Tour De France King Of The Mountains
The mountains jersey however requires dramatic heroic attacks on the hardest stages of.
Tour de france king of the mountains. Andy schleck and jan ullrich both won the white jersey three times and share the record. Mountains classification winners of the grand tours. View full results of tour de france 2019 won by romain bardet before egan bernal 2nd and tim wellens 3rd.
Federico bahamontes and lucien van impe while richard virenque holds the record with seven wins. Every day of the tour threw up new challenges however the organisation was superb and the vehicular support just made everything possible i have simply had the best week i. Richard virenque is the king of the mountains in the tour de france.
He won the polka dot jersey 4 times in a row from 1994 1997 and added a further three jerseys in 1999 2003 and 2004. The green jersey at the tour de france is often a matter of consistency and regular placings on stages. The mountains classification is a secondary competition in the tour de france that started in 1933 it is given to the rider that gains the most points for reaching mountain summits first.
Cyclist robert millar came from one of europe s most industrialised cities glasgow to excel in the most unlikely terrain over the high mountain passes of the pyrenees and the alps. Maillot à pois rouges a white jersey with red polka dots. The polka dot jersey of the king of the mountains leader at the tour de france is hotly contested every year even if predicting the winner can be a tough task.
15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 christopher froome egan bernal steven kruijswijk 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 egan bernal julian alaphilippe et thibaut pinot 15 10 2019 presentation du parcours du tour de france 2020 christian prudhomme directeur du tour de. Polka dot king of the mountains. Gino bartali holds the record for the giro d italia also with seven wins while josé luis laguía has won the vuelta equivalent five times.
The leader of the classification is named the king of the mountains and since 1975 wears the polka dot jersey french. Two riders have won the king of the mountains in the tour de france six times.
