“The ideal Tour would be a Tour in which only one rider survives the ordeal.”
Henri Desgrange (father of the TdF)

  July 2006
   
 

 

By Graham Jones
CyclingRevealed Historian

 

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CyclingRevealed's First Impressions '06

**Tour de France Question Stage 6**

More flat "sprinter's stages" so we stay with the discussion of the "Green Jersey" competition. The Green Jersey classification was instituted in 1953, but what may not be as well known is why the color Green was chosen.

Today's question is:

Why was the color Green chosen for the "Points Competition"?

 

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