New Jerseys - 2015 Season - TeamKits-Maillots-Tricots-Tenues-and-Exotics

[lemon cheese cake]

"If you wanted your riders to be in good shape



You shouldn't have given them training kits in which they'd feel ashamed of themselves"


~CN memes in a couple of moths

Because they wear such a terrible jersey it will make them train harder. This is because they will go faster as they don't want to be seen in it.

 

[Gloin22]

Sagan posting the kit a bit on fb:

 

[LaFlorecita]

Sagan posting the kit a bit on fb:

looks exactly like the 2014 kit tbh

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The Camo jersey MUST HAPPEN.

In a world of boring blacks and whites everywhere, neon camo is perfect.

 

[Publicus]

I for one like the new Tinkoff training kit. Also, I think it makes a lot of sense to have training jerseys from a marketing point of view (more opportunities to sell kit), especially at this time of the year when riders are training with their new teams but are required to wear their old kit.

 

[LaFlorecita]

The Camo jersey MUST HAPPEN.

In a world of boring blacks and whites everywhere, neon camo is perfect.

oh yes. so much yes

 

[May0maniac]

The Camo jersey MUST HAPPEN.

In a world of boring blacks and whites everywhere, neon camo is perfect.

That would be something you'd have expected from Rock Racing

 

[Angliru]

I agree

It's not unheard of. In the U.S. college and professional teams have practice and game jerseys. Also increases the marketing possibilities with the multiple kits.

Edit: Publicus beat me to it.

 

[42x16ss]

The Camo jersey MUST HAPPEN.

In a world of boring blacks and whites everywhere, neon camo is perfect.

I was thinking the same thing! A kit like that would never get lost in the peloton. Just add a huge yellow fluoro Tinkov logo and you would have the best kit in decades

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Gotta get me one of those camo kits

 

[PeterB]

Sagan posting the kit a bit on fb:

I don't think the first one is current photo of new jersey. On the label it says it is kid's size and in the corner you can see cyclingtips sign. So he just used some old pics from internet as teaser,that's all...

 

[Irondan]

Love the new Tinkoff/Saxo kit! The Saxo logo is more prominent than I thought it would be this year. I think the coolness factor is at a 10.

 

[Electress]

The training kit is growing on me…like the Fluoro one did…in a kind of 'Yelp!' way. I don't like Camo. much either, nor the blue, but at least it's different.

 

[filipo]

More important… Bjarne & co return to Shimano!!

(This is how I entertain myself before the new season: equipment changes nerd me out.)

 

[42x16ss]

More important… Bjarne & co return to Shimano!!

(This is how I entertain myself before the new season: equipment changes nerd me out.)

Good. I don't know how Bjarne has put up with that SRAM cr@p for so long, especially with all the dramas his riders have had with it in the past

 

[Coldfoot]

NFL Officials Pro Cycling Team! Good one!!!

 

[Coldfoot]

nice one!

NFL Officials Pro Cycling Team (aka MTN-Qhubeka):

NFL Officials Pro Cycling Team! Too funny!!!!!

Btw, that's one poorly designed kit

 

[thehog]

NFL Officials Pro Cycling Team! Too funny!!!!!

Btw, that's one poorly designed kit

Collingwood?

 

[screaming fist]

I'd like Tinkoff to use the camo jersey all through the spring campaign and change to something really bright in time for the Giro.

 

[jyhjyh]

Love the new Tinkoff/Saxo kit! The Saxo logo is more prominent than I thought it would be this year. I think the coolness factor is at a 10.

I like it too:
Camo-jersey with neon.

Video: On-bike footage from the Tinkoff-Saxo training camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDclLhqj3hk

 

[LaFlorecita]

I like it too:
Camo-jersey with neon.

Video: On-bike footage from the Tinkoff-Saxo training camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDclLhqj3hk

ugh on-bike footage always makes me sea sick

 

[Cimber]

More important… Bjarne & co return to Shimano!!

(This is how I entertain myself before the new season: equipment changes nerd me out.)

Also, they changed from Zipp to Full Speed Ahead

 

[SKSemtex]

I was thinking the same thing! A kit like that would never get lost in the peloton. Just add a huge yellow fluoro Tinkov logo and you would have the best kit in decades

I hate camo, but I just love this kit. This one is going to be a huge seller for TS. I can buy one a wear it during my daily rides in woods without beeing afraid to look like an idiot. I am definitly buing one.

 

[filipo]

Also, they changed from Zipp to Full Speed Ahead

Well-spotted. I wonder why they (and Astana) don't go with Spec-branded wheels & cockpits? Seems like Spec would have enough money to match an FSA...

 

[42x16ss]

Well-spotted. I wonder why they (and Astana) don't go with Spec-branded wheels & cockpits? Seems like Spec would have enough money to match an FSA...

Different companies offer different levels of sponsorship and have different requirements to be met. When Saxo was on SRAM, the deal probably required them to also use Zipp components and wheels, as SRAM now own Zipp. As Saxo was running on a shoestring budget at the time, this would have been the easiest path. Shimano only go the full sponsorship package as well, requiring Shimano wheels and Pro finishing kit to be used (like Orica and previously, Orbea) but with Tinkoff now stepping up with some $$$ they are probably buying the groupsets like JV does with Garmin.

AFAIK Specialized aren't so strict in this regard (one of the few things they aren't so dooshy about) and let Bjarne choose the teams finishing kit. Also, Roval wheels are crap and Bjarne most likely wants them nowhere near his team's bikes.