Points For Green Jersey Tour De France

The 2020 tour de france is an alps heavy route with eight mountain top finishes and one crucial mountain time trial.

College kansas jersey. As part of his attempt to win an eighth green jersey in the tour de france this year bora hansgrohes peter sagan attacked sunday in stage 2 to pick up points and already appears to be living up to his billing as as favorite for this years points competition despite the green jersey still held by stage 1 winner alexander kristoff of the united arab emiratesalthough he was already. Peter sagan v wout van aert. Because the leader in the general classification wears a yellow jersey the leader in the points classification also received a special jersey a green jersey.

It begins in nice takes a quick dip. Tomorrows summit finish to orcieres merlette will be his 126th day in the lead of the tour de france green jersey in his career. The only man who can stop peter sagan winning a record extending eighth green jersey is a rider who could be distracted by.

Tour de france 2020 green jersey guide. As well as the tour de frances famous yellow jersey for the leader of the general classification the green points jersey and polka dot climbers jersey are fiercely competitive with riders and. He currently holds a tally of 79 points kristoff is on 77 while.

The fastest in the pack compete for the biggest points at the end of flat stages and a smaller haul of points on. The green jersey is the prestigious prize given to the best sprinter in the tour. Not only did peter sagan miss out on a stage win at the tour de france on wednesday but he also may have cost himself a shot at the green jersey for the races points competition.

In the 1953 tour de france to celebrate the 50th birthday of the tour de france the points system was reintroduced but this time as an additional classification. Points for the green jersey go to the.