Talk:General classification in the Tour de France

message: "The cyclist wearing the maillot jaune at the finish is the overall winner." I know what you're trying to say but this isn't actually true. The maillot only changes hands at the end of a stage, so the one actually waring the maillot might come in second as they cross the line. DJ Clayworth 13:34, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hopefully, my rewrite has fixed this. - IMSoP 23:10, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can anyone explain the significance of the script or "cursive" insignia on the shoulders of the maillot jaune in the Tour de France? The same insignia can be seen on the chest in older pictures of the jersey. It looks a bit like two letters, one is similar to a backwards "L" or perhaps the letters "de" and the other is similar to a "C" or a "G" on its side. Thanks!
:It's 'HD', for 'Henri Desgrange'; I've added that to the article. - IMSoP 21:16, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Insignia on maillot jaune? 

message: The challenge I'd like to set (and I'll try to find out myself tomorrow) is where the translation "jersey" comes from - a jersey being rather a warm thing for an athlete to wear, is it not? But now I think about it, what do jerseys have to do with Jersey anyway? Still, I don't think it's very similar to the French, since maillot de bain is a swimming costume, which is far more similar. - IMSoP 23:10, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why "jersey"? 

message: I have made a list, from publicly available information, about how many yellow jerseys each rider got, since the 1994 tour.
The result is on my user page. (moved in order to keep this page readable)
Is there a database to finish this list, and is this list appropriate for this article? --Pie.er 08:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the list is very valuable, but I think the list should be kept in a seperate article, because it is (as I understand it) a list of the maillots jaune in the Tour de France, while some other rounds use it as well, and because lists of this kind can clutter up regular articles. I don't know of any database, but you could try the articles on the seperate Tours de France. SQB 07:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. I moved the list to my userspace. The articles on seperate Tours were useful for the last years, but not 1993 or earlier... Thanks anyway! --Pie.er 09:34, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  List 

message: Rank  	Country	Most Prolific Winner                 	Most Recent Winner           	Wins
1     	       	Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault (5)	Bernard Hinault 1985         	36
2     	       	Eddy Merckx (5)                      	Lucien Van Impe 1976         	18
3     	       	Lance Armstrong (7)                  	Floyd Landis 2006 (contested)	11
4     	       	Ottavio Bottecchia, Fausto Coppi (2) 	Marco Pantani 1998           	9
5     	       	Miguel Indurain (5)                  	Miguel Indurain 1995         	8
6     	       	Nicolas Frantz (2)                   	Charly Gaul 1958             	4
7     	       	Jan Janssen, Joop Zoetemelk          	Joop Zoetemelk 1980          	2
 	       	Ferdinand Kübler, Hugo Koblet        	Hugo Koblet 1951             	2
9     	       	Stephen Roche                        	Stephen Roche 1987           	1
 	       	Bjarne Riis                          	Bjarne Riis 1996             	1
 	       	Jan Ullrich                          	Jan Ullrich 1997             	1
--Mike 10:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Winners by Nation

message: Section posted with disputed tag.
Some of the topics brought up in this section are unfound and either require contextual backup or need to be removed.
--Pandawelch (talk) 12:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The man who didn't get a maillot jaune 

message: This article seems to be written in a rather lyrical tone, which contrasts a bit from the more dry tone of most Wikipedia articles.  Not sure if this needs fixing though. 67.188.230.128 (talk) 20:56, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article tone/style 

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message: It isn't made very clear (maybe it is and I've missed it), but does each rider have their own yellow jersey in their own size, that they wear if they are eligible for it? Or is it the same jersey that gets passed around between them on different days/stages? How would this work with sizes also? Not all cyclists are going to wear the same size, so there must be several of them? 78.152.199.172 (talk) 12:24, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure there are lots of yellow jerseys. It's a symbol, not a specific jersey. I would even expect them to get a brand new one to wear every day. The article does actually say "he then receives three further jerseys each day". It also says "For many years the jersey was made in only limited sizes and many riders found it a struggle to pull one on", indicating several sizes. But still the question is interesting and worth mentioning more directly and in more detail, and of course that means actually finding reliable sources for it. Jhertel (talk) 20:03, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many yellow jerseys?