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unusual facts about yellow jersey



Éric Caritoux

Caritoux rode himself into form and won the race's first mountain stage which finished on top of the Rassos de Peguera in the Pyrenees, he then rode admirably on stage 12 which finished at the Lagos de Covadonga summit and took over the leaders yellow jersey from Pedro Delgado.

Jacques Augendre

He followed his first Tour in 1949, when Fausto Coppi overcame another Italian, Gino Bartali, after a Frenchman in a regional team, Jacques Marinelli, had profited from the battle between them to wear the yellow jersey of leadership.

Kai Reus

After team mate Michael Rasmussen won the yellow jersey during the Tour he dedicated the jersey to Reus.

Yellow Shirts

The Yellow jersey is worn by the current leader in some cycling races, including the Tour de France


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1957 Tour de France

One day later the French national team took back the yellow jersey, when Jean Forestier took the lead by 15 minutes.

Anthony McCrossan

In 2008, Anthony interviewed Carlos Sastre at a Team CSC sponsor event at Alpe d'Huez after his yellow jersey clinching stage win in the Tour De France.

Bernard Hinault

This tour became a battle with Joop Zoetemelk, Hinault taking the yellow jersey after the final time trial.

Kaisa Mäkäräinen

She entered the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk in second place for the Overall World Cup (9 points behind Andrea Henkel), but regained the yellow jersey after taking the silver medal in the sprint.