Fausto Coppi was the first rider to win the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same year (1949)
In 2024, 26 years after Marco Pantani’s double victory, Tadej Pogacar managed to win both Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year.
The list of the riders
Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1949
Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1952
Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 1964
Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1970
Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972
Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1982
Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1985
Miguel Indurain (ESP) 1992
Miguel Indurain (ESP) 1993
Marco Pantani (ITA) 1998
Tadej Pogacar (SLO) 2024