Young rider classification 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, although the awardee did not wear a white jersey, but a red number bib instead. The Tour/Giro double has been achieved by two riders: The Giro/Vuelta double has been achieved by one rider: Young rider classification Young rider classification () 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-five
General classification in the Tour de France by a tyre by Bossus in the second. On the following stage, the maillot jaune passed to Georget after a crash." The Tour historian Jacques Augendre called Thys "a valorous rider... well-known for his intelligence" and said his claim "seems free from all suspicion". But: "No newspaper mentions a yellow jersey before the war. Being at a loss for witnesses, we can't solve this enigma." According to the official history, the first yellow jersey was worn by the Frenchman Eugène Christophe in the stage from Grenoble to Geneva on July 18, 1919. The colour was chosen either to reflect the