By winning the 91st Giro d'Italia on Sunday, Spain's Alberto Contador ended Italy's 12-year grip on the event.

Contador, whose team Astana were only drafted into the race rostra the 11th Hour, became the first 'foreign' rider to win the Giro since Russia's Pavel Tonkov in 1992.

The 25-year-old also became the first Spaniard to succeed in Italy since cycling legend Miguel Indurain recorded his second of back-to-back victories in 1993.

Here is a list of the last 20 winners of the Corsa Rosa:

2007 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)

2006 Ivan Basso (Ita)

2005 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)

2004 Damiano Cunego (Ita)

2003 Gilberto Simoni (Ita)

2002 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)

2001 Gilberto Simoni (Ita)

2000 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)

1999 Ivan Gotti (Ita)

1998 Marco Pantani (Ita)

1997 Ivan Gotti (Ita)

1996 Pavel Tonkov (Rus)

1995 Tony Rominger (Swi)

1994 Evgeni Berzin (Rus)

1993 Miguel Indurain (Spa)

1992 Miguel Indurain (Spa)

1991 Franco Chioccioli (Ita)

1990 Gianni Bugno (Ita)

1989 Laurent Fignon (Fra)

Felix Lowe / Eurosport