Young rider classification in the Tour de France 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 the Tour de France before, or cyclists who had been professional for more than two years. In the most
2018 Women's Tour Down Under best-placed rider – in ninth overall – under the age of 25. won the teams classification, after placing Spratt, Lucy Kennedy and Annemiek van Vleuten in the top-six overall. 17 teams participated in the 2018 Women's Tour Down Under. The race route was announced on 22 November 2017. In the 2018 Women's Tour Down Under, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an ochre jersey. This