Tour De France White Jersey Winners
THE WHITE JERSEY
Tour De France White Jersey Winners Winning
Tour De France White Jersey Winners Today
Sports Quiz / white jersey-winners of the tour de france since 2000 Random Sports Quiz. The year is 1919, and the Tour de France is making its comeback after a four-year, war-induced hiatus. Two-thirds of the way into the 5,560km epic and prior to the 325km 11th stage from Grenoble. The Jerseys of the Tour de France By Melanie Clancy As if professional cycling weren't confusing enough on its own, what with its unspoken rules of the peloton and occasionally mystifying strategies, the Tour de France has a number of awards beyond just the overall winner in the general classification. Tour de France winners, results by stage The 2020 Tour de France sets off from Nice and ends 23 days later in the country's capital of Paris. Cyclists are given just two rest days during the.
Although the white jersey first appeared in 1968 to reward the leader of the combined classification, which was based on the overall, points and mountains standings, it wasn’t until 1975 that it began to symbolise the future and youth of the Tour de France peloton. A leader in waiting, the wearer of the white jersey, which is sponsored by Krys, is the best placed in the overall standings who is under the age of 26. The Italian Francesco Moser was the first winner of young rider classification and illustrated perfectly its philosophy since he went on to become world champion and the victor of the 1984 Giro, and claimed 10 Classics, including three victories in Paris-Roubaix. Only Laurent Fignon (1983), Jan Ulrich (1997), Alberto Contador (2007), Andy Schleck (2010), Egan Bernal (2019) and Tadej Pogacar (2020) combined the yellow and white jerseys at the final.