Jerseys symbolising race positions include the yellow jersey, or maillot jaune, from the Tour de France,[1] 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 | |
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Giro d'Italia | Pink jersey (maglia rosa) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) | White jersey (maglia bianca) | Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) (1989-2006)
Red jersey (maglia rossa) (1967-1968, 2010–2016) 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)
| White jersey (maillot blanc) (1968-1974) Combined jersey (maillot mondrian) (1980-1989) 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) |
Yellow number (dorsal amarillo)
Red Number (dorsal rojo) | Combined jersey (maillot multicolor) (1988-1992) Orange-White-Green jersey (maillot tricolor) (2005) White jersey (maillot blanco) (2006-2018)
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) 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) 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)
Blue jersey (maillot azul) (1999-2000) Green-White jersey (maillot verdiblanco) (2001)
Red number (dorsal rojo) (2017-2018)
Green number (dorsal verde) (20??-2018) |
Women's Major Tour races
Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical | |
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Giro Donne | Pink jersey (maglia rosa) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | Green jersey (maglia verde) | White jersey (maglia bianca) | |||
La Vuelta Femenina | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares azules) |
White jersey (maillot blanco) |
Violet jersey (maillot morado) (2015-2019) | ||
Tour de France Femmes | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | *Most combative:
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UCI World Tour (stage) races
Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical | |
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Tour Down Under | Ochre jersey | Blue jersey | Blue Polka dot jersey | White jersey | |||
UAE Tour | Red jersey | Green jersey | White jersey |
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) |
Red number
Yellow Number |
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)
Pink jersey (maillot rose) (????-1984, 2000) Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (1999) Violet jersey (maillot violette) (2001) | |
Tirreno–Adriatico | Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | Green jersey (maglia verde) | White jersey (maglia bianca) |
Yellow-Red jersey (????-2007)
Red jersey (maglia rossa) (????-2017) Orange jersey (maglia arancio) (2018-2020) | ||
Volta a Catalunya | White and Green striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles verdes) | White and blue striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles blaves) | White and red striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles vermelles) | White and orange striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles taronjas) |
Red Number (dorsal rojo)
Green number (dorsal verde) |
Black and white jersey (2014 - 2017) White jersey (2011 - 2013) | |
Itzulia Basque Country | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Polka-dot jersey | Blue jersey |
Red Number (dorsal rojo)
Green number (dorsal verde) |
Cyan jersey (????-2019)
White dots on red jersey (????-2021) | |
Tour de Romandie | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Pink jersey | White jersey |
Red Number
Yellow Number | ||
Tour de Suisse | Yellow jersey | Black jersey | Blue jersey |
Red jersey
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) |
Yellow Number |
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) |
Blue jersey (niebieski koszulka) | |||
/ BinckBank Tour Eneco Tour (2005-2016) | Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) | Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) |
White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) |
Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) (2005-2007) White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2008-2016)
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)
White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2005)
Yellow jersey (geel trui or maillot jaune) (2005-2006) Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) (2010–2011)
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 | |
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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) | Orange jersey (maillot naranja) | Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares) | White jersey (maillot blanco) | |||
Tour de Langkawi | Yellow jersey | Aqua jersey | Red jersey | White jersey | |||
Tour of Oman | Red jersey | Green jersey | White jersey |
Gold jersey | |||
Tour La Provence | Multicolor jersey (maillot multicolore) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) |
Orange jersey (maillot orange) |
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) |
Blue jersey (maillot azul) |
Red jersey (maillot rojo)
Green jersey (maillot verde)
White jersey (maillot blanco)
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 |
Cyan jersey | |||
Presidential Tour of Turkey | Turquoise jersey | Green jersey | Red jersey |
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) |
Red jersey (maglia rossa) | |||
Tour de Yorkshire | Blue jersey | Green jersey | Rosa jersey |
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 | Orange jersey | Blue Jersey | Blue polka dot jersey | White jersey |
Red polka dot jersey (??? - 2023) | ||
Boucles de la Mayenne | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Red Polka dot jersey | White jersey | |||
Tour of Belgium | Blue jersey | Red jersey | White jersey |
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 |
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 |
Violet jersey | ||
Vuelta a Burgos | Violet jersey (maillot violeta) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | White jersey (maillot blanco) |
Red Number (dorsal rojo) | ||
Tour of Utah | Yellow jersey | White jersey | Blue polka dot jersey | Aqua jersey |
Orange jersey | ||
Arctic Race of Norway | Midnight Sun jersey | Blue jersey | Peacock jersey | Red and white jersey |
Viking jersey |
Blue and yellow jersey (2016 - 2018)
Salmon jersey (bold) (2021) Salmon jersey (patterned) (2019)
White jersey (2016-2022) White and black jersey (2015)
Viking jersey (2014-2015) | |
Danmark Rundt | Cyan jersey | Green jersey | Blue polka dot jersey | White jersey | Combativity: Dark blue jersey |
Black with Blue polka dots jersey (2018 - 2019) | |
Deutschland Tour | Red jersey | Green jersey | Blue jersey | White jersey | |||
Tour of Britain | Red white and blue jersey | Green jersey | Black jersey | White jersey |
Gold jersey (2011 - 2016) Green jersey (2017 - 2019) Blue & red jersey (2021) Red jersey (2022)
Orange jersey (2017 - 2018) Cyan jersey (2019 - 2021) Navy jersey (2022)
Green jersey (2011 - 2016) Red jersey (2017 - 2021) White jersey (2022) | ||
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 | |
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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) |
(maillot azul) | |||
Tour of Antalya | Magenta jersey (macenta formayı) | Yellow/gold jersey (sarı formayı) | Orange jersey (turuncu formayı) |
Green jersey (yeşil formayı) | |||
Tour du Haut Var | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | |||
Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Blue jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) |
Pink jersey
Green jersey
Orange jersey
Cyan jersey | ||
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 |
White Combined jersey
White Pink jersey
White Blue-Green jersey | ||
Volta a Portugal | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Polka dot jersey <small | White jersey | |||
Tour de l'Ain | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | White Polka dot jersey (maillot bleu à pois blanc) | White jersey (maillot blanc) |
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Three Days of West Flanders | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | White jersey |
Red jersey
Black jersey
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) |
Red jersey (maillot rouge) | ||
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali | Red jersey | White jersey | Green jersey | Orange jersey | |||
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne | White jersey | Green jersey | Granate jersey |
Blue jersey | |||
Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Pink jersey | Blue jersey |
White jersey
Orange jersey | ||
Circuit de la Sarthe | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Grey jersey | Red Polka dot jersey |
Red jersey | ||
Circuit des Ardennes | Yellow jersey | Grey jersey | Gold Polka dot jersey | White jersey |
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) |
Blue jersey (maillot azul) |
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) |
Newspaper jersey (maillot del periódico)
Red number (dorsal rojo) |
Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) (1925-2010)
Green-Blue jersey (maillot verdiazul)
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) |
Pink jersey (maillot rose)
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) |
Red jersey (maillot rouge)
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) |
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) |
UCI Asia Tour
Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Combative leader | Historical | |
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Tour of Oman | Red jersey | Green jersey | White jersey | Gold jersey | |||
Saudi Tour | Green jersey | Red jersey | White jersey | Red Polka dot jersey |
Former Stage races
Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical | |
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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) |
Green jersey (maillot verde)
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) |
Yellow Number | ||
La Méditerranéenne (1974-2016) | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) |
Championship Jerseys
See also
References
- ^ Karen (2021-07-04). "Kids guide to Tour de France jersey colours". Cycle Sprog. Retrieved 2022-10-16.