 Commercial version of maillot jaune, 2004 The Yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune pronounced [majo ʒoːn]) is the jersey worn by the leader of many multi-stage 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. 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 ...
Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabetâ€. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ...
The General Classification (or GC) in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races. ...
For a list of Tour de France winners, see Detailed list of Tour de France winners. ...
System The 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 possible for the final winner to take first place only on the last day, and thus not have worn the maillot jaune until awarded it on the final podium. This happened in 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 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. ...
Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...
Johannes Adrianus Janssen, popularly known as Jan Janssen (born May 19, 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962 - 1973). ...
Gregory James Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three time winner of the Tour de France. ...
The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France. ...
The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th Tour de France. ...
The time bonuses are awarded for finishing well in daily stages and in intermediate sprints within stages.
Origin There is doubt over the origin of the yellow jersey. The Belgian rider Philippe Thys, who won the Tour in 1913, 1914 and 1920, recalled in "Champions et Vedettes" when he was 67 that he was awarded a yellow jersey in 1913 when the organiser, Henri Desgrange, asked him to wear a coloured jersey. Thys declined, saying making himself more visible would encourage other riders to ride against him. Philippe Thys Philippe Thys (October 8, 1890 - January 16, 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France. ...
He said: 'He then made his argument from another direction. Several stages later, it was my team manager at Peugeot, the unforgettable Baugé, who urged me to give in. The yellow jersey would be an advertisement for the company and, that being the argument, I was obliged to concede. So a yellow jersey was bought in the first shop we came to. It was just the right size, although we had to cut a slightly larger hole for my head to go through.'
He spoke of the next year's race, when 'I won the first stage and was beaten by a tyre by Bossus in the second. On the following stage, the maillot jaune passed to Georget after a crash.'
The Tour historian Jacques Augendre called Thys "a valorous rider... well-known for his intelligence" and said his claim "seems free from all suspicion". But: "No newspaper mentions a yellow jersey before the war. Being at a loss for witnesses, we can't solve this enigma."
History The formal history, therefore, is that the first yellow jersey was worn by the Frenchman Eugène Christophe in the stage from Grenoble to Genève in 1919. The colour was chosen either to reflect the yellow newsprint on which the newspaper L'Auto (later L'Équipe) - the chief sponsor of the event - was printed - or it was because yellow was an unpopular colour and therefore the only one available with which a manufacturer could create jerseys at late notice. Christophe disliked wearing it, anyway, and complained that spectators imitated canaries whenever he passed. It was a habit encouraged by his popular nickname of Cri-Cri (from "Christophe") which is French babytalk for a bird. A yellow Tulip. ...
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. ...
After Desgrange's death, his stylised initials were added to the yellow jersey. They were removed in 1984 to make way for a commercial logo but reappeared 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. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Tour de France of 2003 started and ended in Paris. ...
Sponsorship French bank Crédit Lyonnais has sponsored the maillot jaune for upwards of 25 years. The bank developed the iconic tradition of a yellow jersey-holder recieving a stuffed lion (the company's mascot) on the podium, which the riders have been known to keep as a memento or give to their children if they have any. The holder will normally recieve three seperate jerseys per day he is the leader from sponsor Nike: a podium-only jersey which zips up the back, the jersey he wears when riding and an unworn copy of the race jersey to keep. Crédit Lyonnais is a French bank. ...
Nike, Inc. ...
Trivia - Lance Armstrong, during his seven Tour de France wins, gained the nickname "Mellow Johnny" from his US Postal/Discovery Channel teammates. The name pokes fun at his not-so-mellow demeanor, and the team joked that it was the Texan pronunciation of maillot jaune.[citation needed]
- Since 1931, the overall leader in the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) has been 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".
Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. ...
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (UCI Team Code: DSC) is a US-based professional road bicycle racing team. ...
Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ...
The maglia rosa (pink jersey) is awarded to the leader of the General Classification at Giro dItalia. ...
The use of the word pink as a color first occurred in the 17th century to describe the light red flowers of pinks, flowering plants in the genus Dianthus. ...
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, is the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ...
See also Since 1903, the following riders have won the Tour de France. ...
Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been exactly 1898 stages, some of which were divided into two or three substages, up to and including the 9th stage of the 2007 Tour de France. ...
External link - Velo News: "The legend of the maillot jaune"
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