Professional riders are deep into their winter team training camps and as January 1 rolls round, they are delivered bags of brand new kit for the season ahead. To make ourselves feel a little better, though, we can give our fair and honest judgements on how each team has executed a new jersey design.
Who will be the worst and best dressed in the WorldTour peloton next season? Fom brown shorts to black, from red fade to orange fade, from funky patterns to simple minimalism, these are our musings on the WorldTour team kits, as they are drip fed to us by each team for our perusal.
Like Marmite or Brexit, it was one of those debates that will never really be settled, so the newly-named Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team has taken the brown shorts out of the equation altogether for They started the season in a relatively safe blue and white number, but after a superb opening couple of races for the squad — who seem transformed this year — Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale have updated their outfit once again.
In place of the old kit is a modern and fresh green and blue jersey with a unique galaxy-inspired effect across the sleeves and body. It's bold, it's bright and it stands out from the crowd, we'd give this kit a ten out of ten. If something works, why change it? Cofidis are one of the few teams so far who have stuck to the same jersey design for the season after they gave the kit a big upgrade ahead of The white sleeve detract from the colours of the French flag — keeping these blue would have been a nicer touch.
At least sticking to the same jersey might cut down on waste for the season, too. So far, so safe. There are now stripes on the jersey in the colours of the United Arab Emirates flag — the first pops of colour ever really seen on the UAE Team Emirates kit. Replacing them is Spanish brand Gobik, who have taken their new role as kit suppliers very seriously by the looks of the recently released kit.
