Giro d'Italia: Ivan Basso wins a mountaintop finish by a wide margin and takes over the provisional lead.

His main attack came in the mountaintop finish to Mende, where he crossed the finish line alone and successfully secured the yellow jersey.

The 1986 race featured three mountaintop finishes.

In April, he won the Giro del Trentino on the final stage featuring a mountaintop finish.

There were six mountain stages, three of them with mountaintop finishes, and two medium mountain stages.

Since this year's Tour includes several mountaintop finishes, he'll give his rivals sleepless nights.

In 2013, he won a mountaintop finish on Stage 2 of the Tour of California, 12 seconds ahead of race winner, Tejay van Garderen.

He topped it off by defending the lead on stage 7, a mountaintop finish to Mount Diablo.

There were seven mountain stages, three of which had mountaintop finishes, and one medium-mountain stage.

The penultimate stage to the Col d'Eze, a mountaintop finish, Vinokourov kept his lead and won Paris-Nice the following day.