Originally Posted by Discombobulate:
“When they do the presentations at the end for the yellow, green, white jersey etc they also get something else eg a Lion for the yellow jersey, a toy for the white jersey.
Does anyone know all the things given for each jersey and whether they get to keep them eg Does Nibali now have four lions or do they keep recycling the same one every day ?
Thanks”
“When they do the presentations at the end for the yellow, green, white jersey etc they also get something else eg a Lion for the yellow jersey, a toy for the white jersey.
Does anyone know all the things given for each jersey and whether they get to keep them eg Does Nibali now have four lions or do they keep recycling the same one every day ?
Thanks”
the lion is presented by the sponsor of the yellow jersey who is the bank, Credit Lyonnaise.......it's a play on 'Lyon'
not sure about the other toys and things.......they're probably marketing things for the sponsors of the other jerseys
I'm pretty sure at one time one of the competitions was sponsored by a cheese maker and the rider got cheese
I'm pretty sure the riders get to keep them along with a jersey awarded every day.....if you stay in yellow, for example, you get a new yellow jersey every day
Sean Kelly tells the tale of how he once won a cow for winning a race in Belgium......the local butcher bought it off him straight away.....




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