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===Mountains classification===
{{Main|Mountains classification in the Tour de France}}

[[File:Richard Virenque - Tour de France 2003 - Alpe d'Huez (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Richard Virenque]] pictured at the [[2003 Tour de France]] wearing the polka dot jersey. He won the [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]] a record seven times.]]
The mountains classification is the second-oldest jersey awarding classification in the Tour de France. The mountains classification was added to the Tour de France in the [[1933 Tour de France|1933 edition]] and was first won by [[Vicente Trueba]].<ref name="SL exp"/>{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=203}} Prizes for the classification were first awarded in [[1934 Tour de France|1934]].{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=203}} During stages of the race containing climbs, points are awarded to the first riders to reach the top of each categorized climb, with points available for up to the first 10 riders, depending on the classification of the climb. Climbs are classified according to the steepness and length of that particular hill, with more points available for harder climbs. The classification was preceded by the ''meilleur grimpeur'' ({{langx|en|best climber}}) which was awarded by the organising newspaper ''L'Auto'' to a cyclist who completed each race.

The classification awarded no jersey to the leader until the [[1975 Tour de France]], when the organizers decided to award a distinctive white jersey with red dots to the leader. This is colloquially referred to in English as the "polka dot" jersey.<ref name="SL exp"/>{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=203}} The climbers' jersey is worn by the rider who, at the start of each stage, has the largest number of climbing points.<ref name="clasexp"/> If the race leader is also leading the Mountains classification, the polka dot jersey will be worn by the next eligible rider in the Mountains standings. At the end of the Tour, the rider holding the most climbing points wins the classification. Some riders may race with the aim of winning this particular competition, while others who gain points early on may shift their focus to the classification during the race. The Tour has five categories for ranking the mountains the race covers. The scale ranges from category 4, the easiest, to hors catégorie, the hardest. During his career [[Richard Virenque]] won the mountains classification a record seven times.

The point distribution for the mountains in the 2019 event was:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cycling_tdf/rules-reglement-tour-de-france-2019.pdf |title=Tour de France 2019&nbsp;– Rules |publisher=Letour.fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701191111/https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cycling_tdf/rules-reglement-tour-de-france-2019.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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!colspan=2|Type||1st||2nd||3rd||4th||5th||6th||7th||8th
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|[[File:Mountainstage.svg]]||align=left|Hors catégorie||20||15||12||10||8||6||4||2
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|[[File:Mountainstage.svg]]||align=left|First Category||10||8||6||4||2||1|| ||
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|[[File:Mediummountainstage.svg]]||align=left|Second Category||5||3||2||1|| || || ||
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|[[File:Mediummountainstage.svg]]||align=left|Third Category||2||1|| || || || || ||
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|[[File:Hillystage.svg]]||align=left|Fourth Category||1|| || || || || || ||
|}
* Points awarded are doubled for HC climbs over 2000m of altitude.