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Yellow Jersey won by Miguel Induráin, collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing.. Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,205 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France.
The overall leader at the Vuelta at present wears a red jersey, although previously it has been the "maillot amarillo" (yellow jersey) and the "jersey de oro" (golden jersey). Many other jerseys are colored or designed after a sponsor's logo, and some jerseys change color when a new sponsor is found.
The Belgian rider Philippe Thys, who won the Tour in 1913, 1914 and 1920, recalled in the Belgian magazine 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 in yellow would encourage other ...
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The 2004 design of the yellow jersey for the leader of the general classification, as worn by Robbie McEwen on Stage 3 as leader of the general classification. Since the establishment of the competition in 1903, eight Australians have led the general classification in the Tour de France at the end of a stage during one of the 102 Tours de France.
For a Yellow Jersey (French: ...pour un maillot jaune) is a French 1965 documentary – described as a cinematic tribute – about the 1965 Tour de France. It was made by the French film director, Claude Lelouch. Lelouch is best known as the director of Un Homme et Une Femme (A Man and a Woman in English) in 1966.
The defending champion isn’t chasing a repeat win, a super star wants to break the green jersey record, and a crop of sprinters are all in contention—the green jersey competition may be even ...
Vincent Barteau (born 18 March 1962 in Caen) is a former French road racing cyclist.He is best known for wearing the yellow jersey in the 1984 Tour de France, retaining the lead for 12 days, [1] and winning the stage on Bastille Day in the 1989 Tour de France.