EF Education-EasyPost will switch to a special Rapha kit for the Giro d’Italia, adding yellow to the team’s already colourful wardrobe.
EF’s riders will wear a kit consisting of yellow, green, blue, orange and black, instead of their usual pink, due to their regular outfit clashing with the Giro’s pink leaders jersey.
“For the next three weeks, all eight riders will be outfitted in this kaleidoscopic creation, designed to celebrate people from different backgrounds and nations coming together in pursuit of a common goal. From Italy to the world, look out for a splash of colour at the first Grand Tour of 2021”, says the American team.
“Designed over two years with input from the team as well as a raft of leading sports scientists and engineers, our latest TT aerosuit is our fastest ever and will be worn in Grand Tour competition for the first time at the Giro. With a saving of 12.4 watts at 55kph over the previous team issue package, it could make all the difference in the race’s two time trials”, adds Rapha.
In the search for the fastest possible fabric combinations, the Rapha design team tested over 100 materials at the UK Sport Science Institute at Loughborough University. Textured fabrics designed to reduce drag have been paired with airflow-assisting smooth fabrics to create an optimised fabric suite across the suit, socks, overshoes and mitts.
