franco chioccioli reigned supreme at the 1991 giro d'italia. chioccioli led the race for all but two stages. he cemented his lead and the eventual overall victory by winning the seventeenth stage that contained a summit finish on the passo pordoi and winning the penultimate stage which was an individual time trial. miguel indurain became the first spanish rider to win the giro d'italia in 1992 indurain first gained the lead of the race after the hilly third stage that led into arrezo and then held it all the way to the finish in milan. he separated himself from his competitors during the race's two individual time trials, both of which he won. indurain would go on to ride the tour de france in july and win it, and in doing so completed the rare giro-tour double.