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Maglia Azzurra
Sport	Road Cycling
Competition	Giro d'Italia
Awarded for	Winning the combination classification
English name	Blue jersey
Local name	Maglia Azzurra (in Italian)
History
First award	1972
Editions	12
Final award	2006
First winner	Eddy Merckx (BEL)
Most wins	Eddy Merckx (BEL); (2 wins)
Most recent	Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)

The Combination classification was a competition in the annual Giro d'Italia bicycle race. It was first introduced in the 1985 Giro d'Italia, where it was first won by the Swiss rider Urs Freuler.^[1] The classification was run annually until the 1988 Giro d'Italia, where the American Andrew Hampsten won the classification.^[2] The combination classification was replaced in the 1989 Giro d'Italia by the intergiro classification. The classification reappeared after an 11-year hiatus in 2001. It was the absent from the succeeding Giro d'Italia editions until it returned in 2006, where Paolo Savoldelli won the classification.^[3] The classification did not return in 2007, as it was replaced by the return of the Young rider classification.

For the 1988 and the 2006 editions of the Giro, the leader of the classification was awarded a blue jersey.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Combination classification standings

Year	First	Points	Second	Points	Third	Points	Ref.
1972	Eddy Merckx (BEL)						^[6]
1973	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	4	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	9	Giovanni Battaglin (ITA)	17	^[7]
1976	Francesco Moser (ITA)	12	Eddy Merckx (BEL)	31	Arnaldo Caverzasi (ITA)	52	^[8]
1977	Wilmo Francioni (ITA)		Mario Beccia (ITA)		Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA)		^[9]
1978	Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)		Wladimiro Panizza (ITA)		Ueli Sutter (SUI)		^[10]
1980	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	8	Wladimiro Panizza (ITA)	11	Tommy Prim (SWE)	12	^[11]
1985	Urs Freuler (SUI)	44	Acácio da Silva (POR)	38	Paolo Rosola (ITA)	30	^[12]
1986	Guido Bontempi (ITA)	52	Pedro Muñoz (ESP)	38	Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)	30	^[13]
1987	Stephen Roche (IRL)	80	Robert Millar (GBR)	68	Paolo Rosola (ITA)	60	^[14]
1988	Andrew Hampsten (USA)	8	Erik Breukink (NED)	12	Urs Zimmermann (SUI)	20	^[2]
2001	Gilberto Simoni (ITA)	13	Pietro Caucchioli (ITA)	35	Unai Osa (ESP)	38	^[15]
2006	Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)	775	José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP)	651	Ivan Basso (ITA)	595	^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Delgado termino septimo en la General" [Delgado finished seventh in the General] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 13 June 1988. p. 47. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anthony Tan (28 May 2006). ""Seven key moments"; Mission 1 of 2 complete". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
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^ "Clasificaciones oficiales" [Official classifications] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1973. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "La classifica finale" [The final classification] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 13 June 1976. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Tutte le classifiche della gara" [All the rankings of the race] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 13 June 1977. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Classifica finale" [Final classification] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 29 May 1978. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 8 June 1980. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Così lo scorso anno: Hinault, Moser, Lemond" [So last year: Hinault, Moser, Lemond] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 7 May 1986. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "Le pagelle dello scorso anno" [The report cards last year] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 18 May 1987. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
^ "B... Roche De Oro" [Golden Roche] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 14 June 1987. p. 41. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ Jeff Jones (2001-06-10). "Coda". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2012-09-26.