The new World Tour 2024 kits
The calendar has reached 2024 and the teams are already showing off the new colors with which they will pedal next season. The designs that the cycling elite will wear are a reality now that the contracts with the new sponsors have come into effect. The bets vary between those who remain faithful to their color range and those who opt for change.
The World Tour 2024 kits: a guide to knowing the colors of all the teams
The new year brings with it some color changes in the peloton. The presentations of the World Tour teams have been taking place over the last few weeks and now it's time to put away last season's kits and put on this campaign's. The only formations that have not yet revealed what they will look like in 2024 are DSM-Firmenich and EF Education-EasyPost.
The bulk of the squads that make up the cycling elite have already shown the kits they will wear this year. First, Visma-Lease a Bike opts for a continuity line that combines yellow and black. Despite the similarity with last year's clothing, yellow occupies more space in the central part of the jersey.
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Primoz Roglic will not wear the colors of the Dutch team after eight seasons. The three-time Vuelta winner packed his bags for Bora-Hansgrohe and took advantage of New Year's Day to post a photo with his new jersey. The German team maintains the essence, although it simplifies the design and incorporates a greenish yellow tone on the right sleeve.
The UAE Team Emirates retains white as the predominant color and the name of the squad in the same arrangement. The jersey is almost a carbon copy of the one they used last year and the only notable difference is that they now wear lines with the colors of the Arab country's flag at the bottom -both front and back-.
The Movistar Team -which announced the return of Nairo Quintana- moves away from dark blue and dresses in a lighter shade that extends throughout the jersey; white is reserved for sponsors and will be the only color to accompany the blue.
One of the most surprising color changes in the peloton has been made by the Bahrain-Victorious. The team abandons the orange and reddish tones to embrace white with details in blue and gold; the jersey reminds of the one they wore during the last Tour.
Tao Geoghegan Hart was another of the cyclists who took advantage of the change of year to post a photo with the colors of his new kit. In his case, the Lidl-Trek jersey hardly presents differences with last year's model, so the American team will repeat formula in this new campaign.
Another of the most talked about color changes has been the arrival of Mikel Landa at Soudal-QuickStep. The Spanish rider arrives at a formation that maintains the color arrangement: white in the central part and blue in the rest, although in this case they have opted to use a slightly lighter shade.
The INEOS-Grenadiers joins the wave of changes and presents a different jersey for 2024. Although they continue with the concept of putting a single color on each sleeve, they have decided to increase the chromatic impact with a more radical design; on the other hand, the orange tone remains the protagonist.
The Astana maintains the characteristic Kazakh blue and opts to continue with the same line, despite incorporating "a pattern similar to the veins of mineral stones" similar to the one it has used on other occasions.
The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team starred in one of the most anticipated presentations. The arrival of the French sports giant revitalizes a team that will now dress in blue -upper part and sleeves- and white -lower part-.
The Australian Jayco-Alula has been the last -for now- to reveal the colors that will defend in the next season. The team undergoes a facelift and the blue-white now goes to the white-blue-red. In addition, the sleeves are no longer white and are now dark blue.
The rest of the World Tour line-ups have hardly changed in their new designs. Alpecin-Deceuninck will remain faithful to the traditional blue-black with the recognisable logo of its main sponsor in the central part; while Intermaché-Wanty keeps the same aesthetics, although now they have moved all the yellow to the right side.
Cofidis will slightly darken the red and keep the rest; Groupama-FDJ will cycle without significant changes; and finally Arkéa-B&B Hotels will keep the red and remain largely unchanged.