the first edition of the race was won by italian luigi ganna who had the fewest total points at the end of the race; the same format was used for the next two years and also resulted in an italian cyclist winning. the 1912 giro saw the general classification contested by teams, which atala-dunlop won by ten points. the following year they reverted to the original system, before switching to the aggregate time model in 1914. alfredo binda won five editions of the race over a period of nine years, before gino bartali and fausto coppi consistently asserted their superiority in the giro d'italia. italians dominated the race for forty years before the first non-italian, hugo koblet, in 1950.