Mario Cipollini wonnthe most Giro d’Italia stages in the history of the race. He managed to be the sole recordholder on the 9th stage of Giro d’ Italia in 2003
See the list of the top 25 places:
1 Mario Cipollini 42
2 Alfredo Binda 41
3 Learco Guerra 31
4 Costante Girardengo 30
5 Eddy Merckx 25
6 Giuseppe Saronni 24
7 Francesco Moser 23
8 Roger De Vlaeminck 22
Alessandro Petacchi 22
Fausto Coppi 22
11 Franco Bitossi 20
Miguel Poblet 20
13 Giuseppe Olmo 19
14 Mark Cavendish 18
15 Gino Bartali 17
Adolfo Leoni 17
17 Raffaele di Paco 16
Guido Bontempi 16
19 Marino Basso 15
Urs Freuler 15
Rik Van Steenbergen 15
22 Olimpio Bizzi 13
Patrick Sercu 13
Oreste Conte 13
Moreno Argentin 13
25 Gaetano Belloni 12
Robbie McEwen 12
Rik Van Looy 12
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