A1. Joe Dombrowski, who won a stage in 2021 and retired in 2023. He started every Giro between 2015 and 2023 (8 starts) and finished seven recording his best GC finish of 12th in 2019. He won a stage in 2021 and donned the King of the Mountains jersey but sadly crashed out the very next day.
A2. The first American to win a stage in the Giro was Ron Kiefel in 1985 in Perugia, he was followed by his teammate Andy Hampsten the same year atop Gran Paradiso. Hampsten also won two stages in 1988 enroute to the overall title. The next to strike paydirt in Italy was Greg Lemond in 1986 in Cosenza. We would have to wait until 2002 for another when Tyler Hamilton, triumphed in the Numana time trial. In 2004 “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez defeated mighty Alessandro Petacchi (winner of NINE stages that year) in a field sprint into Carovigno. In 2005, David Zabriske won the Time Trial into Firenze, but that result has been stricken from the records due to a doping confession. Tyler Farrar won two sprint stages in 2010, first into Utrecht in the Netherlands and then again in Bitonto. In 2012, Taylor Phinney won the opening time trial in Herning, Denmark to take the pink jersey. In 2017, Tejay Van Garderen triumphed high in the Dolomites at the summit finish at Ortisei/St. Ulrich. The final time trial in 2019 into Verona was won quite spectacularly, and surprisingly, by Chad Haga. Joe Dombrowski arrived alone at the summit-finish in 2021 in Sestolo while the most recent stage winner was Brandon McNulty in 2023 in a mountain stage to Bergamo.
A3. Frenchman Bernard Hinault owns that perfect record with triumphs in 1980, 1982, and 1985.
A4. Dutchwoman Marianne Vos of course! Widely considered the greatest of all-time, the Jumbo-Visma rider has claimed a staggering 32 stage wins, nearly double the second placed rider enroute to three overall titles.
A5. Remarkably, this has happened FIVE times. The first was 1990 with Frenchwoman Catharine Marsal and then again in 1996 with Italian Fabiana Luperini. The feat was not repeated again until 2011 with Marianne Vos. And finally, Annamiek van Vleuten achieved this dominance on two occasions, both in 2019 and 2023.
