Best and Worst National Champs jerseys

[dick the quick]

2017 Austrian RR NC jersey, made (very) quickly by Bora:

It looks like they have it already made before the competition (expecting one of their guys to win), as it was used during the medal ceremony right after the race.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I wonder why Movistar isn't doing that as well

 

[dick the quick]

At first glance, Juraj Sagan's 2017 NC jersey seems to remain unchanged - but it's not.
I guess that not only Slovak-based posters will agree that the new one is better.

 

[wouterkaas]

At least we can have some influence on Cumming's kit:
https://twitter.com/StevoCummings/status/879056183335821312

 

[luckyboy]

Anything will be better than what Blythe wore. Every piece of clothing white with stripes on, plus some terrible custom shoes. Like Cipollini's Worlds kit, except he is not Cipollini..

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Anything will be better than what Blythe wore. Every piece of clothing white with stripes on, plus some terrible custom shoes. Like Cipollini's Worlds kit, except he is not Cipollini..

Blythe's get up was a good, clean, design. I predict Warbasse's jersey will be good.

 

[May0maniac]

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Anything will be better than what Blythe wore. Every piece of clothing white with stripes on, plus some terrible custom shoes. Like Cipollini's Worlds kit, except he is not Cipollini..

Well, Cipo is one of his Idols, that explains a lot.

 

[RedheadDane]

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At least we can have some influence on Cumming's kit:
https://twitter.com/StevoCummings/status/879056183335821312

Isn't the British Federation pretty conservative with how they want the jersey to look? Same reason they (luckily) didn't allow Movistar to do that nonsense with Dowsett's ITT suit.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

At least we can have some influence on Cumming's kit:
https://twitter.com/StevoCummings/status/879056183335821312

Isn't the British Federation pretty conservative with how they want the jersey to look? Same reason they (luckily) didn't allow Movistar to do that nonsense with Dowsett's ITT suit.

Yep, but Cummings is asking for shorts advice and the British federation has no input on those.

 

[staubsauger]

I repeat my offense every year, because it's true. The British champ jersey is so ugly the Movistar attempt including the Union Jack actually would be an improvement to that useless tricolore mess.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I repeat my offense every year, because it's true. The British champ jersey is so ugly the Movistar attempt including the Union Jack actually would be an improvement to that useless tricolore mess.

Absolutely. The british jersey is really bad.

 

[RedheadDane]

If Movistar had their way it would probably just be three tiny stripes on a tiny part of the chest...

 

[Nirvana]

Re:

2017 Austrian RR NC jersey, made (very) quickly by Bora:

It looks like they have it already made before the competition (expecting one of their guys to win), as it was used during the medal ceremony right after the race.

Also Astana had a custom jersey on the podium in Kazakhstan.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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If Movistar had their way it would probably just be three tiny stripes on a tiny part of the chest...

Only if their biggest star was british.

They're very open about the fact that they only do the small flag thing on jerseys for their star riders, because in the past they've had problems with sponsors threatening to pull out over the colors/logos not being visible.

They did it in the early 90s with Indurain and they do it now with Valverde. No change there.

Until 2017. When Telefonica demanded they do the same with the spanish jersey regardless who was wearing it.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re: Re:

If Movistar had their way it would probably just be three tiny stripes on a tiny part of the chest...

Only if their biggest star was british.

They're very open about the fact that they only do the small flag thing on jerseys for their star riders, because in the past they've had problems with sponsors threatening to pull out over the colors/logos not being visible.

They did it in the early 90s with Indurain and they do it now with Valverde. No change there.

Until 2017. When Telefonica demanded they do the same with the spanish jersey regardless who was wearing it.

With Caisse d'Epargne that was certainly the case, since from Purito on everybody - LuLu, Plaza, Gutiérrez - got the flying fireball Spanish kit except Valverde's 08 kit, but since Movistar took over everybody's had the crappy designs, no matter how big the star. Gutiérrez, Rojas, Ventoso, Herrada, Izagirre, Valverde, all have had fairly minimal national designs.

Back in the Banesto days they did try a more interesting British jersey, for Jeremy Hunt.

Edit: here's a better view that also shows you Chava's national jersey, showing how they differentiated it - or didn't - from the rest of the team at the time.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re: Re:

If Movistar had their way it would probably just be three tiny stripes on a tiny part of the chest...

Only if their biggest star was british.

They're very open about the fact that they only do the small flag thing on jerseys for their star riders, because in the past they've had problems with sponsors threatening to pull out over the colors/logos not being visible.

They did it in the early 90s with Indurain and they do it now with Valverde. No change there.

Until 2017. When Telefonica demanded they do the same with the spanish jersey regardless who was wearing it.

With Caisse d'Epargne that was certainly the case, since from Purito on everybody - LuLu, Plaza, Gutiérrez - got the flying fireball Spanish kit except Valverde's 08 kit, but since Movistar took over everybody's had the crappy designs, no matter how big the star. Gutiérrez, Rojas, Ventoso, Herrada, Izagirre, Valverde, all have had fairly minimal national designs.

Back in the Banesto days they did try a more interesting British jersey, for Jeremy Hunt.

I don't see the difference between Hunt's and this
or this or even this. It's the union jack instead of three bands, but it's otherwise a normal jersey.

I only see it being toned down with Indurain and Valverde in several cases

edit: reading your edit, i agree Chava's is a step off the norm

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

If Movistar had their way it would probably just be three tiny stripes on a tiny part of the chest...

Only if their biggest star was british.

They're very open about the fact that they only do the small flag thing on jerseys for their star riders, because in the past they've had problems with sponsors threatening to pull out over the colors/logos not being visible.

They did it in the early 90s with Indurain and they do it now with Valverde. No change there.

Until 2017. When Telefonica demanded they do the same with the spanish jersey regardless who was wearing it.

I've never understand that logic.
You've got a national champion; SHOUT IT TO THE WORLD!
Then again; Movistar pretty much always got the Spanish champion, but then at least let him enjoy it, especially if it's a "smaller" guy.

 

[classicomano]

Confirmed by Sunweb that they will rape the Dutch national jersey and turn it into a Movistar monstrosity. They think its "professional" and "going with the times".

But, im withholding setting their HQ on fire before I see the final product.

 

[GP Blanco]

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Confirmed by Sunweb that they will rape the Dutch national jersey and turn it into a Movistar monstrosity. They think its "professional" and "going with the times".

But, im withholding setting their HQ on fire before I see the final product.

Did you expect something else from a German team

 

[Kwibus]

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Confirmed by Sunweb that they will rape the Dutch national jersey and turn it into a Movistar monstrosity. They think its "professional" and "going with the times".

But, im withholding setting their HQ on fire before I see the final product.

Oh god...

Say hi from me when you lit it up.

 

[MagnusMagnussen]

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Confirmed by Sunweb that they will rape the Dutch national jersey and turn it into a Movistar monstrosity. They think its "professional" and "going with the times".

But, im withholding setting their HQ on fire before I see the final product.

Here it is

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

That's it, I'm not travelling by Sunweb anymore.

 

[hrotha]

You can almost hear him mutter "dood mij".

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

It's not pretty and it's not good, but it's also not the worst champ jersey ever.

 

[Nirvana]

TT skinsuit of Kwiatkowski and Moscon.