List of Grand Tour points classification winners
Introduction

[thumb\|[Erik Zabel](/wiki/Erik_Zabel "Erik Zabel") has won the most points classifications at the Grand Tour races, with nine to his credit.\|alt\=A cyclist wearing a pink jersey and a helmet.](/wiki/File:Zabel_DM-Mannheim_Herren_2005-06-26.jpg "Zabel DM-Mannheim Herren 2005-06-26.jpg")
The [Grand Tours](/wiki/Grand_Tour_%28cycling%29 "Grand Tour (cycling)") are the three most prestigious multi\-week [stage races](/wiki/Race_stage "Race stage") in professional [road bicycle racing](/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing "Road bicycle racing"). The competitions are the [Giro d'Italia](/wiki/Giro_d%27Italia "Giro d'Italia"), [Tour de France](/wiki/Tour_de_France "Tour de France") and [Vuelta a España](/wiki/Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a "Vuelta a España"), contested annually in that order. They are the only stage races permitted to last longer than 14 days. No cyclist has won all three Grand Tours's [points classifications](/wiki/Points_classification "Points classification") in the same year; the only cyclists to win all three Grand Tours's points classifications in their career are [Djamolidine Abdoujaparov](/wiki/Djamolidine_Abdoujaparov "Djamolidine Abdoujaparov"), [Mark Cavendish](/wiki/Mark_Cavendish "Mark Cavendish"), [Laurent Jalabert](/wiki/Laurent_Jalabert "Laurent Jalabert"), [Eddy Merckx](/wiki/Eddy_Merckx "Eddy Merckx") and [Alessandro Petacchi](/wiki/Alessandro_Petacchi "Alessandro Petacchi"). It is rare for cyclists to ride all Grand Tours in the same year; in 2004, 474 cyclists started in one of the Grand Tours, 68 rode two and two cyclists started all three.

Cyclists are ranked on the basis of their total wins in the three Grand Tours. When there is a tie between cyclists they are listed alphabetically by the Grand Tour they won. The majority of winners have come from Europe, however there have been a few notable victories for cyclists from other continents. Abdoujaparov, of [Uzbekistan](/wiki/Uzbekistan "Uzbekistan"), won five points classifications. The only other non\-European country to win a points classification at a Grand Tour is Australia, who have won five between three riders.

Erik Zabel, with 9 victories, has won the most points classifications at the Grand Tours. Sean Kelly is second with 8 and Laurent Jalabert is third with seven. Zabel held the record for the most points classifications at the Tour with six, until being surpassed by [Peter Sagan](/wiki/Peter_Sagan "Peter Sagan") in 2019\. [Francesco Moser](/wiki/Francesco_Moser "Francesco Moser") and [Giuseppe Saronni](/wiki/Giuseppe_Saronni "Giuseppe Saronni") share the record of four points classifications at the Giro. While, Kelly and Jalabert both have four victories in the points classification at the Vuelta.


Who has won all three Grand Tours's points classifications in their career?