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To: leilani

The ‘extra’ jersey is presented to the winner in Paris.

There have been a few double winners of the yellow and green / polka-dot, but only one yellow / white combo that I’m aware of (Laurent Fignon, 1983??).

There has been only one winner of yellow / green / polka-dot, of course - Eddie Merckx in his Tour debut. He would have won the white as well had they been awarding that jersey then (started in 1975).


526 posted on 07/15/2010 6:38:47 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Tagline vitriol postponed until July 25, 2010)
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To: Ready4Freddy
There have been a few double winners of the yellow and green

THOR!

Thanks for the clarification. Also, thanks for doing such an unbelievably outstanding job on getting the stage guides up every day. Always on time, too. That must be worth a moose jersey, at least!

527 posted on 07/15/2010 6:46:15 AM PDT by leilani
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To: leilani

I stand corrected - Contador won the yellow / white combo in 2007 with his 1st GC win.


532 posted on 07/15/2010 7:04:53 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: Ready4Freddy
There has been only one winner of yellow / green / polka-dot, of course - Eddie Merckx in his Tour debut. He would have won the white as well had they been awarding that jersey then (started in 1975).

34 stage wins as well. The funny thing is, this distinction will probably remain his. The stage wins could be approached by someone like Cav, who will never win the GC. Funny how things have changed.
534 posted on 07/15/2010 7:30:44 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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