Vuelta Espana Green Jersey
The green jersey on the Vuelta is always hard earned, unlike the green jersey on the Tour de France winners of mountain and mixed terrain stages receive just as many points (25) and the. LA VUELTA 2020 - LEADER JERSEY. S M L XL XXL 3XL KILOMETRO CERO 2020 - JERSEY. Alejandro Valverde won the green jersey at the 2018 Vuelta a Espana.
The symbol of the Green Jersey is Peter Sagan. There is no reason denying it. With seven Tour de France ŠKODA Green Jerseys under his belt, he is the record-breaker and the ultimate Mr Green. So, how come the Vuelta’s overall winner Primož Roglič won the green as well? With all due respect, he is no sprinter – the reason is is because the points classification at La Vuelta is entirely different from the one at the Tour.
The points are awarded according to the placement at the finish line of every single stage. There are intermediate sprints as well but the number of points awarded there (4 points for the fastest rider) does not make much difference in comparison to the stage wins (25 points for the fastest rider). With the high number of summit finishes at La Vuelta, the results often correlate with the general classification.
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In 2012, for example, John Degenkolb won five sprint stages but finished fourth in the points classification. Alejandro Valverde scored the points needed in the mountains and beat him by 50 in the end. Coincidently, Valverde, alongside Seán Kelly and Laurent Jalabert, has 4 titles to his name. Will Roglič threaten this record in the future? We shall see.
1 Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo–Visma) – 155
2 Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) – 136
3 Sam Bennett (Bora–Hansgrohe) – 134
4 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) – 132
5 Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) – 100
6 Miguel Ángel López (Astana) – 76
7 Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) – 73
8 Dylan Teuns (Bahrain–Merida) – 69
9 Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto–Soudal) – 63
10 Sergio Higuita (EF Education First) – 62
There are four jerseys in the Vuelta a España. Here’s a quick summary…
Red jersey
The red jersey is the leader’s jersey. Once gold in colour, in 2010 it became red. In years past it has been orange, white and yellow too. It is worn by the leading rider on the overall classification, meaning the rider who has taken the shortest time to complete each stage in the race. It’s sponsored by Ahorra Energia (“Save Energy”), a government agency.
Polka dot
This is for the best climber in the race and it’s like the Tour de France… only with blue dots. It is sponsored by Renfe or Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles, the Spanish national railway.
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Green jersey
The points jersey. Riders win points at the finish line and intermediate sprints and the points are tilted in favour of the sprint finishes. It’s sponsored by España Recicla (“Spain Recycles”), a government agency.
White Jersey
White jersey
The “all rounder” jersey, sometimes called the combination. It is based on the combination of the overall, the mountain points and green jersey points whereby a rider’s position in each competition is added and the lowest standing wins, eg 4th on overall, 9th on the mountains and 2nd in the points equals 15 combination points. Remember the lowest tally determines the leader. The sponsor is Fertiberia, a Spanish brand of agricultural fertilisers.