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Young rider classification

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Young rider classification (French: classement général des jeunes) is a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, which awards the current leader by overall time for riders below the age of twenty-six years (or twenty-three years) depending on the race rules.[1] At the Tour Down Under recipients are aged under twenty-six.[2] Recipients are commonly known as the Best young rider.[3]

In stage racing, the fastest overall time of all riders below the age limit is awarded the cycling jersey, often the jersey color is white, in the same fashion the fastest time of all riders (regardless of age) is awarded in the general classification.[4]

If the best young rider is also the leader of the general classification, points classification or mountains classification, then the rider wears the most prestigious jersey and the next young rider in the classification not holding a more prestigious jersey will wear the young rider jersey. Article 2.6.018 of the UCI regulations on road cycling states:

"On the basis of the classifications, only 4 leader’s jerseys of the race can be issued in events of the UCI WorldTour and continental circuits of classes HC and 1 for the men elite and under 23, and a maximum of 6 jerseys in other events. Only the leader's jersey for the individual general classification by time is compulsory.

The leader of each classification, except the team classification, shall be required to wear the corresponding distinctive jersey.

If a rider is leading more than one classification, the order of priority of the distinctive jerseys shall be as follows:

1. general classification by time;

2. general classification by points;

3. general climber's classification;

4. others (young rider, combined, etc.); the order of priority among these other jerseys shall be set by the organiser.

In this situation, the organiser may require another rider next on the relevant classification to wear a jersey which is not being worn by the leader of that classification. However, if this rider must wear his world or national champion's jersey, or the leader's jersey of a UCI cup, circuit, series or classification, he shall wear that jersey.

In the situation where the leader of a classification does not take the start of a stage, the virtual leader of the relevant classification is allowed to wear the related distinctive jersey, subject to the consent of both the organiser and the president of the commissaires’ panel.

The riders of the team leading the team classification shall be required to wear the corresponding distinctive bib number if required by the organiser.

The presentation of a team leader jersey is prohibited both in the protocol and in the race.

No leaders’ jersey of the race or distinctive sign can be worn by a rider during the first day (prologue or stage) of a stage race.

Wearing a leader’s jersey or distinctive sign is prohibited in the case referred to in article 1.3.055 bis, point 5."[5]

Young rider classification winners of the Grand Tours

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Until 2016, the young rider classification existed only in two of the three Grand Tours, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia. The Vuelta a España introduced an award for the best young rider in its 2017 edition. However, in the 2017 and 2018 editions, the awardee did not wear a white jersey, but a red number bib instead. The white jersey was awarded at the Vuelta for the first time in the 2019 edition as the organizers had decided to eliminate the combination classification.[6]

Winners by year

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Legend
Rider also won General and Mountains classification
Rider also won General classification
Rider also won Mountains classification
Year Giro d'Italia Tour de France Vuelta a España
1975 Not awarded  Francesco Moser (ITA) (1/1) Introduced in 2017
1976  Alfio Vandi (ITA) (1/1)  Enrique Martinez-Heredia (ESP) (1/1)
1977  Mario Beccia (ITA) (1/1)  Dietrich Thurau (GER) (1/1)
1978  Roberto Visentini (ITA) (1/1)  Henk Lubberding (NED) (1/1)
1979  Silvano Contini (ITA) (1/1)  Jean-Rene Bernaudeau (FRA) (1/1)
1980  Tommy Prim (SWE) (1/1)  Johan Van der Velde (NED) (1/1)
1981  Giuseppe Faraca (ITA) (1/1)  Peter Winnen (NED) (1/1)
1982  Marco Groppo (ITA) (1/1)  Phil Anderson (AUS) (1/1)
1983  Franco Chioccioli (ITA) (1/1)  Laurent Fignon (FRA) (1/1)
1984  Charly Mottet (FRA) (1/1)  Greg LeMond (USA) (1/1)
1985  Alberto Volpi (ITA) (1/1)  Fabio Parra (COL) (1/1)
1986  Marco Giovannetti (ITA) (1/1)  Andrew Hampsten (USA) (1/1)
1987  Roberto Conti (ITA) (1/1)  Raúl Alcalá (MEX) (1/1)
1988  Stefano Tomasini (ITA) (1/1)  Erik Breukink (NED) (1/1)
1989  Vladimir Poulnikov (URS) (1/2)  Fabrice Philipot (FRA) (1/1)
1990  Vladimir Poulnikov (URS) (2/2)  Gilles Delion (FRA) (1/1)
1991  Massimiliano Lelli (ITA) (1/1)  Álvaro Mejía (COL) (1/1)
1992  Pavel Tonkov (CIS) (1/2)  Eddy Bouwmans (NED) (1/1)
1993  Pavel Tonkov (CIS) (2/2)  Antonio Martín Velasco (ESP) (1/1)
1994  Eugeni Berzin (RUS) (2/2)  Marco Pantani (ITA) (1/2)
1995 Not awarded  Marco Pantani (ITA) (2/2)
1996  Jan Ullrich (GER) (1/3)
1997  Jan Ullrich (GER) (2/3)
1998  Jan Ullrich (GER) (3/3)
1999  Benoît Salmon (FRA) (1/1)
2000  Francisco Mancebo (ESP) (1/1)
2001  Óscar Sevilla (ESP) (1/1)
2002  Ivan Basso (ITA) (1/1)
2003  Denis Menchov (RUS) (1/1)
2004  Vladimir Karpets (RUS) (1/1)
2005  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) (1/1)
2006  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (1/1)
2007  Andy Schleck (LUX) (1/4)  Alberto Contador (ESP) (1/1)
2008  Riccardo Riccò (ITA) (1/1)  Andy Schleck (LUX) (2/4)
2009  Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) (1/1)  Andy Schleck (LUX) (3/4)
2010  Richie Porte (AUS) (1/1)  Andy Schleck (LUX) (4/4)
2011  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) (1/1)  Pierre Rolland (FRA) (1/1)
2012  Rigoberto Urán (COL) (1/1)  Tejay van Garderen (USA) (1/1)
2013  Carlos Betancur (COL) (1/1)  Nairo Quintana (COL) (1/3)
2014  Nairo Quintana (COL) (2/3)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) (1/1)
2015  Fabio Aru (ITA) (1/1)  Nairo Quintana (COL) (3/3)
2016  Bob Jungels (LUX) (1/2)  Adam Yates (GBR) (1/1)
2017  Bob Jungels (LUX) (2/2)  Simon Yates (GBR) (1/1)  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (1/3)
2018  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (2/3)  Pierre Latour (FRA) (1/1)  Enric Mas (ESP) (1/2)
2019  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (3/3)  Egan Bernal (COL) (1/2)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (1/5)
2020  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) (3/3)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (2/5)  Enric Mas (ESP) (2/2)
2021  Egan Bernal (COL) (2/2)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (3/5)  Gino Mäder (SUI) (1/1)
2022  Juan Pedro López (ESP) (1/1)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (4/5)  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) (1/2)
2023  João Almeida (POR) (1/1)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (5/5)  Juan Ayuso (ESP) (1/1)
2024  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) (1/1)  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) (2/2)
Year Giro d'Italia Tour de France Vuelta a España

Most white jerseys

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Rank Rider Total Giro Tour Vuelta
1 Slovenia Tadej Pogačar 5 4 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) 1 (2019)
2 Luxembourg Andy Schleck 4 1 (2007) 3 (2008, 2009, 2010)
3 Germany Jan Ullrich 3 3 (1996, 1997, 1998)
Colombia Nairo Quintana 3 1 (2014) 2 (2013, 2015)
Spain Miguel Ángel López 3 2 (2018, 2019) 1 (2017)
6 Soviet Union Vladimir Poulnikov 2 2 (1989, 1990)
Russia Pavel Tonkov 2 2 (1992, 1993)
Italy Marco Pantani 2 2 (1994, 1995)
Luxembourg Bob Jungels 2 2 (2016, 2017)
Spain Enric Mas 2 2 (2018, 2020)
Colombia Egan Bernal 2 1 (2021) 1 (2019)
Belgium Remco Evenepoel 2 1 (2024) 1 (2022)

References

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  1. ^ "The White Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History". Rouleur. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Jerseys and Classifications | Santos Tour Down Under". tourdownunder.com.au. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Sporting stakes & Rules". www.lavuelta.es. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Every Tour de France Jersey Color Means Something Different". Bicycling. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Regulations Part II - Road Races" (PDF). www.uci.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Vuelta a España Jerseys explained". www.canyon.com. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.