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Should Yellow just be a jersey?

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  • July 2, 2012 at 9:50 pm #16225
    mattbibbings

    The colour yellow seems to have leaked over the years in the pro peloton.

    No longer just a Jersey to denote the GC leader/winner, now it’s his shorts/socks/bike/tyres/sunglasses/team mates armband(!)

    Even Sky seem to be wearing Yellow helmets to denote the leading team.

    Is it just me being a bluff old traditionalist or would the Yellow Jersey carry more x-factor if it was just a Jersey?

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  • July 3, 2012 at 6:41 pm #689389
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    Raleigh

    That’s Cipolini right?
    Not
    That’s Cipolini right?

    Not very Taste

    July 3, 2012 at 9:35 am #689387
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    Simon E

    notfastenough wrote:it would

    notfastenough wrote:
    it would feel presumptuous to be carrying e.g. a yellow bike and yellow shorts in the trailer.

    My feelings too.

    And yes, I remember the Chava-Merckx night shift story đŸ™‚

    July 3, 2012 at 8:13 am #689385
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    notfastenough

    Pics like that make me think
    :&

    Pics like that make me think they are tempting fate for a body’s worth of road rash.

    I have wondered how much of the coloured stuff is pre-prepared – it would feel presumptuous to be carrying e.g. a yellow bike and yellow shorts in the trailer.

    July 3, 2012 at 7:14 am #689383
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    mattbibbings

    I suppose your right. It’s
    I suppose your right. It’s the sponsors taking opportunites to get their product out there.

    I think it’s probably quite easy to spot the riders who are milking it.

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6UjiqEgGvk0/S8Tgbtys_eI/AAAAAAAABFU/l8ksGmpLfb0/s1600/cipollini1.jpg

    July 2, 2012 at 11:34 pm #689381
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Spot the bloke in that pic
    Spot the bloke in that pic above who’s thinking, ‘Get a bloody move on, one of us still has a race to win’ đŸ˜‰

    July 2, 2012 at 11:31 pm #689379
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Remember the Merckx factory
    Remember the Merckx factory working round the clock two years ago to knock out a custom yellow and green number for Chavanel?

    http://road.cc/content/forum/19699-they-were-busy-merckx-factory-last-night

    I think Cancellara’s team brings along a yellow frame for him each year. Ends up getting used more often than not.

    Cadel started the Champs Elysees stage on a special yellow number last year but swapped it for a regular black one after the photocalls as they headed into Paris proper, I think that may have been down to superstition?

    I noticed that Wiggo’s yellow helmet has a RAF/mod roundel on it – I’m guessing it wasn’t done with just the team classification in mind đŸ˜‰

    July 2, 2012 at 11:28 pm #689377
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    daddyELVIS

    Love the polka dot skin-suit
    Love the polka dot skin-suit when mountains leader rides a time trial stage.

    The yellow helmets are a bit Bob The Builder – especially the ones with the closed vents like Wiggo’s.

    July 2, 2012 at 10:59 pm #689375
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    Gkam84

    One other thing to add, the
    One other thing to add, the team mates are not wearing a yellow band on their arm because they have the yellow jersey in their team, Its because Livestrong are still something to do with RSNT, thats why its a Livestong band around the arm đŸ˜‰

    July 2, 2012 at 10:29 pm #689373
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    festival

    I agree, but marketing
    I agree, but marketing demands it.

    July 2, 2012 at 10:21 pm #689371
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    Raleigh

    Don’t they prepare them in
    Don’t they prepare them in advance, the Domane was built up like last Thursday or something, and I saw some pictures already of Cavendish’s green wheeld decals.

    July 2, 2012 at 10:18 pm #689369
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    boardmanrider

    Well the helmet thing is not
    Well the helmet thing is not Sky’s doing, it’s the Tour organisers who introduced a new rule. As for the yellow frames, glasses etc I am guessing that’s down to the team sponsors. Take Cancellera’s yellow Trek Domane. It’s a new bike, Trek want sell loads, what better advert than the Tour leader, ” ‘scuse me mate, do you ‘ave that yellow bike I saw in yesterday’s Tour, looks kinda cool”.

    This is all about the Team and their sponsors, not the bloke riding the bike. I doubt they turn around and say, “bring me a yellow bike”. By all accounts, Voeckler got a yellow Colnago within 12 hours of getting the jersey all the way from Bergamo in Italy.

    July 2, 2012 at 10:12 pm #689367
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    Raleigh

    Err, Sky didn’t choose to
    Err, Sky didn’t choose to wear those helmets.

    They probably get money from sponsors, along with Oakley, trek bontrager etc.

    I think its fun.

    Comme suit:

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