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75-438: For the first two Tour de France races, the general classification standings were decided based on the lowest cumulative time. The winner of the first several Tour de France races wore a green armband instead of a yellow jersey. After the second Tour de France , the rules were changed, and the general classification was no longer calculated by time, but by points. This points system was kept until 1912, after which it changed back to

150-520: A metonym for the points classification competition. The system has inspired many other cycling races; the other two Grand Tours have also installed points classifications: the Vuelta a España since 1955 , also using a green jersey, and the Giro d'Italia since 1966 . After scandals in the 1904 Tour de France , the rules of the 1905 Tour de France were changed: the winner was no longer determined by

225-412: A 'side-effect'; however, the intermediate sprints classification was later scrapped, but the intermediate sprints remained part of the points classification. The points classification is widely thought of as the " sprinter 's competition", since the most points are scored in flat stages, in which the riders generally remain together in one large peloton , leaving the best sprinters at the end to fight for

300-473: A French clothing store. The jersey was sponsored by French betting company Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) for nearly 25 years, with Czech car manufacturer Škoda becoming the current sponsor in 2015. The green jersey is the second most important jersey in the Tour de France, after the yellow jersey. If a rider is the leader in the general and points classifications he will wear the yellow jersey. The second rider in

375-404: A car, but still finished as the first two, with Garin beating Pothier by 50 m. The many flat tires and crashes of Aucouturier, seemingly the results of sabotage, gave him a time loss of several hours. After the stage, three cyclists were punished: Aucouturier and Samson received fines of 500 and 250 francs, Aucouturier for having a cyclist not in the race following him, Samson for riding in

450-481: A commercial logo but Nike added them again in 2003 as part of the Tour's centenary celebrations. One set of initials is now worn on the upper right chest of the jersey. In 2013 , a nighttime finish on the Champs-Élysées for the final stage was done to commemorate the race's 100th edition. Race leader Chris Froome wore a special yellow jersey covered in small translucent sequins into Paris as well as on

525-496: A commercial partner of the Tour since 1981. It awards a toy lion - le lion en peluche - to each day's winner as a play on its name. In 2007, sponsorship of the jersey was credited to LCL , the new name for Crédit Lyonnais following its takeover by another bank, Crédit Agricole . The jersey has been produced by a variety of manufacturers – Nike from 1996 to 2011, Le Coq Sportif from 2012 to 2021 and Santini from 2022. [REDACTED] Media related to General classification in

600-535: A doping control test following his stunning Stage 17 victory, an arbitration panel declared him guilty of doping in September 2007; the official title for the 2006 Tour passed to Óscar Pereiro . Landis appealed his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , but lost this appeal at the end of June 2008 allowing Óscar Pereiro to start the 2008 edition of Le Tour de France as the unqualified 2006 Tour champion. In 2007,

675-412: A high place, so the cyclist with the fewest points was awarded the green jersey. From 1959 on, the system was changed so the cyclists were awarded points for high place finishes (with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points), so the cyclist with the most points was awarded the green jersey. 1968 is the only year the jersey was not green: for that edition of

750-677: A report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency revealing that Armstrong had systematically used performance-enhancing drugs for much of his career, including all seven Tour victories. The rider who has most worn the yellow jersey is the Belgian Eddy Merckx , who wore it 96 days. Only four other riders have worn it more than 50 days: Bernard Hinault , Miguel Induráin , Chris Froome and Jacques Anquetil . Until his records were revoked in 2012 due to disqualification by reason of doping, Lance Armstrong

825-404: A tie in the ranking, the cyclist with the most stage victories is the leader. If that is also a tie, the number of intermediate sprint victories indicates the leader. If that is also a tie, the general classification determines the leader. At the end of the Tour de France, the cyclist leading the points classification is the winner of the green jersey . The rules have varied over the years. When

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900-545: A victim of its own success, plagued by scandals; cyclists were accused of having taken trains during the race. Twelve cyclists, including the first four of the final classification and all stage winners, were disqualified by the Union Vélocipédique Française (UVF). Henri Cornet , originally the fifth-place finisher, was awarded the victory four months after the race. The problems caused the Tour de France to be provisionally cancelled, and subsequently

975-569: A way to create whole jerseys, synthetic thread or blends were added in 1947, following the arrival of Sofil as a sponsor. Sofil made artificial yarn. Riders, especially the Frenchman Louison Bobet (Louis Bobet as he was still known), believed in the pureness of wool. Bobet insisted that cyclists needed wool for their long days of sweating in the heat and dust. It was a matter of hygiene. Artificial fabrics made riders sweat too much. And, in his first Tour de France, he refused to wear

1050-590: A yellow jersey from the 2002 Tour de France to the National Museum of American History . On 19 July 2019, on the occasion of the centenary, a plaque was unveiled on the scene of delivery of the first yellow jersey in Grenoble . The Tour de France, and other bicycle stage races, are decided by totalling the time each rider takes on the daily stages. Time can be added or subtracted from this total time as bonuses for winning individual stages or being first to

1125-416: The 1905 Tour de France was run with different rules from the 1903 and 1904 editions. The initial Tour de France of 1903 had been a large success, and it was quickly decided to organise it again in 1904. The route was identical, with the same six stages. The rules were the same as in 1903, with one exception: cyclists could not enter in just one stage, but had to join for the entire race. The favourites for

1200-507: The Giro d'Italia uses pink and the Tour Down Under uses an ochre -coloured jersey. Until 2009 the Vuelta a España used gold; since 2010 the leader's jersey is red. In the early years of the Tour de France the time was measured in minutes although cyclists were usually seconds apart, which meant several cyclists sometimes shared the same time. In 1914 this happened with the two leaders Philippe Thys and Jean Rossius . After

1275-473: The World Surf League wear a yellow jersey on all the heats of a tour stop. In American English it is sometimes referred to as the mellow johnny , a play on its French name maillot jaune , originally by Lance Armstrong , who wore it many times while riding in the 1999–2005 races. Armstrong also uses the name "Mellow Johnny" for his Texas -based bike shop . The Lance Armstrong Foundation donated

1350-406: The 2011 Tour de France, a system very similar to the current one was used: Peter Sagan is the most successful cyclist in the history of the points classification competition with seven green jerseys. Erik Zabel has the most podium finishes, with 12 (6 wins, 2 seconds and 4 thirds). Mark Cavendish has the largest gap between wins; 10 years separating his first and second green jerseys. after

1425-527: The ASO rules, Multiple riders who became race leader through the misfortune of others have ridden next day without the yellow jersey. In 2007 , there was neither a yellow jersey at the start of the race nor a number 1; the winner from the previous year, Floyd Landis of the United States, failed a doping control after the race, and organisers declined to declare an official winner pending arbitration of

1500-565: The Danish rider Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the race by his team after complaints that he had not made himself available for drug tests earlier in the year. Rasmussen said that he was in Mexico, but there were reports that he was seen training in Italy. He later admitted doping for more than a decade. Maurice Garin won the Tour de France before yellow jerseys were awarded; but in 1904, he

1575-464: The German invasion and were never seen again. Until the end of his life, Garin always said that he was the rightful winner of the 1904 Tour de France, but according to Les Woodland, Garin confessed to a friend that he had cheated. After the disqualifications, the first four cyclists of the initial classification were disqualified. In the new classification, only 15 cyclists had finished: Because of

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1650-496: The Landis case. On September 20, 2007, Landis was officially stripped of his title following the arbitration court's guilty verdict, and the 2006 title passed to Óscar Pereiro . In 2008 , the runner-up from the previous year, Cadel Evans , was given the race number "1" when the 2007 winner, Alberto Contador was unable to defend his title due to a dispute between the organisers ASO and his new team Astana barring that team from riding

1725-487: The Tour de France The points classification ( French : classement par points ) is a secondary competition in the Tour de France , which started in 1953 . Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints, and these are recorded in a points classification . It is considered a sprinters' competition. The leader is indicated by a green jersey ( French : maillot vert ), which has become

1800-400: The Tour de France at Wikimedia Commons 1904 Tour de France The 1904 Tour de France was the second Tour de France , held from 2 to 24 July. With a route similar to its previous edition, 1903 Tour de France winner Maurice Garin seemed to have repeated his win by a small margin over Lucien Pothier , while Hippolyte Aucouturier won four of the six stages. But the race became

1875-609: The Tour. In 1978, the Belgian rider Michel Pollentier became race leader after attacking on the Alpe d'Huez . He was disqualified the same day after trying to cheat a drug test. In 1988, Pedro Delgado of Spain won the Tour despite a drug test showing he had taken a drug that could be used to hide the use of steroids . News of the test was leaked to the press by the former organiser of the Tour Jacques Goddet . Delgado

1950-671: The cyclists with the fastest times in the prologue or individual time trials, under the following scheme: Riders can lose points for various infractions of the rules, which means some riders finish the Tour with a negative points tally. Before the start of the Tour de France, the organization declares which stages are considered "flat", "medium mountain" or "high mountain". Flat stages typically have few or no categorized climbs (several 4th category and an occasional 3rd category), medium mountain stages have numerous climbs, typically 2nd and 3rd category, and high mountain stages have numerous large climbs, often 1st category or hors catégorie . When

2025-492: The end of 2023 Tour de France [REDACTED] André Darrigade 1959 (22 stages) [REDACTED] Freddy Maertens 1976 (27 stages) Some riders wore the jersey in some stages as second in points classification (because the leader wore yellow jersey) and led all other stages: [REDACTED] Freddy Maertens 1978 [REDACTED] Eric Vanderaerden 1986 [REDACTED] Peter Sagan 2019 [REDACTED] Wout Van Aert 2022 Sagan would have did

2100-432: The first stage and was beaten by a tyre by Bossus in the second. On the following stage, the maillot jaune passed to Georget after a crash." The Tour historian Jacques Augendre called Thys "a valorous rider... well-known for his intelligence" and said his claim "seems free from all suspicion". But: "No newspaper mentions a yellow jersey before the war. Being at a loss for witnesses, we can't solve this enigma." According to

2175-424: The front, sliding his hands through the sleeves. He then receives three further jerseys each day, plus money (referred to as the "rent") for each day he leads the race. The yellow jersey on the first day of the Tour is traditionally permitted to be worn by the winner of the previous year's race; however, wearing it is a choice left to the rider, and in recent years has gone out of fashion. If the winner does not ride,

2250-486: The general classification was when César Garin's bicycle was broken by attackers; he had to find a new bicycle, which took him 15 minutes. Further on, nails and broken glass were spread along the road. Many riders punctured, but there were no serious falls. The cyclists passed this part walking. After Nîmes, a leading group of five cyclists was formed: Maurice Garin, Pothier, Aucouturier, Cornet and Beaugendre. Aucouturier and Cornet escaped, and Aucouturier won, beating Cornet in

2325-399: The general classification — teams led by sprinters will often designate the points classification contender as their lead rider. There is no copyright on the yellow jersey and it has been imitated by many other races, although not always for the best rider overall: in the Tour of Benelux yellow is worn by the best young rider. In professional surf, the current male and female leaders of

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2400-409: The general classification, the points classification and the mountains classification (the polka dot jersey was born in 1975), a unique performance in the Tour de France, but as he was leading the race, he cannot conceivably wear all jerseys, so while he wore the yellow jersey, the green-jersey is worn by the person who is second in the points classification standings. Peter Sagan set the record for

2475-500: The introduction of the yellow jersey in 1919 , the general classification leaders shared the same time twice. First in 1929 three riders had the same time when the race reached Bordeaux . Nicolas Frantz of Luxembourg and the Frenchmen Victor Fontan and André Leducq all rode in yellow for Stage 18. In 1931 , Charles Pélissier and Rafaele di Paco led with the same time for Stage 6. The organisers solved

2550-426: The jersey is not worn. The previous year's winner traditionally has race number "1" (with his teammates given the other single-digit racing numbers), with subsequent sets of numbers determined by the highest classified riders for that team in the previous Tour. The lead riders for a particular team will often wear the first number in the series (11, 21, 31 and so forth), but these riders are not necessarily contenders for

2625-506: The jersey with which he had been presented. Goddet recalled: For the veteran writer and television broadcaster Jean-Paul Ollivier, the woollen yellow jersey... The advent of printing by flocking, a process in which cotton fluff is sprayed on to stencilled glue, and then of screen printing, combined with the domination of synthetic materials to increase the advertising on jerseys: the domination which Ollivier regrets. "All sorts of fantasies such as fluorescent jerseys or shorts", he said. Such

2700-481: The last 40 km on two flat tires. Aucouturier won this stage, his third one, but was way behind in the general classification, which Garin led, with only 28 seconds margin to Pothier. In the sixth stage, Aucouturier, Garin and Dortignac escaped in the last kilometres. Aucouturier signed first at the control post in Ville-d'Avray. From that point, the race was neutralised until the velodrome Parc-des-Princes, where

2775-416: The leader in the general classification wears a yellow jersey, the leader in the points classification also received a special jersey, a green jersey . The color green was chosen to reflect the brand color of its sponsor, much as the yellow jersey was chosen to mirror the colour of the sponsoring newspaper from which it arose. In the first years, the cyclist only received penalty points for not finishing with

2850-488: The main group, led by Maurice Garin, because of a broken bicycle. In Cosne, at 174 km, Pothier had reached the leading group. Aucouturier had lost more than one hour at that point. Just before the next control post in Nevers , Aucouturier fell on his face, and continued the race covered in blood. In the last part of the race, Maurice Garin and Lucien Pothier rode away from the others. They were attacked by four masked men in

2925-410: The most stages in the lead of a Tour de France classification, wearing the green-jersey for 100 days through stage 18 of the 2018 Tour de France. Two winners of the points classification, Sean Kelly and Sam Bennett both hail from the town of Carrick-on-Suir , Ireland, a town with a population of only 5,771 residents. The jersey gained its green colour from its first sponsor, La Belle Jardinière,

3000-492: The official history, the first yellow jersey was worn by the Frenchman Eugène Christophe in the stage from Grenoble to Geneva on July 19, 1919. Christophe disliked wearing it and complained that spectators imitated canaries whenever he passed. There was no formal presentation when Christophe wore his first yellow jersey in Grenoble , from where the race left at 2 am for the 325 km to Geneva. He

3075-403: The order in which cyclists crossed the line cannot be determined or when cyclists score exactly the same time in the prologue/individual time trial, the cyclists divide the points (rounded up to the nearest 1/2 point). A cyclist that does not finish a stage is removed from the points classification. After every stage, the leader in the points classification is given a green jersey . In the event of

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3150-415: The podium to allow him to be more visible under the lights. The original yellow jerseys were of conventional style. Riders had to pull them over their head on the rostrum. For many years the jersey was made in only limited sizes and many riders found it a struggle to pull one on, especially when tired or wet. The presentation jersey is now made with a full-length zip at the back and the rider pulls it on from

3225-407: The points classification because he was unwilling to make it through the mountain stages and finish the race (however, he did finish the Giro d'Italia and won its points classification several times). On four occasions, the winner of the points classification was also the winner of the general classification : three times by Eddy Merckx , and once by Bernard Hinault . In 1969 , Eddy Merckx won

3300-412: The points classification will wear the green jersey with some exceptions: In both cases, the third rider (or the following eligible rider) will wear the green jersey. As of 2019 , the points classification is calculated by adding up the points collected in the stage and subtracting penalty points. Points are awarded for the first cyclists to cross the finish line or the intermediate sprint line, and for

3375-412: The problem of joint leaders by awarding the jersey to whichever rider had the best daily finishing places earlier in the race. The introduction of a short time trial at the start of the race in 1967 created distinctions down to a fraction of the second between riders' overall times, except for races which did not start with a time-trial, such as the 2008 , 2011 , 2013 , and 2024 editions. According to

3450-512: The race again because it had been overtaken by the "blind emotions" of those who attacked or helped riders as they passed. Desgrange was also upset that the UVF had imposed judgement on his race when he had already disciplined riders as he saw fit. An angry exchange ensued between Desgrange and the UVF but the letters and the detailed complaints that led to the UVF's actions were lost when the Tour de France archives were transported south in 1940 to avoid

3525-414: The race would still get 5 francs for the days they had been in the race. This rule was added to attract cyclists who otherwise would not enter, because the Tour needed enough competitors to remain credible. In the first stage, the riders fell after only a few kilometres. Lipman broke a finger, and became the first rider to abandon this Tour. Around 100 km in the race, Lucien Pothier lost ten minutes to

3600-418: The race, the jersey was red to match a new sponsor. Whereas the yellow jersey is awarded for the lowest cumulative time in the race, the green jersey reflects points gained for high placings on each stage and intermediate "hot spots", especially during the flat stages of the Tour. The intermediate sprints were formerly for the intermediate sprints classification , with the points for the points classification

3675-534: The remaining two for life. In total, 29 riders were punished. The reasons for the disqualification were never made public. Fifth-placed Henri Cornet , aged 19, then became the youngest ever winner of the Tour. Cornet had also been warned after he had received a lift by a car. Only 15 cyclists from the original 27 that finished were not disqualified. Following the disqualifications, the Tour de France came nearest in history to being permanently cancelled. The race organiser Henri Desgrange , said he would never run

3750-495: The result, but the Union Vélocipédique Française (UVF) started an investigation after complaints from other cyclists. Their investigative committee heard testimony from dozens of competitors and witnesses, and, in December 1904, disqualified all the stage winners and the first four finishers ( Maurice Garin , Pothier, César Garin , and Aucouturier). Ten of those disqualified were banned for one year, Maurice Garin for two years and

3825-464: The riders would ride the final kilometre. At the moment that the riders arrived in Paris, it started to rain. The organisers decided together with the cyclists to exclude the final kilometre from the race, and make the control post in Ville-d'Avray the end of the race. This made Aucouturier the winner of the stage. Maurice Garin finished second, which made him the overall winner. Initially, Maurice Garin

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3900-534: The road, which caused many flat tires. Because of this help, Fauré was the first on top of the Col de la République , but was taken over by the favourites later. Aucouturier won the sprint. When the riders reached Marseille, they complained that there had been too many incidents in this stage, and the stage results should be cancelled. In the last part, they had been stopped by a large group of cyclists. Maurice Garin had been attacked, and his arm had been injured: he finished

3975-477: The scandals associated with this Tour, Desgrange wanted to stop the race. He however changed his mind, and the rules were changed to prevent cyclists from cheating: the 1905 Tour de France would be decided with a points system. Tour de France 1904 winner Cornet would enter the Tour de France for seven more times, but would never again play an important role. [REDACTED] Media related to Tour de France 1904 at Wikimedia Commons Points classification in

4050-401: The slipstream of a car. Chevallier, who had finished third, was disqualified for resting in a car for 45 minutes. During the stage, Ferdinand Payan had been disqualified. Some sources indicate he was helped by a motor, other that he was helped by riders not in the race. In that first stage, Garin had asked the race official Lefèvre for food, which was illegal. Lefèvre, who knew that Garin

4125-410: The sprint. The fourth stage was run without the incidents that plagued the first three stages. Pothier, Maurice and César Garin and Beaugendre reached Bordeaux together, and the stage was decided by the final kilometre in the velodrome, where Pothier recorded the fastest time. In the fifth stage, nails on the road again causing punctures. As mechanical assistance was not allowed, Cornet had to ride

4200-453: The stage steering with only one hand. There was so much confusion at the last controle post, that the exact arrival times of the cyclists were not recorded. In the third stage, the Tour reached Nîmes , near the home town of Payan, whose fans were angry because of his disqualification. They threw rocks at the riders, and barricaded the road. The cyclists had troubles passing through Nîmes, and several were injured. The most important event for

4275-426: The stage win. However, to win the competition a rider will need a reasonable level of all-round skills as well as strong sprinting, since he will need to finish within the time limit on mountain stages to remain in contention, and ideally will be able to contest intermediate sprints during mountain stages as well. For example, Mario Cipollini was one of the best pure sprinters of his era but was never in contention for

4350-485: The system started in 1953, the ranks of each cyclist in a stage were added, and the cyclist with the lowest number of points won. Later, points were given to the first few cyclists in each stage. Even later, the point system started to differentiate for stage type, typically assigning more points to flat stages. Intermediate sprints were also given points. In 2009, the system had evolved to the following, with either two or three intermediate sprints per stage: Starting from

4425-546: The time classification. There is doubt over when the yellow jersey began. The Belgian rider Philippe Thys , who won the Tour in 1913 , 1914 and 1920 , recalled in the Belgian magazine Champions et Vedettes when he was 67 that he was awarded a yellow jersey in 1913 when the organiser, Henri Desgrange , asked him to wear a coloured jersey. Thys declined, saying making himself more visible in yellow would encourage other riders to ride against him. He said He then made his argument from another direction. Several stages later, it

4500-457: The time system, but with the points system. The cyclists received points, equal to their ranking in the stage, and the cyclist with the fewest points was the leader of the race. After the 1912 Tour de France , the system was changed back to the time system that is still in use. In the 1953 Tour de France , to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Tour de France, the points system was reintroduced, but this time as an additional classification. Because

4575-449: The top of a climb or penalties for rule infractions. The rider with the lowest overall time at the end of each stage receives a ceremonial yellow jersey and the right to start the next stage of the Tour in the yellow jersey. The rider to receive the yellow jersey after the last stage in Paris is the overall winner of the Tour. Similar leader's jerseys exist in other cycling races, but are not always yellow. The Tour of California used gold,

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4650-460: The valiant Christophe a superb yellow jersey. You already know that our director decided that the man leading the race [ de tête du classement général ] should wear a jersey in the colours of L'Auto . The battle to wear this jersey is going to be passionate." In the next Tour de France in 1920 , the yellow jersey was initially not awarded but after the ninth stage, it was introduced again. After Desgrange's death, his stylized initials were added to

4725-469: The victory were Garin, Pothier and Aucouturier, who had performed well in the 1903 Tour de France. Among the competitors was Henri Paret who, at 50 years old, still holds the record of oldest Tour de France cyclist. In the 1903 Tour de France, the organisation guaranteed that the first 50 cyclists in the final general classification would earn at least 5 francs per day. In 1904, if not more than 50 cyclists would finish, also cyclists who dropped out during

4800-458: The warmth and the absorption of wool. Embroidery was expensive and so the only lettering to appear on the jersey was the H.D. of Desgrange's initials. Riders added the name of the team for which they were riding or the professional team for which they normally rode (in the years when the Tour was for national rather than sponsored teams) by attaching a panel of printed cloth to the front of the jersey by pins. While synthetic material did not exist in

4875-409: The yellow jersey, originally on the chest. They moved in 1969 to the sleeve to make way for a logo advertising Virlux. A further advertisement for the clothing company Le Coq Sportif appeared at the bottom of the zip fastener at the neck, the first supplementary advertisement on the yellow jersey. Desgrange's initials returned to the front of the jersey in 1972. They were removed in 1984 to make way for

4950-553: Was allowed to continue because the drug, probenecid , was not banned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The 1996 winner Bjarne Riis revealed in 2007 that he used drugs during the 1996 race. He was asked to stay away from the 2007 Tour in his role as directeur sportif of the Danish Team CSC . The 2006 winner Floyd Landis was disqualified more than a year after the race. After he failed

5025-467: Was declared the winner, having led the race from start to end. Hippolyte Aucouturier won four stages. In total, 27 cyclists finished. For each cyclist, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification . The cyclist with the least accumulated time after the last stage was the winner. During the race, nine riders were excluded because of, among other actions, illegal use of cars or trains. The Tour organisers were happy with

5100-414: Was disqualified as winner after complaints that he and other riders cheated. The allegations disappeared with the Tour de France's other archives, when they were taken south in 1940 to avoid the German invasion. But a man, who knew Garin as a small boy, recalled that Garin admitted catching a train part of the way. In 2012, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by UCI , following

5175-415: Was every Tour he entered. Merckx, André Darrigade and Fabian Cancellara wore it in 6 and Indurain, Anquetil and Zoetemelk wore it in 5 Tours. The greatest number of riders to wear the jersey in a single edition of Le Tour de France is eight, which happened in 1958 and 1987 . The yellow jersey was made for decades, like all other cycling jerseys, from wool . No synthetic fibres existed which had both

5250-489: Was given it the night before and tried it on later in his hotel. The colour was chosen either to reflect the yellow newsprint of the organising newspaper, L'Auto , or because yellow was an unpopular colour and therefore the only one available with which a manufacturer could create jerseys at late notice. The two possibilities have been promoted equally but the idea of matching the colour of Desgrange's newspaper seems more probable because Desgrange wrote: "This morning I gave

5325-453: Was in 2nd with 83. Greg LeMond won the tour three times, Laurent Fignon won it twice and Joop Zoetemelk won it once, each of them have spent 22 days in the race lead. Among active riders Froome is in the lead with 59, Jonas Vingegaard has 27, Tadej Pogačar 30, Julian Alaphilippe , 18 and Geraint Thomas , 15. The rider to wear the Jersey in the most tours is Hinault with 8, which

5400-400: Was my team manager at Peugeot , (Alphonse) Baugé, who urged me to give in. The yellow jersey would be an advertisement for the company and, that being the argument, I was obliged to concede. So a yellow jersey was bought in the first shop we came to. It was just the right size, although we had to cut a slightly larger hole for my head to go through. He spoke of the next year's race, when "I won

5475-462: Was not necessary, so the riders started at midnight as planned. During this stage, Antoine Fauré led close to his hometown, and 200 fans tried to stop the rest of the cyclists from following him. Garin hurt his hand during the incident, and Giovanni Gerbi was knocked unconscious, and had to give up with broken fingers. The situation was only solved after race officials fired shots in the air. Further on, nails and broken glass had been spread along

5550-539: Was the quantity of advertising when Bernard Thévenet accepted the yellow jersey when the Tour finished for the first time on the Champs-Élysées in 1975 that the French sports minister counted all the logos and protested to broadcasters. Since then the number of people with access to the podium has been restricted. The French bank Crédit Lyonnais has sponsored the maillot jaune since 1987. The company has been

5625-420: Was the star of the race, broke the rules and gave him the food, because he did not want to be responsible for Garin leaving the race because of hunger. The news that Garin had received illegal help quickly spread, and caused the fanatical crowd to take action. For the second stage, the organisers had made the option to postpone the start by two hours, in case the mistral wind was making cycling difficult. This

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