A newbie's guide to the Santos Tour Down Under jerseys

The Santos Tour Down Under has its own classification jerseys for the various winner categories, unique to the spirit of Australia's greatest cycling race.

If you don't quite know all the different colours and what they mean, no worries! We're here to help.

There are four Santos Tour Down Under classification jerseys awarded after every stage of the race, with each jersey recognising a different type of win during the race, depending on the style of rider.

Here's your guide to the classification jerseys of the Santos Tour Down Under.

Santos Ochre Leader's Jersey

The Santos Ochre Jersey is awarded to the rider with the fastest cumulative time at the end of each stage - the leader of the 'general classification - and the overall winner at the end of the race. 

Ochre is the colour of the iconic South Australia outback, and is unique among the general classification jerseys in the UCI WorldTour.

The most recent winner was the 2020 Santos Tour Down Under Winner, Richie Porte (Team TREK Segafredo), and Ruth Winder (Team TREK Segafredo) for the Women's Santos Tour Down Under.

Ziptrak® Sprint Jersey

The blue Ziptrak® Sprint jersey is awarded at the end of each stage, and the races, to the rider with the most number of points in the sprint classification. The sprint (or points) classification is determined by allocating points to riders at 'intermediate sprint' locations on each stage, as well as the finish of the race.

The first three riders receive points towards the classification.

Most recently it was won by Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates), and Leah Kirchmann (Team Sunweb).

efex King/Queen of the Mountain Jersey

The polkadot efex King/Queen of the Mountain jersey is awarded at the end of each stage, and the races, to the rider who leads the cumulative efex Mountains Classification. 

efex King/Queen of the Mountains points are awarded at pre-determined summits along each stage. This jersey traditionally has a polka dot pattern, which started in the Tour de France in 1975 and has been adopted by other races around the world. The Santos Tour Down Under King/Queen of the Mountain jersey has navy green polka dots.

It was most recently won by Joseph Rosskopf (Team CCC) in the 2020 Santos Tour Down Under and Liane Lippert (Team Sunweb) in the Women's Santos Tour Down Under.

Zwift Young Rider's Jersey

The Zwift Young Rider's jersey is awarded at the end of each stage, and the race, to the rider under 23 years of age with the best cumulative time in the race. 

The Zwift Young Rider's leader and winner traditionally wears a white-coloured jersey in world cycling, and the Santos Tour Down Under also maintains this tradition.

In 2020 it was won by Pavel Sivakov (Team Ineos Grenadiers) and Liane Lippert (Team Sunweb) for the Women's Santos Tour Down Under.