Maillot blanc

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The Maillot blanc (French for white jersey) is the jersey given to the best young rider in the Tour de France as determined by the best overall time. The winner must be under the age of 25 on January 1 the year of the Tour. The jersey holder is thus determined by looking at the maillot jaune classification, then removing all riders born before the cut-off date.

Before 1975, awards of the maillot blanc had meant the lead rider in the Combination Classification (best rider in the overall, points and climbing competitions). In 1975 the award of the Maillot Blanc was changed to the Best Young Rider Classification (less than 26 years of age) and calculated using the rankings for the maillot jaune.[1]

Czech auto manufacturer Škoda has sponsored the white jersey ever since it took over the auto sponsorship of the Tour de France from FIAT in 2003.

1 Winners of the Maillot blanc
2 Winners by Nation
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Winners of the Maillot blanc

Year	Name	Country	Team
2006	Damiano Cunego	Italy	Lampre-Fondital
2005	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
2004	Vladimir Karpets	Russia	Illes Balears
2003	Denis Menchov	Russia	iBanesto.com
2002	Ivan Basso	Italy	Fassa Bortolo
2001	Oscar Sevilla	Spain	Kelme
2000	Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Banesto
1999	Benoît Salmon	France	Casino
1998	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Deutsche Telekom
1997	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Deutsche Telekom
1996	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Deutsche Telekom
1995	Marco Pantani	Italy	Carrera
1994	Marco Pantani	Italy	Carrera
1993	Antonio Martín Velasco	Spain	Amaya Seguros
1992	Eddy Bouwmans	Netherlands	Panasonic
1991	Alvaro Mejia	Colombia	Ryalco
1990	Gilles Delion	France	Helvetia
1989	Fabrice Philipot	France	Toshiba
1988	Erik Breukink	Netherlands	Panasonic
1987	Raul Alcala	Mexico	7-11
1986	Andrew Hampsten	United States	La Vie Claire
1985	Fabio Parra	Colombia	Cafe de Colombia
1984	Greg LeMond	United States	Renault
1983	Laurent Fignon	France	Renault
1982	Phil Anderson	Australia	Peugeot
1981	Peter Winnen	Netherlands	Capri Sonne
1980	Johan Van der Velde	Netherlands	Ti Raleigh
1979	Jean-Rene Bernaudeau	France	Renault
1978	Henk Lubberding	Netherlands	Ti Raleigh
1977	Dietrich Thurau	Germany	Ti-Raleigh
1976	Enrique Martinez-Heredia	Spain	Kas-Campagnolo
1975	Francesco Moser	Italy	Filotex

[edit] Winners by Nation

Rank	Country	Most Recent Winner	Wins
1	France	Benoît Salmon 1999	5
	Italy	Damiano Cunego 2006	5
	Netherlands	Eddy Bouwmans 1992	5
4	Germany	Jan Ullrich 1998	4
	Spain	Oscar Sevilla 2001	4
6	Colombia	Alvaro Mejia 1991	2
	Russia	Vladimir Karpets 2004	2
	United States	Andrew Hampsten 1986	2
9	Australia	Phil Anderson 1982	1
	Mexico	Raul Alcala 1987	1
	Ukraine	Yaroslav Popovych 2005	1