The young rider classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1975.

Excluding the years 1989 to 1999, the leader of the young rider classification wears a white jersey (French: maillot blanc).

In the Tour de France Femmes, the white jersey is awarded to the highest placed rider in the general classification under the age of 23.

On seven occasions a cyclist has won the young rider classification and the general classification — Laurent Fignon in 1983, Jan Ullrich in 1997, Alberto Contador in 2007, Andy Schleck in 2010, Egan Bernal in 2019 and Tadej Pogačar in 2020 and 2021.

Pogačar holds the absolute record of wearing the white jersey for 75 days in total.