Yellow Jersey worn by Lance Armstrong in the 2002 Tour de France
date: label: date made
content: 2002
label: worn during
content: 2002-07-18 to 2002-07-20
name: label: user
content: Armstrong, Lance
label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: First awarded in 1919, the yellow jersey, also known as the <i>maillot jaune</i>, is worn by the race leader of the Tour de France. The origin of the jersey’s yellow color is attributed to either the yellow-colored newsprint of the race’s sponsoring newspaper, L’Auto, or the surplus of unpopular yellow-colored fabric available at short notice.
label: Description
content: A three-week long European bicycle race, or “Grand Tour”, the Tour de France is won by totaling the time each rider takes to complete the 20 to 22 individual stages. The rider with the lowest cumulative time at the end of each stage is awarded the yellow jersey and wears it during the next stage. The rider with the best cumulative time after completing all stages is declared the Tour de France winner and awarded the final yellow jersey.
label: Description
content: This yellow jersey was worn during the 2002 Tour de France by Lance Armstrong (b. 1971), who, prior to a 2012 investigation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which resulted in a lifetime ban from competition and the annulment of all competitive results from August 1, 1998 onwards, was, at the time, the second American to win the Tour de France and, prior to the USADA decision, the only rider to ever win the race seven times (1999-2005). Armstrong took the lead in the general classification of the 2002 Tour after a, now-voided win, in Stage 11, a mountain stage that stretched from Pau to La Mongie in the Pyrenees of Southwest France. He also won the Prologue, Stage 12, and Stage 19, holding the lead on the general classification until the final stage in Paris.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: worn
content: France
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: used
content: Bicycling
label: used
content: Racing
label: name of sport
content: Cycling
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Drug Testing
label: related event
content: Tour de France
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Bicycling
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content: Lance Armstrong
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Lance Armstrong Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0063.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0063
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0063.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bicycle jersey
label: Object Name
content: cycling jersey
label: Object Name
content: jersey
label: Object Name
content: race jersey
label: Object Name
content: jersey, cycling
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 17 in; 68.58 cm x 43.18 cm