There is no official purple jersey in the Tour de France. You might have seen a team jersey in that colour.
There is no official rainbow jersey in le tour de france. If you've seen one, it was probably a team jersey with that design.
There is no official red jersey that means anything in le tour de france. You might have seen a team jersey with a lot of red in it. There used to be a red jersey, awarded for intermediate sprints points, but it wasn't that useful and was cancelled in 1989.
How to say on Saturday I went on a tour
From Wikipedia: Hors catégorie is a French term used in cycle races (most notably, the Tour de France) to designate a climb that is "beyond categorization", an incredibly tough climb.
the french are big cyclers they have tour de France that basically goes the perimeter of the country
There is no official rainbow jersey in le tour de france. If you've seen one, it was probably a team jersey with that design.
There is no official red jersey that means anything in le tour de france. You might have seen a team jersey with a lot of red in it. There used to be a red jersey, awarded for intermediate sprints points, but it wasn't that useful and was cancelled in 1989.
I don't think there is a blue jersey, traditionally. For 2009, the Versus television network is using the blue jersey to follow Lance Armstrong. I'm fairly certain that's its purpose. Expansion: There is no blue jersey in the Tour de France. The icon that the Versus network used to denote Lance Armstrong's position was the Astana jersey, which was blue, white and yellow.
"Tour de" basically means "tour of". So tour de France = tour of France.
I believe it is the check point for the sprinter compitition. The leading sprinter wears a green jersey.
How to say on Saturday I went on a tour
It's the polka dot jersey, white with red dots. It's awarded to the "king of the mountains", the rider who has been fastest uphill.
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Tour De France, a multi-stage bike race in France spanning over several days.
It means the jersey / riding top (le maillot) with spots (a pois) red spots = (a pois rouge) In the cycling competition the Tour de France, the winner of the mountain challenge wears a white jersey with red spots and is familiarly called 'le maillot à pois'
From Wikipedia: Hors catégorie is a French term used in cycle races (most notably, the Tour de France) to designate a climb that is "beyond categorization", an incredibly tough climb.
the french are big cyclers they have tour de France that basically goes the perimeter of the country