Tour de France
29 AUGUST- 20 SEPTEMBER 2020
3,470km Total Distance
21 Stages
9 Flat stages
1 Individual time trial
3 Hilly stages
8 Mountain Stages(Summit finishes: Orcières-Merlette, Puy Mary, Grand Colombier, Méribel Col de la Loze)
2 Rest Days
Jersey Classifications
Yellow Jersey: Overall race leader (Maillot Jeune)
White Jersey: Best Young Rider
Polka Dot Jersey: King of the Mountains leader (Climbers jersey)
Green Jersey: Points Leader (Sprinters jersey)
The Tour de France classification jerseys carry on the 2019 100 years celebration of the yellow jersey concept of having images watermarked on the jersey. For 2020 three yellow jerseys have been produced. The first yellow jeresy is the Grand Depart, which for 2020 is Nice represented by the Place Masséna. The second is Time to Shine represented by an image of the riders enroute. THe final Champions yellow jersey includes and image of the Arc du Triomphe on the Champs Elysee, where the Tour finishes. The watermarket images are only on a section of the yellow jersey for 2020 as opposed to the entire front in 2019. This concept is a very interesting design detail that allows more variety and a way to reflect special places and events.
The Polka Dot and White jersey are pretty much the same as the 2019 incarnations. The green jersey utilises the darker green shade panels used in previous years and the Tour de France logo on the right chest has been updated to relect the 2020 year.
An Hinault story jersey honouring five time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault, nicknamed the badger, have been produced with the Renault Gitane Team kit design with Hinault's famous quote stating, "As long as I breath, I attack." A simple and clean jersey design to honour the race itself is has been produced with an all white jersey with the French tri-color stripes horizontally on the chest. The Tour de France name is on one side of the chest while the jersey provider, Le Coq Sportif, is on the left side. A Grand Depart Nice jersey, equally as simple in design but with a blue base, has been been produced with the wording Nissa La Bella and black diagonals across the chest.
