Scoring jersey

A scoring jersey is a cycling jersey that is used to recognize the leading participant in a scoring in stage races in cycling or to make it clear to the audience.

Probably the first classification jersey was the yellow jersey initiated by Henri Desgrange in the Tour de France in 1919 . The jerseys and the associated cash rewards are often sponsored by companies. The colors of the jerseys and the corporate identity colors of the respective sponsor are often identical. For example, in 1975 the red-dotted jersey was created for the mountain classification of the Tour de France , which was sponsored by the Menier chocolate factory , whose chocolate was wrapped in white paper with red dots. Over the years, the jersey colors for a rating do not always stay the same. For example, the jersey for the overall ranking at the Vuelta changed color nine times between its introduction in 1935 and 2012: from orange to white, orange, red, white, yellow, orange, yellow, gold and finally to red. For the longest time it was yellow (43 times) or gold (11 times). From 1998 the International Peace Tour had the same jersey colors as the Tour de France for the individual ratings .

According to the regulations of the World Cycling Association UCI , the award of a top rider's jersey is mandatory for international stage races. Depending on the UCI category of the race, the organizer can award up to three ( UCI WorldTour and categories HC and 1 of the UCI Continental Circuits ) or five further (all other races) leadership jerseys for special evaluations.

run	last stand		Scoring jerseys for individual scoring							Team ranking
			total	Points	mountain	offspring	further evaluation jerseys
" Grand Tours "
Tour de France	2019		Yellow jersey since 1919	Green jersey since 1953	Red polka dot shirt since 1975	White jersey since 1975	Red bib since 2003	Kämpferischster driver	Yellow number since 2006
Giro d'Italia	2019		Maglia Rosa since 1931	Maglia Rossa since 2010	Maglia Azzurra since 2012	Maglia Bianca since 1976	-			-
Vuelta a España	2019		Maillot Rojo since 2010	Maillot Verde since 2009	Maillot Lunares since 2010	Maillot Blanco since 2019	Yellow number on the back	Kämpferischster driver		-
Further cycle stage races of the UCI WorldTour
Paris – Nice	2015		yellow	green	red-dotted	White	-			-
Tour of Catalonia	2013		green white	White	red	-	blue	Best Catalan
Critérium du Dauphiné	2013		yellow with blue stripe	green	red-dotted	White	-			-
Tour de Suisse	2014		yellow	red-dotted	red	-	White	Best Swiss		-
More bike stage races
Germany tour	2019		red	green	blue	White	-			-
Tour of Austria	2012		yellow	red	red-dotted	yellow number on the back	White	Best Austrian
No longer held bike stage races
International peace trip	2006		yellow	green	red-dotted	White	-			blue
GDR tour	1989		yellow	pink since 1982	green since 1976, except 1977 and 1988	white since 1962	purple since 1966	Most active driver	white-red only in 1988 with the best driver on points	blue except 1962

Legend: colored numbers on the back

See also

• Rainbow jersey

References and comments

1. ↑ History of the colors of the jersey for the overall ranking at the Vuelta can be found in the French Wikipedia article Overall ranking of the Vuelta .
2. ↑ UCI regulations for road cycling, there: 2.6.013 "Classifications"
3. ↑ The junior competition was not held from 1995 to 2006. Instead, a jersey was awarded for the intergiro or combination evaluation.
4. ↑ Only pure sprint evaluation.
5. ↑ Cycling in Dresden 1988. (PDF; 770 KB) In: www.bommi2000.de . December 31, 2018, p. 20 , accessed March 13, 2020 .