We love when teams announce their kits for the next season. We’ll bookmark this page in our top menu and post the latest kits as soon as we find out about them. Here is what we’ve seen so far for 2014.
Ag2r La Mondiale
Yikes. The addition of more brown to the shoulders.
Astana
Poor Vincenzo Nibali. He’s going to have to wear this.
Belkin
Belkin is rocking the green-and-black which looks pretty good but on the bike they have mixed the green with Bianchi ‘Celeste’ which is a crime.
BMC
BMC announced that they will not be changing their 2014 kit from 2013. Taylor Phinney’s hair is ever-changing though.
Cannondale
Cannondale launched their 2014 team in California. Kit hasn’t changed that much!
They also have a deal with G4 for their casual kit, including some natty tees.
Europcar
Still green. Still mean.
FDJ
The clover leaf is becoming even more subdued.
Garmin-Sharp
The 2014 Garmin kit is looking sharp with the addition of a Panda and a more graphic back panel for easy recognition from the air.
Giant-Shimano
The team formerly known as Argos Shimano has changed names and added a lot of black.
Katusha
Katusha adds more white and whatever that Russian letter is.
Lampre-Merida
The pink-and-green remains but now Lampre have added a dark blue.
Lotto-Belisol
Lotto changing it up entirely with a new red look.
Movistar
The toothpaste squiggle/glow-worm remains on the dark blue Movistar kit by Endura.
Omega Pharma-Quick Step
OPQS gives us a first glimpse of their 2014 kit with Julien Vermote (@julienvermote). More black.
Orica-GreenEDGE
A bolder dark blue, touch of green, and white. Class.
Sky
Chris Froome gave us a preview of the skin suit. For more on everyone’s thoughts on that read this special edition of Tweets of the Week. It looks like Sky have added additional sponsor logos but will keep the black, blue and now translucent.
Tinkoff-Saxo Bank
That is a lot of yellow.
Trek Factory Team
The new Trek Factory team was presented in the Roubaix Velodrome. Their black kit with white pinstripes divided fans – a touch Yankees if you ask us. But as long as it isn’t sheer …
Too much black! It’s like the peloton have gone colour blind. Imagine Team Sky, Trek and Giant all massed at the front… It’s enough to make me see red! (I’m here all week).
Oh do not get me started on the former Argonauts betrayal of their snowy white kit, which dazzled us as they moved through the peloton like white lightning in search of sprint wins. I am sooooo unhappy about their new kit. They could be ANYONE now … 🙁
It’s a travesty! :C
They look like zebras and that’s going to make Marcel look all grubby. There should also be a ban on the over use of yellow (Tinkoff-Saxo-Saxo-Tinkoff I’m looking at you). How the heck is le maillot jaune supposed to stand out?
Thank god for lotto Belosol! Very retro and reminds me of Saeco!
I have been painting the peloton for almost a year now, and I am not happy about all of the black or the loss of the orange of Euskatel Euskadei. Black seems so wrong for riding in the heat of summer.