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Chris Froome, Team Sky get new Castelli kit

  • Ron 

Chris Froome and his Team Sky will be riding in a new kit designed and created by Castelli that celebrates Froome and the team’s wins over the past seven seasons. The team will be the only WorldTour outfit wearing Castelli clothing and will race and train in the brand’s kit from January 2017.

Much like Sky’s former technical clothing sponsor Rapha, Castelli is expected to be an innovation partner, helping to break new ground in both kit and design.

The race kit will feature a brand new design for the 2017 season that graphically marks every victory since the team’s founding in 2010. Short dashes on the jersey will represent one day race and stage victories, while the medium length lines represent multi day stage races, with the number of stages determining the length of the line. WorldTour races are blue lines, while non WorldTour races are white. The front of the jersey is made up of victories by 2017 team members with the exception of Sir Bradley Wiggins’ 2012 Tour win which has a special place in Team Sky history.

Of course, team principal Chris Froome will look to become cycling’s biggest star next year, especially if he is able to pull off a Giro d’Italia/Tour de France double win as he has expressed.

In addition to the graphics celebrating team victories, the jersey design contains a mix of British and Italian influences. The classic Breton shirt served as the inspiration but has been reimagined in a data pattern with each stripe on the jersey, short, mitts, socks and cap representing a specific Team Sky victory. The longest lines are the four Tour de France victories, with Chris Froome’s 2016 victory immediately below the Sky logo on the chest.

“We spent a lot of time thinking about our new kit and what we wanted it to represent visually,” said Team Principal David Brailsford. “We wanted to find a way of celebrating the success we have had as a team, but also to make sure we keep our mind firmly on the future. As a team we still have an enormous amount of goals we want to achieve and, through the design of our new kit, those will always be at the forefront of our thinking.

“We’ve maintained the design elements which our kits have become well known for, such as the blue line, but produced something ambitious and unique to Team Sky.

“We’re delighted with the results and we hope our fans will love it as much as the riders do.”

Andrea Peron, Castelli’s race performance director, said that the performance goals of Team Sky are a “natural fit” for Castelli: “Castelli and Team Sky share the same drive for results-driven innovation in everything we do. Team Sky has a structure and the resources to help us continuously give our athletes a performance advantage.

“Whether it’s aerodynamics, foul weather protection or solutions that let the riders train more comfortably, we’re looking at every opportunity for an advantage.”

Team Sky’s relentess pursuit of technical advantage has certainly been a major contribution to their palmares and with this new partnership with Castelli, that it certain to continue.

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