Young rider classification 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 years (or twenty-three years) depending on the race rules. Recipients are commonly known as the Best young rider. In stage racing, the fastest overall time of all riders below the age limit is awarded the cycling jersey, often the jersey color is white, in the same fashion the fastest time of all riders (regardless of age) is
1952 Tour de France which the best three cyclists had the lowest accumulated team in that stage) received a prize. It was won by the Italian team. The Luxembourgian team finished with only two cyclists, and therefore were not eligible for the team classification. The 1952 Tour de France saw the introduction of the combativity award, a daily award for the most combative rider of the stage. The winner of that award received 100,000 French francs. (The supercombativity award, the award for the most combative rider of the entire Tour de France, would first be given in 1953.) The special award for the best