Tour de France - the race for White

The White Jersey, is the preserve of the future champion, having been won by,
LeMond, Fignon, Pantani, Ullrich, Contador and Schleck

The White Jersey, or the Maillot Blanc, is the jersey for the best young rider in the race. To qualify, riders must be 25 or under in the year of the race. So this year, that includes anyone born in 1990 or later.

The main contenders for the White jersey are likely to be the following:-

Adam & Simon Yates (Orica-Greenedge)
The twins at Orica-Greenedge are a wildcard option, for Simon this is his second tour, and that may help him.

After Simon's 5th place at the Dauphine he is the favourite of the two for a top 10 finish and an outside shot at the white jersey.

Adam's form is a little more uncertain, but neither Yates is lacking class. Adam may target more stage breaks especially in the moutains.

Thibault Pinot (FDJ)
Pinot finished 3rd last year, winning the white jersey, by beating fellow frenchman Romain Bardet.
Thibault Pinot is showing good form again this year, with a good showing in the Tour de Suisse, winning the Queen stage.

Romain Bardet (AG2R)
Bardet had his breakthrough year, last year with 6th overall in the Tour, alongside a 5th place in the Dauphine.

Bardet was aggressive in the recent Dauphine, winning stage 5, and coming 6th overall, which would have been higher, but for an unfortunate crash on stage 6.

Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick-Step)
The world champion is a multi talented rider, he can climb with the best on a good day, but is likely to have different objectives, e.g. support Cavendish, go for stage wins, so is unlikely to target the white jersey overall but could be an outside contender for top 10 if it was his pure focus.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
One of the big favourites for the overall, but also eligible for the young riders jersey. He won the white jersey in 2013. He will be the white jersey favourite.