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Pour cette édition 2018 les quatre maillots de leaders intègrent une référence au passé. Leur design est inspiré d’un maillot mythique du Tour de France, le maillot du combiné, introduit en 1968. Il récompensait alors le coureur le plus complet, le plus à l’aise sur tous les terrains. A partir de 1985, la couleur distinctive des différents maillots de leaders, façon Mondrian, apparait sur ce maillot. C’est cette structure qui est le fil rouge de la construction visuelle de ces quatre maillots. Ainsi celui du leader du classement général présente en 2018 un camaïeu de jaune.

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LCL stays in yellow with Tour de France extension

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LCL will continue its long-running sponsorship of the Tour de France’s iconic yellow jersey.

The French financial services company has renewed its long-running partnership with Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of cycling’s premier Grand Tour, for another four years through the 2021 edition of the race.

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LCL first partnered with the Tour in 1981 and has sponsored the yellow jersey, which is worn by the race’s leading rider, since 1987. The 2019 race will mark the centenary of the yellow jersey.

The yellow jersey sponsorship extends to other French ASO-organised events such as Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Nice, the Criterium du Dauphiné and Paris-Tours.

ASO managing director Yann Le Moënner said: “Over time, alongside LCL we have written a long and beautiful story about one of our most striking symbols. In the digital era and the days of social media, we are going to further develop proximity with the audiences for our events and the customers of our partner. LCL has made these developments the strength of its development strategy, which perfectly suits the impulsion which we wish to provide to our fans in this domain.”

Michel Mathieu, managing director of LCL, added: “Commitment, loyalty and performance are among LCL’s values and are at the heart of our partnership with the yellow jersey, which has for a long time occupied a place of core importance among our employees but also with our customers. The guidance we provide for them is based on these very same values.”

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Here’s Exactly What the Tour de France Jersey Colors Mean

The story behind the yellow, green, polka dot, and white shirts.

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Here’s a simple breakdown of what each Tour de France jersey color means:

Yellow Jersey

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For most, the race’s fabled yellow jersey, or maillot jaune, stands above all else, as it designates the rider who leads the General Classification . After each stage, officials calculate who has the fastest time across the entire race and the jersey then goes to the overall leader. That rider wears it in the following stage. Because it’s based on time and not points, the yellow doesn’t necessarily go to the given day’s stage winner, but rather the leader overall.

Contenders for the yellow jersey—and, therefore, the overall Tour de France title—are well-rounded cyclists and smart tacticians with skills in both climbing and time trialling. They must also show enough strength to hold the pace of the peloton, especially as rival teams work together to drop the leader at every possible opportunity.

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Green Jersey

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While known as the “sprinter’s jersey,” the green jersey goes to the leader of the Points Classification . The amount of points given depends on the stage profile—whether it’s flat or mountainous, for example. Typically, the winners are the first 10 to 25 riders who cross a stage finish, because the most points are traditionally gained at the end of the flatter stages (where the sprinters shine).

Ultimately, the green goes to a well-rounded and consistent rider, as well as to those who show tremendous persistence, picking up points where they can.

Red Polka Dot Jersey

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The polka dot jersey goes to the leader of the Mountains Classification , otherwise known as King of the Mountains. Points in this contest are awarded to the first riders who reach the summit of designated climbs on each stage.

Tour de France climbs are ranked from category 1 (most difficult) to category 4 (least difficult). A fifth class, hors catégorie (“beyond category”), is reserved for the most challenging ascents. The amount of points awarded depends on the difficulty of each climb, though sometimes shorter or milder climbs will join a higher category if they come at the end of a stage.

Of course, the rider in polka dots must be a strong climber. Often, it goes to small, lightweight guys with very high power outputs . The KoM competition comes into its own once the race heads into the mountain stages, where most points are available.

White Jersey

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The white jersey, or maillot blanc , goes to the General Classification leader who is 25 years old or younger (on January 1 in the given race year). Put simply, it goes to the best young rider with the lowest overall time. For young, ambitious all-rounders in the race, winning the white jersey is like winning yellow.

Other Awards

Two other classifications exist that are not awarded with a special jersey: the Combativity Award and the Team Classification.

Although largely a token prize, Combativity Award winners still get a podium appearance when the race wraps up in Paris. After every stage, excluding time trials, a panel decides the day’s most aggressive rider. Not necessarily the stage winner, it could be someone who has consistently attacked, instigated a breakaway , or been a key player in the stage outcome. This rider then wears a red race number (instead of black) in the following day’s stage. A Super Combativity Award is given on the final stage for the most aggressive rider throughout the entire Tour.

The Team Classification is based on the collective time of the three highest-placed riders in the General Classification from each team. The best team then wears its race numbers against a yellow background, rather than a conventional white background, and also has the option of wearing yellow helmets.

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Tour de France 2023 special kits rated: Lidl-Trek, Jumbo-Visma and more

We take a look at some of the best custom cycling kits for this years Tour de France

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With the 2023 Tour de France just around the corner, many teams are unveiling new looks ahead of the biggest bike race in the world, using the opportunity to shake things up.

The reason behind the new kit designs ranges from a simple sponsorship refresh to team history tributes. Teams sporting predominantly yellow on their uniforms such as Uno X and Jumbo-Visma have had to change colours ahead of the French grand tour, out of respect for the coveted leaders jersey, the maillot jaune .

Before racing kicks off on the first of July, we thought we would take a closer look at some of the new Tour de France threads, and give our hot or not opinion. 

In honour of the 10th anniversary of the team's first appearance at the Tour, team Bora will be riding an outfit that honours the team's legacy over the past decade. The team has switched out its patchwork colour scheme for a showstopping marine green gradient.

Clothing sponsor, Le Col , has designed the kit around the team's 'Band of Brothers' mantra. A closer look at the jersey reveals the names of all the riders who have ridden the Tour in Bora-Hansgrohe colours over the last decade - an admirable touch we think.

It also, usefully, is a different shade of green to the new green jersey .

Le Col also says the jersey is 'engineered to prioritise speed, with strategically placed tripping panels to help smooth airflow and reduce drag when riding at pace'. This should help the likes of Jai Hindley get through those long fast stages that little bit easier.

The new design from the German cycling world tour team is, we think, a winner. Subtle hints to the teams past, coupled with a beautiful new colourway earns the Le Col kit an 8/10.

The defending champions Jumbo-Visma will once again be swapping out the prominent yellow and black outfit for a design that should see no confusion with the maillot jaune .

The new Jumbo jerseys feature a mostly black design, with constellations along with a map of France across the chest. Another smart uniform - but the likes of Jonas Vingegaard will certainly be hoping the darker outfit won't harbor too much heat in the high mountains.

Team sponsor Agu has partnered with a theme park in the Netherlands, Efteling, to create an outfit inspired by the story ‘The Vélodrome, the story Ride your dreams’. Efteling wrote the story, which is inspired by the team's goals. The theme park highlights that it used to feature a merry-go-round where you could ride a bike, which was called the Vélodrome. The constellations are meant to reflect Jumbo-Visma's understanding of the importance of hard work in making dreams come true.

Overall we think the team's new look is pretty safe, but classy nonetheless. With a stacked squad that is hungry to retain the Tour de France title, these jerseys will certainly be on your TV screens an awful lot this July - and we don't think that's a bad thing. 7/10.

dsm-fermenich is sporting some very minor changes to their jerseys for this year's Tour. DSM has merged with the chemical company, Fermenich, requiring an update. Only a subtle rebranding, the new logo can now be found across the chest of dsm-fermenich riders, with the rest of the kit remaining untouched.

For this kit run down, we are only taking into account the clothing itself. If we accounted for their brand new sparkly Scott bikes that were unveiled at the Giro d'Italia, they would score more favourably! 1/10.

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2023 will be Team Uno-X's men's Tour de France debut. The Women's WorldTour team and men's ProTeam will be showing off a new colour-way at the world's biggest races this year.

Ahead of their Tour debut, Uno-X has gained a new sponsor in the shape of supermarket chain Rema 1000. From now on, the Uno-X squad will be clad in a predominantly red outfit with a yellow band around the chest. A timely change of colour too, eradicating any yellow jersey confusion.

A little while back, the general manager of team Uno-X Jens Haugland said "It still feels a bit surreal that we're going to the Tour de France, but in a few weeks, we will be at the starting line". We certainly wish them well in their maiden three-week tour, and support their bold colour choice. 6/10.

Bahrain-Victorious has a heritage-inspired kit for the 2023 Tour. The squad, who will be racing in honor of the late Gino Mäder , have swapped their usual red, orange, and blue colours for a lighter jersey, sporting white jerseys with light gold and teal flashes. 

The pearl-inspired design apparently pays homage to Bahrain’s rich history of collecting and processing this precious gem. Alé, Rudy Project , and Merida have all stepped in to make sure the Bahrain-Victorious squad stands out with custom kit, helmets, and bikes.

An aesthetic choice of lighter colours should also help to keep the heat at bay for team Bahrain-Victorious. We particularly like the duller shade of gold, which looks just right against the white Merida bikes of the team. We can't wait to see this kit in action and score the kit a 9/10.

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Movistar has also gone for a lighter look this July, swapping out their usual navy colours in favor of 'Iceberg' white for the Tours. The Spanish squad has a winning ethos behind their new colours, too.

In collaboration with kit sponsor Gobik, Movistar's jerseys are made out of 'sustainable materials'. The kit also holds a charitable cause: at the end of the races, each jersey will be signed by its rider and auctioned off with profits going to ocean protection programs.

Movistar says its motivations behind the new jerseys are to raise awareness for climate change, as well as practically tackle the hot European summer. Enric Mas and Annemiek van Vleuten will be among the top riders looking to stay cool in the Alpes. 8/10.

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Astana Qazaqstan has joined the party with a special edition 2023 Tour de France kit for this year's race, which starts in Bilbao. This stunning kit features yellow flashes, and pays homage, the team says, to the "power of minerals and precious stones that the land of Kazakhstan is rich in".

The colour scheme is said to represent the blue of the sky, and the gold of the sun alongside elements from the flag of Kazakhstan. We also think the yellow/ gold is a nice nod to the Tour, although it probably isn't.

We think Astana Qazaqstan has hit a home run with this kit. The deep marble effect looks absolutely class and coupled with the team's Willier team bikes, it is a winning combination. All that remains to be seen is if Mark Cavendish will be able to find the fairy tale ending to his Tour de France Career. The best special kit yet. 10/10

This one is a bit of a cheat, as it is not a special Tour de France kit, but Lidl-Trek's new full-time outfit now they have switched names and sponsors from Trek-Segafredo. The USA-registered team has stopped with its white and red livery of before, and has instead gone with a new approach, which follows Lidl's blue, yellow and red colours.

It's really fun, with its business at the front, party at the back, approach. The big logos might grate with some, but this is what cycling is all about, right? Using skinny people as moving billboards. 

The national champion jerseys are interesting, with Lidl so prominent in the middle of the Danish flag on Mattias Skjelmose or on the stars and stripes of Quinn Simmons, but they are paying for exposure after all.

Fun, quirky, I like this kit. 9/10.

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty's special Tour de France kit is interesting because it really is not that different to the team's normal jersey. It looks pretty similar to the team's 2022 outfit, which is no bad thing, but for a special kit it does not feel particularly... special.

The press release might provide answers: "For its sixth participation in the most prestigious race in the world, Intermarché-Circus-Wanty worked with Belgian designer stycle.design, who designed a kit offering a special visibility to the principal sponsors thanks to a plain white background. 

"On this area, Gobert Matériaux occupies a central place on the breast, in addition to the position where the logo is since the beginning of season 2023. The typical neon yellow color of the team is predominant on the shoulders, with the bottom part of the kit keeping its blue marina aspect."

OK, it's just to give Gobert Matériaux more prominence, I think. It's clean, solid design, but perhaps a bit staid. 6/10.

Israel-Premier Tech has gone special kit crazy. The team already raced the Giro d'Italia in a fetching jersey which paid tribute to its wine sponsor, and now the Tour de France will be raced in a new white, blue and orange number.

According to the team: "The jersey's design is inspired by the Israel National Trail: the walking and cycling path that stretches from Kibbutz Dan in the north to Eilat in the south. The special Tour de France jersey, in a beautiful range of colours, promotes this major Israeli tourist attraction covering more than a thousand kilometres. 

"The three stripes are a reference to what National Geographic describes as one of the most beautiful hikes in the world: the white stripe representing the mountains and Mount Hermon in the north, the blue stripe symbolising the coast of Israel and the orange stripe representing the desert in the south."

All that symbolism, but I'm afraid this kit is a bit lost on me. The orange clashes quite badly with the blue and white. I suppose the team will stand out, but they will not be winning any style awards from this writer. 3/10.

We will be adding to this page with every new kit release for the 2023 Tour de France, so keep an eye out for the latest threads ahead of the biggest bike races in the world.

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Krys becomes an official partner of the Tour de France Femmes for four years starting with the 2023 edition.

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French optician firm Krys has renewed its partnership with road cycling’s Tour de France until 2026.

The new deal will see it continue to sponsor the race's white jersey, which honors the best rider under 26 years old.

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Having been a partner of the Tour de France for 10 years, renewing last in 2021, Krys now also becomes an official partner of the Tour de France Femmes (the Women's Tour de France) for four years starting with the 2023 edition.

In addition, the company is extending its charitable engagement with the Tour and its awareness-raising and screening operations for attendees.

Kryis lines up as a top-tier main partner of the Tour de France alongside LCL, E.Lecerc,  Skoda, and Continental . 

Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, said: "Since 2015, Krys has sponsored the white jersey, which always goes to a worthy rider and marks the wearer as a protagonist of the future of cycling.

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“I am delighted to extend until 2026 our partnership with this company and its network of 1,000 stores, which echoes the visibility, territorial coverage and local touch at the heart of the Tour de France." 

Marion Rousse, director of the Tour de France Femmes, commented: "I am thrilled to welcome Krys to the young family of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The presence of such a well-known brand dedicated to the health of people in France is a great asset.

“Krys's commitment will boost the development of women's cycling. Sponsoring the team classification shows that the company recognizes the importance of teamwork and cohesion to accomplish great and amazing things." 

Jean-Pierre Champion, chief executive of Krys France, added: "This year is a milestone for Krys: we are celebrating ten years of partnership with the Tour de France, a huge festive and popular event whose values are our values.

“We are mighty proud to deepen our attachment to the Grande Boucle until 2026 by sponsoring the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift from this year and for the next four editions.”

This year’s Tour de France will take place from July 1 to 23, with the Tour de France Femmes following from July 23 to 30.

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2023 Tour de France special edition team jerseys

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The Tour de France always inspires cycling teams to do something a little bit special from the norm. The focal point of the season sees teams looking to get as many eyeballs on them for their sponsors. Last year we saw the likes of EF putting dinosaurs on their jersey as they linked up with skateboarding brand Palace for the second time and the year before that was the special purple and gold jersey from the then Alpecin-Fenix as a homage to Mathieu van der Poel’s grandfather. It was a throwback to the Mercier-BP-Hutchinson team from the 60s/70s that Raymond Poulidor raced for and earned his ‘eternal second’ nickname behind Jacques Anquetil.

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This year we’ve seen 2 teams completely change their sponsors going into the Tour de France. Team DSM’s parent company merged to become DSM-Firmenich, which eventually passed down to the cycling team in a necessary rebrand. Trek-Segafredo also changed their team name to Lidl-Trek as Segafredo ceased to sponsor and the budget supermarket took over the reins. New sponsor, new colours.

Some teams like Movistar like to make changes for a cause, which harks back to Team Sky’s 2018 special orca jersey. Others have a simple colour change and some like Uno-X want to just add a focus to another part of their sponsor’s collections of brands. Lotto Soudal previously changed to Lotto Fix All (at the Giro & Paris-Nice) and New Lotto Soudal in 2018.

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Bahrain Victorious white 2023 Tour de France jersey

The Bahrain-Victorious team is set to make a noticeable change in their attire for the forthcoming Tour de France. Renowned for their eye-catching red and orange ensembles, the squad will adopt a white kit for the French contest, reflecting Bahrain’s significant role in the global pearl fishing and trading industry. When introducing the kit, Bahrain-Victorious clarified that the teal touches reflect the Arabian Gulf, while the pearl-like gold accents signify the brilliance of pearls. Four pearl-shaped logos of the team’s main sponsors grace the jersey. While gold is used on the trim of the sleeves and the base of the bib shorts, the shorts primarily maintain a conservative black colour.

The changes put forth by Bahrain-Victorious are not confined to their attire. Their bicycles will also undergo a transformation for the Tour de France. Riders like Fred Wright and Matej Mohorič will be riding white bicycles adorned with blue designs on the forks and the Merida logo in striking gold prominently showcased on the frame. The pearl-inspired theme extends to the team’s socks supplied by Alé, as well as their Rudy Project helmets and Scicon glasses.

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Uno-X Pro Cycling, a Scandinavian squad and a wildcard for the Tour de France, was one of the few teams that opted to keep their existing jersey design for the 2023 season. They reasoned this choice was due to environmental concerns and the absence of changes in their sponsorship, thus negating the necessity for a complete kit overhaul. However, circumstances have since evolved for Uno-X. For the Tour de France, both the men’s and women’s teams will enjoy support from supermarket chain REMA 1000, a change that makes sense given REMA 1000 and Uno-X share the same parent company.

The team’s new jersey differs from the previous primarily red and yellow design, with a dominant red theme except for a central yellow stripe bearing the Uno-X logo. The conspicuous ‘R’ logo of REMA 1000 is prominently displayed on the jersey’s back, sleeves, and side panels. As the new design’s colours align with the existing Uno-X kit, the transition to brighter red should be relatively seamless. Given Uno-X’s trademark assertive riding style, we expect to see a lot of this jersey leading the pack in the Tour de France, even if we might mistake it for the Spanish national champion every now and again.

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Team DSM Firmenich 2023 new jersey

Team DSM has unveiled a kit update that won’t just apply to the Tour de France, but will see them through the entire season. A new sponsorship from dsm-firmenich is now backing both the men’s and women’s teams. This company, as described in the team’s press release, leads the way in reinventing, producing, and merging key nutrients, flavours, and fragrances. As the women’s team approaches the Giro Donne and the men’s team gears up for the Tour de France, Team DSM will be officially known as Team dsm-firmenich.

This new sponsorship has ushered in an upgrade to the DSM kit. The team’s uniform, formerly black, has now shifted to navy with a gradient to blue at the back. The iconic light blue stripes, embodying the ‘Keep Challenging’ ethos of Team DSM, still adorn the kit, ensuring the team’s recognisable presence in the peloton. But the front of the jersey features an interesting change: the dsm-firmenich logo is displayed in a trio of white blobs on the chest, the rear of the jersey, and the shorts’ side, offering premium visibility for the sponsor. Despite these changes, the kit isn’t a radical departure from what we’re used to from Team DSM, so fans and riders like Romain Bardet should find the transition smooth for the Tour. It’s a subtle variation that still respects the team’s identity. Good work, Team DSM.

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For those who’ve been following cycling for a long time, this harks back to the Garmin Slipstream jersey from around say 2009. There’s no argyle but the stripes do have some meaning. The white represents Mt Hermon, the blue is the coastline of Israel and the orange represents the desert. Linking all three is the Israel National Trail that runs from north to south over 1000 kilometres and is shown on the bottom half of the front.

The orange shoulder should help visibility but with so many new jerseys, it’s going to be a tough first few days getting the eyes adjusted to all the new variations!

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Jumbo Visma 2023 Tour de France Jersey

In April of this year, Jumbo-Visma, winners of the last Tour de France with Jonas Vingegaard, gave us a sneak peek of their special Tour de France kit. They introduced it with a quirky AI-made video starring a young Jonas Vingegaard. They hope the design of the kit will spur the cyclists of tomorrow to dream big about joining the Tour. This jersey design came from a partnership with Efteling, a well-known Dutch theme park. It’s interesting to note that the park used to host a bike-riding merry-go-round called The Vélodrome, and so this jersey and few other items are part of the Vélodrome collection.

Efteling shared a “story of belief, dreams, and hard work” to inspire the new Jumbo-Visma Tour de France kit. The tale focuses on a kid who breaks free from The Vélodrome merry-go-round and winds up on the Champs-Élysées . The team’s jersey aims to capture the magic of dreams. It boasts a starry sky and constellations on the black areas of the jersey, with Jumbo-Visma’s trademark yellow on the right sleeve. It was launched with that somewhat creepy AI video of a young Jonas Vingegaard that had…a mixed reception!

Bora-Hansgrohe

Bora Hansgrohe 2023 Tour de France Jersey

In honour of their ten-year involvement in the Tour de France, Bora-Hansgrohe has introduced a special edition kit that holds great sentimental value. This kit carries the names of those riders who have created notable moments with team manager Ralph Denk. Among these celebrated riders are Peter Sagan, who clinched the team’s initial stage victory, and Emanuel Buchmann, who ended up fourth overall in the 2019 Tour. Denk also took the chance to appreciate the Tour de France organisers, ASO, for giving his team a wildcard spot three times consecutively in the multi-week race.

The ‘Band of Brothers’ motto, a representation of the team’s solidarity, is featured on the jersey’s back, along with the logos of Bora-Hansgrohe, Specialized, and Le Col – all key sponsors of this German team. The bib shorts’ hem mirrors the jersey with a pattern of numerous past and current team riders’ names, making sure the overall ensemble coherently aligns. While this kit maintains the distinctive green colour that has represented Bora-Hansgrohe over recent seasons, it significantly differs from the standard Bora kit with more of a minty green.

Team Movistar iceberg 2023 Tour de France jersey

Movistar is set to unveil a stark contrast to their usual kit in the 2023 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes (although no women’s riders have been photographed in it yet). This new uniform, aptly named the ‘Iceberg’ kit, trades in the team’s characteristic navy blue for white. According to Movistar, this ‘Iceberg’ kit aims to accomplish four things: to boost the technical performance and sustainability of the materials used in the apparel, to highlight Movistar with a groundbreaking design in the Tour de France, and to promote social consciousness towards safeguarding our oceans and seas. There was a bit about the announcement on ProCycling when it was released too .

The team pointed out that this kit, crafted by Gobik, will be made from a minimum of 60% recycled plastic materials, thus marking it “the most sustainable kit ever worn by a team on the Tour.” Furthermore, Movistar shared that the jerseys worn by the cyclists will be signed and put up for auction following the race, with proceeds going towards funds dedicated to ecological causes. With Bahrain Victorious also going white, plus UAE who are always in white, it will be interesting to see if the jerseys are different enough. Also compared to national champion jerseys that can often be white too.

Astana Qazapstan

Astana 2023 Tour de France Gold jersey

The Kazakh team, Astana Qazaqstan, are setting their sights on a memorable 2023 Tour de France. Their sole goal is to secure Mark Cavendish his 35th stage victory, a feat that would undeniably make its mark in the annals of cycling history. Stuck on 34 wins after a memorable 2021 Tour de France, this year is the last chance for the Brit to break the record of Eddy Merckx with retirement on the horizon .

Astana’s kit provider, Giordana, has pulled out all the stops, creating a Tour-specific jersey with an eye-catching, marble-like pattern of gold and blue. On their website, Astana explains the unique allure of the pattern, likening it to mineral veins, with colours that resonate with the blue of the sky, the gold of the sun, and elements of the Kazakh flag.

It’s kinda similar to a Rapha-designed jersey for L39ION a couple of years ago but is definitely more eye-catching than their current year-on-year design. If Cavendish does set the record, this jersey will be highly visible in the record books.

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Trek has swapped Segafredo for Lidl and created a new jersey design as a result. Basic blue, yellow and red colours have been fashioned together. A lot of people don’t approve of the way the Lidl square just sits there on the chest between two other Lidl squares. The back looks significantly better with the geometric shapes but for some reason on the front it has gone basic and worse for it.

The national champion jerseys are some of the worst on show, however. Particularly Skjelmose’s Danish one where the Lidl square sits a bit obnoxiously in the middle of the Danish flag, something that didn’t happen before on Mads Pedersen’s jerseys.

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2023 kits

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Alpecin-deceuninck, arkéa-samsic, astana qazaqstan, bahrain victorious, bora-hansgrohe, caja rural-seguros rga, team dsm (m & w), ef education-easypost, ef education-tibco-svb, fenix-deceuninck, green project-bardiani-csf-faizanè, groupama-fdj, human powered health, ineos grenadiers, intermarché-circus-gobert, israel-premier tech, israel-premier tech-roland, jayco-alula (m & w), jumbo-visma (m & w), liv racing-teqfind, lotto-dstny, movistar (m & w), soudal-quickstep, totalenergies, trek-segafredo (m & w), tudor pro cycling, uae team adq, uae team emirates.

The 2023 road season is almost upon us and teams have revealed their new colours and kit designs that will make up the peloton's colourful palette this season. 

In this Cyclingnews guide to 2023 team kits, you'll find all the designs across the men's and women's pelotons in one handy place. 

Some teams have opted to stay with the same colours, while some will feature only subtle developments (UAE Team Emirates, Trek-Segafredo and Bahrain Victorious). There is some bold new stuff to marvel at too, as teams change sponsors, including a big revamp at Groupama-FDJ , while Movistar go for a very modern but stylish design.

Have a scroll through the new kits. We will keep this page updated right through to the start of the season. 

No change for the long-running French team, keeping this bold design for a third straight year since Citroën came on board as title sponsor. The browns shorts haven't gone anywhere.

The newly-promoted WorldTour team only started using this kit half-way through 2022 when they switched sponsor from Fenix to Deceuninck. As such, it's pretty much the same royal blue number. 

Only eagle eyes will notice (or care) that the words 'Caffeine Shampoo' are gone from underneath the Alpecin logo, replaced by 'Hair Booster' within it. 

Arkéa-Samsic, who move up to the WorldTour in 2023, stay true to their roots with a solid red jersey. Whereas last year's featured a fade to black at the bottom and a fade to white at the sleeves, this time it's a bolder fuller body of red.

After making a big change in equipment, swapping their 2022 bike sponsor Canyon for Bianchi this year, the team gets the Italian bike maker's notable celeste colour as an accent on the sleeve. If you look closely, there's even some swirling patterning on the arms.

"Just some small changes" was how Astana Qazaqstan billed this 2023 jersey. Beyond some very minor second-sponsor shuffling, this is basically an unchanged kit for the Kazakhstani team. 

This isn't much of a departure for Bahrain Victorious , but it does seem like an upgrade. The bright orange and red colour scheme of 2022 is retained but in a wholly bolder arrangement. 

For starters, there's more black, with a swathe across the chest and more at the bottom of the jersey. The diamond patterning is also more pronounced and stands out more. There's even some lined golden detailing on the front and rear. 

Most importantly, the electric blue trim on the sleeves is still there. 

The 2023 pro peloton may seem to be awash with blue, red, and white jerseys but fear not because Bingoal WB are here to save the day. The Belgian ProTeam have been rocking the neon look for quite some time already but seem to have kicked it up a notch this year.

In are jagged edges and plenty of exclamation marks – they'll certainly stand out this spring racing season.

Bora-Hansgrohe topped the Cyclingnews kit ranking in 2022, and they've stuck with the overall look and feel of that design , putting themselves in with a good shout of a repeat success. 

Closer inspection, however, reveals this isn't quite the same jersey. There's a significant increase in the amount of red, and there's also more black, but the major theme remains the tones of sea green and the asymmetric pannelling effect.

Spanish ProTeam Burgos-BH have gone for a subtle update to their 2022 kit, retaining the purple and pink look but strengthening the shading of their jersey's pink trim. 

Expect to see this kit in action worn by Dani Navarro and Angel Madrazo largely in races in their home country, such as Itzulia Basque Country, the Volta a Catalunya, the Vuelta a Burgos, and the Vuelta a España.

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA keep their traditional colours - green and white - but give the darker stripes a geometric pattern. According to the team's press release, the design is "inspired by digitalization. The jersey evokes the pixel, giving life to a uniform that reveals new details the closer we get to it."

The kit is made by Spanish clothing maker Gsport, and riders will be wearing the Aero jersey from their custom range and the Endurance bib shorts.

Designed and produced by Decathlon’s cycling brand Van Rysel, Cofidis' new team kit is a stylish step forward despite sporting the same colours, same sponsors and being made by the same company. 

The kit retains the red and white colour blocks which are now iconic to Cofidis, but features a tie-dye pattern within the red block. The red colourway now dominates more of the jersey, stretching up to the shoulders where previously the torso was split at the chest between red and white colour blocks.

The main sponsors emblazoned on the jersey are mostly the same as in 2022, albeit aside from the significant switch from De Rosa to Look as bike sponsor .

The team’s shorts remain black and are virtually indistinguishable from last year's design aside from the wheel sponsor Corima logo now circling the cuff in place of De Rosa.

Newly promoted Italian ProTeam Corratec will be heading to the Giro d'Italia this year and this burgundy number is what they'll be wearing to race around Italy throughout May.

Former Astana and UAE man Valerio Conti is their leader for the new season, while there are rumours that Colombian Grand Tour star Nairo Quintana might be signing on for the ride, too.

The Dutch team are one of a few with matching kit for their men's and women's squads, and it's the same as last year, with the black plus blue stripe that feels similar to old Team Sky outfits. If you're looking for any difference at all, there's the addition of the 'Keep Challenging' motto on the bottom left front panel of the jersey.

In men's and women's pelotons largely dominated this year by blue and red kits, the pink of EF is set to stand out, though the design is a rather subtle one, especially set next to wild special-edition kits the team has worn at the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Tour de France Femmes in recent years.

Rather than cartoon ducks, smiling dragons, or colourful blocks, EF's 2023 kit is simple rather than gaudy. At the front of the jersey, there are two halves of dark pink and light pink, while the sleeves are also filled with contrasting shades of the team's trademark colour.

A black Rapha armband – customary on the company's jerseys – adorns the left sleeve of both jerseys, while team sponsors and suppliers such as EF Education, TIBCO, Wahoo, POC, Cannondale, Nippo and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are printed in black on the chest, back and sleeves.

Black bib shorts with white sponsor printing round off the clean look, though no doubt the teams will shake things up when they hit the Grand Tours of May and July.

Aside from a switch in sponsor logos, you'd be hard-pressed to pick the women's EF-TIBCO-SVB kit apart from the men's EF Education-EasyPost kit - with both sharing the same light pink-dark pink half-and-half jerseys.

The women's team will enjoy their second year in the Women's WorldTour and figure to be one of the most-watched teams in the peloton after adding teenage star Zoe Bäckstedt .

Alison Jackson also joins the team from Liv-Xstra, while Veronica Ewers and Krista Doebel-Hickok will be back for more after taking seven of the squad's 13 victories between them in 2022.

Fenix-Deceuninck join their brother-squad Alpecin-Deceuninck in rising to the WorldTour, and they've undergone a similar shift from navy to blue. Formerly known as Planta Pura, the Belgian squad have swapped the flashes of pink for a more sober blue and white look, paired with black shorts.

FDJ-Suez revealed their new kit that keeps with the team's traditional French colours of blue, white and red. 

The 2023 jersey is primarily blue but showcases some subtle changes, losing the white accents on the sleeves and instead opting for a continuation of blue down the right sleeve and red accents along the left with a blue cuff.

The blue jersey fades into a deeper blue and then to black at the waist, matching the team's black shorts.

The team's title sponsors, FDJ, SUEZ and Futuroscope, stand out in white across the front and back panels of the jersey.

For 2023, the long-running Italian squad have added to what was already a mouthful of a name. They're now known as Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè , and it's easy to see why.

Having moved away from their green and orange roots to some questionable purple kits in recent seasons, they're back in green this year with Venice-based energy savings and efficiency company Green Project on board as lead sponsor and another Giro d'Italia invite in the bag.

Who saw this coming? Groupama-FDJ have always been blue and red – and predominantly white. 2014's royal blue number was the only real exception to that rule. 

Some wondered if they might go green, given the branding of title sponsor Groupama, but no, they've gone navy. 

The royal blue does get a good look-in, with three separate asymmetric panels on the front and rear of the jersey, plus detailing on the sleeve, trim, and collar. And the sponsor names and logos still pop out in white with flashes of red. 

In fact, the whole thing is tied together by the vertical stripes of white and red running up the zip line. 

Human Powered Health revealed their new kits for the Women's WorldTour team and men's ProTeam for 2023. 

The design is an evolution of 2022’s look, the first year under the Human Powered Health brand. The refreshed look is now a rich dark blue and purple hue. The team’s bolt symbol is more significant than ever on the front and back of the jersey, with a subtle geometric pattern.

Stephen Bassett, Makayla MacPherson and Lily Williams were in Minneapolis to test, fit and model the new Pactimo-made jersey and bibs in December.

The team's 'core principles' – movement, fuel, recovery and mindset – are reflected in the kit’s colour scheme. Also new to 2023 is the addition of an angular, path-driven geometric pattern that the team says represents planning and growth toward better living.

The kit is complete with new dark purple bib shorts that seamlessly blend into the jersey.

Breaking cover only days before Christmas, Ineos Grenadiers' new kit is sure to be the team's most exciting stocking filler. While it drew some criticism for cutting a similar aesthetic to Bahrain Victorious' colours, Ineos Grenadiers have their own unique message in mind with the kit.

The British team describe the colours as 'visibly fast' as a symbolic gesture to their ambitions and seems inspired by the fluorescent jersey worn by team staff at the roadside so they can be seen by the riders. 

The kit is produced by Belgian brand Bioracer and is available for order from bioracershop.eu , and the team's own website, from December 19.

The Belgian team may have changed their name for 2023, with Circus moving to title sponsorship as the team becomes known as Intermarché-Circus-Wanty , but their overall look hasn't changed too much.

The colour scheme remains the same, but the neon yellow and blue sleeves are gone. Instead, the colours are splashed around the rest of the jersey while the sleeves change to white.

Israel-Premier Tech are dropping to ProTeam level in 2023 but have come up with a daring new jersey designed to make them 'stand out' in whichever races they do get invited to.

Inspired by the psychedelic special they wore at the 2022 Tour de France – winning two stages in it – they have blended blues, pinks, and oranges, alongside a splash of white.

The Israel-Premier Tech-Roland squad is technically under separate ownership from the men's team, but they share title sponsors and now pretty much share a kit. 

The Swiss outfit, formerly known as Roland Cogeas Edelweiss, will also be decked out in the blue, white, and pink 'abstract' design. The main difference comes in the differing sponsors, with Roland plastered on the front and on each shoulder.

New signing  Letizia Paternoster  and fellow Italian  Matteo Sobrero  showed off the new Jayco-AlUla kit which is produced by Ale’. 

The men’s blue tones match the colours of bike sponsor Giant, with a white upper body and shoulder area. The Jayco logo stands out in sky blue across the chest, with AlUla lower down, on the side panels and the left leg. Jayco fills the right leg of the shorts, with other sponsors on the collar and sleeves. 

The women’s design is similar but with a darker blue, while incorporating the key colours of the bike sponsor Liv, through hints of aubergine on the shorts, neck and sleeves.

At a glance, Jumbo-Visma ’s 2023 kit is a carbon copy of last season’s outfit. Who could blame them – after a startling success of a season, who do they need to impress? Up close there are a few small differences, though.

Principal among the changes are a few sponsor updates, with new brands now finding themselves affixed on the jersey chest. The most notable is Jumbo-Visma’s new sponsor BetCity, the largest betting company in the Netherlands, which has already attracted controversy and led to reassurances from Jumbo-Visma.

For the really keen eye, there is a new design tweak in the slender blue line that cuts across the black and yellow blocks of colour on the jersey. It’s a throwback to the team’s heritage and the colours worn under its previous iterations – stretching from the blue of Blanco to the green of Belkin to the white and yellow of the team’s Jumbo years. 

The Liv Racing team are bringing in a new title sponsor, but they're keeping their unique jersey. In fact, their announcement of new sponsorship came with the assurance that the kit would be staying. 

So we still have the aubergine purple with the bold flower design on the right chest, and other darker flourishes lower down. There's obviously a new logo, but there's also slightly more bright purple on this one. 

Saying goodbye to the WorldTour after a hard-fought battle with relegation , this is the shape of Lotto-Dstny in 2023, bedecked with their new sponsor’s branding.

The sponsor brings with it a blue colourway across the trunk of the jersey, matching the blue trimmings and helmet colour the team sported in 2022. The jersey brings with it an extended partnership with clothing manufacturer Vermarc Sport, which will now continue for three more years.

Having already opted out of the Giro , we’ll perhaps be seeing less of Lotto-Dstny in 2023 - but the iconic red of the Lotto branding will certainly help the team stand out.

The men's and women's Movistar teams stay with their dark blue colours and wavy Movistar M logo but the jersey has a more futuristic look, with a return to a white Movistar logo and without the sky blue horizontal lines of 2022. 

The 2023 racing kit is made by Spanish brand Gobik, with the Canyon bikes also coloured different shades of blue.

World champion Annemiek Van Vleuten has opted for a classic look with her rainbow jersey, with national champions Abner González, Vinicius Rangel Costa, Liane Lippert and Jelena Erić also have white jerseys with their nations colours on the chest.

New ProTeam Q36.5 , headed up by former Qhubeka-NextHash boss Doug Ryder, is based in Switzerland and consists of 24 riders, including Gianluca Brambilla, Jack Bauer, Damien Howson, and Matteo Moschetti.

The squad will be racing in an understated grey look for their debut season, with a light grey jersey punctuated by splotches of darker grey and black shorts. As well as title sponsor Q36.5, other brands on board and filling up the kit include Breitling, UBS, Scott, and Sram.

SD Worx , perennially among the strongest squads in the women's peloton, have gone for evolution rather than revolution in their new kit design after the major overhauls of the past two seasons.

Following on from the purple and red look of the sponsor's first season with the former Boels Dolmans squad in 2020, they went brighter last year. Now they have gone even bolder, with a "neon touch" leaving their riders set to look even brighter in the peloton this year.

It's a similar look to the 2022 kit, with sponsors and suppliers SD Worx, Specialized and Dolmans all present across the front of the jersey, though a stronger purple chest and splashes of bright yellow down the sides make it an even more colourful design.

Yuzzu and SD Worx logos adorn the shoulders, while new financial partner Finvision is present on the ends of the sleeves.

Dark blue shorts filled in with the logos of Specialized, Sram, SD Worx, and Dolmans complete the look.

The Belgian team changes sponsors for 2023, becoming Soudal-QuickStep , nicking one from rivals Lotto Soudal, no less. As such, this new jersey has a very strange, 'merger' feel to it, with Soudal not only bringing their name but also their brand's thick red block of colour. 

Elsewhere, the traditional blue of Patrick Lefevere's team is retained but this time in a more dynamic multi-tone pattern. There's another liberal splash of white, this time moving from just the sleeves onto the whole middle section. 

This jersey has already been out of the bag for several months, initially unveiled when the team announced the new sponsorship in the summer. It was formally revealed on December 16, with only the most minor of changes - different logos for Safety Jogger on the shoulders and Napoleon on the sleeves.

Remco Evenepoel will wear a Soudal-QuickStep rainbow jersey as the world champion, until the 2023 Worlds in August, while Fabio Jakobsen wears the gold stars of European champion. Julian Alaphilippe wears the standard-issue team kit.

Team TotalEnergies made very few changes to their kit relative to 2022, keeping the colourful logo, white background and blue-to-yellow fade at the hem. Peter Sagan's Slovakian champion's jersey is also practically identical to last year's.

Perhaps one of the more functional kits, though it still manages to tick the aesthetic boxes.

Another team with subtle tweaks for 2023, Trek-Segafredo continue the overall aesthetic of the past two years, but with a new twist. 

The fronts of the jerseys are still crisp white with a thick sash across the chest - still red in the case of the men but now navy for the women. The sleeves have gone from white, to red for the men and light blue (the colour of the sash in 2022) for the women . 

However, it's the rear that features the real twist. "Business in front, party in back," is how the team have billed it. They've also spoken of going from "mild to wild". 

The result is a pattern made up of equal signs and checkerboards. Up close, it's headache-inducing but it's intended to stand out from afar, making it easy to spot the team's riders on TV from the helicopter shots.

Like Q36.5, Tudor Pro Cycling is another Swiss team moving on up to the ProTeam ranks.

The team has signed up Sebastien Reichenbach, Tom Bohli, Alexander Kamp and Simon Pellaud for 2023 and their four stars – along with the rest of their 20-rider squad – will turn out in this low-key black and white Assos number.

Evolution, not revolution for UAE Team ADQ , who take their 2022 colour palette, move it around, and make it bolder for 2023. 

The overall idea is the same but the blue has been moved over to the right upper, while the white is gone. All the shades are more vivid than the hazy, washed-out hues of 2022, with added popp from the white patterning on the sleeves. 

UAE Team Emirates have switched up their kit suppliers for 2023, moving from Gobik to Italian brand Pissei. 

However, there are no major changes here. The sleeves are now jet black, rather than flared with red like the last two years. But that's about it. It's still mainly white with a splash of red in the middle.

The biggest changes at UAE Team Emirates are with their 2023 Colnago bikes, which will be equipped with Shimano components, Enve wheels and Continental tyres. 

Another team with men's and women's squads and matching kits. The women are in the Women's WorldTour in, while the men are operating at ProTeam level but with an invite to the Tour de France. 

The kit is unchanged from 2022, with the red and yellow that is becoming a striking identity for the Scandinavian team. 

"We need to reduce our consumption. Keeping the design allows us to cut our overall clothing order for 2023," said the team. "Not to mention our fans which will continue to recognize us from day one in the upcoming season."

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The Story of the Tour de France Jerseys: How the Škoda Green Jersey Came to Be

The Story of the Tour de France Jerseys: How the Škoda Green Jersey Came to Be

Today it is taken for granted that the leaders of the various classifications of a multistage bicycle race wear coloured jerseys to distinguish them from the other riders. But, of course, that wasn’t always the case. For the first dozen or so years of the Tour de France, when there were few competitors and only the general classification to win, the rider leading the race wore only a strip of green cloth around his arm.

The idea for the first Tour de France jersey came to race director Henri Desgrange towards the end of the 1919 running of the race. Two-thirds through the race’s 5,560 km, and just before the 325 km of stage 11, Desgrange decided that the leading rider needed to be more clearly distinguished from the other racers.

Henri Desgrange

And so, on July 18, race leader Eugène Christophe of France pulled on the first maillot jaune (yellow jersey) of the Tour de France. However, Christophe’s bike would break a fork later in the race and he finished second to Belgian Firmin Lambot. It’s probably for the best since Christophe said he hated the yellow jersey because spectators mocked him by saying he looked like a canary.

The colour yellow was chosen for the maillot jaune because it was the colour of the paper that L’Auto-Vélo , the race’s newspaper sponsor (and predecessor to the modern French sports weekly L’Équipe), was printed on.

In 1933, a second classification was added to the Tour – the king of the mountains.   L’Auto-Vélo had been naming one cyclist le meilleur grimpeur , the best climber of the Tour, since 1905. After the 1933 Tour, Desgrange decided that the year’s king of the mountains, Vicente Trueba of Spain, would be officially recognized by the Tour and that, beginning in 1934, riders reaching summits first would receive a time bonus. This was later turned into a points system based on the summit order of finish and the difficulty of the climb.

Vicente Trueba

However, the leader’s distinctive red-and-white polka dot jersey ( maillot à pois rouges ) was not introduced until 1975. The design and colour of the jersey were again determined by its sponsor, the chocolate manufacturer Chocolat Poulain, which had a red-and-white logo.

Sponsorship was also the reason for the colour of the green jersey ( maillot vert ) when Tour organizers decided to add another competition, the points classification, to the race. The colour was inspired by the jersey’s sponsor, the lawnmower producer La Belle Jardinière. The year was 1953, the fiftieth edition of the Tour de France, which seemed a fitting occasion for a new kind of competition. However, the jersey has not always been green. In 1968 it was red, to accommodate a new sponsor. A year after, the jersey turned green again and has stayed that way ever since.

1978 Tour

Over the years, the Tour de France saw different sponsors until 2004 when Škoda became the Tour de France’s official partner and official vehicle partner. Škoda’s commitment to cycling has been deepened by sponsoring the “sprinter’s” Škoda Green Jersey every year since 2015.

In the first years of the green jersey, cyclists only received penalty points for not finishing in a high place, so the cyclist with the fewest points was awarded the green jersey. From 1959 on, the system was changed to what it is today: the cyclists are awarded points for high place finishes, with the first place getting the most points and lower placings getting successively fewer points so that the cyclist with the most points wears the green jersey during the race and on the podium in Paris after the final stage. Points are also awarded for placings in intermediate sprints.

Peter Sagan

The first rider to win the green jersey was Fritz Schär of Switzerland. Not surprisingly, his speciality was sprinting but he was also a decent all-round cyclist. A rider who wants to win the green jersey needs a reasonable level of versatile skills since he will need to finish within the time limit on mountain stages to remain in the contest and, ideally, should be able to challenge intermediate sprints during mountain stages as well.

For example, the Italian Mario Cipollini  was one of the best pure sprinters of his day but he never won the Tour de France green jersey because he was unwilling to make it through the mountain stages and finish the race (though he did finish the  Giro d’Italia  and won its points classification several times).

Because there are fewer mountain stages in the Tour than flat or hilly stages, the green jersey has usually been won by a sprinter, such as the German Erik Zabel, a six-time green jersey winner, or Slovakia’s Peter Sagan who has won seven green jerseys.

Point scoring had been tried at the Tour before 1953. From 1905 to 1912, the general classification winner had not been decided according to time but with a point system in which daily stage placements were translated into points. But judging the race by points discouraged competitors from riding hard because it made no difference whether they finished seconds or hours behind, so they tended to ride together at a relaxed pace until close to the line where they sprinted for the finish – as flat Tour stages tend to be run today.

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Following his second-place finish in Paris-Nice, Remco Evenepoel chose to linger in Nice, contemplating his overall performance during the prestigious cycling event. The aftermath of the race saw him undertaking two laps of the challenging 34km Monaco to Nice time trial, a stage that will…

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Road to the Tour: Vingegaard Is Tops in Tirreno-Adriatico, Roglič Flops in Paris-Nice

Three of the four favourites for this year’s Tour de France – Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike), Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) – took part in two high-quality stage races this week, the Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice, as preparations for the year’s marquee event…

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The Road to the Tour—Episode 1: The Weather and Vingegaard Dominate

The Road to the Tour is a new series that will follow the four favourites for the 2024 Tour de France – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič – on their progress to what could be the greatest road race ever.

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UCI Helmet Move Has Teams Scratching Their Heads

Cycling’s governing body the UCI has frustrated a number of teams by outlawing Specialized’s new ‘head sock’ helmet and preparing an “in-depth analysis of the regulations governing the design and use of time trial helmets,” some of which were introduced in this week’s time trials at the…

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  1. The Jerseys

    Santini Cycling Wear and A.S.O. are delighted to announce a new agreement making the Italian brand official partner to the Tour de France from 2022 to supply the prestigious Yellow Jersey and the other official jerseys for the elite multi-stage road race. The sponsorship deal also includes the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and L'Étape du ...

  2. More teams reveal special Tour de France kits, new sponsors

    On the eve of the 2022 Tour de France, several teams have announced new sponsors and/or changed out their standard racing kit for a different look. Before the teams presentation, Lotto-Soudal and ...

  3. Tour de France jerseys explained

    Green. Points. Polka dots. Mountains. White. Best young rider. The Tour de France sees the very best cyclists in the world battle it out for the yellow, green, white and polka dot jerseys, based ...

  4. The jerseys of the 2024 Tour de France

    Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the 2022 and 2023 Tour de France. The jersey is yellow because the newspaper that first organised the race, L'Auto, was printed on yellow paper. The ...

  5. LCL stays in yellow with Tour de France extension

    Nice to stage 2020 Tour de France Grand Départ LCL first partnered with the Tour in 1981 and has sponsored the yellow jersey, which is worn by the race's leading rider, since 1987.

  6. Tour de France announces new green jersey sponsor

    published March 23, 2015. Czech car manufacturer Skoda has been revealed as the new sponsor of the Tour de France green jersey, replacing long-term partner PMU. The French betting company has been ...

  7. Tour de France Jersey Colors: What They Mean

    Watching the Tour de France can look psychedelic—so many colorful jerseys whooshing by like a windy rainbow. All cyclists wear their team jerseys, which include the team names and sponsors. And ...

  8. Tour de France Jerseys, Tour de France Jersey

    Regular: US$10700. Tour de France 2023 Replica Trionfo Team Jersey La Grande Boucle by Santini. Almost Gone! US$8075 with code. Regular: US$9500. Tour de France 2023 Puy de Dome Kit Cycling Jersey by Santini. 1. Tour de France jerseys are stocked at Le Tour De France Official Online Store UK. Shop officially licensed Le Tour de France jerseys ...

  9. The Ultimate Guide to the Iconic Jerseys of Tour de France

    The design of the jersey features various sponsors' logos, contributing to its dynamic and eye-catching appearance. Fans of a certain age will remember PMU's logos on it but for the 2023 Tour de France, Skoda will have their logo on the green jersey. ... The Tour de France jerseys are more than just pieces of clothing; they are symbols of ...

  10. Ultimate Tour de France Jerseys Guide: Yellow Jersey, Green Jersey

    The Tour de France's Maillot Jaune ("Yellow Jersey") is awarded to the overall race leader at the end of each day, to be worn on the following stage. Despite the global fame of the yellow jersey as the icon of cycling greatness, its origins are surprisingly murky. In the early years of the Tour de France following its birth in 1903, the ...

  11. LCL extends commitment to Tour de France's yellow jersey

    SportBusiness Sponsorship staff. March 28, 2018. French financial services company LCL has renewed its long-running partnership with the Tour de France, through which it sponsors the cycling race's iconic yellow jersey. The new four-year deal runs until the 2021 edition of the 'Grand Tour' event. LCL first partnered with the Tour in 1981 ...

  12. Tour de France jerseys: Cultural icons

    Sometimes, however, sponsorship delivers an unwanted association with scandal, such as Festina's link with the doping scandal that marred the 1998 Tour de France and changed the face of modern ...

  13. Tour de France 2023 special kits rated

    Astana Qazaqstan. Astana Qazaqstan has joined the party with a special edition 2023 Tour de France kit for this year's race, which starts in Bilbao. This stunning kit features yellow flashes, and ...

  14. Krys renews Tour de France white jersey sponsorship, extends ...

    French optician firm Krys has renewed its partnership with road cycling's Tour de France until 2026. The new deal will see it continue to sponsor the race's white jersey, which honors the best rider under 26 years old. Having been a partner of the Tour de France for 10 years, renewing last in 2021, Krys now also becomes an official partner of ...

  15. 2023 Tour de France special edition team jerseys

    2023 Tour de France special edition team jerseys. Published on June 26, 2023. in Men's Cycling. The Tour de France always inspires cycling teams to do something a little bit special from the norm. The focal point of the season sees teams looking to get as many eyeballs on them for their sponsors. Last year we saw the likes of EF putting ...

  16. These are the 2023 pro cycling team kits

    The main sponsors emblazoned on the jersey are mostly the same as in 2022, ... Tour de France, and Tour de France Femmes in recent years. ...

  17. The Story of the Tour de France Jerseys: How the Škoda Green Jersey

    The colour was inspired by the jersey's sponsor, the lawnmower producer La Belle Jardinière. The year was 1953, the fiftieth edition of the Tour de France, which seemed a fitting occasion for a new kind of competition. However, the jersey has not always been green. In 1968 it was red, to accommodate a new sponsor.

  18. Tour de France

    The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]; English: Tour of France) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest of the three Grand Tours (the Tour, the Giro d'Italia, and the Vuelta a España) and is generally considered the most prestigious.. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper L'Auto and ...