foto: Cor VosWho’ll succeed Tadej Pogacar as the winner of won the KOM competition of the Giro d’Italia? Last year, the Slovenian won the maglia azzurra – or, blue jersey – ahead of Giulio Pellizzari and Georg Steinhauser.
You can follow the fight for the blue jersey from Friday 9 May, when the first KOM points are awarded in the opening stage.
The distribution of points in the KOM competition of the Giro d’Italia is as follows:
Cima Coppi: 50 – 30 – 20 – 14 – 10 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1
1st category: 40 – 18 – 12 – 9 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1
2nd category: 18 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1
3rd category: 9 – 4 – 2 – 1
4th category: 3 – 2 – 1
The Cima Coppi is awarded on the highest point in the entire route.
Another interesting read: winners KOM classification at the Giro d’Italia from 2000 onward.
You’ll find the available KOM points and results in the KOM competition in a table below during the Giro.