What is the Tour de France?
The Tour de France is the third largest sporting event in the world, established in 1903. Set over three weeks and covering 3,500 km, teams compete for the yellow jersey in July each year. Twelve million spectators of all ages line the route to watch the famed publicity caravan and to support the cyclists. 2,000 journalists and photographers cover the Tour de France and it is broadcast to 190 countries by 85 TV channels ensuring a worldwide audience of three billion.
What is the Yellow Jersey?
that is, the rider with the lowest cumulative time, wears the yellow jersey. But there are other competitive classifications. The leader in points wears a green jersey. The “King of the Mountains” wears a white jersey with red polka dots’ determined by a point system based on performance on mountain climbs. The rider under age 26 who has the lowest cumulative time wears a white jersey.
There are two other “minor” competitive classification that don’t get you a jersey, but a different coloured number to pin to your jersey. First is the most combative rider of the day; the following day, he wears a number printed white on red, instead of the usual black on white. Also the team classification goes to the team with the lowest cumulative time among their three best riders. The next days, that team would wear numbers printed black on yellow.
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