The Combined Jersey

[chiocciolis_calves]

For the record, I watch every stage,every year and I couldn't tell you who's won a polka dot jersey since Virenque.

 

[Tonton]

Hinault in the jersey, Alpe d'Huez 1986. I used to have that jersey when I was a junior. I loved it. I eventually had Greg LeMond sign it and it hangs in my office.

Nice!!!

 

[Katabatic]

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For the record, I watch every stage,every year and I couldn't tell you who's won a polka dot jersey since Virenque.

Much of what goes into the polka dotted jersey is contested before some of the TV coverage begins, to be fair.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Please don't oh god no.

Let me see if I understand this: you have a photo of the god-awful Mapei jersey as your avatar, but the combined jersey is out?

Hue hue hue.

 

[chiocciolis_calves]

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For the record, I watch every stage,every year and I couldn't tell you who's won a polka dot jersey since Virenque.

Much of what goes into the polka dotted jersey is contested before some of the TV coverage begins, to be fair.

Which illustrates much of the problem with the now-useless jersey that doesn't even come close to awarding the best climber in the race, as it often did in the past.

 

[hrotha]

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Please don't oh god no.

Let me see if I understand this: you have a photo of the god-awful Mapei jersey as your avatar, but the combined jersey is out?

My post was about the competition more than about the jersey. But yes, I like the classic Mapei jersey and I dislike the combined jersey because I have good taste.

(My avatar is not about Mapei, though - it's about Camenzind, Fois and Vandenbroucke, three of my favourite riders back in the day)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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I've always been a fan of it reappearing especially recently. Sagan is the perfect poster child for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France

Except that Sagan has no chance in hell of winning this. Valverde has it in the bag.

I like your Valverde pick. Unfortunately, all we can do is speculate. If they ever brought it back, I think they should revise it. Most of the guys who won it in the past were strictly GC guys. Would be nice is someone like Gilbert or GVA had a shot at it.

Easily solved if they wanted to: exclude the GC guys by not counting GC (it could be a tie-breaker if total of points from the other two is the same)

Ranking points for Green + for Polka dots in 2016 Tour:
1st De Gendt 2+7
2nd Majka 10+1
3rd Clement 12+7 (18th on GC)
4th Pauwels 13+6 (42nd on GC)
5th Pantano 17+3