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
Tour de France Eugène Christophe. Each team brings multiple yellow jerseys in advance of the Tour in case one of their riders becomes the overall leader of the race. Riders usually try to make the extra effort to keep the jersey for as long as possible in order to get more publicity for the team and its sponsors. Eddy Merckx has worn the yellow jersey for 96 stages, which is more than any other rider in the history of the Tour de France. Four riders have won the general classification five times in their career: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel