Tour de France
26 JUNE - 18 JULY 2021
3,470km Total Distance
21 Stages
8 Flat stages
2 Individual time trial
5 Hilly stages
6 Mountain Stages(Summit finishes: Tignes, Saint-Lary-Soulan col du Portet, Luz Ardiden)
2 Rest Days
Jersey Classifications
Yellow Jersey: Overall race leader (Maillot Jeune)
White Jersey: Best Young Rider
Polka Dot Jersey: King of the Mountains leader (Climber's jersey)
Green Jersey: Points Leader (Sprinter's jersey)
The Tour de France classification jerseys for the 2021 edition are once again provided by Le Coq Sportif. The jerseys utilise the watermarked images design motif that has been utilised to great effect over the past few iterations of the Tour de France jerseys. This year's jerseys support a watermarked image of Paris's Arc de Triomphe. The left chest panel of the jerseys support the Tour de France logo with the Le Coq Sportif logo directly above and the year directly below. The left chest supports the jersey's sponsor. The jersey sponsors are once again also rendered on the shoulders, sleeves and back of the jerseys.
The 2021 Tour de France yellow jersey have a depart and arivee versions. The depart yellow jersey has on the front bottom half of the jersey with a triangular configuration of multiple repeating Triskell symbols, which is the symbol of Brittany and represents the three elements, Water, Earth and Fire. This design is also replicated on the black grand depart jersey in white with the words water, earth and fire written in French on the bottom right of the jersey.
The polka dot King of the Mountains jersey is sponsored by E.Leclerc and as a result once again has their branding via orange and blue dots amongst the red dots.
To honour legend Bernard Hinault, Le Coq Sportif once again has produced a special edition Hinault jersey. This has the famous Hinault quote, "As long as I breathe, I attack." on the chest.
To celebrate the race and cycling a black Grande Boucle, the nickname for the Tour, jersey and tshirt with white and yellow horizontal stripes has been produced while the cycling jersey and tshirts are dark blue and white with light blue and red horizontal stripes.