (GBR) | 68 | Paolo Rosola (ITA) | 60 |
| 1988 | Andrew Hampsten (USA) | 8 | Erik Breukink (NED) | 12 | Urs Zimmermann (SUI) | 20 |
| 2001 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 13 | Pietro Caucchioli (ITA) | 35 | Unai Osa (ESP) | 38 |
| 2006 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 775 | José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP) | 651 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | 595 |
