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'], 'filter': { 'nextExceptions': 'img, blockquote, div', 'nextContainsExceptions': 'img, blockquote'} }'>Tour de France jerseys: White – Best young rider classification leader The least distinctive of all of the classification jerseys – it’s plain white – is awarded to the under-26 rider who has.
The white jersey, or maillot blanc, goes to the General Classification leader who is 25 years old or younger (on January 1 in the given race year). Put simply, it goes to the best young rider with. Young rider classification is a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, which awards the current leader by overall time for riders below the age of twenty-five years depending on the race rules. Recipients are commonly known as the Best young rider. In stage racing, the fastest overall time of all riders below the age limit is awarded the.
Tadej Pogačar may be a Tour de France rookie, but he’s not riding like one.
The 21-year-old Slovenian has ridden himself confidently and consistently into the Tour’s white jersey for best young rider, and is now sitting fourth overall, 11 seconds down on yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and four seconds back on red-hot countryman Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma).
Pogačar bagged himself the white jersey having taken second-place on the summit finish atop Orcières-Merlette Tuesday. The youngster was one of the few riders to have both survived the onslaught of Jumbo-Visma’s powerhouse climbers hammering on the front through the final seven-kilometer climb and then had the snap to react to Roglič’s stage-winning move.
“Finishing second behind Roglič, that’s a good performance,” the UAE-Team Emirates GC hope said Tuesday. “The team rode really well. Roglič was very strong today. I might have threatened him with a better placement, but you can never be sure. ”
Riding just his second-ever grand tour and making his debut appearance in the pressure pot of the Tour de France, Pogačar is delivering on the expectations he set with a third-place overall at last year’s Vuelta a España and solid ride to fourth overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné in August.
“To wear the white jersey in the Tour is a really nice moment for me,” he said. “I wasn’t sure after I crossed the line if I had taken it or not. Wearing the white in the Vuelta was special but this is even more so.”
The Slovenian now sits six seconds ahead of Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) in the young rider’s classification, a battle that could become an intriguing sub-plot to this year’s race. While pre-race contender for the white jersey Daníel Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) is now way off the pace at four minutes down after a pair of crashes on stage 2, his teammate Sergio Higuita, Marc Hirschi (Sunweb) and Enric Mas (Movistar) are all within 34 seconds of the Slovenian leader in the battle for white.
While Pogacar has stated “it is a goal to conquer the white jersey,” he no doubt has designs on the yellow as well.
Having quietly kept his nose out of the wind and his bike upright through the tricky opening salvo of stages at this Tour to place in the top-25 every day, Pogačar has passed the first test of his rookie Tour with full marks. Currently sitting six seconds ahead of Bernal and a mass of other GC hopefuls, Pogačar has now got a series major exams to pass when the Tour hits the Pyrenees and then the Alps.
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TOUR DE FRANCE JERSEY MEANINGS
So there's 22 teams made up of eight riders for a total of 176 competitors.
Each team wears a jersey, usually covered in the colours of their sponsors, but some riders will be wearing something a little different.
Here's all the jerseys and what they mean:
YELLOW JERSEY
© Provided by Sporting News Geraint ThomasThe yellow jersey, or maillot jaune, is worn by the rider leading the general classification (GC).
That is, the competitor with the lowest aggregate time prior to the start of that stage.
The man wearing the yellow jersey at the completion of the final stage is considered the winner of the Tour de France.
Fellow Aussies Phil Anderson, Stuart O'Grady, Bradley McGee, Robbie McEwan, Simon Gerrans and Rohan Dennis all wore yellow but never won a Tour.
Belgium's Eddy Merckx holds the record for 96 stages in yellow, he is also one of four men to have won the GC five times, joined by Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain.
Lance Armstrong won the GC seven times but was stripped of them in 2012. Performance-enhancing drugs and stuff, let's not talk about it.
2019 winner Egan Bernal made history by becoming the first Colombian to win the Tour de France. He shapes as a heavy favourite to go back-to-back in 2020's edition of the race.
POLKA DOT JERSEY
© Provided by Sporting News Julian AlaphilippeThe polka dot jersey, or maillot à pois rouges, is given to the rider leading the King of the Mountains category.
Riders are awarded points for the order they cross the summit of climbs, with more points available on the higher categorised climbs.
The most difficult climbs are labelled hors catégorie or uncategorised, with the first rider over being awarded 20 points.
If a rider is leading both the general and mountain categories, the polka dot jersey will be worn by the rider in second place.
Ten riders have finished the race winning both the GC and King of the Mountains, the most recent being Froome in 2015.
Frenchman Richard Virenque holds the record with seven polka dot jerseys.
No Aussie has ever topped the category.
France's Romain Bardet was King of the Mountains in 2019.
GREEN JERSEY
© Provided by Sporting News Peter SaganThe green jersey, or maillot vert, is worn by the rider leading the points classification.
Points are awarded to riders in the order they cross the line at stage finishes and intermediate sprints, hence the points classification generally being won by 'sprinters'.
'Flat' stage wins have a higher points value than mountainous stages.
The 1st to 15th placegetters earn points, with 50 points being awarded to the winner of a flat stage, while a 'high mountain' stage will be worth 20 points.
On several occasions, the winner of the GC has also topped the points classification, in that case, the rider coming second in the green jersey standings wears it.
In 1969, Merckx finished the race leading the general, mountain and points classifications, the only man to have done so.
Australia has a fairly rich history in the green jersey, topping the points classification on five occasions, the fifth most of any nation.
Slovakian superstar Peter Sagan is the reigning champ and broke Erik Zabel's all-time record of five green jerseys when he claimed the title last year.
WHITE JERSEY
The white jersey, or maillot blanc, is awarded to the best young rider.
Riders under the age of 26 on January 1 in the year following the race are eligible to wear the white jersey.
It is awarded to the rider placed highest in the general classification who fits the age criteria.
Laurent Fignon (1983), Jan Ullrich (1997), Alberto Contador (2007), and Andy Schleck (2010) have won both the GC and the best young rider category in the same year.
In a sign of a changing of the guards, Bernal also claimed the white jersey, with the Colombian still eligible for the jersey until 2024.
OTHER CATEGORIES
MOST COMBATIVE
The rider judged most aggressive on the previous day's stage wears a white number on a red background, instead of the standard white number on a black background.
At the end of the race, the rider judged most aggressive throughout the Tour takes home the Combativity Award, or Le Prix de la combativité .
France's Julian Alaphilippe claimed the honour in 2019, while Merckx holds the record with four.
TEAM CLASSIFICATION
The team leading this category wear black numbers on a yellow background, instead of the standard white on black.
It is calculated by combining the times of the three highest-placed riders in the general classification per team.
Movistar took home the honour in 2019.
BUT THAT GUY IS WEARING A DIFFERENT JERSEY?!
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RAINBOW JERSEY
The rainbow jersey is worn by the reigning world champions in the road race and individual time trials.
Those riders wear a white jersey with green, yellow, black, red and blue bands around it.
Former world champions will often wear jerseys with rainbow trim on the sleeves and neck.
Mads Pedersen will be wearing the rainbow jersey in 2020 after winning the title in Yorkshire last year.
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NATIONAL CHAMPION JERSEYS
Riders from UCI-recognised nations who win their national championships are permitted to wear a jersey bearing the colours of their country for the next year of competition.
Former national champions will often wear jerseys with different coloured trim on the sleeves on neck.