The yellow, green and polka dot jerseys are the three main "awards" of the Tour, but there are other jerseys awarded as well as the white jersey for the best placed younger ride & there is another for the most aggressive rider.
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It is a shallow purple bowl (about 12" across) with gold accents that has a small piedestal.
You can see it in the link below:
The winner of the Tour receives $1,000,000 which is usually split up between the winner and his team mates.
The yellow jersey (Maillot Jaune). They of course get money, money from their sponsors as well. The real prize is the publicity, they get so many magazine deals and even commercial deals.
The winners keep them
To the winner of the Tour De France
7 yellow jerseys in the Tour De France. The actual number is 83. The yellow jersey is givin to the leader of the race after each stage. Lance has won the tour de Frace race 7 times.
Eddie Merckx
The jerseys were invented to make the race a bit more interesting for the spectators. Made it easier to identify the top riders as they passed.