自由車的三大賽事都是在歐洲，以歷史而言，環法與環義賽至今都已有百年歷史；連較年輕的環西賽都七十多歲了。
Tour de France (est. 1903)
Giro d'Italia (est. 1909)
Vuelta a España (est. 1935)
我們是以主辦國：環法、環義、環西來稱呼這幾個賽事，在使用羅馬字母的國家，則是習慣稱他們為 tour, giro, 和 vuelta。雖稱其為環法、環義、環西，事實上路程的設計都跑出了國界。從主辦單位的官方網站擷取了今(2009)年路線圖，並簡單介紹每一賽事選手的車衣的顏色識別如下：
Giro http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2009/it/ 
領先者(總成績)：粉紅上衣 maglia rosa (pink jersey)
贊助商 La Gazzetta dello Sport (體育新聞報)的顏色。
登山王：綠色 maglia verde (green jersey)
衝刺王：淡紫色 maglia ciclamino (mauve jersey)
新人王：白色 maglia bianca (white jersey)
Tour http://www.letour.fr/ Running from Saturday July 4
th to Sunday July 26
th 2009, the 96
th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
領先者(總成績)：黃衫 maillot jaune* 贊助商 L'Auto (新聞報)的顏色。
登山王：白底紅點衫 maillot à pois rouges (Polka dot jersey)
衝刺王：綠色 maillot vert
新人王：白色 maillot blanc (white jersey)該年度一月一日未滿25歲者
Remarks:1. The colour was chosen either to reflect the yellow newsprint of the organising newspaper, L'Auto, or because yellow was an unpopular colour and therefore the only one available with which a manufacturer could create jerseys at late notice.
2. When a single rider is entitled to more than one jersey, he wears the most prestigious and the second rider in the other classification wears the jersey. The overall and points competitions may be led by the same rider: the fastest on time will wear the yellow jersey and the rider second in the points competition will wear the green jersey.
Vuelta http://www.lavuelta.com/ 八月29日到九月20日,21站, 約3,281.5 km
領先者(總成績)：黃色/金色 Maillot amarillo (Yellow Maillot) or "Jersey de Oro"
(Golden Jersey) 媒體上金衫 Golden Jersey 較為常見。
登山王與衝刺王：藍色底黃色魚的圖案 blue with yellow fish jersey
近年來三大賽事的冠軍名單，看來西班牙人得了最多金盃。
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