New Jerseys - 2011 Season - TeamKits-Maillots-Tricots-Tenues-and-Exotics

[Christian]

That part must be reserved for all those title sponsors who, well, I guess just haven't shown up yet.

Enovos is a major sponsor but is not on the jersey at all right now so I think it might be them

 

[luckyboy]

To be honest, the bikes look pretty nice - the light blue, black and white works.

Still can't get over why Skil have green stripes now

 

[uphillstruggle]

Is it me or are a lot of the teams going for a black, white & light blue thing. Garmain, schleck, sungaurd and sky all look too similar for me. Not that bad but all the same modern office décor look..

 

[luckyboy]

I have a feeling Geox will be along these lines. Hope not though.

Lets just hope Mapei come in to sponsor Leopard. Would make an interesting jersey.

 

[Christian]

Sky are trendsetters I guess ...

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

That Leopard kit fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch.

 

[Christian]

This looks pretty cool though:

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wow, 2011 is the year of the terrible jersey. Or those that aren't terrible but are actually improvements over their old ones (Garmin-Cervélo > Garmin) involve taking all of the character out of the old jersey.

Far too many jerseys that aren't BAD but are plain nondescript. And that's worse, in my book. You can always have a laugh about a terrible jersey, and you can always spot the people in the bright and weird and wonderful jerseys. Too many jerseys this year are about trying to be stylish, and just end up not being noticeable enough.

Where are the people trying to do something that will be instantly recognisable? Where are the CSF-Navigares, the Relax-GAMs, the Vini Caldirolas?

 

[Ad Rock]

The Leopard Kit is really quite a bit different than the Sky/Garmin-Cervelo kits... lighter blue and more contrast on the jersey due to the split white/black halves.... I really like it... classy!

Really though... all these jerseys need to be approved by the UCI do they not?? Don't you think at some point the UCI would start telling these teams "Nope, looks too similar to *X* Team, redesign please and re-submit!"?? I really can't believe they approved the Garmin-Cervelo jersey... its not that I don't like it style-wise, but for originality and the ability to identify the teams from each other...???

 

[luckyboy]

Wow, 2011 is the year of the terrible jersey. Or those that aren't terrible but are actually improvements over their old ones (Garmin-Cervélo > Garmin) involve taking all of the character out of the old jersey.

Far too many jerseys that aren't BAD but are plain nondescript. And that's worse, in my book. You can always have a laugh about a terrible jersey, and you can always spot the people in the bright and weird and wonderful jerseys. Too many jerseys this year are about trying to be stylish, and just end up not being noticeable enough.

Where are the people trying to do something that will be instantly recognisable? Where are the CSF-Navigares, the Relax-GAMs, the Vini Caldirolas?

All I can think of is probably whatever Europcar come up with and that mostly pink Lampre template we've seen.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Awful jersey and wtf is with the scarfs?

 

[Publicus]

That Leopard kit fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch.

And then someone picked up and threw it back up threw the branches and started the process all over again. Hideous. And boring to boot!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Really though... all these jerseys need to be approved by the UCI do they not?? Don't you think at some point the UCI would start telling these teams "Nope, looks too similar to *X* Team, redesign please and re-submit!"?? I really can't believe they approved the Garmin-Cervelo jersey... its not that I don't like it style-wise, but for originality and the ability to identify the teams from each other...???

I don't think the UCI has any say on that unless a team tries to copyright a particular design style. Otherwise, they'd have had to bring out injunctions against the Continental equivalents of Rabobank, Milram, Katyusha (maybe not Katyusha) and Liberty Seguros because they are, by the eyes of officialdom, completely separate teams from their ProTour equivalents. And what of those Colombian teams whose jerseys look suspiciously like European teams, such as Duitama-Club Omni? Or the historic 'twin teams' of Boyacá?

 

[Michielveedeebee]

You mean Gutierrez?

Yes indeed I mean Gutierrez thx

 

[Beech Mtn]

Wow, 2011 is the year of the terrible jersey. Or those that aren't terrible but are actually improvements over their old ones (Garmin-Cervélo > Garmin) involve taking all of the character out of the old jersey.

Far too many jerseys that aren't BAD but are plain nondescript. And that's worse, in my book. You can always have a laugh about a terrible jersey, and you can always spot the people in the bright and weird and wonderful jerseys. Too many jerseys this year are about trying to be stylish, and just end up not being noticeable enough.

Where are the people trying to do something that will be instantly recognisable? Where are the CSF-Navigares, the Relax-GAMs, the Vini Caldirolas?

Careful, sir. You're starting to sound like a defender of the infamous Footon kit.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Wow, 2011 is the year of the terrible jersey. Or those that aren't terrible but are actually improvements over their old ones (Garmin-Cervélo > Garmin) involve taking all of the character out of the old jersey.

Far too many jerseys that aren't BAD but are plain nondescript. And that's worse, in my book. You can always have a laugh about a terrible jersey, and you can always spot the people in the bright and weird and wonderful jerseys. Too many jerseys this year are about trying to be stylish, and just end up not being noticeable enough.

Where are the people trying to do something that will be instantly recognisable? Where are the CSF-Navigares, the Relax-GAMs, the Vini Caldirolas?

AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA) - haven't seen
BMC RACING TEAM (USA) - Excellent
EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (ESP) - Good
HTC-HIGHROAD (USA) - very good
KATUSHA TEAM RUS) - Average
LAMPRE – ISD (ITA) -haven't seen
LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (ITA) - Very Good (assuming it is similar to 2010 jersey)
TEAM LEOPARD-TREK (LUX) - horrible
MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP) - average
OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (BEL) - bad
PRO TEAM ASTANA (KAZ) - very good
QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM (BEL) - very good
RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM (NED) - average
SAXO BANK SUNGARD (DEN) -average
SKY PROCYCLING (GBR) - good
TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO (USA) - average (partly because they are so similar to Sky)
TEAM RADIOSHACK (USA)- good
VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (NED)- very good

SCALE: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Average, Bad, Horrible

 

[luckyboy]

LAMPRE – ISD (ITA) -haven't seen

This is supposedly that jersey.

Also, we've seen Vacansoleils?

 

[Badeend]

Wow, for once Lotto will not he the most ugly shirt in the peloton, Leopard omg

I like the Madone ...

 

[blaxland]

WTF happened when designing this Team Luxemberg jersey?That has got to be as bad as the footon kit from last season,definantley not one kit i will be buying in the near future.

 

[Anonymous]

I think leopard have tried to do something Rapha-esque and ended up with something more bertie bassett.

 

[Barracuda]

Looks just as good as any old stock Pearl Izumi or LG jersey you can buy at your LBS.

The new Leopard - Trek kit ...... whats the issue with it .. kinda retro

Just to be different - I actually like this jersey the way it is.....

What ever floats your boat I say ...

Anyone got any Idea where the kit is available????? Seriously !!

 

[liamlarkin]

WTF happened when designing this Team Luxemberg jersey?That has got to be as bad as the footon kit from last season,definantley not one kit i will be buying in the near future.

Ok, the Leopard kit is nowhere near as bad as the Footon kit. This is unexciting, but not even close to the degree of ugliness of Footon's kit last season.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Careful, sir. You're starting to sound like a defender of the infamous Footon kit.

Sure. Why not? It got us talking about Footon more than the riders ever did.

The point is, a really BAD kit remains memorable. We remember the jerseys of teams like Le Groupement and Castorama years down the line. A jersey like Footon's is like Lionel Richie's "Hello" - so bad that it becomes remembered years after it's gone, because of its being so spectacularly bad. You can have fun with a bad kit, laughing at it, poking fun at it.

A really dull, mediocre kit is far worse, because it doesn't even have that potential for guilty pleasure humour, and will be forgotten pretty quickly. It's nondescript and just blends in to the péloton, whereas you couldn't miss the beige armada with their big, silly-looking foot on the back. They looked ridiculous but the jerseys did the job - you knew where Footon riders were, and you recognised them as Footon riders instantly.

 

[Christian]

I think in recent years French teams have had the best jerseys.

AG2R and FDJ are my favourite, BBox pretty good too and I hope Europcar will come up with something cool

I also really liked the blue Columbia-High Road jersey

 

[hrotha]

The new Leopard - Trek kit ...... whats the issue with it .. kinda retro

Kinda retro, yes. Like 90% of all 2011 kits. All of them kinda retro. And white. Or black. Or something in between. But always very bland.