Everyone knows the yellow jersey. Most people know the polka dots. But the fourth jersey at the Tour de France, the plain white one, confuses more viewers than any of them, because the rider wearing it often isn’t leading anything you can see. The white jersey, the maillot blanc, belongs to the best young rider: … Read more
The winner of the 2026 Tour de France will collect 500,000 euros for three weeks and roughly 3,320 kilometers of racing, the largest single check in cycling, drawn from a total purse of about 2.3 million euros that pays everyone from the yellow jersey down to the last-placed finisher, who gets exactly 1,000 euros for … Read more
Right now, that record book is dominated by one name: Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian won the 2025 Tour, his fourth title, and enters the 2026 race chasing a fifth that would tie him with the four legends who share the all-time record. His rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard has defined modern cycling, with the two finishing … Read more
The short answer is that the yellow jersey, or maillot jaune in French, marks the overall leader of the race: the rider with the lowest total time across every stage. It is the prize the entire three-week Tour is built around, and wearing it, even for a single day, is a career-defining honor. Its history, … Read more
If you have ever flipped on the Tour de France in July and felt completely lost, the jerseys are the key to everything. Amid a blur of nearly 200 riders, four colored jerseys, yellow, green, polka dot, and white, tell you exactly who is winning what. Each one represents a completely different competition happening at … Read more