 Commercial version of maillot jaune, 2004 Maillot jaune (French for yellow jersey, pronounced 'my-oh zhohn') is the jersey worn by the current overall leader of many bicycle races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. It allows the rider who was in the overall lead at the end of the previous day to be easily identified during the race. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1180x1239, 480 KB) Commercial version of maillot jaune 2004 Author: Piotr Tysarczyk File links The following pages link to this file: Maillot jaune Cycling jersey ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1180x1239, 480 KB) Commercial version of maillot jaune 2004 Author: Piotr Tysarczyk File links The following pages link to this file: Maillot jaune Cycling jersey ...
The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is a long-distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ...
The overall leader is the one with the lowest cumulative time for the race so far, minus any time bonuses, plus any time penalties. It is therefore theoretically possible, though unlikely, for the final overall winner to take first place only on the last stage of an event, and thus not have worn the maillot jaune until they are awarded it on the final podium. In fact, this has happened in two Tours—the 1947 (Jean Robic) and 1968 (Jan Janssen) editions. Greg LeMond nearly duplicated this feat in his last Tour win in 1990, as he did not earn the maillot jaune until the next-to-last day of the Tour. (In his legendary 1989 win, when he took yellow on the final day, he had won and lost the jersey earlier in the Tour.) 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
Jean Robic was a French cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Jan Janssen (born Johannes Adrianus Janssen, May 19, 1940, in Nootdorp, The Netherlands) was a Dutch professional cyclist (1962 - 1973). ...
Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. ...
This article is about the year. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The time bonuses are awarded for finishing in the top of the stages and in certain designated sprints within stages.
The decision to designate the time leader in this way, was made by Tour founder Henri Desgrange partway through the 1919 Tour de France, and it was first worn by Frenchman Eugène Christophe in the stage from Grenoble to Genève. The colour was chosen to reflect the yellow newsprint on which the newspaper L'Auto (later L'Équipe) - the chief sponsor of the event - was printed. It also featured the stylised initials 'HD' (for 'Henri Desgrange') which were removed in 1984 to make way for sponsorship, but re-added to the shoulders of the jersey 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. Henri Desgrange (1865 in Paris, France - 1940 in Beauvallon, France) was a competitive bicycle racer and French sports journalist. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Yellow is any of a number of similar colors with a wavelength of 565-590 nanometers. ...
Newsprint is low-cost, low-quality, non-archival paper. ...
LEquipe logo LÉquipe (French for the team) is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Tour de France of 2003 started and ended in Paris. ...
Since 1931, the overall leader in the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) is awarded the maglia rosa (pink jersey), also reflecting the paper colour of the sports newspaper (La Gazzetta dello Sport) originally sponsoring the race. The leader in the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) wears a "golden jersey". 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...
The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ...
Pink is a color made by mixing red and white and sometimes described as being a light red, but it is more accurately a bright undersaturated red. ...
La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. ...
The Vuelta a España bicycle race is one of the three Grand Tours of Europe and, after the Tour de France and the Giro dItalia, the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ...
See also
The maillot vert (French for green jersey) is the jersey or t-shirt worn by the leader of the Tour de Frances points classification. ...
The Maillot blanc, or white jersey The Maillot blanc (French for white jersey) is given to the best young rider in the Tour de France. ...
The polka dot jersey (French: maillot à pois rouge) is awarded for the best climber during the mountain stages of the Tour de France cycle race. ...
External link - Velo News: "The legend of the maillot jaune"
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