Maillot blanc
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The Maillot blanc (French for white jersey) is the jersey given to the best young rider in the Tour de France as determined by the best overall time. The winner must be under the age of 25 on January 1 the year of the Tour. The jersey holder is thus determined by looking at the maillot jaune classification, then removing all riders born before the cut-off date.
Before 1975, awards of the maillot blanc had meant the lead rider in the Combination Classification (best rider in the overall, points and climbing competitions). In 1975 the award of the Maillot Blanc was changed to the Best Young Rider Classification (less than 26 years of age) and calculated using the rankings for the maillot jaune.[1]
Czech auto manufacturer Škoda has sponsored the white jersey ever since it took over the auto sponsorship of the Tour de France from FIAT in 2003.
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[edit] Winners of the Maillot blanc
[edit] Winners by Nation
| Rank | Country | Most Recent Winner | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
Benoit Salmon 1999 | 5 |
 Italy |
Damiano Cunego 2006 | 5 | |
 Netherlands |
Eddy Bouwmans 1992 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Germany |
Jan Ullrich 1998 | 4 |
 Spain |
Oscar Sevilla 2001 | 4 | |
| 6 |  Colombia |
Alvaro Mejia 1991 | 2 |
 Russia |
Vladimir Karpets 2004 | 2 | |
 United States |
Andrew Hampsten 1986 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Australia |
Phil Anderson 1982 | 1 |
 Mexico |
Raul Alcala 1987 | 1 | |
 Ukraine |
Yaroslav Popovych 2005 | 1 |
[edit] See also
- Maillot jaune (yellow jersey)
- Maillot vert (green jersey)
- Polka dot jersey
[edit] External links
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