yellow helmets for the leading team became mandatory in the tour de france in 2012.
when did yellow helmets for the leading team become mandatory in the tour de france?
2012
the team classification is assessed by adding the time of each team's best three riders each day. the competition does not have its own jersey but since 2006 the leading team has worn numbers printed black-on-yellow. until 1990, the leading team would wear yellow caps. as of 2012, the riders of the leading team wear yellow helmets. during the era of national teams, france and belgium won 10 times each. from 1973 up to 1988, there was also a team classification based on points (stage classification); members of the leading team would wear green caps.





























section::::classifications.:historical classifications.
tour de france
the final classification was a team classification. this was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage, excluding the team time trial; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. the number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. the riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets.
2013 tour de france