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 Post subject: Tour de France trivia question
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:49 pm 
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Does anyone know the significance of the stuffed lion they give to the Tour leader, along with the yellow jersey, each day? I've been trying to find out, but I either haven't looked hard enough or haven't checked the right places.


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 Post subject: Re: Tour de France trivia question
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:49 pm 
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Crud -- sorry. I sent this in reply to your "why" post first. One more time ... <p>Not sure if this helps you enough, but here's all I could find about the jersey on the TDF site:
The yellow jersey<p>"Created in 1919, in reference to the yellow paper of the Auto magazine, founder of the Tour de France in 1903, the Yellow Jersey is worn by the leader in the general classification." <p>Still looking for info. on the lion.<p>wirefly


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 Post subject: Re: Tour de France trivia question
PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:52 pm 
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OK, about the lion: "It's the mascot of Crédit Lyonnais, one of the tour sponsors and whose name appears on the yellow jersey."<p>wirefly


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