# Distinctive jerseys in professional cycling

Jerseys symbolising race positions include the yellow jersey, or maillot jaune, from the Tour de France, the pink jersey, or maglia rosa, from the Giro d'Italia, and the red jersey, or la roja, from the Vuelta a España. The first two jerseys were given the same color as the paper their original main sponsors (both sports newspapers) were printed on: yellow and pink paper, respectively. The overall leader at the Vuelta at present wears a red jersey, although previously it has been the "maillot amarillo" (yellow jersey) and the "jersey de oro" (golden jersey). Many other jerseys are colored or designed after a sponsor's logo, and some jerseys change color when a new sponsor is found.

## Overview of jerseys
### Grand Tour races

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical |
| Giro d'Italia | Pink jersey (maglia rosa) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) | White jersey (maglia bianca) | | Intergiro: Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) (1989-2006) Last in Race: Black jersey (maglia nera) (1946-1951) Points classification: Red jersey (maglia rossa) (1967-1968, 2010–2016) Mountains classification: Green jersey (maglia verde) (1974-2011) |
| Tour de France | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Last in race: Red lantern (figure of speech) Most combative: Red number Leading Team: Yellow Number | Combination classification (1968-1989): White jersey (maillot blanc) (1968-1974) Combined jersey (maillot mondrian) (1980-1989) Intermediate sprints classification (1971-1989): Red jersey (maillot rouge) (1984-1989) |
| Vuelta a España | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares) | White jersey (maillot blanco) | Most combative: Yellow number (dorsal amarillo) Leading Team: Red Number (dorsal rojo) | Combination classification: Combined jersey (maillot multicolor) (1988-1992) Orange-White-Green jersey (maillot tricolor) (2005) White jersey (maillot blanco) (2006-2018) General classification: Orange jersey (maillot naranja) (1935-1936, 1942, 1977) White jersey (maillot blanco) (1941) Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) (1955-1976, 1978–1998) Gold jersey (maillot oro) (1999-2009) Mountains classification: Black dotted jersey (maillot granos de café) (1988-1989) White jersey (maillot blanco) (1994-1998) White-Gold jersey (maillot blanquioro) (1999) White-Blue jersey (maillot blanquiazul) (2000) Granate-white jersey (maillot graniblanco) (2001) Orange jersey (maillot naranja) (2002-2003, 2006) Granate jersey (maillot granate) (2004-2005) Silver jersey (maillot plata) (2007) Points classification: Rosa jersey (maillot fucsia) (1994-1998) Silver jersey (maillot plata) (1999-2000) Orange jersey (maillot naranja) (2001) Granate-white jersey (maillot granate-blanco) (2002) Orange dot jersey (maillot de lunares) (2003) Fish jersey (maillot de peces) (2004-2006) Granate jersey (maillot granate) (2007) Blue jersey (maillot azul) (2008) Special Sprints classification: Blue jersey (maillot azul) (1999-2000) Green-White jersey (maillot verdiblanco) (2001) Young Classification: Red number (dorsal rojo) (2017-2018) Most combative: Green number (dorsal verde) (20??-2018) |

### Women's Major Tour races

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical |
| Giro Donne | Pink jersey (maglia rosa) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | Green jersey (maglia verde) | White jersey (maglia bianca) | | |
| La Vuelta Femenina | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares azules) | | Combative leader: White jersey (maillot blanco) | General leader: Violet jersey (maillot morado) (2015-2019) |
| Tour de France Femmes | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | *Most combative: Red number Leading Team: Yellow Number | |

### UCI World Tour (stage) races

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical |
| Tour Down Under | Ochre jersey | Blue jersey | Blue Polka dot jersey | White jersey | | |
| UAE Tour | Red jersey | Green jersey | | White jersey | Intermediate sprints leader: Black jersey | |
| Paris–Nice | Yellow and white jersey (maillot jaune et blanc) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Polka-dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Most combative: Red number Leading Team: Yellow Number | General Jersey: Blue jersey (maillot bleu) (1933-1945) Green jersey (maillot vert) (1946-1954) White jersey (maillot blanc) (1955-2001) Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (1951-1954, 2002–2017) Points Jersey: Pink jersey (maillot rose) (????-1984, 2000) Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (1999) Violet jersey (maillot violette) (2001) |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | Blue jersey (maglia azzurra) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | Green jersey (maglia verde) | White jersey (maglia bianca) | | General Jersey: Yellow-Red jersey (????-2007) Points Jersey: Red jersey (maglia rossa) (????-2017) Orange jersey (maglia arancio) (2018-2020) |
| Volta a Catalunya | White and Green striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles verdes) | White and blue striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles blaves) | White and red striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles vermelles) | White and orange striped jersey (mallot blanc amb ratlles taronjas) | Leading Team: Red Number (dorsal rojo) Most combative: Green number (dorsal verde) | Sprints classification Black and white jersey (2014 - 2017) White jersey (2011 - 2013) |
| Itzulia Basque Country | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Polka-dot jersey | Blue jersey | Leading Team: Red Number (dorsal rojo) Most combative: Green number (dorsal verde) | Intermediate sprints classification: Cyan jersey (????-2019) Mountain leader classification: White dots on red jersey (????-2021) |
| Tour de Romandie | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Pink jersey | White jersey | Most combative: Red Number Leading Team: Yellow Number | |
| Tour de Suisse | Yellow jersey | Black jersey | Blue jersey | | Best Swiss Rider: Red jersey Leading Team: Yellow Number | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1947-2010) | Yellow and blue jersey (maillot jaune et bleu) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | White polka-dot blue jersey (maillot bleu à pois blanc) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Leading Team: Yellow Number | Mountains classification: White Polka dot jersey (maillot rouge à pois blanc) (1948-2017) |
| Tour de Pologne | Yellow jersey (żółta koszulka) | White jersey (biała koszulka) | Rose jersey (różowa koszulka) | | Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey (niebieski koszulka) | |
| / BinckBank Tour Eneco Tour (2005-2016) | Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) | Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) | | | Combativity leader: White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) | General leader: Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) (2005-2007) White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2008-2016) Points leader: Blue jersey (blauw trui or maillot bleu) (2005, 2017) White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2006-2007) Red jersey (rode trui or maillot rouge) (2008-2016) Mountains leader: White jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2005) Young leader: Yellow jersey (geel trui or maillot jaune) (2005-2006) Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) (2010–2011) Combativity leader: Black jersey (witte trui or maillot blanc) (2012–2014, 2017–2018) Green jersey (groen trui or maillot vert) (2015) |
| Tour of Guangxi | Red jersey | Blue jersey | Blue Polka dot jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of California | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Red jersey | White jersey | | |

### UCI ProSeries (stage) races

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical |
| Vuelta a San Juan | White jersey (maillot blanco) | Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) | Orange jersey (maillot naranja) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | | |
| Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana | Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) | Orange jersey (maillot naranja) | Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares) | White jersey (maillot blanco) | | |
| Tour de Langkawi | Yellow jersey | Aqua jersey | Red jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of Oman | Red jersey | Green jersey | | White jersey | Combativity leader: Gold jersey | |
| Tour La Provence | Multicolor jersey (maillot multicolore) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Best Provence: Orange jersey (maillot orange) | General leader: Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) (2016) Blue jersey (maillot bleu) (2017-2018) |
| Vuelta a Andalucía | Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Orange jersey (maillot naranja) | | Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul) | General leader: Red jersey (maillot rojo) Mountains leader: Green jersey (maillot verde) Int. Sprints leader: White jersey (maillot blanco) Points leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul) Orange jersey (maillot naranja) |
| Volta ao Algarve | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Blue jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of Hainan | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Polka-dot jersey | | Best Asian rider: Cyan jersey | |
| Presidential Tour of Turkey | Turquoise jersey | Green jersey | Red jersey | | Best Turkish leader: White jersey | |
| / Tour of the Alps Giro del Trentino (1962-2014, 2016) Giro del Trentino Melinda (2015) | Cyclamen Jersey (maglia ciclamino) | | Green Jersey (maglia verde) | White jersey (maglia bianca) | Sprints leader: Red jersey (maglia rossa) | |
| Tour de Yorkshire | Blue jersey | Green jersey | Rosa jersey | | Combativity: Grey jersey | |
| 4 Jours de Dunkerque | Pink jersey (maillot rose) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Polka-dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | | |
| Tour of Norway | Orange jersey | Blue Jersey | Blue polka dot jersey | White jersey | | Mountains leader: Red polka dot jersey (??? - 2023) |
| Boucles de la Mayenne | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Red Polka dot jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of Belgium | Blue jersey | Red jersey | | White jersey | Stage winner: Green jersey | |
| Tour of Slovenia | Green jersey | Red jersey | Blue jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of Austria | Red jersey | Green jersey | Red Polka dot jersey | White jersey | | General leader: Yellow jersey |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | Red jersey | Green jersey | Red polka dot jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour de Wallonie | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | White jersey | Red jersey | Intermediate Sprints: Violet jersey | |
| Vuelta a Burgos | Violet jersey (maillot violeta) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | White jersey (maillot blanco) | Leading Team: Red Number (dorsal rojo) | |
| Tour of Utah | Yellow jersey | White jersey | Blue polka dot jersey | Aqua jersey | Combativity leader: Orange jersey | |
| Arctic Race of Norway | Midnight Sun jersey | Blue jersey | Peacock jersey | Red and white jersey | Combativity: Red number Best teammate Viking jersey | General leader: Blue and yellow jersey (2016 - 2018) Mountains leader: Salmon jersey (bold) (2021) Salmon jersey (patterned) (2019) Young rider: White jersey (2016-2022) White and black jersey (2015) Best teammate Viking jersey (2014-2015) |
| Danmark Rundt | Cyan jersey | Green jersey | Blue polka dot jersey | White jersey | Combativity: Dark blue jersey | Mountains leader: Black with Blue polka dots jersey (2018 - 2019) |
| Deutschland Tour | Red jersey | Green jersey | Blue jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of Britain | Red white and blue jersey | Green jersey | Black jersey | White jersey | | General leader: Gold jersey(2011 - 2016) Green jersey(2017 - 2019) Blue & red jersey (2021) Red jersey(2022) Points leader: Orange jersey(2017 - 2018) Cyan jersey(2019 - 2021) Navy jersey(2022) Sprints leader: Green jersey(2011 - 2016) Red jersey(2017 - 2021) White jersey(2022) |
| Tour de Luxembourg | Yellow jersey | Blue jersey | Green jersey | White jersey | | |
| Route d'Occitanie | Orange jersey | Green jersey | Blue jersey | White jersey | | |

### UCI Continental Tour (stage) races
#### UCI Europe Tour

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other | Historical |
| Étoile de Bessèges | Orange jersey (maillot orange) | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Blue jersey (maillot bleu) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | | |
| Vuelta a Murcia | Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) | White jersey (maillot blanco) | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | | Intermediate Sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul) | |
| Tour of Antalya | Magenta jersey (macenta formayı) | Yellow/gold jersey (sarı formayı) | Orange jersey (turuncu formayı) | | Climate change awareness classification (intermediate sprints): Green jersey (yeşil formayı) | |
| Tour du Haut Var | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | | |
| Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Blue jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Team leader: Pink jersey Combativity leader: Green jersey Combination leader: Orange jersey Stage Winner leader: Cyan jersey | |
| International Tour of Rhodes | | | | | | |
| Sibiu Cycling Tour | | | | | | |
| Tour of Mevlana | | | | | | |
| Tour of Bihor - Bellotto | | | | | | |
| Dookoła Mazowsza | | | | | | |
| Troféu Joaquim Agostinho | | | | | | |
| Tour of Kosovo | | | | | | |
| Tour Alsace | White Yellow jersey | White Green jersey | White Red jersey | White Blue jersey | Combativity leader: White Combined jersey First French rider: White Pink jersey Intermediate Sprints leader: White Blue-Green jersey | |
| Volta a Portugal | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Polka dot jersey <small | White jersey | | |
| Tour de l'Ain | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | White Polka dot jersey (maillot bleu à pois blanc) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Combativity: Red number | |
| Three Days of West Flanders | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | | White jersey | Intermediate sprints leader: Red jersey Best West Flandrian: Black jersey Leading Team: Yellow Number | |
| Volta ao Alentejo | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Brown jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour de Normandie | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois bleus) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Intermediate sprints leader: Red jersey (maillot rouge) | |
| Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali | Red jersey | White jersey | Green jersey | Orange jersey | | |
| Three Days of Bruges–De Panne | White jersey | Green jersey | Granate jersey | | Sprints leader: Blue jersey | |
| Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Pink jersey | Blue jersey | Sprints leader: White jersey Stage Winner Jersey: Orange jersey | |
| Circuit de la Sarthe | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Grey jersey | Red Polka dot jersey | Sprints leader: Red jersey | |
| Circuit des Ardennes | Yellow jersey | Grey jersey | Gold Polka dot jersey | White jersey | Combativity leader: Red jersey | |
| Tour du Loir-et-Cher | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Blue Polka dot jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour of Mersin | | | | | | |
| Vuelta a Castilla y León | Multicolor jersey (maillot multicolor) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | | Intermediate sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot azul) | General leader: Granate jersey (maillot granate) (????-2010) Grey jersey (maillot gris) (2011-2012) |
| Vuelta a Asturias | Blue jersey (maillot azul) | Green jersey (maillot verde) | Blue Polka dot jersey (maillot de lunares) | | Intermediate sprints leader: Newspaper jersey (maillot del periódico) Team leader: Red number (dorsal rojo) | General leader: Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) (1925-2010) Mountains leader: Green-Blue jersey (maillot verdiazul) Points leader: Red jersey (maillot rojo) |
| Tour of Croatia | Red jersey | Blue jersey | Green jersey | White jersey | | |
| Tour de Bretagne | Green and white jersey (maillot vert et blanc) | Blue and white jersey (maillot bleu et blanc) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | Combination leader: Pink jersey (maillot rose) Intermediate Sprints leader: White jersey (maillot blanc) | |
| Flèche du Sud | | | | | | |
| Tour d'Azerbaïdjan | Turquoise jersey | Green jersey | Red jersey | Violet jersey | | |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | Pink jersey | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | | |
| Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich | | | | | | |
| Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Purple jersey (maillot violette) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Combination leader: Red jersey (maillot rouge) Sprints leader: Blue jersey (maillot bleu) | |
| Tour de Berlin | | | | | | |
| Tour de Picardie | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Blue jersey (maillot bleu) | | | | |
| Volta Internacional Cova da Beira | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Blue jersey | White jersey | | |
| Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour | | | | | | |
| Ronde de l'Isard | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | Blue jersey (maillot bleu) | | |
| Paris–Arras Tour | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | | |
| Rás Tailteann | | | | | | |
| Okolo Slovenska | Yellow jersey (žltý dres) | Blue Polka dot jersey (biely dres s modrými bodmi) | Red Polka dot jersey (biely dres s červenými bodmi) | White jersey (biely dres) | Best Slovak rider: White-blue-red jersey (biel-modro-červený dres) | |
| Tour de Hongrie | Yellow jersey (sárga trikó) | Green jersey (zöld trikó) | Red jersey (piros trikó) | | Best Hungarian rider: White jersey (fehér trikó) | |

#### UCI Asia Tour

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Combative leader | Historical |
| Tour of Oman | Red jersey | Green jersey | | White jersey | Gold jersey | |
| Saudi Tour | Green jersey | Red jersey | | White jersey | Red Polka dot jersey | |

#### Former Stage races

| Course | General leader | Points leader | Mountain leader | Youth leader | Other |
| Tour of Missouri (2007-2009) | Yellow jersey | Green jersey | Aqua jersey | White jersey | |
| Vuelta Mexico Telmex (2008-2015) | Yellow jersey (maillot amarillo) | | Red jersey (maillot rojo) | Blue jersey (maillot azul) | Combativity Leader: Green jersey (maillot verde) Best Mexican rider: White jersey (maillot blanco) |
| Tour of Qatar (2002-2016) | Gold jersey | Silver jersey | | White jersey | |
| Critérium International (1932-2016) | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red Polka dot jersey (maillot à pois rouges) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | Leading Team: Yellow Number |
| La Méditerranéenne (1974-2016) | Yellow jersey (maillot jaune) | Green jersey (maillot vert) | Red jersey (maillot rouge) | White jersey (maillot blanc) | |

### Championship Jerseys

| Championship of | Jersey |
| World Cycling Championship | Rainbow jersey |
| European Cycling Championship | UEC European Champion jersey |
| UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998-2015) | |
| UCI Men's Road World Cup (1989-2004) | |
| Argentina | |
| Australia | |
| Austria | |
| Belarus | |
| Belgium | Driekleur trikot |
| Brazil | |
| Burkina Faso | |
| Canada | |
| Chile | |
| Colombia | |
| Croatia | |
| Czech Republic | |
| Denmark | |
| Estonia | |
| Finland | |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Great Britain | |
| Hungary | |
| Ireland | |
| Israel | |
| Italy | Maglia tricolore |
| Japan | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Latvia | |
| Lithuania | |
| Luxembourg | |
| Mexico | |
| Moldova | |
| The Netherlands | |
| New Zealand | |
| Norway | |
| Poland | |
| Portugal | |
| Russia | |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovenia | |
| South Africa | |
| Spain | |
| Sweden | |
| Switzerland | |
| Ukraine | |
| United States | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Venezuela | |