New Tour jersey for Team LottoNL-Jumbo
Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s Tour selection will start in a new jersey in Utrecht, on Saturday the 4th of July.
The jersey has been designed with a lot of white on the chest and sleeves. With this jersey, the riders are easily distinguished from the yellow jersey wearer, though the team stays recognizable in the yellow of sponsors Lotto and Jumbo. The special personalised Tour jersey will be available in the web shop as of today.
Special details
The modified jersey has a few more details, added especially for the Tour de France. Each rider will wear his name, including nationality, on his shoulder. The collar is provided with the Dutch flag, to illustrate the ‘Dutch pride’ of the team from the Netherlands to enter this year’s Tour de France.
Those who pay special attention to the jersey will notice that each rider will take his six lucky numbers to the Tour. The picture shows Steven Kruijswijk in front of the Dom in Utrecht, where the Grand Départ will take place in less than a month. One of his lucky numbers is 9, the number of his first obtained top 10 classification in a grand tour (Giro d’Italia in 2011).
Respect for the yellow
"We’ve had contact with the Tour de France and UCI from the start of the season onwards to develop a modified design. We’ve made the upper half of the jersey white out of respect for the yellow of the leader’s jersey. Last week, general director of the Tour, Christian Prudhomme, let us know he appreciates our efforts to ride with a new jersey and helmet in July. In the end, the benefits of this decision are twofold, we respect the Tour de France, and it gives us the opportunity to provide each rider with their name and unique numbers. Which is beneficial for the team’s visibility in the peloton,” says managing director Richard Plugge.
The jersey has been designed with a lot of white on the chest and sleeves. With this jersey, the riders are easily distinguished from the yellow jersey wearer, though the team stays recognizable in the yellow of sponsors Lotto and Jumbo. The special personalised Tour jersey will be available in the web shop as of today.
Special details
The modified jersey has a few more details, added especially for the Tour de France. Each rider will wear his name, including nationality, on his shoulder. The collar is provided with the Dutch flag, to illustrate the ‘Dutch pride’ of the team from the Netherlands to enter this year’s Tour de France.
Those who pay special attention to the jersey will notice that each rider will take his six lucky numbers to the Tour. The picture shows Steven Kruijswijk in front of the Dom in Utrecht, where the Grand Départ will take place in less than a month. One of his lucky numbers is 9, the number of his first obtained top 10 classification in a grand tour (Giro d’Italia in 2011).
Respect for the yellow
"We’ve had contact with the Tour de France and UCI from the start of the season onwards to develop a modified design. We’ve made the upper half of the jersey white out of respect for the yellow of the leader’s jersey. Last week, general director of the Tour, Christian Prudhomme, let us know he appreciates our efforts to ride with a new jersey and helmet in July. In the end, the benefits of this decision are twofold, we respect the Tour de France, and it gives us the opportunity to provide each rider with their name and unique numbers. Which is beneficial for the team’s visibility in the peloton,” says managing director Richard Plugge.
