dktxracer wrote:
More newbie questions: Who provides the various leaders’ jerseys? The teams or the Tour? As a rider, I would want to ride the kit I’ve trained and raced in, not some suit provided by a third party. If the teams provide them, I’m assuming they only prepare leaders’ jerseys they might be able to obtain, and then only for the riders who could get them
Speaking of kit, it looks like most riders wear a one piece suit with a zippable vest area in front, similar to a lot of tri suits these days?
The Tour issues the leader kits. I think most are in skin suits similar to Castelli's Sanremo.
dktxracer wrote:
Finally, what’s the time cutoff where a rider can be dropped from the Tour for finishing too slowly?
It varies. The cut is based on the stage design and the speed of the winner. The rule book linked below goes into 2+ pages (pgs 29-30) of how they calc these times. They also include a clause that allows ASO to keep riders in the race that miss the cut. I can't imagine them time cutting the green jersey.
https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/...eglement-fruk-bd.pdf