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Peter Sagan rainbow jersey 2015-16 (source Tinkoff-Saxo on Twitter)Peter Sagan's world champion's kit and bike revealed
Tinkoff-Saxo has posted pictures on social media showing Peter Sagan in his rainbow jersey and with a custom paintjob on his Specialized S-Works bike to celebrate his world championship win last weekend.
The Slovakian rider’s new kit was unveiled this morning when he took part in a photoshoot at the office in Milan of the Gazzetta dello Sport.
He will race in it for the first time on Thursday as the inaugural four-day Abu Dhabi Tour – organised, like the Giro d’Italia, by RCS Sport – gets underway.
According to UCI rules, "The wearer of the world champion's jersey shall be entitled to match the colour of his shorts to that of the jersey."
Each autumn, the issue of whether the new world champion will choose to wear white or team colour shorts becomes the subject of speculation.
Many purists insist that only black will do - a throwback perhaps to the days when most teams did wear black shorts, so pictures of world champions from bygone years will show that.
Mark Cavendish at Sky and Etixx-Quick Step's Michal Kwiatkowski both benefited from kits that had black shorts. 2009 world champion Cadel Evans meanwhile had shorts that incorporated both white panels at the side and black at the front and rear.
As you can see from the pictures, Sagan has opted for white shorts in the kit, made by Sportful.
.@petosagan with his new kit and bike @sportful @iamspecialized @gopro pic.twitter.com/xT7ECqNI1e
— Tinkoff Saxo (@tinkoff_saxo) October 5, 2015
.@petosagan with his new kit and bike @sportful @iamspecialized pic.twitter.com/tTQjKcq4Jq
— Tinkoff Saxo (@tinkoff_saxo) October 5, 2015
The brand new World Champion @petosagan @sportful pic.twitter.com/XpT47JFPC0
— Tinkoff Saxo (@tinkoff_saxo) October 5, 2015
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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The worst thing is the black shoes, everyone knows it's white for road and black of MTB pffft
If rule is that shorts must match jersey, why dont any of the colours of rainbow bands fit that?
Please sign this so we don't have to see this again!
https://www.change.org/p/union-cycliste-internationale-uci-rule-change-b...
Here was me thinking the #FashionTravesty was having black shoes with all-white kit. Go on, Sagan lad, get down to Sports Direct, they've got those crummy muddyfox ones for thirty notes ;') Live a little
I'm loving all the fashion criticism from blokes poncing about in lycra...
Less of the 'chubby'. White kit ( especially with sleeveless jerseys) is only fit for sad Italian poseurs. And the odd Brit with no taste.
No farting, safety first.
It was still better than the standard Tinkoff kit.....
This whole white ensemble looks miles better than that rainbow vomit fest that was his Slovak national champs/Tinkoff yellow amalgamation!
I thought that was one of the best looking kits out there; especially the helmet. Oh well, horses for courses
Read all about it...Chubby MAMILS get in a flap over white shorts.
I really don’t think the current World Champion, multi-millionaire and hard man of the road gives a flying f*ck what you lot think.
Away and ride your bikes.
Ah, but we really care so much about your opinion. And the only part of MAMIL that applies to me is MIL.
FWIW when faced with team issue or white, I'd go white too. But surely the WC should get the choice of black or white.
Faced with the option of white shorts or the standard team shorts with that jersey, I'd have gone for white too. Rules do seem a bit ridiculous though - why can't you have the option of white or black? He is world champion, after all!
Agree the bike's a bit underwhelming. As said above, I expected a rainbow camo job, which would have looked great. Or perhaps even rainbow stripes running the full length and breadth of all the tubes, so there's no black on the frame at all - that would certainly have stood out!
White shorts! No Peter No.
Well done Sagan for wining the world champs (a very deserving winner and great cyclist), but.........MY EYES.
If he didn't have the choice, as alluded to above, then I feel sorry for him. Imagine being told by your employer that on wining the world champs that you had to wear white shorts for the next year. I'm sure he's more happy with the jersey/stripes!
Fugly
Oh you will be a MAMIL, you will be, and sooner than you think. Wwha-ha-ha-ha.
White shorts....oh dear! Hope the don't get wet!!!
What would Mario Cipollini do? Every item of clothing and every part of the bike should be white, and adorned with rainbow stripes.
I long for the days when world champions lacked any kind of restraint when it came to kit.
He had better paint jobs on his Cannondales, that's a lot understated not like him at all.
White shorts are perfectly cromulent, ooh do I feel rain?
It looks smart to me. I tend to ride in predominately white kit on my black bike. Looks ace.
I'm all for black shorts with the World Champs top. But unfortunately Sagan didn't have much choice. Due to a stupid UCI rule, shorts with champs jerseys can only be team issue or white. As the Saxo shorts are not black he has a choice of Saxo fluro or white.
Nooooooooo