The Same, Only Different

by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 7, 2009 2:36 PM EST in News

Speaking of new kits, the Omega Pharma-Lotto outfit are joining the White Brigades for 2010. If you can't beat Quick Step [Or Katusha, or Saxo Bank, or...] then...? Whatever. I also think it's noteworthy as to who models the new kit. This is Philippe Gilbert's team, lock stock and barrel. Or maybe Leif Hoste was busy. Who knows?

As to the fashion implications, does anyone like aqua and red together? Maybe, but in case you didn't pick up on the drabness of aqua, they have helpfully included a darker grey-aqua to drive the point home. Maybe this is a Belgian thing; my reading of the prevailing gross generalizations is that they tend away from flamboyance, if only so they can label Dutch people overly flamboyant. [And not for nothing... if you thought Rabo were bright orange, check out their soccer team.] Anyway, while the color scheme reminds me of the bathroom decor of a two-star hotel in western China, it's otherwise harmless enough. This picture doesn't reveal the shorts. Here's hoping for some redemption in the form of something besides white.

Photo courtesy of http://www.davitamon-lotto.com/

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"Here's hoping for some redemption in the form of something besides white."

Red!

It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro

by majope on Dec 7, 2009 2:42 PM EST reply actions

On second thought...

"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert

by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 7, 2009 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

We may have to inverse the Hoste-symbol then?

o/o

by Jens on Dec 7, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

let's see...

where’s the close comments feature again?

"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert

by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 7, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

₀|₀

by tedvdw on Dec 7, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

rofl

too late, Chris, too late.

by Jen See on Dec 7, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

And apparently the automated ad thingy reads pictographs

because the banner ad is now for Trojans.

It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro

by majope on Dec 7, 2009 6:53 PM EST up reply actions

what is the deal with red shorts?

There are always these red short comments and i am totally clueless. Like a kid who’s too young to understand. or a child who wanders into a movie …

by yeehoo on Dec 8, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions

Let the record show

yeehoo asked for this.

To add more context, the properties of red shorts have been demonstrated famously in the pro peloton as well, to the extent that some here have called for their banning. After one of those discussions during the off-season last year, I decided to name my VDS team Team Red Shorts. Unsurprisingly, they rather cocked up their season.

It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro

by majope on Dec 8, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions

haha! thanks, that's hilarious! Now i understand.

Not sure you can blame the color red though – unless there’s some sort of toro thing going on. True though, if you really want to be seen, lighter colors work better.

by yeehoo on Dec 9, 2009 5:38 AM EST up reply actions