During the Tour de France bicycle race, who wears the yellow jersey?

Question

During the Tour de France bicycle race, who wears the yellow jersey?

Answer 1

The guy who is leading the field,     The fastest one to date...

Answer 2

I always thought it was the person who won the last leg.

Answer 3

the leader, he's the one who has covered the course in the least amount of time :)

Answer 4

the winner of last leg of race don't have a yellow jersey in first leg

Answer 5

the rider who is currently the overall leader

Answer 6

The yellow jersey is worn by the overall leader of the Tour de France. It is called the "maillot jaune."  It was intoduced in 1919 and is colored yellow because the newspaper that covered the race at the time was L'Auto.  A French paper whose pages were yellow.

Answer 7

It's the overall leader in the time category.

Answer 8

The rider who has the best overall time. Cadel Evans of the Silence Lotto team is in the lead by 1 sec.

Answer 9

The Overall race leader

Answer 10

The leader in the race.  The one who has covered the course in the least amont of time.  They have other colours for things like king of the mountain.