Points evaluation (Tour de France)

The points classification of the Tour de France has been held since 1953. The driver who collects the most points during all stages wins. The points are awarded for the placement at the finish as well as for intermediate sprints during the stage.

The leader of the points classification after a stage wears the green jersey ( French: maillot vert ) the next day . For the Tour de France 1968 the color of this jersey was exceptionally red.

Current scoring

Points are awarded in the special regulations of the Tour de France. This was fundamentally revised for the 2011 edition . Starting with the 2015 event , the awarding of points was adjusted in favor of the winners of the flat stages.

Category of arrival / sprint	Points are awarded according to placement
	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Flat stage	50	30th	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2
Central mountain stages	30th	25th	22nd	19th	17th	15th	13	11	9	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2
High mountain stages , individual time trials and intermediate sprints	20th	17th	15th	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

If there is a tie, the following criteria will be considered in sequence:

1. Number of stage wins
2. Number of victories in intermediate sprints
3. Placement in the overall ranking

Points can be deducted for rule violations such as letting the team car push them. This can even result in a negative total score for a driver.

The same applies to drivers who exceed the waiting period but are allowed to continue the race due to a jury decision due to exceptional circumstances. In this case, the drivers concerned will be deducted the number of points that are to be awarded to the winner on the corresponding stage.

winner

See also : List of Tour de France winners

Record holder is Peter Sagan with seven wins.

Eddy Merckx is the only driver who has won all three jerseys ( yellow jersey , green jersey and spotted jersey ) several times (five yellows, three green, two mountain classification); when he won his first tour in 1969, he did all three at once. Bernard Hinault was also able to win every jersey at least once, five yellows and one green and one mountain classification.

rank	Surname	country	Victories	Years
1	Peter Sagan	Slovakia	7th	2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2018 , 2019
2	Erik Zabel	Germany	6th	1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001
3	Sean Kelly	Ireland	4th	1982 , 1983 , 1985 , 1989
4th	Jan Janssen	Netherlands	3	1964 , 1965 , 1967
4th	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	3	1969 , 1971 , 1972
4th	Freddy Maertens	Belgium	3	1976 , 1978 , 1981
4th	Jamolidin Abduschaparov	Uzbekistan	3	1991 , 1993 , 1994
4th	Robbie McEwen	Australia	3	2002 , 2004 , 2006
9	Stan Ockers	Belgium	2	1955 , 1956
9	Jean Graczyk	France	2	1958 , 1960
9	André Darrigade	France	2	1959 , 1961
9	Laurent Jalabert	France	2	1992 , 1995
9	Thor Hushovd	Norway	2	2005 , 2009

Sponsors

The scoring has been sponsored in recent years by Michelin (1973 to 1983), BP (1984 to 1988), Castelli (1989), Panasonic (1990), the PMU betting company (1991 to 2014) and Škoda (since 2015).

See also

• Scoring (Giro d'Italia)

Web links

• Tour de France in the ProCyclingStats.com database

References and comments

1. ↑ cf. for the Tour de France 2012: Regulations of the Tour de France 2012 ( Memento des Originals of July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.5 MB), there Art. 24 B (French / English), accessed on July 2, 2012 
2. ↑ Changes to Tour de France green jersey classification confirmed. cyclingnews.com, October 23, 2014, accessed October 27, 2014 . 
3. ↑ In the meantime revoked because of his doping confession, but now recognized again because of the statute of limitations for the offense.