 The prize for best regional cyclist was won by second-placed Malléjac.Fifty years after the first Tour de France, the 1953 Tour featured the introduction of the green jersey, for the leader in the points classification (usually seen as the "best sprinter's" jersey), at that time called the .The classification was based on the points system as it had been used from the 1905 Tour de France to the 1912 Tour de France.