Cima Coppi


The Cima Coppi is the title given to the highest peak in the yearly running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The mountain that is given this title each year awards more mountains classification points to the first rider than any of the other categorized mountains in the race.

History

The categorization was first introduced for the 1965 Giro d'Italia in honor of the late Fausto Coppi who won five editions of the Giro d'Italia and three mountain classification titles during his career. It was first announced on 22 April 1965 by then race director Vicenzo Torriani that the highest peak would award two times as many mountains classification points. Torriani thought of possibly awarding time bonuses to the first to summit the mountain; however, after many dissenting opinions, he opted to award more mountains classification points.
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 at 2758m is the highest point ever reached by the Giro. The Stelvio has been used in the 1972, 1975, 1980, 1994, 2005, 2012, 2014 and 2017 editions. It was also scheduled in 1965, 1988, and 2013, but in each case the course was modified due to weather conditions, with various effects on the Cima Coppi designation.

List

*Point was also used as the location of the stage finish
~Climb was used for the first time in Giro d'Italia history
^Point was a new highest elevation reached in all Giro editions up to then

YearStageClimbElevationMountain rangeCoordinatesFirst cyclist to summit
196520Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
196620Pordoi PassDolomites
196719Tre Cime di LavaredoSexten Dolomites
196812Tre Cime di LavaredoSexten Dolomites
196921Passo SellaDolomites
197020Pordoi PassDolomites
197117GrossglocknerHigh Tauern
197217Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
197319Passo di GiauDolomites
197420Tre Cime di LavaredoSexten Dolomites
197521Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
197619Passo SellaDolomites
197718Valparola PassDolomites
197815Dolomites
197917Pordoi PassDolomites
198020Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
198120Tre Cime di LavaredoSexten Dolomites
198221Col d'IzoardCottian Alps
198320Pordoi PassDolomites
198420Pordoi PassDolomites
198519Passo del SempionePennine Alps/Lepontine Alps
198621Pordoi PassDolomites
198716Pordoi PassDolomites
198820Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps—
198916Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps—
199016Pordoi PassDolomites
199016Pordoi PassDolomites
199117Pordoi PassDolomites
199117Pordoi PassDolomites
199214Pordoi PassDolomites
199314Pordoi PassDolomites
199415Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
199519Colle dell'AgnelloCottian Alps—
199621Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps
199719Pordoi PassDolomites
199817Passo SellaDolomites
199921Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps
200019Colle dell'AgnelloCottian Alps
200118Colle FaunieraCottian Alps—
200216Pordoi PassDolomites
200318Cottian Alps
200418Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps
200514Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
200620Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps
200712Colle dell'AgnelloCottian Alps
200820Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps
200910SestriereCottian Alps
201020Passo di GaviaSouthern Rhaetian Alps
201115Passo di GiauDolomites
201220Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
201320Tre Cime di LavaredoSexten Dolomites
201416Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
201520Colle delle FinestreCottian Alps
201619Colle dell'AgnelloCottian Alps
201716Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps
201819Colle delle FinestreCottian Alps
201920Passo ManghenLagorai
202018Passo dello StelvioEastern Alps—

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