Young rider classification in the Tour de France recent years, only cyclists below 26 years are eligible. From 1968 to 1975, there was a white jersey awarded in the Tour de France to the lead rider in the combination classification (best rider in the overall, points and climbing competitions). In 1975, this classification was removed, and replaced by the "young rider classification". Any neo-professional (less than three years professional) competed in this classification, which was calculated using the rankings for the general classification. The leader in the young rider classification wore a white jersey. The rules for the young rider classification changed in 1983, when the competition was
Tour de France 1904 race, the general classification was awarded according to a point-based system based on their placings in each stage, and the rider with the lowest total of points after the Tour's conclusion was the winner. The leader in the first Tour de France was awarded a green armband. The yellow jersey (The color yellow was chosen as the magazine that created the Tour, "L'Auto", printed its newspapers on yellow paper), was added to the race in the 1919 edition and it has since become a symbol of the Tour de France. The first rider to wear the yellow jersey was