Is this the worst team kit ever? Colombian women's team suffer spectacular wardrobe malfunction

Wow, some of you folks seriously have very little to do.

Female rider designs her own kit that incorporates part of her team's country's cultural identity. Perhaps it was clumsily executed, but inferring it's ridiculous and appalling the women are taking part in it? Seriously?

Compare with Lizzie Armitstead whose kit has clearly been designed to look like a BDSM corset.

Although still not great, this is at least slightly better, and shows the points made above that it's actually gold colour:

Still a pretty uninspiring design, but that's just my opinion, I'm no designer.

In my best attempt to be Sherlock Holmes or some other detective (is there a cycling equivalent?), I looked it up to see what the fuss is about and specifically looked at various pics posted on Twitter by Angie Tatiana Rojas who I believe designed it. Unfortunately, she hasn't mentioned anything about her thinking for the design and neither has anyone asked her (who can speak Spanish that is).

The so-called flesh bit is gold but there is a distinctive darker pattern very similar in design to the engraving on one exhibit at the Bogota Gold Museum called the San Agustin armband - the team has a direct link with Bogota (beyond just being Colombian) - as the government (Bogota Humana) is one of the sponsors while Rojas comes from there. The team jacket also has the same gold, albeit a smaller flash lining at the bottom of the jacket. If that's right, then the designer has been on the receiving end by the international media and on social media of something completely blown out of proportion due to one poorly lit photo.

After reading the fuss on Twitter and all over t'Internet, will be interested to see what comes back, so I can walk off smugly into the sunset with another case successfully solved. Or maybe not.

I'm only here because I thought this was the article about the benefits of shaving....

I have to admit it doesn't look good.

When in reality the kit looks completely different in person. It's golden not flesh coloured. Imagine how a team managed to go an entire season without causing a fuss and then one picture appears that is washed out and processed to look that way

https://twitter.com/jonocoulter/status/511375818673491968

That's just ridiculous, and appalling for the ladies taking part.

Even worse, I keep wondering what it looks like from the back. Not because I want to oogle the teams bottoms, but because I'm curious if it is just as ridiculous. Must resist urge... or maybe ask the GF to look for me... no that's probably worse.

Can we change the story please?

As usual, bike clothing tends to be full of sponsors logos and colors. A lot of riders like to wear the same jersey as their favorite pro hero despite the fact that it is just advertising and not stylish at all.

And then, as it happens, you see the shape of things - things that actually exist, you know! Nipples, breasts, genitals etc.

Oh, don't forget, you can see the rider's bum, naked arms and legs. Before wearing helmets, they even used to appear in public without a proper hat on!

Then there were pro riders seen with a wide open jersey showing actual naked skin - not just it's pure color. And some puritans claimed the lack of good manners again…

If you don't want to show the shape of your twat or groin, then wear a black dress.
If you don't like my shapes: close your eyes!

cheers

The Polish men's team springs to mind. The Colombian team kit is awful, but there are plenty of other terrible examples. It's not uniquely dreadful as some would like to make out.

* - I see Jimmy beat me to it...

The worst kit would have to be the all white kit I saw being worn by a female rider in the Etape one year. Once sweaty it was transparent. I nearly fell off my bike!

And in the interest of balance, here's the Poland kit from a few years ago.
http://cyclebucket.com/images/poland.jpg

What is the point of pro sport?

I would say the kit is working perfectly.

That this is a national federation kit is indicative of how women are valued/viewed in South America generally, (and that's why this does matter Beaufort) and really isn't acceptable. Do the UCI not have minimum standards around public decency?

It's just a cycling kit. Be outraged by something that matters.

Quite how anyone thought this was a good idea baffles me. However there was someone who knew the international coverage it would get so they certainly knew what they were doing. The women in the team who I am sure had no say so in wearing this must have been mortified and highly offended as @spin sugar has already pointed out. When will we move into the 21st century as a sport?

What was the point? It's not even attractive or sexy or anything positive that I can think of. Must be some poor excuse for getting attention, which they got ... but not the good kind.

Not like they're now getting international media attention... Sponsors have got their money's worth!

The designer knew EXACTLY what he/she was doing.

Most amusing actually

Shamefull, someone needs sacking. Not funny!

Team Brazil