- start ▁stages ▁– ▁wore ▁a ▁p ink ▁j er sey . ▁This ▁classification ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁the ▁race , ▁and ▁its ▁winner ▁is ▁considered ▁as ▁the ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁G iro . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁points ▁classification , ▁which ▁awarded ▁a ▁pur ple ▁( or ▁cycl amen ) ▁j er sey ▁to ▁its ▁leader , ▁cycl ists ▁were ▁given ▁points ▁for ▁finishing ▁a ▁stage ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 5 ; ▁additional ▁points ▁could ▁also ▁be ▁won ▁in ▁intermediate ▁s print s . ▁The ▁green ▁j er sey ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁the ▁mountains ▁classification ▁leader . ▁In ▁this ▁ranking , ▁points ▁were ▁won ▁by ▁reaching ▁the ▁sum mit ▁of ▁a ▁clim b ▁ahead ▁of ▁other ▁cycl ists . ▁Each ▁clim b ▁was ▁ranked ▁as ▁either ▁first , ▁second ▁or ▁third ▁category , ▁with ▁more ▁points ▁available ▁for ▁higher ▁category ▁clim bs . ▁The ▁C ima ▁Co ppi , ▁the ▁race ' s ▁highest ▁point ▁of ▁elev ation , ▁awarded ▁more ▁points ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁first ▁category ▁clim bs . ▁The ▁C ima ▁Co ppi ▁for ▁this ▁G iro ▁was ▁the ▁Col ▁d ' I zo ard . ▁The ▁first ▁r ider ▁to ▁cross ▁the ▁Col ▁d ' I zo ard ▁was ▁Belg ian ▁r ider ▁Luci en ▁Van ▁Im pe . ▁The ▁white ▁j er sey ▁was ▁worn ▁by ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁young ▁r ider ▁classification , ▁a ▁ranking ▁decided ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁as ▁the ▁general ▁classification , ▁but ▁considering ▁only ▁ne o - prof essional ▁cycl ists ▁( in