Best Old Rider Jersey?
Best Old Rider Jersey?
How about having a Jersey for the best old rider in a grand tour? What age should it be? Or between the oldest 30 or 40 riders competing? What colour Jersey? The colour of a Werther's Original wrapper? Or a design of many birthday cake candles?
Re: Best Old Rider Jersey?
The grey jersey?
Perhaps the silver jersey would be more respectful (?)
IMO over 35 would be about the right and appropriate elder rider qualification.
The stats of the 2021 Giro are below:
Age & number of
30 = 7
31 = 17
32 = 8
33 = 8
34 = 8
35 = 3
36 = 9
37 = 3
38 = 5
The oldest rider in this Giro was Koen de Kort (Trek-Segafredo) 38 years 243 days
The youngest was Andrii Ponomar (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 18 years 246 days
Ponomar was the only teenager, the next youngest was 21 year old Remco Evenepoel
Perhaps the silver jersey would be more respectful (?)
IMO over 35 would be about the right and appropriate elder rider qualification.
The stats of the 2021 Giro are below:
Age & number of
30 = 7
31 = 17
32 = 8
33 = 8
34 = 8
35 = 3
36 = 9
37 = 3
38 = 5
The oldest rider in this Giro was Koen de Kort (Trek-Segafredo) 38 years 243 days
The youngest was Andrii Ponomar (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 18 years 246 days
Ponomar was the only teenager, the next youngest was 21 year old Remco Evenepoel
Re: Best Old Rider Jersey?
Valverde just won a stage in the Dauphiné aged 41
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Re: Best Old Rider Jersey?
Hi all, I thought you wanted nominations for the best jersey design from yesteryear?
My nomination would be the "Bic" jersey, schoolboy with knees just like mine. MM
My nomination would be the "Bic" jersey, schoolboy with knees just like mine. MM
Re: Best Old Rider Jersey?
Chris Horner won the Vuelta aged 41!
Re: Best Old Rider Jersey?
Davide Rebellin is still racing at UCI Continental level, and he turns 50 in a couple of months...