In executing a transaction, letters of credit incorporate functions common to giros and traveler's cheque. The police had also found Elgsaas' mother's name on two of the giros. Bernard Hinault won the first of his three Giros d'Italia in 1980. He would win another two Giros in 1982 and 1985. Nevertheless, the media continued to refer to Girocheques as Giros. Italian cyclists have won the most Giros; 41 cyclists have won 68 Giros between them. Abandoning their Giros, they appear to have found work as disenchanted make-up artists. Binda won five Giros before he was usurped as the dominant cyclist by Gino Bartali. Spaniard Miguel Indurain, winner of five Tours, won successive Giros in 1991 and 1992.