"Tour at the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in 1975, the same year the polka-dot jersey was introduced for the winner of the Mountains Classification. He helped drive an internationalization of the Tour de France, and cycling in general. In 1982 Sean Kelly of Ireland (points) and Phil Anderson of Australia (young rider) became the first winners of any Tour classifications from outside cycling's Continental Europe heartlands, while Lévitan was influential in facilitating the participation in the 1983 Tour by amateur riders from the Eastern Bloc and Colombia. In 1984, for the first time, the Société du Tour de France organized the"
"places at the end of the stage. The King of the Mountains Jersey is worn by current leader and overall winner by points awarded by his placing in mountain climbs. The leader wears a medium-blue jersey with yellow accents and is sponsored by Michelob ULTRA. The Best Young Rider is the best racer in General Classification that has less than 25 years old. He wears a ""White Jersey"". The Most Aggressive Rider wears the ""Red Jersey"". The jersey is awarded at the end of each stage to the rider that demonstrates the most aggressive attacks, breakaways or strategies, as judged"
"the Tour de France leader's jersey. The points classification leader's jersey has been green since 2008. It was green from 1954 to 1984, and there was no points classification from 1985 to 1996. The points jersey was pink and purple in 2000 and 2001, and green and white from 2002 to 2007. The King of the Mountains jersey has white with red polka dots, as in the Tour de France, since the race's takeover by ASO. The classification was introduced in 1952 and the jersey colour changed several times. In the 1970s it was yellow and red; later, it was"
"wears the ""Green Jersey"". The leader and overall winner by points in mountain climbs is awarded the ""Red Jersey"" (Orange in the past, before 2009) and is known as the race's King of the Mountains or ""KOM."" The leader and overall winner by time for riders under 23 is awarded the ""White Jersey"". Before 2009, this jersey was silver and blue. Teams are classified based on the total time of the team's top three finishers in each stage. The ""Blue Jersey"" is given to the most courageous rider at the end of each stage. In 2008, the jersey was red."
"other race classifications have been permitted to wear identifying jerseys (previously, there was an official mountain classification, but no identifying jersey). For a long time, a blue jersey identified the leader of the points classification, green the leader of the mountain classification, and red the leader of the sprints classification. Recently, these other classifications have used jerseys more like those used at the Tour de France, with the points leader using a green jersey, and the King of the Mountains using a polka dot jersey (albeit blue-on-white rather than red-on-white as at the Tour). 16 riders have won 10 or"
"points on a Category 2 climb to earn a King of the Mountains jersey and Most Aggressive Rider honors. He was the first American to wear the King of the Mountains jersey in the history of the Tour de France – Greg LeMond briefly led the mountains classification during the 1986 Tour de France, but since he was also the overall leader at the time, he did not wear the mountains jersey. During his dramatic stage 8 ride, he was referred to as the ""Bozeman Boss"" by commentator Phil Liggett. He would finish in 82nd place. At the Tour of"
"of the General classification. The Tour of the Basque Country awards a white jersey to the leader and overall winner of the Points classification. The Volta a Catalunya awards a white jersey with green stripes to the leader and overall winner of the General classification. The 2008 Tour de Suisse awarded a white jersey to a somewhat unusual competition, the Sprints classification, which awards placings not on stage finishes but strictly in intermediate sprints. The Tour Down Under awards a white jersey, with green piping and side panels, to the leader and ultimately the winner of the King of the"
"Combination classification in the Tour de France The combination jersey (also known as the multi-coloured jersey or technicolour jersey) was the jersey in the Tour de France worn by the leader of the combination classification. In 1968 the combination classification was introduced in the Tour de France. From 1969 on, the leader was recognized by a white jersey. The jersey was awarded to the cyclists that did best in all other classifications: General, Points and Mountains. It was seen as the classification for the all-round cyclist. Only cyclists ranking in each of the three other classifications were ranked in the"
"points available for harder climbs. The classification was preceded by the ""meilleur grimpeur"" () which was awarded by the organising newspaper ""l'Auto"" to a cyclist who completed each race. The classification awarded no jersey to the leader until the 1975 Tour de France, when the organizers decided to award a distinctive white jersey with red dots to the leader. The climbers' jersey is worn by the rider who, at the start of each stage, has the largest number of climbing points. If a rider leads two or more of classifications, the climbers' jersey is worn by the rider in second,"
"2011, worn by the King of the Mountains, the leader in the competition for climbing specialists. The following events use the ""green jersey"" to signify the current leader and/or final winner of the overall classification by points (often known as the sprinters competition): The following events have used the ""green jersey"" to signify the current leader and/or final winner of the overall classification of the best climber (often known as the King of the Mountains competition): As of 2009, no major race uses the ""green jersey"" to signify the current leader and/or final winner of the overall classification of sprinter"
"jersey, for the winner of the points classification – gained at intermediate sprints and stage finishes – while the red and white polka-dotted jersey for the King of the Mountains classification went to rider Thomas Damuseau. The teams classification was comfortably won by for the second year in a row; they were over twelve minutes clear of the next best team, . As the Critérium du Dauphiné was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with four other squads given wildcard places."
"de Oro"" (Golden jersey)— the Spanish counterpart to the yellow jersey of the Tour de France. Other jerseys honor the best climber (King of the Mountains, awarded a blue-on-white polka dot jersey) and leader of the points competition (for many years awarded a ""blue with yellow fish jersey"" sponsored by Spain's fishing and marine industry, but more recently given a green jersey). Usually, other cycling jerseys are awarded, such as for points leaders in the """"Metas Volantes"""" (intermediate sprints) and for the combination category (a point system that honors the best rider with the combined total points in the best"
"leader of the mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia wore the maglia verde (from ): in 2012, as part of a sponsorship deal, the jersey color was changed to blue (maglia azzurra). The mountains classification was added to the Giro d'Italia in 1933. In the inaugural year of the classification, the organizers chose select climbs and awarded points to the first three riders who crossed the climbs. Alfredo Binda was first over each climb and won the first mountains classification. In 1974, the organizers added a green jersey to designate the leader of the classification. The green jersey was used"
"King of the Mountains The King of the Mountains (KoM; ""Gran Premio della Montagna"" or GPM in Italian) is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification. For women's cycle racing, a similar term, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest position over several designated climbs in a single-day road race, it is more usually applied to stage races (for example, the Grand Tours, Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a España and smaller races"
"on each stage, and allowing time bonuses in intermediate sprints and at the finish in mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2012 Tour de Pologne, and the winner of the classification is the winner of the race. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a fuchsia jersey, representing the Tauron Group, the sponsors of the classification. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs, which were"
"peloton to be part of the daily group of leaders, but in contrast to most earlier stages, it took a long time before finally a group got away from the peloton and was allowed to gain some time and distance. After the only categorized climb of the day, it's Giuseppe Guerini and David López who are just riding a few seconds in front of the peloton, followed by Jérôme Pineau, the holder of the polka dot jersey who successfully tried to enhance his lead in the king of the mountains classification. But the two leaders don't get away and at"
"for the Tour de France, believing few riders who seek a serious position in the Tour would ride the Giro. Since the change in schedule, the race has continued to be held in May. The tour is sponsored by Amgen, a California-based biotechnology company. The leader and overall winner by time after each stage and at the conclusion of the race wears a ""Yellow Jersey"". Originally the leader's jersey was gold, a reference to the California Gold Rush, but in 2009 the jersey color was changed to yellow. The leader and overall winner by points from intermediate and final sprints"
"a record seven times. The classification awarded no jersey to the leader until the 1974 Giro d'Italia, when the organizers decided to award a green jersey to the leader. The green jersey was used until 2012, when the classification's sponsor, Banca Mediolanum, renewed its sponsorship for another four years and desired the jersey to be blue rather than green. Chris Froome won the mountains classification at the 2018 Giro d'Italia. The point distribution for the mountains is as follows: The points classification is the third oldest of the four jersey current awarding classifications in the Giro d'Italia. It was introduced"
"Red jersey The red jersey is a cycling jersey, given to the leader of several classifications. Since 2010, the leader of the general classification in the Vuelta a España wears a red jersey. In 1968, the leader of the points classification in the Tour de France wore a red jersey. In 1967, 1968 and since 2010, the leader of the points classification in the Giro d'Italia wore a red jersey The red jersey also signifies the mountains classification leader and winner for several stage races, including: The red jersey also signifies the Most Aggressive Rider or Most Combative classification for"
"One rider has been King of the Mountains, won the combination classification, combativity award, the points competition, and the Tour in the same year—Eddy Merckx in 1969, which was also the first year he participated. Twice the Tour was won by a racer who never wore the yellow jersey until the race was over. In 1947, Jean Robic overturned a three-minute deficit on the final stage into Paris. In 1968, Jan Janssen of the Netherlands secured his win in the individual time trial on the last day. The Tour has been won three times by racers who led the general"
"retained the yellow jersey as a result), but had broken his collarbone in the crash and did not start stage 7. Chris Froome became the overall leader with Martin's non-start. 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, the jersey is not worn. The previous year's winner traditionally has race number ""1"" (with his teammates given the other single-digit"
"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. General classification in the Tour de France The general classification is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey ( ). The winner of the first Tour de France wore a green armband, not a yellow jersey. After the second Tour"
"have won this ranking for three consecutive times were Antonio Suárez, Antonio Karmany, Julio Jiménez, José María Jiménez, all Spaniards. Overall, the Spaniards have dominated this classification by 47 out of 68 times. In 2010, David Moncoutié considered retirement, but remained a professional cyclist to try to win his third consecutive mountains classification. In 2011, he became the first rider ever to win this award in four consecutive years. As of 2010, the leader of the mountains classification is awarded a white jersey with blue dots. The mountains jersey is third in the rankings of jerseys, behind the jersey for"
"tumble. In the 2013 Tour de Suisse, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2013 Tour de Suisse, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs;"
"leiderstrui"") wears a red jersey. There was no King Of the Mountains jersey this year. Instead, during some of the climbs bonus seconds were handed out in stages 6 and 7. The leader of the points classification (Lotto ""Puntenklassement"") wears a white jersey. The leader of the Best Young Rider Classification (Topsport ""Vlaanderen jongerenklassement"") wears a yellow jersey. The Eneco Tour 2006 is part of the UCI ProTour and so the riders can earn UCI ProTour Points. Below is states which riders won points and where. Because the Eneco Tour 2006 is a smaller stage race the points given are"
"time is the leader. If a cyclist leads two or more competitions at the end of a stage, he receives all those jerseys. In the next stage, he can only wear one jersey, and he wears the jersey representing leadership in the most important competition (golden first, then green, then red, then white). The other jerseys that the cyclists owns are worn in the next stage by the second-place (or, if needed, third or fourth-place) rider in that classification. After stage 21 The Vuelta was the penultimate event in the 2009 UCI World Ranking. The rankings leader, Alberto Contador, did"
"this weight fair in the spirit of preserving the 'primacy of man' over his equipment. Most stage races have a special category for the best climber, usually by awarding points at the important summits of the race. In the Tour de France for example, the best climber, or ""King of the Mountains"", is awarded a polka dot jersey (French: ""maillot à pois rouges""). In the Giro d'Italia instead, the best climber is awarded a blue jersey (Italian: ""maglia azzurra""). Climbing specialist A climbing specialist or climber, also known as a grimpeur, is a road bicycle racer who can ride especially"
"several stage races including: Red jersey The red jersey is a cycling jersey, given to the leader of several classifications. Since 2010, the leader of the general classification in the Vuelta a España wears a red jersey. In 1968, the leader of the points classification in the Tour de France wore a red jersey. In 1967, 1968 and since 2010, the leader of the points classification in the Giro d'Italia wore a red jersey The red jersey also signifies the mountains classification leader and winner for several stage races, including: The red jersey also signifies the Most Aggressive Rider or"
"of the stage. The one with the lowest completion time wins the stage. At the same time a ""general ranking"" shows the cumulative finishing times of all prior stages for each participating rider. A rider who does not complete any of the stages within its respective time limit is disqualified. The one with the lowest total cumulative time is the general leader. The general leader typically wears a distinctive jersey (yellow in the Tour de France) and generally maintains a position near the head of the main mass of riders (the peloton), surrounded by team members, whose job it is"
"Mountains classification. White jersey Numerous cycling stage races award a white jersey to signify the current leader and overall winner of a certain competition, or to signify the best young rider in the race. The most prominent of these is the Tour de France, where the jersey is known as the ""maillot blanc"" and is awarded to the best-placed rider age under 26. The use of the white jersey to recognize the best young rider in a race is its most common use, though some tours award a white jersey for a different classification. Other stage races, besides the Tour"
"many bicycle races, the current leader of the GC gets a special jersey awarded. In the Tour de France, the leader wears a yellow jersey, in the Giro d'Italia a pink jersey, in the Vuelta a España the leader's jersey is red, and in the Tour Down Under the leader's jersey is ochre. It is considered an honor to wear the special jersey. The most important stages of a bicycle race for GC contenders are mountain stages and individual time trial stages. Both of these offer the best chance for a single racer to outperform other racers. General classification The"
"the whole race. In 2012, Peyragudes was the finish of Stage 17 of the Tour de France. The summit of the climb for the purposes of the King of the Mountains was 1,000 m. before the end of the stage, at a height of . First over the summit was Alejandro Valverde, who went on to win the stage, with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins 19 seconds behind. Romain Bardet won the stage in the 2017 Tour, while Aru took the yellow jersey from Chris Froome. Peyragudes Peyragudes is a large ski resort in the French Pyrenees, situated in the"
"to win a Grand Tour. Herrera also won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1988 and 1991 and five ""King of the Mountains"" jerseys from the three Grand Tours. Luis Herrera is the second rider to win the ""King of the Mountains jersey in all three Grand Tours. The first was Federico Bahamontes of Spain. Luis Herrera (cyclist) Luis Alberto ""Lucho"" Herrera Herrera, known as ""El jardinerito"" (""the little gardener"") (born May 4, 1961 in Fusagasugá, Colombia), is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Herrera was a professional from 1985 to 1992 but had a successful amateur career before that"