Originally Posted by MattP.
I have a question as well. Yesterday (Monday) when Boonen won the stage, at the podium, he recieved a green jersey. Why not the yellow jersey?
There are four jerseys awarded each day.
* Yellow Jersey for the General Time Classification.
* Green Jersey for the General Points Classification.
* White and Red Polka-Dotted Jersey for the Best Climber Classification.
* White Jersey for the Best Young Rider, for riders no more than 25 years old in the year of the race.
The green is often called the sprinters jersey because points are also accumulated on the intermediate sprints.
I was thinking that there was also a jersey for the day's winner but I didn't see a mention of it where I was reading.