Yellow ribbon

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The Yellow Ribbon (French: Ruban Jaune) is an award that was created in 1936 by Henri Desgrange , the founder of the Tour de France . It is intended for racing drivers who achieve the fastest average speed on well-known cycling classics with a distance of more than 200 kilometers.

The designation "Yellow Ribbon" was chosen in line with the "Blue Ribbon" awarded to the Atlantic steamers for the fastest travel time from Europe to North America. The color yellow refers to the color of the paper used in Desgrange's L'Auto newspaper , which is why the leader of the Tour de France wears a yellow jersey .

The first bearer of the "Yellow Ribbon" was the Belgian Gustave Danneels , who had completed the classic Paris-Tours in 1936 at an average speed of 41.555 km / h . The current carrier is Matteo Trentin , who also drove Paris-Tours at 49.641 km / h in 2015 . This race is predestined to improve the record as the track is quite flat and the wind mostly comes from behind.

Bearer of the "Yellow Ribbon"

year Surname nationality km / h run Distance and time
1936 Gustave Danneels BelgiumBelgium 41.455 km / h Paris Tours 251 km in 6h03'17 "
1938 Jules Rossi ItalyItaly 42.092 km / h Paris Tours 251 km in 5h57'47 "
1948 Rik Van Steenbergen BelgiumBelgium 43.612 km / h Paris – Roubaix 246 km in 5h38'26 "
1955 Jacques Dupont FranceFrance 43.666 km / h Paris Tours 253 km in 5h47'48 "
1962 Jo de Roo NetherlandsNetherlands 44.903 km / h Paris Tours 267 km in 5h57'26 "
1964 Peter Post NetherlandsNetherlands 45.129 km / h Paris – Roubaix 265 km in 5h52'19 "
1975 Freddy Maertens BelgiumBelgium 46.110 km / h Paris – Brussels 285 km in 6h11'30 "
1997 Andrej Tschmil UkraineUkraine 47.168 km / h Paris Tours 254 km in 5h23'44 "
2003 Erik Zabel GermanyGermany 47.550 km / h Paris Tours 257 km in 5h24'55 "
2010 Óscar Freire SpainSpain 47.729 km / h Paris Tours 233 km in 4h52'54 "
2015 Matteo Trentin ItalyItaly 49.641 km / h Paris Tours 231 km in 4h39'12 "
2019 Phillippe Gilbert BelgiumBelgium 50.63 km / h Vuelta a España 219 km in 4h20'15 "

Web links

  • Le ruban jaune. In: Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved October 12, 2015 . (French)
  • De le pennant. In: sportgeschiedenis.nl. Retrieved October 12, 2015 (Dutch).

Individual evidence

  1. Trentin scoops Ruban Jaune for lightning Paris-Tours ride. In: cyclingnews.com. October 12, 2015, accessed October 12, 2015 .