Who wears the pink jersey in the tour de France?

Answer 1

The Yellow Jersey, or the "Maillot Jaune" in French goes to the overall race leader - the rider with the shortest overall time.

This means the person who wins a stage of the race does not necessarily get the yellow jersey. This position is calculated by how much time in total each person has taken to get to a certain checkpoint from the very beginning.

As in, the race leader is whoever spent the least amount of time in the race (and finished correctly). For example,

It is the end of stage 2, there are 2 Racers that are in front of everyone else by a large margin (i.e. the others aren't in the running).

Racer A has times of : 3hr35min (leg 1), 4hr5min (leg 2) = 7hr40min (total thus far)

Racer B has times of : 3hr15min (leg 1), 4hr10min (leg 2) = 7hr25min

So even though Racer B has come second in leg 2, that competitor retains the yellow jersey because of the rules.

The wearer of the yellow jersey or "maillot jaune", is the rider with the overall lowest cumulative time of all the riders. He needn't win any stages of the multi stage race as long as his combined time for all stages is lower than anyone else's. As a simple example, if he came in second in every stage, as long as a different rider came in first each time, he would still probably have the lowest combined time.

Answer 2

The white jersey is currently awarded to the Best Young Rider Classification (less than 26 years of age) although prior to 1975 it signified the lead rider in the Combination Classification.
The white jersey is rewarded to the best young rider(<25).
The White jersey is awarded to the overall fastest aged 25 or younger.

Answer 3

There is no pink jersey in the Tour de France.

In the Giro d'Italia the leader wears Pink. the same way the leader of the tour wears yellow.