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yellow jersey
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yellow jersey
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Cycle Racing) (in the Tour de France) a yellow jersey awarded as a trophy to the cyclist with the fastest time in each stage of the race
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The International Cycling Union awarded the team a four-year UCI ProTour licence but the recruitment of the under-contract Wiggins from Garmin-Slipstream as a contender for the maillot jaune, the Tour leader's yellow jersey, appears to be no nearer.
WIGGINS MOVE PIE IN THE SKY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
He accepts he was not ready to wear the maillot jaune this year, but the steely look in his eye indicates it might be a different story in 2010.
FOURTH PLACE IN TOUR BETTER THAN OLYMPIC GOLD FOR WIGGINS; CYCLING by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The Spaniard won the stage by three seconds from Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara to strengthen his vice-like grip on the maillot jaune.
Wiggins is on course by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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