 Tadej Pogačar, only four-time winner of white jersey | |
| Sport | Road bicycle racing |
|---|---|
| Competition | Tour de France |
| Awarded for | Best young rider |
| Local name | Maillot blanc (French) |
| History | |
| First award | 1975 |
| Editions | 50 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Francesco Moser (ITA) |
| Most wins | 4 wins: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
| Most recent |  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) |
The young rider classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1975. Excluding the years 1989 to 1999, the leader of the young rider classification wears a white jersey (French: maillot blanc). It goes to whichever eligible rider has the best time in the general classification.
The requirements to be eligible for the young rider classification have changed over the years but have always been such that experienced cyclists were not eligible, sometimes by excluding cyclists over a certain age, cyclists who had entered the Tour de France before, or cyclists who had been professional for more than two years. In the most recent years, only cyclists who will remain below 26 in the year the race is held are eligible.
In the Tour de France Femmes, the white jersey is awarded to the highest placed rider in the general classification under the age of 23.[1]
- ^ "Tour de France Femmes 2022 Course and Jerseys Announced!". Liv Bicycles. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
WHITE JERSEY for the best young rider classification sponsored by LIV Riders under 23 years of age