First pictures released of Rapha Team Sky jersey (+ video)

Yeah, much preferred the old one that Michael York used to wear.
http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/loganpics/movie/a6more/dshq_gym.jpg

Dull, bland, boring and no doubt a whopping price tag for that little word 'Rapha' being sported on the collar!! What a load of steaming !!

Oh dear - all that fanfare and this is the best they can do. I didnt expect a bling job but that is dull and unimaginative to say the least. Very dissapointing

I like it. Refreshingly simple.

First impressions not good, maybe it will grow own me.

think the Boasson Hagen kit looks the best.

I say well done to Team sky for turning down a heap of cash from Adidas and other international companies and choosing a British band. I also say well done to Rapha also for getting such a contract, i'm sure it will help put British design further on the minds of international cyclists.

You can buy the plain black pro team kit without the logos if that's what you're after.

It'll be similar in fabric and construction to the Rapha Condor Sharp (now JLT) jersey, I'd have thought. Happy with mine but hard to justify the price tag. The Rapha classics jersey in Sportwool gets my vote, ahead of the commercially-driven, sponsor-covered ones.

Brilliant kit. Love it more when you can see the whole jersey as in that other pic floating around the net which shows the back.

I agree that EBH's kit looks good. I never really liked the blue on black kit. The heat factor must be significant. That technical material looks interesting.

Hopefully it will look better in pink and yellow. Its not a great photo really.

I reckon the Sky kit will basically be the Rapha Pro range, with the 'Sky blue' detail colour on it. Certainly looks like the Pro shorts in the publicity shots that came out today, with a blue tab on them.

To those saying it looks boring, what really did you expect the Rapha designers to do? The Sky team colours are black with the pale blue as a highlight? The kit has to be pro level too -- couldn't see them doing a Sky version of their rcent Lombardy jersey with the shoulder buttons

'cant imagine that many people paying for a team jersey'

FTFY

Of course, the front is black - dark colours absorb photons - providing a 'pull' effect. Its highly likely the back will be white, which reflects photons, delivering a 'push' effect.

This is the so-called 'Photon-Drive Jersey' as first suggested back in the 1980's by one of my Mal de Tete club-mates.

This configuration of colours is reputed to knock as much as 0.02 seconds off every mile in a time-trial... (Whilst other colours work, black and white have the greatest effect)

Everyone should go out and buy something similar. (along with some rounder wheels)

it makes Wiggins look fat.

re the back of the jersey: there's a pic knocking around of either Rigo Uran or Sergio Henao at the start line of a race in Columbia, wearing the new kit, and there's definitely the blue stripe on the back. Unlike the official pics that have been released today, you can see the shorts too and the whole kit looks good

Very disappointing thought they'd have done something more impressive than that.

And are they sideburns in that photo? Must either be photoshop or an old picture!

Preferred the old one, suspect the Rapha one will be pricier too.

It really bugs me that the British champion jersey is the Dutch flag. The armband on Wiggins's jersey looks much better and makes much more sense than the stripes.

A bit of an anticlimax after the anticipation. I'm prepared to postpone judgement until the full range and prices are announced on Friday.