Cycling jersey

A cycling jersey is a specialized jersey for cycling. While the vast majority of cyclists worldwide wear conventional clothing while riding, a jersey offers certain advantages for the sport-oriented cyclist. A cycling jersey is cut long in the back to accommodate the bent-over position used in sport-oriented cycling. Any pockets on the jersey are placed on the back panel as front pockets would tend to spill. The zipper is often made very long so that the cyclist can open up the jersey to allow for ventilation. The cycling jersey is usually worn with a tight fit in order to reduce air resistance. Jerseys are made from a material designed to wick moisture from the skin, keeping the cyclist cooler and more comfortable.

Commercial version of the yellow jersey, 2004

Professional cycling is heavily sponsored; the traditional cycling jersey is printed with the logos of a few of the cycling team's sponsors.

Origin

Jerseys symbolising race positions include the yellow jersey, or maillot jaune, from the Tour de France, the pink jersey, or maglia rosa, from the Giro d'Italia, and the red jersey, or la roja, from the Vuelta a España. The first two jerseys were given the same color as the paper their original main sponsors (both sports newspapers) were printed on: yellow and pink paper, respectively. 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.

Overview of jerseys

Grand Tour races

Course	General leader	Points leader	Mountain leader	Youth leader	Other	Historical
Giro d'Italia	Pink jersey (maglia rosa)	Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino)	Blue jersey (maglia azzurra)	White jersey (maglia bianca)		Intergiro: Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) (1989-2006) Last in Race: Black jersey (maglia nera) (1946-1951) Points classification: Red jersey (maglia rossa) (1967-1968, 2010-2016) Mountains classification: Green jersey (maglia verde) (1974-2011)
Tour de France	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Last in race: Red lantern (figure of speech) Most combative: Red number Leading Team: Yellow Number	Combination classification (1968-1989): White jersey (maillot blanc) (1968-1974) Combined jersey (maillot mondrian) (1980-1989) Intermediate sprints classification (1971-1989): Red jersey (maillot rouge) (1984-1989)
Vuelta a España	Red jersey (maillot rojo)	Green jersey (maillot verde)	Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares)	White jersey (maillot blanco)	Most combative: Green number (dorsal verde) Leading Team: Red Number (dorsal rojo)	Combination classification: Combined jersey (maillot multicolor) (1988-1992) Orange-White-Green jersey (maillot tricolor) (2005) White jersey (maillot blanco) (2006-2018) General classification: Orange jersey (maillot naranja) (1935-1936, 1942, 1977) White jersey (maillot blanco) (1941) Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) (1955-1976, 1978-1998) Gold jersey (maillot oro) (1999-2009) Mountains classification: Black dotted jersey (maillot granos de café) (1988-1989) White jersey (maillot blanco) (1994-1998) White-Gold jersey (maillot blanquioro) (1999) White-Blue jersey (maillot blanquiazul) (2000) Granate-white jersey (maillot graniblanco) (2001) Orange jersey (maillot naranja) (2002-2003, 2006) Granate jersey (maillot granate) (2004-2005) Silver jersey (maillot plata) (2007) Points classification: Rosa jersey (maillot fucsia) (1994-1998) Silver jersey (maillot plata) (1999-2000) Orange jersey (maillot naranja) (2001) Granate-white jersey (maillot granate-blanco) (2002) Orange dot jersey (maillot de lunares) (2003) Fish jersey (maillot de peces) (2004-2006) Granate jersey (maillot granate) (2007) Blue jersey (maillot azul) (2008) Special Sprints classification: Blue jersey (maillot azul) (1999-2000) Green-White jersey (maillot verdiblanco) (2001) Young Classification: Red number (dorsal rojo) (2017-2018)

UCI World Tour (stage) races

Course	General leader	Points leader	Mountain leader	Youth leader	Other	Historical
Tour Down Under	Ochre jersey	Blue jersey	Blue Polka dot jersey	White jersey
UAE Tour	Red jersey	Green jersey		White jersey	Intermediate sprints leader: Black jersey
Paris–Nice	Yellow and white jersey (maillot jaune et blanc)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Polka-dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Most combative: Red number Leading Team: Yellow Number	General Jersey: Blue jersey (maillot bleu) (1933-1945) Green jersey (maillot vert) (1946-1954) White jersey (maillot blanc) (1955-2001) Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (1951-1954, 2002-2017) Points Jersey: Pink jersey (maillot rose) (????-1984, 2000) Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (1999) Violet jersey (maillot violette) (2001)
Tirreno–Adriatico	Blue jersey (maglia azzurra)	Red jersey (maglia rossa)	Green jersey (maglia verde)	White jersey (maglia bianca)
Volta a Catalunya	White and Green striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles verdes)	White and orange striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles taronjas)	White and red striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles vermelles)	White and blue striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles blaves)
Itzulia Basque Country	Yellow jersey	White jersey	Polka-dot jersey		Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey Leading Team: Yellow number
Tour de Romandie	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Pink jersey	White jersey	Most combative: Red Number Leading Team: Yellow Number
Tour de Suisse	Yellow jersey	Black jersey	Blue jersey		Best Swiss Rider: Red jersey Leading Team: Yellow Number
Critérium du Dauphiné Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1947-2010)	Yellow and blue jersey (maillot jaune et bleu)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	White polka-dot blue jersey (maillot bleu à pois blanc)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Leading Team: Yellow Number	Mountains classification: White Polka dot jersey (maillot rouge à pois blanc) (1948-2017)
Tour de Pologne	Yellow jersey (żółta koszulka)	White jersey (biała koszulka)	Rose jersey (różowa koszulka)		Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey (niebieski koszulka)
/ BinckBank Tour Eneco Tour (2005-2016)	Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert)	Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge)			Combativity leader: White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc)	General leader: Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) (2005-2007) White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2008-2016) Points leader: Blue jersey (blauw trui or maillot bleu) (2005, 2017) White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2006-2007) Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) (2008-2016) Mountains leader: White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2005) Young leader: Yellow jersey (geel trui or maillot jaune) (2005-2006) Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) (2010–2011) Combativity leader: Black jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2012–2014, 2017-2018) Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) (2015)
Tour of Guangxi	Red jersey	Blue jersey	Blue Polka dot jersey	White jersey
Tour of California	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Red jersey	White jersey

UCI ProSeries (stage) races

Course	General leader	Points leader	Mountain leader	Youth leader	Other	Historical
Vuelta a San Juan	White jersey (maillot blanco)	Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo)	Orange jersey (maillot naranja)	Green jersey (maillot verde)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana	Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo)	White jersey (maillot blanco)	Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares)		Combination leader: Green jersey (maillot verde)
Tour de Langkawi	Yellow jersey	Aqua jersey	Red jersey	White jersey
Tour of Oman	Red jersey	Green jersey		White jersey
Tour La Provence	Multicolor jersey (maillot multicolore)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red jersey (maillot rouge)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Best Provence: Orange jersey (maillot orange)	General leader: Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (2016) Blue jersey (maillot bleu) (2017-2018)
Vuelta a Andalucía	Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo)	Green jersey (maillot verde)	Orange jersey (maillot naranja)		Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul)	General leader: Red jersey (maillot rojo) Mountains leader: Green jersey (maillot verde) Int. Sprints leader: White jersey (maillot blanco) Points leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul) Orange jersey (maillot naranja)
Volta ao Algarve	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey
Tour of Hainan	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Polka-dot jersey		Best asian rider: Cyan jersey
Presidential Tour of Turkey	Turquoise jersey	Green jersey	Red jersey		Best Turkish leader: White jersey
/ Tour of the Alps Giro del Trentino (1962-2014, 2016) Giro del Trentino Melinda (2015)	Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino)		Green Jersey (maglia verde)	White jersey (maglia bianca)	Sprints leader: Red jersey (maglia rossa)
Tour de Yorkshire	Blue jersey	Green jersey	Rosa jersey		Most Aggressive: Grey jersey
4 Jours de Dunkerque	Pink jersey (maillot rose)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Polka-dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	White jersey (maillot blanc)
Tour of Norway	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Red Polka dot jersey	White jersey
Boucles de la Mayenne	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Red Polka dot jersey	White jersey
Tour of Belgium	Blue jersey	Red jersey		White jersey	Stage winner: Green jersey
Tour of Slovenia	Green jersey	Red jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey
Tour of Austria	Red jersey	Green jersey	Red Polka dot jersey	White jersey		General leader: Yellow jersey
Tour of Qinghai Lake	Red jersey	Green jersey	Red Polka dot jersey	White jersey
Tour de Wallonie	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	White jersey	Red jersey	Intermediate Sprints: Pink jersey
Vuelta a Burgos	Violet jersey (maillot violeta)	Green jersey (maillot verde)	Red jersey (maillot rojo)	White jersey (maillot blanco)
Tour of Utah	Yellow jersey	White jersey	Blue Polka dot jersey	Aqua jersey	Combativity leader: Orange jersey
Arctic Race of Norway	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Orange jersey	White jersey	Most combative: Red number
Danmark Rundt	Cyan jersey	Green jersey	Orange jersey	White jersey
Deutschland Tour	Red jersey	Green jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey
Tour of Britain	Gold jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey		Sprint leader: Green jersey
Tour de Luxembourg	Yellow jersey	Blue jersey	Green jersey	White jersey
Route d'Occitanie	Orange jersey	Green jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey

UCI Continental Tour (stage) races

UCI Europe Tour

Course	General leader	Points leader	Mountain leader	Youth leader	Other	Historical
Étoile de Bessèges	Orange jersey (maillot orange)	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Blue jersey (maillot bleu)	White jersey (maillot blanc)
Vuelta a Murcia	Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo)	White jersey (maillot blanco)	Red jersey (maillot rojo)		Intemediate Sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul)
Tour of Antalya
Tour du Haut Var	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red jersey (maillot rouge)	White jersey (maillot blanc)
International Tour of Rhodes
Sibiu Cycling Tour
Tour of Mevlana
Tour of Bihor - Bellotto
Dookoła Mazowsza
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
Tour of Kosovo
Tour Alsace	White Yellow jersey	White Green jersey	White Red jersey	White Blue jersey	Combativy leader: White Combined jersey First french rider: White Pink jersey Intermediate Sprints leader: White Blue-Green jersey
Volta a Portugal	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey
Tour de l'Ain	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	White Polka dot jersey (maillot rouge à pois blanc)	White jersey (maillot blanc)

Three Days of West Flanders	Yellow jersey	Green jersey		White jersey	Intermediate sprints leader: Red jersey Best West Flandrian: Black jersey Leading Team: Yellow Number
Volta ao Alentejo	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Brown jersey	White jersey
Tour de Normandie	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois bleus)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Intermediate sprints leader: Red jersey (maillot rouge)
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne	White jersey	Green jersey	Granate jersey		Sprints leader: Blue jersey
Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Pink jersey	Blue jersey	Sprints leader: White jersey Stage Winner Jersey: Orange jersey
Circuit de la Sarthe	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Grey jersey	Red Polka dot jersey	Sprints leader: Red jersey
Circuit des Ardennes	Yellow jersey	Grey jersey	Gold Polka dot jersey	White jersey	Combativity leader: Red jersey
Tour du Loir-et-Cher	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Blue Polka dot jersey	White jersey
Tour of Mersin
Vuelta a Castilla y León	Multicolor jersey (maillot multicolor)	Green jersey (maillot verde)	Red jersey (maillot rojo)		Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul)	General leader: Granate jersey (maillot granate) (????-2010) Grey jersey (maillot gris) (2011-2012)
Vuelta a Asturias	Blue jersey (maillot azul)	Green jersey (maillot verde)	Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares)		Intermediate sprints leader: Newspaper jersey (maillot del periódico)	General leader: Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) (1925-2010) Mountains leader: Green-Blue jersey (maillot verdiazul) Points leader: Red jersey (maillot rojo)
Tour of Croatia	Red jersey	Blue jersey	Green jersey	White jersey
Tour de Bretagne	Green and white jersey (maillot vert et blanc)	Blue and white jersey (maillot bleu et blanc)	Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	Red jersey (maillot rouge)	Combination leader: Pink jersey (maillot rose) Intermedite Sprints leader: White jersey (maillot blanc)
Flèche du Sud
Tour d'Azerbaïdjan	Turquoise jersey	Green jersey	Red jersey	Violet jersey
Four Days of Dunkirk	Pink jersey	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	White jersey (maillot blanc)
Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Purple jersey (maillot violette)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Combination leader: Red jersey (maillot rouge) Sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot bleu)
Tour de Berlin
Tour de Picardie	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Blue jersey (maillot bleu)
Volta Internacional Cova da Beira	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Blue jersey	White jersey
Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
Ronde de l'Isard	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	Blue jersey (maillot bleu)
Paris–Arras Tour	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	White jersey (maillot blanc)
Rás Tailteann
Okolo Slovenska	Yellow jersey (žltý dres)	Blue Polka dot jersey (biely dres s modrými bodmi)	Red Polka dot jersey (biely dres s červenými bodmi)	White jersey (biely dres)	Best Slovak rider: White-blue-red jersey (biel-modro-červený dres)
Tour de Hongrie	Yellow jersey (sárga trikó)	Green jersey (zöld trikó)	Red jersey (piros trikó)	White jersey (fehér trikó)
Tour of Denmark	Yellow jersey	Blue jersey	Polka-dot jersey	White jersey

UCI Asia Tour

Course		General leader	Points leader	Mountain leader	Youth leader	Other	Historical
Tour of Saudi Arabia		Green jersey	Red jersey	Red Polka dot jersey	White jersey

Former Stage races

Course	General leader	Points leader	Mountain leader	Youth leader	Other
Tour of Missouri (2007-2009)	Yellow jersey	Green jersey	Aqua jersey	White jersey
Vuelta Mexico Telmex (2008-2015)	Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo)		Red jersey (maillot rojo)	Blue jersey (maillot azul)	Combativity Leader: Green jersey (maillot verde) Best Mexican rider: White jersey (maillot blanco)
Tour of Qatar (2002-2016)	Gold jersey	Silver jersey		White jersey
Critérium International (1932-2016)	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges)	White jersey (maillot blanc)	Leading Team: Yellow Number
La Méditerranéenne (1974-2016)	Yellow jersey (maillot jaune)	Green jersey (maillot vert)	Red jersey (maillot rouge)	White jersey (maillot blanc)

Championship Jerseys

Championship of	Jersey
World Cycling Championship	Rainbow jersey
European Cycling Championship	UEC European Champion jersey
UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998-2015)
UCI Men's Road World Cup (1989-2004)
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium	Driekleur trikot
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy	Maglia tricolore
Japan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mexico
Moldova
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela

References

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