Who makes how many jerseys?

Chris

"Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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> TM wrote:
>
> > I'll be clearer. Not for the start of the prologue, but
> > for the winner
of
> > the prologue. The op assumed that they made a yellow
> > jersey for every
team
> > for every stage.
>
> What about winners of other stages? They should at least
> get a T-shirt or
something.
>
> Front: I won stage 9 of the 2004 Tour... Back: ... and all
> I got was this lousy T-shirt.

(And about 10.000)

K. J. Papai

"Jonathan v.d. Sluis" <nospam@nospam.nl> wrote in message news:<ccmb4t$72s$1@reader11.wxs.nl>...
> "Dave" <themailbox@bellsouth.net> schreef in bericht
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> > So I've always wondered this....
> >
> > When someone earns a jersey during the tour, yellow,
> > green, etc, the
> rider's
> > team (main) logo is on the jersey. So with that....
> >
> > 1) If a rider earns the jersey multiple days, is there a
> > new jersey for
> each
> > day? Seems like I've seen Lance pulling on a new yellow
> > over an existng
> one
> > on consecutive stages (previous years, obviously) I also
> > think I saw one year a stack of yellow's in the back of
> > a truck where they took the one
> off
> > the top to give to Lance for that day.
>
> They get a new set each day. If I'm not mistaken, each set
> contains a long- and a short-sleeved jersey, as well as a
> TT suit.
>
> >
> > 2) Who makes those jerseys? Are the teams responsible?
> > Or do the tour organizers do it?
>
> The tour organizers have large stickers, with the team
> sponsors on them, that can be pressed on the jerseys very
> quickly. They prepare them before the award ceremony when
> it's clear who is going to wear the jerseys.
>

Wow -- your first non-SPAM post in YEARS!

Thanks, Ken

> >
> > 3) I have to assume there's enough of each to cover any
> > possibility of the permutations of riders, number of
> > days, teams etc so they don't run out if some
> > unexpected results happen (what, 4 types of jersey,
> > times (I think)
> 21
> > teams, times (on an average year) 21 stages adds up to a
> > heck of a lot of clothing that can go unused) This does
> > not even go into worrying about
> the
> > right size for riders.
>
> The teams do not carry around classification jerseys. They
> are in possession of the tour organization until they are
> awarded.
>
> >
> > 4) What happens to all of those unused jerseys?

For Homeless people if Jonny vds. had his way.

Pistof

"Chris" <chrismcreynolds@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in
> message
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> > TM wrote:
> >
> > > I'll be clearer. Not for the start of the prologue,
> > > but for the
winner
> of
> > > the prologue. The op assumed that they made a yellow
> > > jersey for every
> team
> > > for every stage.
> >
> > What about winners of other stages? They should at least
> > get a T-shirt
or
> something.
> >
> > Front: I won stage 9 of the 2004 Tour... Back: ... and
> > all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
>
> (And about 10.000)

Divided between all the team members...

Stewart Fleming

Dave wrote:

> So I've always wondered this....
>
> When someone earns a jersey during the tour, yellow,
> green, etc, the rider's team (main) logo is on the jersey.
> So with that....

There was an article posted here last year about the man who
makes the tour jerseys. Quite an efficient operation by all
accounts. The link was posted in the newsgroup and you can
Google for it if you don't mind people thinking that you are
a stalker or something. This should be in the FAQ, but we
haven't updated that since April 2003 because there has been
more important stuff happening.

John Forrest To

On 9 Jul 2004 11:44:59 -0700, zboy2000@hotmail.com (zboy) wrote:

>This is one incredible thread! Just to clear things up,
>riders DO NOT use the podium jersey for anything other then
>the podium. However, I like everyone would love to get my
>mits on one of those jerseys.

Why? What value would a jersey someone else won with no help
from you have?

I have a mountain leaders jersey from a smallish race a
teammate won -- I helped him a little in winning that.
_That's_ a cool jersey. For
me.

JT