Yellow Jersey

The general classification of the Tour de France, which determines the winner of the race, was first decided by lowest cumulative time in the first two Tour de France races. The winner of the general classification wore a green armband instead of a yellow jersey during this period. The yellow jersey was officially introduced in 1919, with the first wearer being Eugène Christophe, and its color was chosen either to match the yellow newsprint of the organizing newspaper L'Auto or because yellow was an unpopular color at the time.learn more on wikipedia