[Tour de Suisse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_Suisse) has two separate jerseys for sprints competition (based only on points from intermediate sprints) and points competition (where the points obtained from placement in stages are included; I am not sure whether they count here the intermediate sprints, too.)

The [current revision](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_jersey&oldid=551541625) of the Wikipedia article [White jersey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_jersey) says that:

> The Tour de Suisse awards a white jersey to a somewhat unique competition, the Sprints classification,[5] which awards placings not on stage finishes but strictly in intermediate sprints.

The [link](http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/jun08/suisse08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/jun08/suisse08/suisse088/TDS08St8098) given there shows the leader of the sprints classification in 2008 wearing the white jersey.

Seasons 2005-2013 have individual articles on Wikipedia - the links can be found in the article about [Tour de Suisee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_Suisse). When I checked these articles I have seen that:

 * In [2008](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tour_de_Suisse), the color is shown as white.
 * In [2007](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Tour_de_Suisse), sprint classification is mentioned, but no information about the color of the jersey is in that article.
 * In [2012](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Tour_de_Suisse) the sprint classification is not mentioned at all, so it was probably not awarded.
 * Wikipedia articles on seasons [2005](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Tour_de_Suisse), [2006](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Tour_de_Suisse), [2009](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Tour_de_Suisse), [2010](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tour_de_Suisse), [2011](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tour_de_Suisse) and [2013](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Tour_de_Suisse) show the color of the sprint jersey as blue.

Of course, there might be mistakes in Wikipedia articles and Wikipedia gives no information about sprint competition before 2005.

I would like to know:

> * Was the year 2008 the only year, when the color of the jersey for the sprints competition was white?
> *  When was the sprint classification (separate from the point classification) introduced in Tour de Suisse for the first time?