There are 4 Tour de France classification jerseys awarded after each stage of the three-week race, every recognising completely different successes and abilities within the race.
The iconic yellow jersey is worn by the race chief primarily based on time, the inexperienced jersey is awarded to the chief primarily based on factors awarded at intermediate sprints and the finishes, the purple polka-dot king of the mountains jersey is predicated on factors awarded on categorised climbs, whereas the white finest younger rider’s jersey is one other primarily based on time, however reserved for riders born after January 1, 1999.
The group classification can also be primarily based on time, with the riders of the main group racing with particular yellow numbers (dossards). The most aggressive rider wears a particular gold quantity throughout the next stage.
The most aggressive rider (super-combatif) of the entire race is chosen by members of the jury on the finish of the Tour de France and is awarded a trophy on the ultimate podium in Paris identical to the opposite competitors winners.
Santini is the official jersey maker for the Tour de France, and can put the ending touches – including all mandatory logos – to the winners’ jerseys on-site on the Tour de France. That additionally means followers should purchase their very own duplicate jerseys and different Tour de France merchandising.
The yellow jersey – the maillot jaune
The yellow jersey is worn by the chief of the overall classification, the rider with the bottom internet time within the race after each stage. The rider who takes it to Paris is topped the Tour de France winner, essentially the most prestigious success of the lads’s biking season.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) received the 2022 and 2023 Tour de France.
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The jersey is yellow as a result of the newspaper that first organised the race, L’Auto, was printed on yellow paper.
The classification is predicated on the time taken for every rider to cowl the 21 phases, making an allowance for time penalties and time bonuses.
In the occasion of a tie within the common classification, the hundredths of a second recorded by the timekeepers throughout the person time trial phases might be included within the complete instances with a view to determine the general winner.
In the absence of a time trial or if the riders stay tied, then the positions wherein they completed every stage might be added up and, as a final resort, their ending place on the ultimate stage might be taken into consideration.
Bonus seconds are supplied to encourage attacking racing and these are deducted from the time taken to cowl the stage. Bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 seconds are awarded on the end line to the main three riders on every stage, excluding time trials. There are additionally sure climbs with bonuses of 8, 5, and a couple of seconds on the prime to encourage aggressive driving from the favourites.
All riders should end throughout the time restrict – a sure share (starting from 104% to 120% relying on the stage and common velocity) of the stage winner’s time every day with a view to proceed within the race. This is usually an issue for sprinters, domestiques and injured riders in relation to the excessive mountains.
The inexperienced jersey – the maillot vert
The inexperienced jersey is worn by the chief of the factors classification. Points are awarded at stage finishes and intermediate sprints.
While the sprinters are the principle candidates for the inexperienced jersey, it is the extra versatile amongst them who’ve the perfect probability of total success in Paris.
Peter Sagan is one such rider and has received inexperienced in seven of the previous 9 Tours, whereas Wout Van Aert dominated the factors classification in 2022 to take his first inexperienced jersey. Jasper Philipsen received 4 dash phases to anchor his inexperienced jersey in 2023.
Points are awarded to the primary 15 riders at stage finishes or intermediate sprints, with completely different allocations relying on the character of the stage. More factors are awarded on flat phases than on mountain phases or time trials. The winner of a flat stage scores 50 factors, a mountain stage winner simply 20.
Only riders who full your entire Tour de France are included within the factors classification.
In the occasion the place a rider or riders end exterior the time restrict however are reinstated by the president of the commissaires’ jury, they may lose all factors awarded to them within the factors classification.
For 2023 the inexperienced jersey was a a lot darker shade of inexperienced than followers are used to as per a request made by the sponsor of the jersey, Skoda, however the color was not in style with followers.
The polka-dot jersey – the maillot blanc à pois rouges
The polka-dot jersey is worn by the chief of the mountains classification, who is called the ‘king of the mountains’. For the three current editions of the Tour, the general winner has additionally received the polka-dot jersey, however Italy’s Giulio Ciccone of Lidl-Trek received the competitors in 2023.
Mountain factors are on provide on the prime of each categorised climb, starting from the toughest – ‘hors catégorie’ – to the best – class 4.
Hors catégorie: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-2
Category 1: 10-8-6-4-2-1
Category 2: 5-3-2-1
Category 3: 2-1
Category 4: 1
In the occasion of two riders being equal on factors, the rider with essentially the most first locations on the summit of super-category passes or climbs or summit finishes might be declared the winner.
Only riders who full your entire Tour de France might be included in the perfect climber classification. In the occasion of a rider or riders ending exterior the time restrict however being reinstated by the president of the commissaires’ jury, they may lose all factors awarded to them in the perfect climber classification.
The white jersey – the maillot blanc
The white jersey is worn by the chief of the youth classification.
A ‘younger rider’ is anybody who was born after January 1, 1999, so anybody beneath 25 firstly of the 12 months. The jersey goes to the perfect positioned on common classification, primarily based on time.
Tadej Pogačar has received the white jersey on the final 4 editions of the Tour, alongside the yellow jersey on two events.
The white jersey typically was a sign of future Tour de France contenders, however since Pogačar has risen to greatness at such a younger age, it has been tough to see the long run contenders so clearly. He is now too previous for the competitors, with the white jersey up for grabs in 2024.
The gold dossard
The particular gold quantity dossard is awarded to the rider deemed, subjectively, the ‘most combative’ the day past. It is normally the rider most energetic within the breakaway or somebody who reveals panache and aggression, and even qualities of sportsmanship. It was a purple quantity, however has modified this 12 months as Century 21 now sponsor the classification and the brand new color runs according to their branding.
The prize, which is awarded on each highway stage besides the ultimate one, is set by a jury presided over by the race director and a brand new vote made by members of the Tour de France Club. Each stage’s most aggressive rider wears a gold race dossard throughout the next stage.
The race’s most aggressive rider (super-combatif) is chosen by members of the jury on the finish of the Tour de France and was received by Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) in 2023 after a variety of aggressive assaults on phases.
Yellow dossard
The yellow race quantity dossard is worn by members of the group main the groups classification. It is calculated by including collectively the instances of every group’s three finest riders on each stage.
Any group lowered to fewer than three riders might be eradicated from the group classification.
Wearing a pacesetter’s jersey is necessary from the signing-in protocol earlier than the stage begin till the post-stage press convention.
Skinsuits are offered to the leaders of the varied rankings for time trial phases, with particular becoming periods organized the day earlier than the time trials.
Riders can lead a number of jersey classifications however solely put on one jersey within the race. There is a longtime order of precedence for the completely different chief’s jerseys: the yellow jersey, adopted by the inexperienced jersey, then the purple polka-dot jersey and eventually the white jersey.
When a rider is main a number of classifications, they put on the one designated by the order of precedence. The different jerseys are then worn by the riders mendacity second, third or fourth within the corresponding classification.