The Black Jersey - a proposal
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The Black Jersey - a proposal
I propose that the TdF institute a black jersey - the maillot noir - to signify the rider with the highest overall standing that is 35 or older at the start of Le Tour.
I was going to post this on Sunday, but five minutes after I thought it up Team RadioShack appeared in ... black jerseys. There's just too much to say about that to say anything.
I was going to post this on Sunday, but five minutes after I thought it up Team RadioShack appeared in ... black jerseys. There's just too much to say about that to say anything.
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Wouldn't the Maillot Gris be more appropriate?
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Umm, black would absorb the sun's rays much more than any other color and I'm sure that the rider's are hot enough already.
I vote something like light green plaid.....
I vote something like light green plaid.....
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Jens proposed this in an interview a while back at Paris-Nice.
https://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...s-stage_107570
https://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...s-stage_107570
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Ah yeah. I see he suggested 'maillot gris' also. I suggested black because that color is associated with the approach of death - although that is hardly universal; in the East it is white. So I concur with 'gris' - half white, half black.
Let's see. Lance Armstrong would have been the winner last year. Who this year (2010)?
Let's see. Lance Armstrong would have been the winner last year. Who this year (2010)?
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