Jersey France Green

In road bicycle racing eg.

Blank green football jersey. Dutchman cees bol finished second. By niall kelly. Since 2009 the vuelta a espana has.

Sam bennett usurps peter sagans grip on tour de france green jersey. Its been a long time coming 31 years in fact but at the end of stage 5 of the tour de france an irishman ended the drought and pulled on the green jersey. In 1969 eddy merckx won the general classification the points classification and the mountains classification the polka dot jersey was born in 1975 a unique performance in the tour de france but as he was leading the race he cannot conceivably wear all jerseys so while he wore the yellow jersey the green jersey is worn by the person.

Irelands sam bennett wins stage 10 to regain tour de france green jersey the carrick on suir rider becomes just the sixth irish cyclist to win a stage at the tour de france. Peter sagan v wout van aert. The only man who can stop peter sagan winning a record extending eighth green jersey is a rider who could be distracted by.

Sam bennett finished only third in. The only time sagan did not win the green jersey since his first tour de france participation was when the race jury ejected him from the 2017 tour de france after he clashed with and sparked a. Bennett won an intermediate sprint and placed third in the fifth 113 mile 183 km stage behind belgian wout van aert.

Sam bennett became the first irish driver in 31 years to don the green tour de france jersey. The last irishman to wear the jersey awarded to the best overall sprinter was sean kelly in 1989. Largely regarded as the second most prestigious jersey at the tour de france behind the yellow jersey for the overall winner of the race the green jersey rewards the sprinters who can.

Deceuninck quick step sprinter becomes first irishman to wear a leaders jersey at the tour for 31 years.