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	Jerseys of the Tour de France
		In the Tour, a colored jersey is generally associated with each prize, and the current holder of the prize is required to wear the jersey when racing.
		The yellow jersey, known in French as the maillot jaune, is worn by the overall time leader, and is the most prized jersey.
		The winner of the King of the Mountain wears a white jersey with red dots (known as the maillot à pois rouges in French), which is commonly referred to as the "polka dot jersey".
	www.topendsports.com /events/tour-de-france/jerseys.htm (934 words)

	Polka dot jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The polka dot jersey (French: maillot à pois rouges) is the jersey awarded for the best climber during the mountain stages of the Tour de France cycle race.
		The "King of the Mountains" wears a white jersey with red dots.
		The Tour's jersey colours have also been adopted by other cycling stage races; for example, the Tour of Britain also has a polka dot jersey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polka_dot_jersey (586 words)

	Polka Dots Resource Page - pink poka dots
		Polka dots are most hit six foot bongs till i see poka dots commonly seen on children's clothing, toys, and furniture, but they appear in a wide array of contexts.
		While polka dots are ancient, they first became common on clothing in the late nineteenth blue and green poka dots century in Britain.
		At the same time polka music was extremely popular and the poka dots moonbeams name was also applied to the pattern, green poka dots despite no real connection between the polk purple poka dots a dots wallpaper or backgrounds two.
	www.governpub.com /gt/Polka_Dots.html (343 words)

	Pro Cycling :: Jerseys
		The winning and wearing (even for a short time) a jersey that shows your particular talent as a professional bike rider is the dream of most cycling competitors.
		Points for this jersey are determined by the placing of riders on all mountain and hill climbs.
		The 2000 Tour marked the return of the white jersey which identifies the best young rider, 25 and under, based on their place in the general classification.
	team.discovery.com /france2005/jerseys/jerseys.html (377 words)

	Polka Dot Culture (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dots were a regular part of Dylan's concert attire in the 1980s, and in 1994, the god of rock wore a polka dot shirt for his MTV Unplugged concert.
		The polka dot plant, a Madagascar native sometimes called the freckle-face, is a small annual that flowers in both the summer and the fall.
		Patches of white, pink, and rose dots can be found on the plant's green foliage, and plant breeders are working to widen the range of colored dots produced by the tropical plant.
	courseweb.stthomas.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /mjodonnell/student/hartmann/culture.html (387 words)

	The Tour de France Explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This jersey is for the "king of the mountains." Like with sprints on the flat parts, there are points awarded to the first people to cross the mountain peaks.
		Polka-dot jersey contenders also use their teammates to help them draft and save their energy, although in some mountain stages you may see polka-dot jersey contenders do something that a yellow jersey contender will usually not: go out on their own.
		The yellow jersey wearer becomes a target with everyone trying to take it away, particularly in the beginning when time results are closer together and even the sprinters will take a shot for it.
	www.csua.berkeley.edu /~cathyg/writing/tdf_explained.html (2946 words)

	Lance's wheel, the yellow jersey, and the green jacket - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
		He decided on a yellow jersey, mainly because L’Auto, the newspaper Desgrange edited that sponsored the race, was printed on yellow paper.
		As for the polka dot jersey, the design is essentially an ad: The jersey’s initial sponsor was Poulain, a chocolate maker whose product was packaged in polka-dot-patterned wrappers.
		Although, the King of the Mountain was introduced in the 30’s I don’t think that a polka dot jersey was awarded until sometime in the late 60’s.
	37signals.com /svn/archives2/lances_wheel_the_yellow_jersey_and_the_green_jacket.php (744 words)

	Discovery Team 2005 Journal
		It is simply a way of ensuring the green jersey does end up going to the best sprinter in the race and the polka dot to the best climber.
		Also, another tactic the team is using to help him win the jersey is having other riders from his team sweep up the remainder of the points behind Virenque, thus ensuring the points remain within their team and they have better control of the mountain competition.
		Thomas Voeckler was able to hold on to his yellow jersey for one more day, and even had a good run at the finish line at the end of the day, and placed fifth.
	www.amd.com /us-en/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52_10781_10782^11380~87746,00.html (905 words)

	Rasmussen poised for second polka-dot jersey after win \| Breaking news \| Guardian Unlimited Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LA TOUSSUIRE, France, July 19 (Reuters) - Former mountain biker Michael Rasmussen is poised to be crowned King of the Mountains for the second successive year after winning the hardest stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday.
		The 32-year-old Dane, who was mountain bike world champion in the cross-country event in 1999, broke clear of the peloton 173 km from the finish to take the polka-dot jersey at the end of an impressive solo effort.
		Rasmussen, who was keen to make amends for his failure on the ascent to l'Alpe d'Huez on Tuesday, had marked the stage from Bourg d'Oisans to La Toussuire on his road book long before the Tour started.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5961495,00.html (533 words)

	VeloNews: 2003 Tour de France Special Coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And the 33-year-old Quick Step rider, who has successfully reintegrated into the peloton after his career was in tatters in the wake of the Festina doping scandal, says he could stick around long enough to set his own Tour de France benchmark.
		Seeing Virenque wearing the polka dot jersey awarded to the best rider in the mountains the past week is a significant affair for the French, although it is coming at the latter part of his career.
		Since then Lance Armstrong has taken the race lead, and the yellow jersey with it, the 31-year-old American now expected to blast his rivals out of the water on Friday's 47-kilometre time trial stage.
	www.velonews.com /tour2003/news/articles/4547.0.html (591 words)

	BiciRace.com :: 2005 Tour de France
		The jersey is awarded after each stage to the rider who has the lowest cumulative time.
		Maillot Vert, or the green jersey, is awarded for being a sprinting mad-man. At the end of each stage there are points given out for the top finishers, the higher you place, the more points.
		Wear this polka-dot jersey for a few days and you are cool, wear it at the end of a three week knife-fight, and you are legend.
	www.bicirace.com /race/2005/TourJerseys.html (397 words)

	TSN.ca - Outdoor Life - Canada's Sports Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Still to be decided is who gets the green jersey, awarded to the sprint champion in the showcase event.
		Riders competing for the white jersey must be born after January 1, 1979 to qualify.
		The polka-dot and green jerseys are calculated by a points system.
	www.tsn.ca /oln/news_story.asp?id=92269 (562 words)

	Climb is no jersey barrier - The Boston Globe
		One by one, the riders considered contenders to unseat six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong cracked on the climb to this ski resort yesterday, littering the roadway behind him like loose rock.
		Few men with the talent or the team support to chase Armstrong remain within realistic striking distance, and the yellow jersey he pulled on again after a two-day hiatus is most likely what he will wear for his curtain call on the Champs-Elysees in 12 days.
		Perhaps the most startling sight of the day was the seemingly always composed Vinokourov suddenly laboring and falling off the lead group with his mouth and his jersey hanging open.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/cycling/articles/2005/07/13/climb_is_no_jersey_barrier/?page=full (877 words)

	Polka dot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There were many other "polka" items some of which included "Polka-hats" and "Polka-jackets." Most disappeared with the fad of actual Polka dance.
		However only the polka dot fabric pattern remained popular and the name has been left intact over the years.
		The pop artist Dimitrios uses polka dots in all his works, as does Yayoi Kusama in many of hers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polka-dot (306 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Virenque seeing spots
		However Virenque, the former bad boy from the disgraced Festina team of the 1998 Tour, admits that going for a seventh polka dot jersey next year was not foremost on his mind.
		Although a seventh polka dot jersey looks to be within his reach, Virenque — who also wore the yellow jersey for a day this year after his seventh stage win — is in no hurry to get started.
		We'll see after if the polka dot jersey is an objective," added Virenque who said he is not yet ready to retire.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/257487.htm (511 words)

	Tour de France - Bastille Day, July 14 (Stage 10 results)
		Polka dot jersey is for the mountains leader.
		Thor Hushovd is wearing a jersey that has a big Norwegian flag on it b/c he's their current national champion.
		The white jersey with red dots, or 'maillot pois' is awarded to the race's best climber, or to be precise to the winner of a points contest that's conducted at the top of each of the race's climbs.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1171708/posts (3736 words)

	Peloton unfazed as Dessel climbs into yellow - Sport - theage.com.au
		The 31-year-old Dessel, who earlier in the season won the Tour of the Mediterranean, also took the race's polka dot jersey for the best climber thanks to him dominating on all of the climbs.
		"He was going to have the yellow jersey and the polka dot jersey at the end, and I knew I had a chance of finishing with nothing," said Mercado, who won a stage on the Tour in 2004 while riding with Quick Step.
		Mercado admitted his aim is now to pull on the race's poka dot jersey - an opportunity he might get if he recovers in time for Thursday when Dessel's yellow jersey could also come under attack.
	www.theage.com.au /news/sport/dessel-climbs-into-yellow/2006/07/13/1152637778510.html (796 words)

	Tour de France Basics
		Mountains competitions (Polka Dot Jersey): Another secondary race is for the “King of the Mountain.” Points are earned for being a top finisher over the categorized mountain climbs.
		The rider (usually a mountain specialist) that accumulates the most mountain points wears a red and white polka dotted jersey.
		Several other jerseys include the Best Young Rider (white jersey) for riders under 26 with the lowest General Classification time and the Fighting Spirit (white on red jersey) for being the most aggressive rider.
	www.sportspectator.com /fancentral/cycling/tourdefrance.html (1363 words)

	Tour de France Contest
		Green Jersey Predictions: While 42% of entrants expected Boonen to retain his hold on the green jersey, the 47% of entrants who selected Robbie McEwen were correct instead.
		The final question was the time gap between the yellow jersey and the rider placed 2nd in the G.C. The correct answer was 12 seconds.
		Polka Dot Jersey - after dropping to 9th in the polka dot competition yesterday, David De La Fuente came roaring back today, finishing 3 of the first four climbs, including the HC-rated Col du Tourmalet, in the lead.
	www.teamestrogen.com /tdf/default_results.asp (4717 words)

	Paris-Roubaix: welcome on the official web site
		Sponsoring the Polka Dot Jersey is to recognise “the Champion” in every sense of the term.
		Wearing the Polka dot Jersey is also to be an ambassador for the 65,000 employees of Champion supermarkets throughout the country, and let us not forget those in other countries where the company is present, in particular Belgium which in 2004 is due to host the start of the race at Liège.
		To be close to clients throughout the year is to find them near their homes, which is why, in addition to the Tour de France, we are also present at the Paris-Nice, Paris-Roubaix, 4 Days of Dunkerque, Plouay Grand Prix and Isbergues Grand Prix, as well as with local clubs in our supermarket car parks.
	www.letour.fr /stf/roubaix/2004/us/partenaire_4.html (182 words)

	Tour De France Leaders' Jerseys - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The overall Tour de France leader and champion wears and defends the yellow jersey, but there are plenty of riders in the Tour de France who know they will never wear yellow: They often vie for other titles within the race, and each of those titles has its own champion's jersey.
		Red Polka-Dots This jersey is worn by the King of the Mountains, determined by accumulated points on all mountain and hill climbs.
		The jersey is green because the inaugural sponsor was Belle Jardinier, a department store specializing in gardening supplies.
	www.nbc4i.com /sports/4689247/detail.html (331 words)

	ESPN.com - Jalabert to close Tour with mountain jersey
		The veteran Frenchman announced during the Tour that he would retire at the end of the season after 14 years as a professional.
		But he showed that his motivation was intact by breaking away in the first climbs of the Pyrenees to score points for the polka-dot jersey he will be sporting for the second straight year on the Champs-Elysees.
		"The two jerseys don't mean I was the best climber in the Tour but the most aggressive," he said.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1410807&type=news (433 words)

	Le Tour Tipping Rules Page - CBD Cycles
		Yellow Jersey, Green Jersey, Polka Dot Jersey and Tipper du Femme.
		Winner is the tipper with the highest number of Green Jersey points at the end of Le Tour.
		Winner is the tipper with the highest number of Polka Dot Jersey points at the end of Le Tour.
	www.cbdcycles.com.au /letour/rules_html (438 words)

	Tour de France History - Cycling
		Aside from the yellow jersey which signifies the rider with the lowest overall time, the green jersey is for the rider who accumulates the most points given to riders for each day of racing.
		The polka dot jersey is for the rider who does best on mountains.
		Finally, a white jersey is given to rider with the lowest combined time under age 25.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art11240.asp (526 words)

	Capital City Cyclists
		The white and red polka dot jersey is the climber's jersey.
		The white jersey is given to the best new rider under the age of 25.
		If you are watching for the yellow jersey, the performance in the time trials and in the mountain stages normally determines the general classification winner.
	www.cccyclists.org /article.php?this_id=234 (990 words)

	ABC Sport - Cycling - Rasmussen wraps up polka dot jersey
		The polka dot jersey is awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points on the race's climbs, something which Rasmussen has done well throughout his first Tour.
		The most recent winners of the polka dot jersey were France's Richard Virenque and Laurent Jalabert - both of whom are now retired.
		Jalabert won the prize in 2001 and 2002 while Virenque won in 2003 and 2004 and holds the record with seven victories.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200507/s1419783.htm (524 words)

	Tour Xtra: Green Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, in 1968 the jersey was red, in order to please that year's sponsor of the Points Classification.
		The first keeper of the Green Jersey was Swiss all-rounder Fritz Schär, who also brought the jersey home at the end of that year's Tour.
		As Schär wore the Yellow Jersey after the first stage in 1953, the first rider to wear the Green Jersey was the number two of the Points Classification, Dutchman Wout Wagtmans.
	www.cvccbike.com /tour/eddy/green.htm (349 words)

	SI.com - Tour de France 2004 - Polka-dot jersey is Virenque's trademark - Sunday July 25, 2004 4:10PM
		The darling of French cycling since he briefly held the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey in 1992, Virenque first became King of the Mountains in 1994.
		But in French hearts he has remained the number one, even after the 1998 Festina doping scandal which caused him to be kicked out of the Tour and suspended for a season.
		He returned to the sport with even greater motivation to silence the critics, adding four mountain stages and three polka-dot jerseys to the three stages and four jerseys he won before the scandal.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/more/specials/tour_de_france/2004/07/25/bc.sport.cycling.tour.virenque (602 words)

	Zee News - Armstrong on countdown as Guerini gives T-Mobile stage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With the yellow jersey and polka dot jersey all but decided, Sunday will be all about whoever can win the final, prestigious stage on the Champs Elysees, where the green jersey for the points competition will be decided.
		Hushovd now has 175 points to O'Grady's 160, while two-time green jersey winner Robbie McEwen, also of Australia, is still in third on 154 having beaten Hushovd to the line to reinforce his chances of a shock victory on Sunday.
		It might not be the yellow jersey, but is held in esteem by the teams contending it.
	www.zeenews.com /znnew/articles.asp?aid=230516&sid=SPO (808 words)

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