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Why the jersey colours?
Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are
coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? TIA, &roo |
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Why the jersey colours?
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Andrew Swan wrote: Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? TIA, &roo See http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=features/FAQ, where all is revealed. HTH, KP -- Remove _me_ for e-mail address |
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Why the jersey colours?
"Andrew Swan" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? The green, I don't know. The organisation announced it (in 1953) as "the colour of hope", but I fail to see the relation. The white because it is the colour of innocence and consequently of youth (in 1975, the year it was installed, many people thought that youth had something to do with innocence). The polka-dot because it's first sponsor, Poulain (in 1975), was selling chocolate bars in white wrappers with red dots. Benjo Maso |
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Why the jersey colours?
Andrew Swan wrote:
Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003...d=features/FAQ |
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Why the jersey colours?
The colors are decided by the sponsor. Poulain wanted something that would
stand out, and came up with the poids rouges, Jaune was the color of the newspaper that originated the thing in1903 but green...? All I know is it was created for the 50th aniversary of the Tour and the PTT (french post telephone and telecomunication office) sold over 80 000 anniversary stamps in1953. "Andrew Swan" a écrit dans le message de ... Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? TIA, &roo |
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Why the jersey colours?
On 7/15/03 6:44 AM, in article
, "Ken Prager" wrote: In article , Andrew Swan wrote: Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? TIA, &roo See http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=features/FAQ, where all is revealed. That URL explains what the various colored jerseys signify, but not WHY they are those particular colors (as opposed to blue, mauve, and pink & puce polka-dots). |
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Why the jersey colours?
"benjo maso" wrote in message
... "Andrew Swan" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? The green, I don't know. The organisation announced it (in 1953) as "the colour of hope", but I fail to see the relation. The white because it is the colour of innocence and consequently of youth (in 1975, the year it was installed, many people thought that youth had something to do with innocence). The polka-dot because it's first sponsor, Poulain (in 1975), was selling chocolate bars in white wrappers with red dots. Benjo Maso I thought the original sponsor was BP? That is the main corporate color for marketing. |
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Why the jersey colours?
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:59:39 -0500, Jay Hill wrote:
Andrew Swan wrote: Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an histor coloured that way? Is there an histor want to know why the jerseys are the colours they are, and not particularly what they are awarded for: The Maillot a Pois Rouges and Maillot Blanc have been explained by someone else in the tread. The Green Jersey is the PMU sponsor's predominant colour: Green PMU = PariMUtuel - Interactive betting mostly on horses PMU have been an on-again, off-again sponsor of the jersey, but have sponsored it now for the last 13 years. The Green Jersey was first awarded in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Tour in 1953 On the presumption that you do in fact want to know why the jerseys are the colours they are, and not particularly what they are awarded for: The Maillot a Pois Rouges and Maillot Blanc have been explained by someone else in the tread. The Green Jersey is the PMU sponsor's predominant colour: Green PMU = PariMUtuel - Interactive betting mostly on horses PMU have been an on-again, off-again sponsor of the jersey, but have sponsored it now for the last 13 years. The Green Jersey was first awarded in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Tour in 1953 The Yellow Jersey was first awarded in 1919. want to know why the jerseys are the colours they are, and not particularly what they are awarded for: The Maillot a Pois Rouges and Maillot Blanc have been explained by someone else in the tread. The Green Jersey is the PMU sponsor's predominant colour: Green PMU = PariMUtuel - Interactive betting mostly on horses PMU have been an on-again, off-again sponsor of the jersey, but have sponsored it now for the last 13 years. The Green Jersey was first awarded in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Tour in 1953 On the presumption that you do in fact want to know why the jerseys are the colours they are, and not particularly what they are awarded for: The Maillot a Pois Rouges and Maillot Blanc have been explained by someone else in the tread. The Green Jersey is the PMU sponsor's predominant colour: Green PMU = PariMUtuel - Interactive betting mostly on horses PMU have been an on-again, off-again sponsor of the jersey, but have sponsored it now for the last 13 years. The Green Jersey was first awarded in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Tour in 1953 The Yellow Jersey was first awarded in 1919. ical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? want to know why the jerseys are the colours they are, and not particularly what they are awarded for: The Maillot a Pois Rouges and Maillot Blanc have been explained by someone else in the tread. The Green Jersey is the PMU sponsor's predominant colour: Green PMU = PariMUtuel - Interactive betting mostly on horses PMU have been an on-again, off-again sponsor of the jersey, but have sponsored it now for the last 13 years. The Green Jersey was first awarded in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Tour in 1953 On the presumption that you do in fact want to know why the jerseys are the colours they are, and not particularly what they are awarded for: The Maillot a Pois Rouges and Maillot Blanc have been explained by someone else in the tread. The Green Jersey is the PMU sponsor's predominant colour: Green PMU = PariMUtuel - Interactive betting mostly on horses PMU have been an on-again, off-again sponsor of the jersey, but have sponsored it now for the last 13 years. The Green Jersey was first awarded in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Tour in 1953 The Yellow Jersey was first awarded in 1919. It is yellow for the same reason as the Maglia Rosa in the Giro. Henri Desgrange's journal, L'Auto was printed on yellow paper as La Gazzetta dello Sport is printed on pink. Whilst first awarded on July 13, 1919, and intended to be worn by the leader, Eugene Christophe on the next day, Bastille Day, Christophe had to wait to don his prized jersey. It wasn't ready when it came time to present it. As an interesting aside, almost every time the Tour visits Marseille, something goes wrong. How about trying to chronicle a few Marseille Disasters (apart from the one mentioned here) |
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Why the jersey colours?
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:35:57 +0000, Steven L. Sheffield wrote:
On 7/15/03 6:44 AM, in article , "Ken Prager" wrote: In article , Andrew Swan wrote: Can anyone tell me why the green, white, and polka-dot jerseys are coloured that way? Is there an historical reason, like there is for the yellow jersey? TIA, &roo See http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=features/FAQ, where all is revealed. That URL explains what the various colored jerseys signify, but not WHY they are those particular colors (as opposed to blue, mauve, and pink & puce polka-dots). I'm glad you agree with my interpretation of the query contained in the post. I have tried to explain in another response in the thread, at least the two that have not been explained by another poster |
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Why the jersey colours?
Lantern Rouge wrote:
As an interesting aside, almost every time the Tour visits Marseille, something goes wrong. How about trying to chronicle a few Marseille Disasters (apart from the one mentioned here) Stuart O'Grady was mugged there.. GK |
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