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
2008 Tour de France this range, but were not included in the Tour de France. The 2008 Tour de France was almost entirely in France, with only a small part in Italy. In previous years, the Tour started with a prologue, followed by a week of flat stages. The flat stages were dominated by the sprinters' teams, and the yellow jersey was worn by a sprinter who had a good prologue. At the presentation of the Tour de France 2008 schedule, Tour Director Christian Prudhomme announced that the 2008 Tour would be different: "We have wanted a first week of racing with much more