Best and Worst National Champs jerseys

[rallybanana]

Because the two bands of red and blue is traditional. As you couldn't/wouldn't stitch together dozens of small pieces of coloured fabric to make a union jack jersey 50-100 years ago a simpler design suitable for manufacture has to be found. The British Olympic Teams kit was regularly the same design around the time National Cyclists Union and the British League of Racing Cyclists amalgamated into BCF so iirc that's where the design comes from.

At the 1932 Olympics, the British teams wore kits with three horizontal bands. The two bands of red and blue seem to have been introduced for the 1936 Olympics.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Ben Healy in the tricolour today;

Someone from Cannondale needs to explain the colour green to someone from Rapha.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So will they actually find green on their palette for the road race jersey this year?

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm gonna call it!

Best jersey: Madouas

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm gonna call it!

Best jersey: Madouas

As well as the Brest jersey.

 

[red_flanders]

At the 1932 Olympics, the British teams wore kits with three horizontal bands. The two bands of red and blue seem to have been introduced for the 1936 Olympics.

Notably, they both include the Union Jack rather than just having the bands. That's where the Cav jersey is missing it. Unless it's on the back...

 

[gunara]

At the 1932 Olympics, the British teams wore kits with three horizontal bands. The two bands of red and blue seem to have been introduced for the 1936 Olympics.

Without the flag it went to Dutch from, what, Costa Rican?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1673270549659746304

View: https://twitter.com/BORAhansgrohe/status/1673270549659746304


You can see Buchmann‘s jersey in Bora‘s new team lineup but since they already had the champion‘s jersey before with Politt there is no surprise.

I think they should go for a bigger flag sometime in the future.

Sadly I couldn‘t find a high-quality picture of this masterpiece of a champion‘s jersey:

 

[RedheadDane]

Guess it's hard to make perfect Nat Champ jerseys with a huge "LIDL" logo on the front.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Guess it's hard to make perfect Nat Champ jerseys with a huge "LIDL" logo on the front.

The whole Lidl logo on the chest looks like someone just put a big sticker on the jersey.

 

[ManicJack]

Guess it's hard to make perfect Nat Champ jerseys with a huge "LIDL" logo on the front.

Definitely distinguishable. Could. Be worse.

 

[RedheadDane]

Definitely distinguishable. Could. Be worse.

Of course. It's significantly closer to FDJ than to UAE on the Official RedheadDane Scale of National Championship Jerseys.

 

[awavey]

I think it works quite well with Quinn Simmons jersey, the other two look thoroughly depressed about it though

just wonder what a world champion jersey would look like with a lidl logo on it.

 

[carolina]

Are they doing a different kit for the women?

 

[F_Cance]

sadly does not seem to be the case. Womens team is listed with the same jerseys on their website

 

[RedheadDane]

And here it is from a distance, doing what a Nation Champion jersey is supposed to do; make it clear that the rider in question is National Champion.

 

[awavey]

sadly does not seem to be the case. Womens team is listed with the same jerseys on their website

It's the exact same, pictures from pre stage Giro coming thru now. Elisa's Italian national jersey upto the same standards as the men's attempts

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674346302295928832

View: https://twitter.com/LidlTrek/status/1674346302295928832



What I don't get is on the helmets there's a Lidl logo but red and white, so it doesn't stand out so much

 

[lemon cheese cake]

It won't stand out as much as the national champs jerseys with the Lidl logo on, but I think it's almost better than the effort by Lidl Trek

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674466320308482055

View: https://twitter.com/polonaBerta/status/1674466320308482055?t=LNhBdRpidEqFENHJfIGIpQ&s=19

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

The pog one reminds me of the old trek factory racing nat champs kits. Bad.

Fred Wright's though, is horrendous. British Cycling usually have a v strict template to use which hasn't happened here. I don't understand why?

 

[ice&fire]

And here it is from a distance, doing what a Nation Champion jersey is supposed to do; make it clear that the rider in question is National Champion.

Owners of Italian continental teams will get sick if they view this

 

[proffate]

Guess it's hard to make perfect Nat Champ jerseys with a huge "LIDL" logo on the front.

that US jersey would be perfect if the title sponsor were Coca-Cola or McDonalds

 

[awavey]

The pog one reminds me of the old trek factory racing nat champs kits. Bad.

Fred Wright's though, is horrendous. British Cycling usually have a v strict template to use which hasn't happened here. I don't understand why?

I wondered if it was because its their TdF special, so the "real" jersey might be templated better given they'll have more time to do it, dont know maybe im just making excuses for how lacklustre it is.,

I'm just glad none of the GB Lidl Trek riders won it.

Hopefully Pfeiffers will just be the evolution of the one she had before just with the new sponsor logo as that was pretty swish as nat jerseys go.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Its the new aero helmet i'm more worried about...

 

[awavey]

Chloe Dygerts US jersey looks pretty fine just stars & stripes & minimal sponsor logos getting in the way, though of course CanyonSrams existing jerseys are pretty much the same in that respect

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[lemon cheese cake]

Its the new aero helmet i'm more worried about...

TT champ Jos van Emden might not be racing, but there are still 2 dutch champions in the Tour...

Normally I don't think there's anything wrong with the bands as the dutch is a full tricolour (except Anne Terpstra in XC), but this washed out sandy grey colour and black panels makes me only think of a dutch flag and nothing else.