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The Vélodrome - Ride your dreams

A sky full of dreams takes center stage on the 2023 Team Jumbo-Visma Tour de France-jersey.

At Team Jumbo-Visma we strongly believe in making dreams come true. We know for a fact that a firm belief in your dreams can inspire big achievements. By wearing this special jersey during the biggest race of the year, Le Tour de France, we want to ignite dreams worldwide.

The story behind this star-spangled design, produced by AGU, is written by the master storytellers of Efteling. A fairytale about a tiny carousel The Vélodrome, where one of the little cyclists breaks loose into a dream that finishes on the Champs-Élysées. A story about belief, dreams and perseverance.

With the purchase of this jersey you're able to inspire people all around you. Designed by Efteling, worn by the winners of the last Tour de France.

The Vélodrome - Ride your dreams

Een sterrenhemel vol dromen staat centraal op het 2023 Tour de France-shirt van Team Jumbo-Visma.

Bij Team Jumbo-Visma geloven we heilig in het waarmaken van dromen. Wij weten als geen ander hoe een stevig geloof grootse prestaties kan verwezenlijken. Door het dragen van dit bijzondere shirt tijdens onze grootste race van het jaar, de Tour de France, willen wij wereldwijd iedere droom aanwakkeren.

Het verhaal achter dit met sterren bezaaide shirt, geproduceerd door AGU, is geschreven door de meestervertellers van de Efteling. Een sprookje dat begint in een kleine draaimolen genaamd The Vélodrome, waaruit een kleine fietser losbreekt in een droom die uiteindelijk eindigt op de Champs-Élysées. Een verhaal over geloof, dromen en doorzettingsvermogen.

Met de aankoop van dit shirt inspireer jij nieuwe dromen bij de mensen om je heen. Ontworpen door de Efteling, gedragen door de vorige winnaars van de vorige Tour de France.

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Client: Team Jumbo-Visma

Team Jumbo-Visma launched a special shirt to wear in the 2023 Tour de France. The shirt is a collaboration with Dutch theme park Efteling and was designed around the theme of the Velodrome, a nostalgic attraction and also in a sense translates as a cycling dream. Each rider of the team has a custom dream of theirs that came true printed on the back.

To promote the shirt, I did a number of photoshoots with different riders of the team. These included studio shoots in Belgium, France and at a training stage in Spain. Additionally, riders posed outdoors to get some more lifestyle feel shots. Finally, I joined the men’s team for the Tour de France training stage in Sierra Nevada and captured content of the riders training while wearing this beautiful shirt.

Altogether I shot multiple hundreds of images of about 16 riders wearing the shirt. The images were used on a variety of online channels to promote the shirt.

Door Efteling ontworpen Tour de France-shirt van Team Jumbo-Visma onthuld

Het speciale ontwerp is gebaseerd op de kracht van dromen, resulterend in een shirt 'The Vélodrome'.

In samenwerking met AGU en de Efteling lanceert Team Jumbo-Visma een nieuw shirt voor de Tour de France van 2023. Het speciale ontwerp is gebaseerd op de kracht van dromen. Een bijzonder shirt, genaamd 'The Vélodrome', waarop een sterrenhemel vol dromen te zien is. Als geen ander weet Team Jumbo-Visma hoe een stevig geloof in een droom tot grootse prestaties kan leiden. Na het winnen van de Tour de France in 2022 hoopt het team dit jaar nieuwe generaties te inspireren hun eigen dromen na te jagen.

Sprookjesachtige draaimolen

Om iedereen aan te moedigen in hun dromen te geloven, is het verhaal 'The Vélodrome. Ride your dreams' geschreven door de Efteling. Geïnspireerd door de dromen en doelen van de ploeg. Sander de Bruijn, ontwerper bij de Efteling, schreef een sprookje over geloof, dromen en doorzettingsvermogen. Het gaat over een klein fietsertje die onder een fonkelende sterrenhemel losraakt uit de draaimolen genaamd The Vélodrome en als in een droom uiteindelijk finisht op de Champs-Élysées. De sterrenhemel op het shirt weerspiegelt de krachtige dromen, geflankeerd door prachtige gouden details.

De samenwerking met de Efteling bracht aan het licht dat vroeger in het park een fietsmolen stond waar je zelf in kon fietsen: De Vélodrome. Een attractie die speciaal hiervoor is teruggebracht naar het Anton Pieck Plein, dat dit jaar in het teken staat van een eerbetoon aan de grondlegger van de Efteling.

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Persoonlijke sterrenhemel voor iedere renner

Het door AGU geproduceerde wielershirt zal deze zomer wekenlang schitteren onder de Franse zon en moet iedereen inspireren te durven dromen en deze na te jagen. Een bijzonder detail aan het shirt is dat het ruimte biedt om deze op een unieke manier persoonlijk te maken. Iedereen die voor maandag 1 mei een pre-order plaatst, heeft de mogelijkheid een persoonlijk moment toe te voegen, inclusief de bijbehorende sterrenstand. Een unieke mogelijkheid om een al waargemaakte of toekomstige droom te vereeuwigen op het shirt.

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Ook de renners van Team Jumbo-Visma dragen een persoonlijke sterrenstand met zich mee naar de finish en zijn blij dat ze door het dragen van deze nieuwe Limited Edition wereldwijd mensen kunnen inspireren hun eigen droom na te jagen.

Lees ook: Sport documentaireserie All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma vanaf 1 maart te zien!

Meer informatie vind je op thevelodrome.teamjumbovisma.nl

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Tour de France jerseys: Yellow, green, white and polka dot explained

We explain what the yellow, green, polka dot and white jerseys worn by riders in the Tour de France represent

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• Yellow jersey
• Green jersey
• Polka dot jersey
• White jersey
• Other classifications

The Tour de France sees the very best cyclists in the world battle it out for the yellow, green, white and polka dot jerseys, based on the general, points, mountains and young rider classifications. 

The jersey for each category is awarded to the leader of that classification at the end of every stage, and the recipient earns the right to wear it during the following day's racing. When a rider has the lead in multiple classifications, the yellow jersey is prioritised, then green, the polka dot, and white - the next person on the ranking wears the kit in the leader's stead.

Here we take a brief look at what they are and how they are won. 

Tour de France yellow jersey - GC leader

Also called the maillot jaune , the Tour de France yellow jersey is the most coveted piece of kit in professional cycling. The wearer is the rider who has completed the race in the least amount of time, and as such tops the overall or general classification (GC) of the race.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) dominated the GC in 2020 and 2021, wearing the yellow jersey almost throughout the 2021 edition, before Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) took it off him halfway through the 2022 race, wearing it until the end of the race. He went on to win it again in 2023.

Before that, in 2012, Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider to finish in Paris in the Yellow Jersey - with Chris Froome following up in 2013, 2015-2017. Geraint Thomas took the 2018 race, becoming the third British rider to win the race.

The yellow jersey is sponsored by LCL, a French bank, and it is yellow, because the Tour's original organiser, L'Auto , was a newspaper printed on yellow paper. 

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A time bonus of 10, six and four seconds will be awarded to the first three riders across the finish line each day (not including TTs). These bonus seconds are taken off their stage and therefore overall time. Bonus seconds of eight, five and two seconds are also awarded on certain, strategically placed climbs on stages one, two, five, 12, 14 and 17.

Last 10 winners of the Tour de France general classification:

• 2014: Vincenzo Nibali 
• 2015: Chris Froome
• 2016: Chris Froome
• 2017: Chris Froome
• 2018: Geraint Thomas
• 2019: Egan Bernal
• 2020: Tadej Pogačar
• 2021: Tadej Pogačar
• 2022: Jonas Vinegaard
• 2023: Jonas Vinegaard

Tour de France green jersey - points classification

The green jersey relates to points awarded to riders according to the position they finish on each stage, with additional points for intermediate sprints during some stages also on offer.

The number of points on offer will vary depending upon the type of stage. More are on offer during pure flat, sprint days, while on hilly and mountain stages there are fewer points available. The points are then tallied up after each stage and added to points won in all previous stages. The green jersey ( maillot vert) is awarded to the rider with the most points. Sometimes it is a sprinter's game, sometimes more of an all-rounder - like Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).

The jersey took its colour because the initial sponsor was a lawn mower manufacturer - though the colour was changed once in 1968 to accommodate a sponsor. It is now sponsored by Škoda, and has a new shade for this year .

Both Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault successfully won both the general classification and the points classification with Merckx achieving the biggest sweep in 1969 with the points, mountain and general classifications to his name. Over the last ten years, Peter Sagan has triumphed in the points classification on no less than seven occasions. 

The following points are on offer:

Flat stage (stages 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16): 50, 30, 20 points (descending to 15th place) 

Hilly stage (stages 1, 11, 17, 18): 30, 25, 22 points (descending to 15th place)

Mountain stage and ITTs (4, 7, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21): 20, 17, 15, (descending to 15th place)

Intermediate sprint: 20, 17, 15, (descending to 15th place)

Last 10 winners of the Tour de France points classification:

• 2014: Peter Sagan
• 2015: Peter Sagan
• 2016: Peter Sagan
• 2017: Michael Matthews
• 2018: Peter Sagan
• 2019: Peter Sagan
• 2020: Sam Bennett
• 2021: Mark Cavendish
• 2022: Wout van Aert
• 2023: Jasper Philipsen

Tour de France jerseys: Polka dot - King of the Mountains classification leader

Tour de france polka dot jersey - mountains classification.

Mountains points are awarded to riders who manage to summit classified climbs first. Points vary depending on the category of each ascent, with more difficult climbs awarding more mountains points.  

Climbs are divided into five categories: 1 (most difficult) to 4 (least difficult) - then there's the ' Hors Categorie ', denoted by HC which represents the most challenging of ascents. The tougher the category, the more points on offer, and to more riders - a HC climb will see points awarded down to the first eight over the summit, while a fourth category climb results in points for just the first rider over the top.

The organisers decide which mountains or climbs will be included in the competition, and which category they fall into. If the stage features a summit finish, the points for the climb are doubled.

The points are tallied up after each stage and added to points won in all previous stages. The distinctive white-with-red-dots jersey ( maillot à pois rouges ) is given to the rider with the most mountains points. The first climber's award was given out in 1933, and the jersey arrived on the scene in 1975. It is now sponsored by Leclerc, a supermarket.

Points awarded as follows:

HC: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2pts  

1st cat: 10, 8, 6, 7, 5, 1pt 

2nd cat: Five, three, two.

3rd cat: Two and one points 

4th cat: One point 

The souvenir Henri Desgrange is awarded to the first rider over the race’s highest point, the Cime de la Bonnette, with a bonus of  40, 30, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4 points, on stage 19.

Last 10 winners of the Tour de France mountains classification:

• 2014:  Rafał Majka
• 2015:  Chris Froome
• 2016: Rafał Majka
• 2017: Warren Barguil
• 2018: Julian Alaphilippe
• 2019: Romain Bardet
• 2023: Giulio Ciccone

Tour de France white jersey - best young rider

The plain white, young rider classification jersey is awarded to the fastest rider born after 1 January 1998, meaning 25 or under. It is sponsored by Krys, an opticians

First introduced in 1975, riders such as Marco Pantani, Alberto Contador, Egan Bernal and Tadej Pogačar have all won the young rider classification, helping propel them onto bigger and better things during their careers.

Pogačar has been dominant in the white jersey competition in recent years, but this is the first year he is not eligible.

Last 10 winners of the Tour de France young rider classification:

• 2014:  Thibaut Pinot
• 2015: Nairo Quintana
• 2016:  Adam Yates
• 2017: Simon Yates
• 2018: Pierre Latour
• 2022: Tadej Pogačar
• 2023: Tadej Pogačar

Other Tour de France classifications - team and combativity

There are two further classifications that do not earn the winner(s) a coloured jersey - the most aggressive rider award and Team Classification .

While not necessarily a classification, the Combativity Award is given to the rider who has shown the most fighting spirit during each individual stage, as chosen by the race jury. They will wear a gold race number during the following day's stage. A 'Super Combativity' award is handed out on the final stage for the most aggressive rider during the whole race.

The Team Classification is based on the collective time of the three highest-placed riders from each squad. Leaders of the team classification get to wear race numbers that are yellow with black digits, and the right to wear yellow helmets. The latter is not compulsory.

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Adam is Cycling Weekly ’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.

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