Young rider classification in the Tour de France occasions), Andy Schleck (three wins), and Quintana (two wins — also finishing second in the general classification both years). Young rider classification in the Tour de France The young rider classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1975. Excluding the years 1989 to 1999, the leader of the young rider classification wears a white jersey (). The requirements to be eligible for the young rider classification have changed over the years but have always been such that experienced cyclists were not eligible, sometimes by excluding cyclists over a certain age, cyclists who had entered
1950 Tour de France Dutch team with only one rider, therefore they were ineligible for the team classification. The special award for the best regional rider was won by sixth-placed Kléber Piot. The French-Algerian cyclist Zaaf, who fell out in the thirteenth stage after riding into the wrong direction, became famous, and got to ride in many criteriums, until he left two years later to Algeria. Kübler did not enter the next three Tours de France, but when he returned in 1954, he finished in second place, and won the green jersey for the points classification. 1950 Tour de France The 1950 Tour de