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A new season means new kit for pro cycling teams.

Whether it’s riders changing squads or simply teams updating last year’s threads, January 1st is the time when the annual period of adjustment begins.

We get used to certain riders and certain teams in certain colors, meaning that the first races of each year can bring confusion over who is who in the bunch.

Think back to previous seasons when an overabundance of certain colors and styles led to chaos amongst the commentators, particularly for overhead shots. Which riders are from Ineos? Which are from Bahrain Victorious? And which are from Arkea Samsic?

Check out the jerseys of the men’s WorldTeams below, with the exception of those team threads still AWOL after a hectic festive season.

• Check out the Women’s WorldTour Team Kits for 2024

Arkea-B&B Hotels

A really creative kit reveal here from the French squad, leaning heavily into Arthurian legend. Did you know that Merlin the Magician was a dab hand with a sewing kit?

Tales of King Arthur were introduced to the Brittany region in France during the 5th century by the Celts who had been driven out of Cornwall by the Anglo-Saxons.

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Astana Qazaqstan

Are you seeking to out-Merckx Eddy Merckx and take the outright Tour de France stage win record? Then you’ve simply got to be in these colors in 2024, dahhhling.

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Bahrain-Victorious

Likely influenced by the Tour de France campaign which landed it three stage wins, the Bahrain-Victorious squad is sticking with the white kit it used for that event. If it ain’t broke…

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Team Bahrain Victorious (@teambahrainvictorious)

The team kit continues to bear the phrase #RideForGino, remembering the loss of rider Gino Mader in last year’s Tour de Suisse.

Bora-Hansgrohe

After eight seasons within the Jumbo-Visma setup, it will take a bit of time to get used to Primož Roglič in his new colors. Still, he’s hoping not to be wearing this jersey throughout the Tour de France, with a certain big target in mind.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Primoz Roglic (@primozroglic)

New teammate Jai Hindley is also adjusting to a different look.

Aside from a white collar turning red, there doesn’t seem too much different about the 2024 Cofidis jersey. The team wants to make all the reinvention in the results sheets rather than on the catwalk.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Team Cofidis Équipe Cycliste (@teamcofidis)

Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

New signing Sam Bennett shows off the 2024 Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale team kit. Not much green for the Irish sprinter? Don’t worry, he’s got a plan for that.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by sam bennett (@sammmyben)

EF Education-EasyPost

It’s more of the same from EF Education-EasyPost in 2024, with last year’s kit being refined—and arguably improved—by the addition of a subtle yellow pattern. The new jersey is viewable below, along with the national champions’ kits of Ben Healy, Richard Carapaz and Allison Jackson.

Groupama-FDJ

The team kit may not look much different, but some great camerawork went into the unveiling of the 2024 garb. If the racing is as good as the drone piloting the team is going to have a great year.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Équipe Cycliste Groupama-FDJ (@equipegroupamafdj)

Ineos Grenadiers

No more harlequin diamonds for the British squad. Instead an orange-red-black color fade and simplified jersey pattern defines the 2024 Ineos Grenadiers jersey. Will new team management be as seamless?

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by INEOS Grenadiers (@ineosgrenadiers)

Seeing Tao Geoghegan Hart in the guise of Lidl-Trek is another sight that will take a bit of adjusting to. He’s hoping the fresh start after many years with Ineos Grenadiers will make for a big, big season in 2024.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lidl-Trek (@lidltrek)

Movistar Team

Nothing radically different about the 2024 Movistar Team look, other than the addition of Nairo Quintana.

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Soudal Quick-Step

Some snazzy editing and adrenalin-rousing music sets the tone for the team’s 2024 campaign, based around Remco Evenepoel’s big ambition of winning the Tour.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team (@soudalquickstepteam)

Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL

The official team kit unveiling is on January 8. We will have to make do with this for now.

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Team Jayco-Alula

Australia’s WorldTour team will have a radical new look in 2024. It wants radical results too, including in the Grand Tours.

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Team Visma-Lease a Bike

More yellow = more yellow? That’s what Jonas Vingegaard and his team are counting on. Although the similarity of the new kit to the Maillot Jaune may well force a redesign for the Tour.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@jumbovisma_road)

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UAE Team Emirates

Like Visma-Lease a Bike, UAE Team Emirates is ditching the black to go big on one color. In this case it’s white, in the year when team star Tadej Pogačar can no longer aim for the white jersey in the Tour de France. No more best young rider prize; he wants the big one again.

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2023 Men’s WorldTour Pro Cycling Team Kits & Jerseys 

Mathew Mitchell

• Published on December 17, 2022
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The new 2023 men’s WorldTour jerseys are starting to be unveiled with some new designs and some copy paste efforts from 2022. For the first time in a while (maybe the first time properly), we’ve had some promotion and relegation from the men’s WorldTour. As such the likes of Israel-Premier Tech who have released their jersey, can’t be found on this page. However, the likes of Alpecin-Deceuninck and Team Arkéa-Samsic will be able to be seen here once they have released their new designs.

Table of Contents

As the WorldTour teams release their kits, I shall keep this page updated to include all of them. Traditionally EF Education-EasyPost is the last to announce theirs, with the hype and secrecy that goes with that final position as a result. Last year they kept it very under wraps until they accidentally leaked it just a day before the proper announcement.

Last updated: 19th January 2023

The 2023 Women’s WorldTour jerseys can be found in a post here .

2023 Men’s WorldTour Pro Cycling Jerseys

Ag2r citroen team.

Alpecin-Deceuninck

To be confirmed

Astana Qazaqstan Team

Bahrain Victorious

Bora Hansgrohe

EF Education-EasyPost

Groupama-FDJ

INEOS Grenadiers

The INEOS Grenadiers jersey can be bought via Bioracer here

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

Jumbo-Visma

The Jumbo-Visma jersey can be bought via the Jumbo-Visma team’s site here

Movistar Team

The Movistar jersey can be bought via the Gobik site here

Soudal-Quickstep

The Soudal-Quickstep jersey can be bought via Castelli here

Team Arkéa-Samsic

Team BikeExchange-Jayco

The Team DSM jersey can be bought via the team store here

Trek-Segafredo

The Trek Segafredo jersey can be bought via Santini here

UAE Team Emirates

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WorldTour Team Kits 2023: Who’s got it right?

Some teams have gone bold, some boring, some haven’t even bothered to change at all. Here are the 2023 WorldTour team kits announced so far…

As road racing hits its usual pause for the winter months and our Twitter feeds have gone quiet with racing drama and updates, you can always rely on new WorldTour team kits to stir the pot a little. It might be because a team has made literally no effort at all to upgrade their kit, or because others have had a design refresh that puts them in contention for the most fashionable squad in the WorldTour, but either way, it adds some excitement to these drab winter months.

So far, we’ve seen the notoriously stylish Trek-Segafredo give both their men’s and women’s team kits a snazzy upgrade – nothing too crazy, they’re following the same colour palette – but there are a few details thrown in there that makes this kit a little sharper for 2023. The team of Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates, has simplified its 2023 outfit to have a completely white and black base colour, while Bahrain-Victorious has kept things pretty similar too for 2023, just adding a few, subtle details to spice things up.

Perhaps the biggest kit revamp so far has come from the unassuming Israel-Premier Tech and Israel-Premier Tech-Roland men’s and women’s squads. Gone is the plain white and blue design, say hello to a tie-dyed fusion of pink, white and navy. Groupama-FDJ are also in the running for the hottest new kit so far, with a simple, unique, colour-blocked jersey. The Ineos Grenadiers are in contention too, moving away from the blue jersey seen in 2022 to a fierce brigade red for next year. Astana, AG2R Citroën Team and newly-named  Team Jayco AlUla  currently sit at the bottom of our list, either due to a complete lack of effort to reinvent or just general bad taste.

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If you’re looking to get ahead of the game and bolster your kit knowledge before the WorldTour pelotons start firing on all cylinders again, here’s the full list of WorldTour team kits announced so far. We’ll be updating (and rating) each new kit design as it is released in due course…

Trek-Segafredo

Business in the front, party in the back? It’s top marks from us for Trek-Segafredo as they inject some serious snazziness into their 2023 kit with an asymmetrical pattern on the rear of both the men’s and women’s jerseys. At the front, they have kept it suitably simple with a white base colour, but the attention to detail on the back of the jersey will make the team easy to spot from those overhead helicopter shots in 2023. Those with a keen eye would have spotted that the band on the front of the women’s jersey is a slightly darker shade of blue than seen on the 2022 kit, but the change is nothing dramatic. Trek-Segafredo have got just the right amount of exciting upgrades while keeping their own unique identity in the peloton.

Ineos Grenadiers

The Ineos Grenadiers call their new kit "visibly fast" and we're not sure if that claim is quite true, or even possible, but we can agree that this is quite a nice outfit for 2023. In a move away from the navy they donned in 2022, the new jersey is described as a "brigade red" colour with flashes of orange and blue on both sleeves. Ineos says that these bright colours will enhance visibility of the riders out on the road, as well as being a statement of intent about the way the team plans to race in 2023. The team also lists a whole host of technological innovations about this kit in its press release, but honestly, we're just here for the style – top marks to the Ineos Grenadiers.

UAE Team Emirates

From a pure design perspective, we’ve never been a huge fan of UAE Team Emirates’ kit, but we’ve been quite sold on it while watching Tadej Pogačar as he rides away from the peloton in the Tour or the Classics. Who doesn’t want to look like that on a bicycle? For 2023, the kit is a little bit more palatable than year’s previous, with the team opting to get rid of the red fade on the sleeve and move to a more traditional black colour. In general, the jersey is a little less busy, and definitely has a sharper look. It seems like UAE Team Emirates is taking the ‘less is more’ approach, and we’re not mad about it.

Israel-Premier Tech/Israel-Premier Tech-Roland

Well, hello there. Ok, we know the men's team is not going to be WorldTour in 2023 as they are relegated to ProTeam status but as it stands, Israel-Premier Tech have put themselves firmly on the top of our podium of 2023 team kits. In fact, they’re a good couple of strides ahead of any competitors with this striking, colourful number. The dark royal blue on the left shoulder fades perfectly into a smattering of white, purple and dark pink creating an eye-catching design that’s quite unlike anything we’ve seen on team kits in the past. The newly formed Israel-Premier Tech-Roland women’s WorldTour team shares a stunningly similar design with the men’s squad, signifying that the two outfits could be working closely together in 2023.

AG2R Citroën Team

Yawn… no change from AG2R Citroën Team for 2023 for the second year in a row. This French team has a bit of a habit of keeping the same kit design year on year, but we’d ascertain this jersey is nice enough to remain on the shoulders of the likes of Greg Van Avermaet and Lawrence Naesen into 2023. Plus, it should mean that last year’s kit can be reused by the team (into the laundry rather than landfill.) AG2R Citroën Team have been given some fancy-looking, brightly coloured BMC bikes, so we can make do with drooling over those beauties next year.

Soudal-Quick-Step

Could be better, could be worse. The new Soudal Quick-Step kit is largely inoffensive, it keeps the team’s classic blue and white colour combo but leans far more on the blue side, with only one chunk of white in the centre of the jersey and on the sleeves. Sponsor Soudal gets prime real estate slap bang in the middle of the chest, getting its money’s worth for that title sponsorship in 2023. Quick-Step remains, too, of course, the team’s long-standing loyal supporter. A special mention has to also go to Remco Evenepoel’s new world champion jersey: the young Belgian has kept it classic and timeless (although he hasn’t gone for white shorts to match, yet…)

Groupama-FDJ

Uh oh, we’re starting to see a pattern of navy kit designs emerging as Groupama-FDJ is the latest to add itself to the list of teams that will sport blue hues in 2023. Still, we don't have much criticism for this jersey: the colour blocking on the front is simple and striking, and a far cry from FDJ’s previous jersey iterations which can end up looking a little busy. The minimal sponsors on the front is an improvement, and helps add a sleek and classy look to the garment. We’d be happy to wear it, but we wouldn’t be so happy if we were in the job of cycling commentary next year; it’s going to be hard to distinguish this kit through a sea of navy in 2023.

Astana Qazaqstan

Same old, same old for Astana. The team has stuck with its striking aquamarine, fade into navy for 2023, with the same diamond-shaped patterning across the front of the kit. The Astana Qazaqstan logo sits front and centre once more, adding a flash of yellow to the otherwise quite plain kit. The Astana jersey design doesn’t offend us, but we always hope for a little more pizzazz.  

UAE Team ADQ

The UAE Team ADQ kit designers are clearly a fan of the blue and orange combination, as they’ve stuck with a similar colour palette for 2023. It’s not exactly the same, though, with a much larger portion of the jersey taking on a lilac colour and the bottom area a more subtle shade of pink, rather than last year’s orange. Some slightly random patterning has been added underneath the arms of both sleeves, too and we’re not quite sure why, but we’re not ones to complain about a bit of jazzy detailing on a team kit. The shorts are left plain black too which we like, it ensures that the kit as a whole isn’t too loud, just about…

Bahrain-Victorious

At first glance, there’s nothing strikingly different about the Bahrain-Victorious kit for 2023, but on closer inspection, there are a couple of changes that have actually improved the overall look quite dramatically. More black has been added to the bottom diamond shapes in the bottom half of the kit, as well as some yellow stripes which give the whole thing a sort of futuristic and 3D-look. Other than that, Bahrain-Victorious will stay pretty recognisable in the peloton with their orangey kit which we can expect to be ripping it up at the front of the classics early in the year.

Team Jumbo-Visma

At first glance, it may appear that Jumbo-Visma have stuck firmly in the camp of making no effort at all to change their kit for the 2023 season. However, the Dutch team have actually impressed us with some serious attention to detail in next season’s jersey. While they’ve retained the classic yellow and black which has been worn to so many victories, kit designers have added a slither of patterning in between the two colours which references the different kits worn in years previous by the team (blue for Blanco Pro Cycling team, green for Belkin, you get the picture.) Pretty neat, Jumbo, we like it. 

Fenix-Deceuninck

While we are very excited about the addition of this team to the women’s WorldTour peloton for the 2023 season, Fenix-Deceuninck’s kit falls a little on the drab side. The plain navy blue base and white lettering could do with a pattern or bright colour to make it stand out. However, when a team is dishing out four-year contracts in the women's WorldTour and has an aim of bringing complete equality across its men’s and women’s WorldTour squads, we can forgive the slight lack of imagination when it comes to jersey designs.

Team Jayco AlUla

A new title sponsor for 2023, Saudi Arabian city AlUla, meant a kit redesign was a necessity for both the men’s and women’s newly-named Jayco AlUla WorldTour teams. However, despite some controversy over the team’s pink and blue colour scheme last year (pink for the women’s team and blue for the men’s, really?), the designers have chosen to stick with this for another season, yay… It’s a pretty unimaginative look and could do with a rethink or at least some additional detailing to make the team stand out in 2023. Sorry Team Jayco AlUla, but you sit right down at the bottom of our favourite team kits list this year.

FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope

True to their team slogan #RodamosJuntos (we ride together) and their longstanding commitment to making the men’s and women’s squads one team, rather than two separate projects, both Movistar WorldTour teams will share the same kit design again in 2023. Now made by Gobik, the jersey is a darker blue than last year, with a lighter fade on the sleeves and collar. White logos finish off the look, and we also are fans of the blue band on the bottom of the shorts to tie the whole thing together. Annemiek van Vleuten’s world champion’s kit has been done well too, striking and classic with the rainbow bands standing out proudly on the white jersey. 

Team Arkéa Samsic

As the men’s squad steps up to WorldTour level in 2023, it was only right that the Team Arkéa Samsic jersey design had a refresh too, representing the team’s new chapter in the highest ranks of professional cycling. The base colour is a simple, striking red with a Triskell pattern overlaid: a strong symbol of Celtic culture and an ode to the team’s Breton roots. 2023 also sees a dash of Bianchi’s signature celeste green on the jersey’s sleeves as the bike sponsor of Team Arkéa Samsic for the season ahead. We appreciate the thought and history in this design and give big points to Arkéa Samsic for creating a jersey with a story.

BORA-hansgrohe 

This was one of our favourite 2022 team kits and we’re somewhat relieved to see no huge changes to the outfit for 2023. There’s some subtle differences with a switch out of the white patterning for black, but outwardly, the BORA-hansgrohe kit looks quite similar to last year’s version. Kit manufacturers Le Col say that there are big changes to the aerodynamic qualities of the jersey with strategically placed tripping panels and seam layout to increase and smooth the airflow, while also minimising drag. We cannot confirm nor deny these claims, but we can give our opinion that this is one nice looking kit.

Human Powered Health

It’s only the women’s team that will be on WorldTour level in 2023 but both the men’s and women’s squads will proudly share the same Human Powered Health jersey in 2023. Unlike other teams, Human Powered Health has put some serious thought into its 2023 design and that’s something we can appreciate. The American squad says that its ‘core principles’ of movement, fuel, recovery and mindset are reflected in the kit’s rich colour scheme. A series of geometric lines on the front of the kit are also said to display the team’s ‘drawing board’ approach as they work towards better living. As the saying goes: you can have anything you want in life if you dress for it…

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

The Tweet accompanying Intermarché-Circus-Wanty’s new kit drop said “You like it or you will learn to like it” and we can kind of see what they’re getting at. The neon yellow shoulders and strange swirling navy pattern at the bottom of the jersey is definitely unique and won’t be for everyone, nor will the tightly packed logos of 18 sponsors. However, put Taco van der Hoorn in a breakaway and watch him take a solo victory against all odds in a stage of a grand tour and, well, we can’t help but become fans of the mishmash Intermarché outfit.

Men’s WorldTour team Cofidis shook up its kit for the 2022 season after a couple of years of keeping things the same and they’ve continued to develop their kit design for 2023. Gone is the large white panel across the sleeves and shoulders, and instead the jersey features a red base with darker burgundy geometric shapes. The Cofidis women’s team, which remains at Continental level for 2023, also will sport the same jersey design as the men’s WorldTour squad. Overall, we’d say that this jersey is an improvement from last year's for the French team, it’s classy, unique and vibrant.

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

In a bid to reduce consumption and cut their overall clothing order for 2023, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (who have a women's WorldTour team and men's ProTeam) has stuck with the same design for the upcoming season. They also note that this makes it easier for fans to continue to recognise the team right from the beginning of the year, which actually does make quite a lot of sense, it doesn’t give us much to write about for this article, though… We liked Uno-X’s kit in 2022, and we’ll keep liking it for 2023.

Team SD Worx

Bold, bright, beautiful. We’re big fans of this kit from the number one ranked Women’s WorldTour team. It’s similar to last year’s attire, but kit designers have heavily upped the colour saturation to create a jersey which stands out from the crowd. The strip of purple along the front of the kit matches well with what looks like navy blue bib shorts, while minimal sponsor logos ensure that the design isn’t too busy. The logo of payroll and workforce management company SD Worx has actually been integrated into the patterning of the kit with the star shaped block on the lower part of the jersey, which we think is much more inventive than just slapping a bigger logo on (other teams, take note.) 

EF Education Tibco-SVB and EF Education EasyPost

Anticipation over the kit that Rapha will make for the EF Education women’s and men’s WorldTour teams is always high year on year. Although the men’s jersey was leaked a few weeks before the actual release date due to a cheeky Instagram story, we were still excited to see the big reveal. Surprisingly, the kit actually appears to be a more stripped back version of last year’s. Designers have gone for simple, pink colour blocks which they say represents the past, present and future of the teams. For the first time, the men’s and women’s kits are exactly the same apart from sponsor logos and we’re big fans of this simple but striking jersey. Congratulations, Rapha, you’ve done a stellar job again.

Another year, another chunk of the budget saved for Team DSM on a new jersey design. The Dutch team sticks to its simple two blue stripes down the front and back of the kit with a black base colour and the DSM logo loud and proud, front and centre. We're fans of the simplicity of Team DSM's kit and the design is memorable while standing out from the crowd. We can also forgive a slightly duller team kit considering the snazzy glitter colourway on Team DSM's Scott bike.

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Teams have begun to share their kit designs for the 2023 season through the off season. There are just a few days until we make it to the new year, but there are still a lot of jerseys to be uncovered. 

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, the artist formerly known as Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert, released its new jersey on Christmas Day, which is surely the best present any of us receieved. The highly anticipated EF Education-EasyPost and EF Education-Tibco-SVB jersey was released in January, and for the first-time ever, Rapha has produced identical eye-catching jerseys for both the men and women. Human Powered Health released its kits for both women and men on Boxing Boxing Day, or the 27 December to the rest of us. Same colours, but a bit different.

In the run up to the big day, Lotto-Dstny, Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers all released their kits, with some continuation and other startling changes.

Lotto's kit reflects the team's new sponsors, with blue and orange given pride of place; Jumbo continue with its tried-and-tested yellow and black colours, while Ineos Grenadiers went wild and changed to red and orange.

Astana-Qazaqstan's jersey is barely changed, with the now familiar light blue fading into navy down the chest.

With new sponsors Soudal coming aboard, Soudal Quick-Step have a bit more red on their kit than before, while Israel-Premier Tech's kit is not dissimilar to the one they wore at the Tour de France last year. UAE Team ADQ, meanwhile, stick with largely the same colour scheme of violet, orange and red, but in a new configuration.

Groupama-FDJ’s new jersey sees the team completely overhaul their previous colours, with their new jersey featuring multiple shades of dark blue instead of their previous mainly all-white design. The jersey also features an eye-catching zip in the colours of the French national team. 

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Bora-Hansgrohe have shared their new Le Col kit which has largely retained last year's design in which Jai Hindley rode to victory in the Giro d'Italia. 

Bahrain Victorious’ new kit is largely similar to the previous design manufactured by Alé, but with flashes of black added to the main body and light blue and a zig zagged design on the rear.

UAE Team Emirates has switched kit suppliers for the new season, with Italian brand Pissei taking over from their previous kit provider Gobik. 

The team’s new kit provider will be making their debut on the WorldTour, but the Tuscany-based company has worked on a design that follows a similar pattern to the UAE kit of previous years. 

Meanwhile, Trek-Segafredo has released new kit designs for both its men’s and women’s teams, with both sharing a similar design. Santini will continue as the team’s kit provider for another season. 

In terms of other women's squads, UAE Team ADQ and AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step have provided fresh designs, while Jumbo-Visma and Lotto-Dstny will have the same kits for both their men and women.

We will continue to share new designs as they come in. 

EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST

British cycling brand Rapha has continued its partnership with EF Education-EasyPost for a fifth consecutive season. Rapha have released images of new EF Education signing Richard Carapaz on training rides in the teams new kit which as always, is an eye catching bright pink. A press release from Rapha said the team will debut their new kit on training rides ahead of the fast-approaching Tour down Under, the first WorldTour race of the season. 

Once again, the kit is based on Rapha's Pro Team range, with the cutting edge technology that you would expect from Rapha's elite range. The jersey is once again dominated by the teams iconic pink, although this year's design features panels of varying shades as a nod to the team's past present and future. 

Now in its second year partnering with the women's team, EF Education-Tibco-SVB, Rapha  has produced for the first time ever an identical jersey for the women's team, which will be differentiated from the men's only by sponsor logos. Both teams will race in black bib shorts with the sponsors logos printed in white. The logos on both jerseys are printed in black. For the past two-seasons, Rapha have produced another limited edition kit for the team for the Giro d'Italia in order to avoid a clash with the hallowed Maglia Rosa, or pink jersey, at the Italian Grand Tour which is worn by the race leader. It's highly likely we can expect similar from the partnership later this season.

UAE TEAM EMIRATES

Two time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar , along with new signing Adam Yates, will have a choice of kit depending on the weather next year. 

Pissei will be providing the team with different designs, depending on the weather, with ultralight and breathable fabrics available to the squad in hotter weather.The other design has thermal qualities for when the temperature drops and the cold starts to bite, as it did when Pogačar rode away from his rivals at the 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico in the snow.

Pissei’s first offering as kit provider is very similar to the UAE Team Emirates design of previous season, with a mainly white jersey with flashes of red and black. The logo of Emirates is still clearly visible in a red band, with the UAE, Whoosh and Colnago logos also being prominently displayed.

The sleeves are predominantly black, similar to the design of 2017 and 18, with a large black section on the rear of the jersey on its middle pocket. The hashtag #WeAreUAE is also present in the middle.  

Pissei have also included a motto on the inner collar, “Race with Heart”. 

TREK-SEGAFREDO

The kit produced by Italian giant Santini for Trek-Segafredo is smart and sleek for both men’s and women’s teams and features an eye-catching design on the back of both jerseys.

Both jerseys have a mainly white base, with Trek emblazoned in a red band across the men’s, and in navy for the women’s. The two jerseys share a Trek logo in black down the side of each. They also share a similar pinstripe design on the sleeves, with the men’s being red and the women’s a light, duck-egg blue shade. 

The two jerseys both have a prominent Segafredo logo on the front panelling, with the logos of sponsors SRAM, Bontrager and of course, Santini, all clearly visible in the top corners. 

But it's the back of both jerseys is what really stands out. A new design has been incorporated into both jerseys, using dark blue as the main colour in a pattern consisting of checkerboard and striped blocks.  

In the men’s, red is the second colour to link together with the red Trek band that also features on the rear. For the women, light blue continues as a secondary colour in order to blend together with the navy Trek logo that features on the shoulders of their jersey. 

The shorts for both men and women will stay dark blue, with a red band at the base for the men's, and a light blue line for the women. 

GROUPAMA-FDJ

Groupama-FDJ’s new kit is full to the brim with different shades of dark blue, as well as a nod to their country with the French flag being prominent down the front of the jersey in the zip. 

The front of the jersey is made up of blue panelling, with the Groupama logo present in a dark navy band across the top of the torso and the FDJ logo printed in white on a more royal blue background. Beneath the FDJ logo is another dark navy band which is a very similar colour to the jersey of the French national football team. 

One of the jersey sleeves is the royal blue shade with the other being navy. The back of the jersey features the bands of colour that match with the front, with the Groupama logo backed by the navy shade and the FDJ logo the royal blue. 

The new shorts are the same navy that features in the jersey, with the Groupama logo emblazoned on the thigh and the Alé logo prominent on the upper hip. 

Groupama-FDJ shared a video on Twitter which shows off the new kit in all its glory.

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BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS

The likes of Fred Wright, Matej Mohorič and Mikel Landa will be appearing in a kit next season which is largely unchanged from the design that has brought the team so much success.

Touches of black have been added to the traditional red and yellow of the team’s jersey, with the jersey featuring a zig-zag style stripe design in the team's colours on the rear. 

The jerseys produced by Alé are part of the PR-S collection, which the brand dedicates to teams and professional cyclists. The collection is designed to be light, breathable and fast. 

Bahrain Victorious will keep the same black shorts for next season, with a flash of light blue around the base of the thigh. 

Astana-Qazaqstan

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, the saying goes, although it is a bit of a shame that Astana Qazaqstan have stuck with the same kit for the second year in a row. That's why we're using last year's team picture above, because it's exactly the same.

In fact, it's pretty much the same Giordana kit as 2021 too, with just a change in sponsors on the front. Which is all good and sustainable, but what if I want a bit of Kazakh excitement in my life?

Well, I suppose at least you don't have to think too hard about Astana next year, because they are almost exactly the same. Without Miguel Ángel López , though.

👕 Our 2023 kit captured during the official photoshooting in Altea.Indeed, we kept the same design with just some small changes, but we love 😍 it!#AstanaQazaqstanTeam 📷 @SprintCycling pic.twitter.com/nOa2VaY6VS December 15, 2022

Soudal Quick-Step

One thing that you do absolutely have to get your head around is the new Quick-Step, which are now sponsored by Soudal, becoming Soudal Quick-Step. That means a revolution in design to cram Soudal and its customary red bar on the front of the jersey, ending up with this slightly messy looking kit.

There's an  exciting trailer for the new kit  starring Yves Lampaert, and it can already be purchased for €89.95 on Quick-Step's website.

Castelli's second kit for the Belgian super-team is largely blue, with a white bit blasted out of the middle to make way for SOUDAL and its customary red bar. I can already picture Fabio Jakobsen and Julian Alaphilippe winning in it.

Israel-Premier Tech

No longer a WorldTour team, Israel-Premier Tech have turned once again to stycle.design, otherwise known as Stijn Dossche, who designed their Tour de France kit last summer.

It's a mix of hues, with blue, white, pink and purple all in there. 

The jersey is made by its new kit supplier EKOÏ, and is designed to standout in the peloton with its "abstract blue, pink, and orange design of the jersey complimented by simple navy bib shorts which allow the jersey to shine".

Kjell Carlström, the team's general manager, said: "When it came to designing our 2023 kit, we wanted to do something a little different. Our Racing For Change kit at the Tour de France was a huge success and, in our opinion, one of the best kits in the peloton in recent years. 

"So we figured, why not do something a bit different all season long. Blue and white, the Israeli colors, are at the core of our identity. But, as we saw in 2022, there was a lot of blue and white in the peloton. So, we wanted to add some additional color into the mix and create a fresh and modern look that stands out on the bike. 

"Particularly on the back of the jersey, where we have replaced the team logo with the monogram of our star and P from Premier Tech so that we can be easily spotted on television. That’s our aim for 2023: stand out in the peloton when it comes to our kit design and the way we race."

The newly named Women's WorldTour team Israel-Premier Tech Roland have a similar, but not completely identical design.

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UAE Team ADQ

UAE Team ADQ might share a name, a bike, a name, and a sponsor with the men's UAE Team Emirates, but its jersey is radically different. Also made by Pissei, the  kit is similar to last year, but subtly different.

It has light blue and red that fade into one another, vaguely similar to the Israeli teams above. Maybe its a Middle East thing.

Lotto-Dstny

Lotto-Dstny has changed quite a lot for the 2023 season, with new sponsor Dstny bringing its light blue and orange on board.

With Soudal leaving, the red bar and white middle no longer is required on the front of Lotto's kit, with a light blue lower half coming in its place. That's about it in terms of changes, with the light blue helmets continuing.

The team might no longer be in the WorldTour, but it will still be recognisable at races across the season.

The shorts remain black.

“The launch of this new outfit means that all eyes are now fully on the upcoming season,” Yana Seel, the chief business officer at Lotto-Dstny said in the press release. “We will have been riding in Vermarc Sport kit for more than half of the team’s existence. This says a lot about the quality of the equipment, the mutual trust and the shared love for the sport.”

Ineos Grenadiers

Ineos Grenadiers  will race in red, orange and navy in 2023, with the team deviating from their previous navy jersey.

It is a departure from the team's previous colours, with navy not present as the main colour on the kit; that honour is instead given to a vibrant orange and red, which is perhaps more redolent of Bahrain Victorious.

Only once since the team's inception in 2010 has their main kit been something other than navy or black - 2018's white kit - and so it might take some time for viewers and fans to adjust.

The team are using Ineos' "brigade red" colour, according to the press material. It is the second year that Belgian firm Bioracer has made the team's kit.

The front of the jersey is red, with orange, red, and navy sleeves. The orange featured on the right arm is apparently "safety orange", which is also a colour used by the Ineos Britannia America's Cup team, which is also sponsored by  Jim Ratcliffe , Ineos' owner.

Rod Ellingworth, the team's deputy principal, said in a statement: "The team is shifting up a gear with our 2023 jersey. We’re excited by the evolution of the design and hope our fans love this new look as much as we do. The shift to Ineos' brigade red reflects the way we plan to race - with passion, grit and determination.

“The introduction of the distinctive orange colour is also important. It will increase the visibility of our riders during racing, as the orange kit they wear does whilst they are training, helping to keep them safe on the road and supporting them in all conditions. Bioracer has really risen to the challenge with our 2023 jersey and we’re looking forward to racing in this ‘Visibly Fast’ kit.”

Jumbo-Visma

Jumbo-Visma's new kit is very similar to the old kit. It still is mainly yellow - shock - and has the black band with the sponsors across the middle.

The "roots to rise" jersey will be worn by both the men's and women's team, with only a small change in sponsors between the two.

The difference comes with the rainbow highlight either side of the black band, and the new sponsors, which are Bet City, SRAM and Lease a Bike for the men, and Elfi, and the same latter two for the women.

The kit has been designed to mark ten years of the Dutch team, which began as Blanco Pro Cycling Team in 2013 after the demise of Rabobank - the finance sponsors pulled out due to the prevalence of doping in cycling.

The team was then known as Belkin, before it became LottoNL-Jumbo, and then finally Jumbo-Visma.

"With this jersey, we pay tribute to what we have achieved together over the past ten years, and it is a starting point for further growth over the next ten years”, general manager Richard Plugge said in a statement. 

"We built the team from the ground up to where we are today, with the Tour de France victory last summer being the absolute highlight. By wearing this jersey, we pay tribute to our history, but at the same time, we look forward to the future."

"We have had some wonderful moments in recent years. Think of winning our first grand tour with Primoz Roglic in 2019, the monumental victories, last year's Tour de France, the results of culture carriers like Robert Gesink and Steven Kruijswijk, and the development of talents like Olav Kooij."

“We pioneered new territory a few years ago with the launch of our training and women's teams. We started from scratch and completely redesigned the team. “We now have a solid foundation and will build on the future of the team and Dutch and international cycling."

As a result of it being a 10 year anniversary kit, anyone who buys the jersey before 6 January will received 10 artworks on cards which remember the team's greatest moments, from Lars Boom winning over the cobbles at the Tour de France in 2014 to Jonas Vingegaard winning the Tour de France last year.

AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step

AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step is quite a mouthful of a team, but it is the formalisation of the connection between the all-conquering Quick-Step men's team at the AG Insurance-NXTG women's team, which will be joining the Women's WorldTour next year.

As a result, the team's kit is quite redolent of their Soudal Quick-Step brothers, with the white band across the middle; in fact, it might be exactly the same aside from the different lead sponsors.

Among the riders donning this in 2023 will be Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, who has left SD Worx to be with the new WWT team, and Lotta Henttala, who spent 2022 without a squad.

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

Last year Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert went for simplicity with coloured sleeves and a plain white front. Now they have changed its name to Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, there has been an explosion of colour on the front of the kit.

The Nalini kit looks a bit like someone has taken a plain white jersey and thrown fluorescent yellow and navy blue paint at it. With 18 sponsors across the kit, it is a heady mix of the old and the new.

One that will stand out in 2023.

Human Powered Health

For its second year as Human Powered Health, the American squad formerly known as Rally has kept the orange and purple that made it stand out in the men's and women's pelotons last year, but made everything a little bit bolder.

The press release for the kit says: "The jersey’s vibrant gradient is refreshed, incorporating rich dark blue and purple hues. The team’s striking bolt symbol is more significant than ever on the front and back of the jersey, and a subtle geometric pattern enhances closer views."

One to watch out for in the Women's WorldTour and the men's ProTour in 2023.

“Our design team has created a kit that is informed by the core principles of our Human Powered Health brand and movement,” the managing director of Circuit Sport, Charles Aaron, said. “It’s about maximizing human performance in the right ways. That means a holistic, whole body and mind approach to performance.” 

These “core principles” that inform Human Powered Health – movement, fuel, recovery and mindset – are reflected in the kit’s rich colour scheme. 

“The warmth and energy of movement and fuel are represented on one end of the gradient,” Human Powered Health’s chief creative officer Sam Wiebe said in the statement, “and on the cooler end of the spectrum are recovery and mindset. We want these cooler colors on our kit to remind people that performance isn’t just about consuming and burning energy. A calmness of mind and body is a critical factor.”

BORA-HANSGROHE

Bora-Hansgrohe have kept a similar design to last year's jersey for their 2023 kit, which will be manufactured by Le Col once more. 

Australian Jai Hindley won the Giro d'Italia for the team last year and as the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". 

With that in mind, the jersey features the same Bora-Hansgrohe colours of green, black and red, with black panelling making up the left side of the jersey torso and green on the right. 

The logos of sponsors Bora and Hansgrohe occupy the same position on the jersey in large font across the chest, along with other positions on the shoulders. Fellow sponsors logos, Le Col and Specialized, are on display at the top of the front of the jersey too.

Le Col also say that the teams 2023 jersey features a "subtle adjustment" to the design which brought them so much success last year.

Strategically placed tripping panels have been added to the jersey, along with seam layout work. Both additions are in order to increase and smooth the airflow, while also minimising drag to further increase rider efficiency when travelling at speed. 

Bora-Hansgrohe's new shorts are black once more, with the teams other colours visible in coloured panelling at the base of each thigh. White socks will complete their look for the upcoming season. 

Hindley said that he hoped the team could build on Le Col's Grand Tour winning reputation in their new kit in 2023. 

“Winning the Giro earlier this year was a career highlight for me, with the Le Col kit definitely helping along the way," he said. "It’s really exciting to be testing out the new kit for next year’s season and hopefully continue to build on its Grand Tour winning reputation.”

Spanish team Movistar have flipped their kit design on its head for the upcoming season for both their men’s and women’s teams. 

The team have largely been known for their dark blue colours for many years, and that’s still the case this year with the jersey largely being made up of a shade of dark blue which fades out into a lighter shade at the base of the sleeves and towards the waist. 

However, they have opted to lose the horizontal light blue lines across the jersey and chosen the colour fade instead. Another change to the jersey is the sponsors logos are all now white instead of light blue with the large M in its usual positioning in the centre. 

Spanish brand Gobik are manufacturing the team's kit this year after their agreement with La Passione came to an end. To pair with the jersey the team will be racing in dark navy blue shorts with a slightly lighter navy band at the base of each thigh. 

Current World champion Annemiek van Vleuten has gone for a timeless, classic look with her new rainbow jersey, with small rainbow bands appearing on her shorts too. 

Various national champions in the team, including Liane Lippert and Vinicius Rangel Costa, have gone for similar jersey designs to Van Vleuten, with their nations colours proudly on display.  

Cofidis will be appearing on the road in a stylish new kit designed by Decathlon’s cycling brand Van Rysel this season. 

Even though the kit contains the same colours and same sponsors, it’s a stepforward on last year's design and will certainly see Cofidis sporting one of the most eye-catching designs in 2023. 

The red and white colour blocks, which have been a key component of the French squad’s kit for many years, are largely retained. Although the red now stretches up to the neckline instead of finishing half way up the front of the jersey. 

Instead of just a straight ahead red, Van Rysel have added in a tie-dyed pattern across the jersey with the sponsors appearing in white over the top.

The team's sponsors are largely the same as last seasons, although the Look logo has replaced the logo of De Rosa now that Cofidis have changed bike sponsors for the year ahead. 

To go with the new jersey the team are sticking with black shorts once more which are essentially identical to last year’s design. 

JAYCO AlUIa 

The team formerly known as BikeExchange-Jayco have a shiny new Alé kit to go with their name change to Jayco AIUIa for the upcoming season. 

The men’s jersey features various light blue tones to correspond with bike sponsor Giant, with the shoulders largely white apart from the flashes of light blue in various sponsors logos. Jayco’s logo is prominently displayed in large font at the top of the jersey in a sky blue colour, with Giant in the same shade down both sleeves. The AIUla logo sits just underneath Jayco as well as on the side panels. 

The women’s team have a largely similar jersey to the men, but with a darker shade of blue which is verging on purple. The women will ride Liv bikes this season, and the logo of the brand is in the same place as the Giant logo on the men’s jersey down on each sleeve. 

Norwegian team Uno-X Pro Cycling are keeping their kit exactly the same as last seasons, with no changes whatsoever. 

According to the team, this decision is for sustainable purposes and the need to reduce consumption. The team shared the news of their decision on Twitter , with a picture of new signing Alexander Kristoff wearing last season's kit. 

“Our 2023 design. No changes from last season. We need to reduce our consumption. Keeping the design allows us to cut our overall clothing order for 2023,” the team wrote. “Not to mention our fans which will recognise us from day one in the upcoming season.”

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Great Britain have yet to announce their squad for the UCI Road World Championships in Zürich but a number of riders have confirmed that they’re hoping to put on the national team kit later this month.

The Worlds kick off in just over a fortnight with the elite individual time trial events held on Sunday 22 September, before the road races take place across the following weekend.

A 273.9km-long road race route, that has the most climbing metres since Imola in 2020, awaits the riders in Switzerland - with that likely to be reflected in the startlist, too.

In the middle of his most successful season to date, Israel-Premier Tech’s Stevie Williams was one rider to stake his claim for a spot in the squad when he spoke to Cyclingnews at the Tour of Britain .

Williams, who claimed back-to-back victories on stage two and three, said: “Yeah [it’s definitely on my radar], it’s not confirmed, but hopefully, selection for Worlds will be granted so I can go to Zürich to either try to be competitive and race the final or play a support role for one of our leaders.”

The current Tour of Britain leader admitted that he’s in a purple patch at the moment, putting it down to a strong end to 2023 and competing at another Grand Tour this season.

“The Tour de France was big for me, getting my second consecutive Grand Tour year in, it was a massive boost. To get two three-week races in over two years has boosted my level,” Williams admitted.

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The Welshman, who won a stage and the overall at the Tour Down Under before clinching La Flèche Wallonne in the spring, has already featured in British colours this year at the Paris Olympics. 

Finishing 31st, he described it as “a great race and a real privilege to do for Great Britain.”

Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) was one of Williams’ teammates in Paris, and while successfully defending his mountain bike title, could only muster 13th in the road race. 

He confirmed that the World Championships were part of his plan for the remainder of 2024, falling in between the Canadian one-day races and the Italian Classics.

Meanwhile, Oscar Onley (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) is hoping to make his World Championships debut this month after a bright year with the Dutch WorldTour team.

Despite two collarbone breaks, the Scotsman has still managed to claim a Tour Down Under stage, completing his first Tour de France and a bright showing at the Tour of Britain this week too.

Onley admitted: “I’m quite confident that I’ll be going to Worlds, that’s the next target after this. A good week of racing here should set me up well.”

For the individual time trial, a 46.1km course in and around Zürich, Ethan Hayter is a rider keen to take one of Great Britain’s two spots in the event.

“I think I’m going to do the time trial Worlds, I’m still waiting, it’s a bit like the Olympics I just need to decide if I’m going to do it or not,” the Ineos Grenadiers quickman revealed to Cyclingnews .

Hayter, who departs the British WorldTour team for Soudal-QuickStep in 2025, added: “I was in the ballpark in Australia a couple of years ago, I’ve had a few issues with my TT bike this year and equipment and sponsor changes so I need to get back to it.”

Josh Tarling, last year’s bronze medallist in the event, abandoned the Vuelta a España on stage 9 due to the impacts of an earlier crash so it remains to be seen if the Brit is ready to compete in Switzerland.

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