Maglia verde

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The maglia verde (from Italian: "green jersey") is awarded to the leader of the King of the Mountains (KOM) category at the Giro d'Italia. Points are awarded to the leading riders over designated KOM climbs. Most KOM climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage. Bonuses are given to mountain top finishes and to the first riders over the Cima Coppi, traditionally adjudged as the highest point of the entire Giro. The Cima Coppi was established in 1965 to honour the Italian cycling champion Fausto Coppi.

[edit] Winners

bold-face type denotes rider won the General classification (maglia rosa), as well.
italic-face type denotes rider won the Points classification (maglia ciclamino), as well.
italic and bold-face type denotes rider won the overall, points and mountains classifications.

Year	Winner	Nationality
1933	Alfredo Binda	Italy
1934	Remo Bertoni	Italy
1935	Gino Bartali	Italy
1936	Gino Bartali (2)	Italy
1937	Gino Bartali (3)	Italy
1938	Giovanni Valetti	Italy
1939	Gino Bartali (4)	Italy
1940	Gino Bartali (5)	Italy
1946	Gino Bartali (6)	Italy
1947	Gino Bartali (7)	Italy
1948	Fausto Coppi	Italy
1949	Fausto Coppi (2)	Italy
1950	Hugo Koblet	Switzerland
1951	Louison Bobet	France
1952	Raphael Geminiani	France
1953	Pasquale Fornara	Italy
1954	Fausto Coppi (3)	Italy
1955	Gastone Nencini	Italy
1956	Charly Gaul Federico Bahamontes	Luxembourg Spain
1957	Raphael Geminiani (2)	France
1958	Jean Brankart	Belgium
1959	Charly Gaul (2)	Luxembourg
1960	Rik Van Looy	Belgium
1961	Vito Taccone	Italy
1962	Angelino Soler	Spain
1963	Vito Taccone (2)	Italy
1964	Franco Bitossi	Italy
1965	Franco Bitossi (2)	Italy
1966	Franco Bitossi (3)	Italy
1967	Aurelio Gonzales	Spain
1968	Eddy Merckx	Belgium
1969	Claudio Michelotto	Italy
1970	Martin Vandenbossche	Belgium
1971	Manuel Fuente	Spain
1972	Manuel Fuente (2)	Spain
1973	Manuel Fuente (3)	Spain
1974	Manuel Fuente (4)	Spain
1975	Francisco Galdos Andres Oliva	Spain Spain
1976	Andres Oliva (2)	Spain
1977	Faustino Fernandez Ovies	Spain
1978	Ueli Sutter	Switzerland
1979	Claudio Bertolotto	Italy
1980	Claudio Bertolotto (2)	Italy
1981	Claudio Bertolotto (3)	Italy
1982	Lucien Van Impe	Belgium
1983	Lucien Van Impe (2)	Belgium
1984	Laurent Fignon	France
1985	Jose Luiz Navarro	Spain
1986	Pedro Muñoz	Spain
1987	Robert Millar	Scotland
1988	Andy Hampsten	United States
1989	Luis Herrera	Colombia
1990	Claudio Chiappucci	Italy
1991	Inaki Gaston	Spain
1992	Claudio Chiappucci	Italy
1993	Claudio Chiappucci (2)	Italy
1994	Pascal Richard	Switzerland
1995	Mariano Piccoli	Italy
1996	Mariano Piccoli (2)	Italy
1997	Jose Jaime Gonzalez	Colombia
1998	Marco Pantani	Italy
1999	Jose Jaime Gonzalez	Colombia
2000	Francesco Casagrande	Italy
2001	Freddy Gonzalez Martinez	Colombia
2002	Julio Perez Cuapio	Mexico
2003	Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (2)	Colombia
2004	Fabian Wegmann	Germany
2005	José Rujano Guillén	Venezuela
2006	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain
2007	Leonardo Piepoli	Italy
2008	Emmanuelle Sella	Italy

[edit] Maglia verde by country

As of the 2008 Giro d'Italia

#	Country	Victories
1.	Italy	33
2.	Spain	15
3.	Belgium	6
4.	Colombia	5
5.	France	4
6.	Switzerland	3
7.	Luxembourg	2
8.	United States	1
8.	United Kingdom	1
8.	Mexico	1
8.	Germany	1
8.	Venezuela	1

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