Colombian Cyclists Defend Nude-Looking Team Kit
It caused a media storm when it was announced earlier this week, the new flesh-coloured team kit of the Bogota Humane Female Cycling Team, which makes the athletes appear naked below the waist.
The new outfits caused such a furore that Brian Cookson, president of the International Cycling Union, called them 'unacceptable by any standards of decency'.
But speaking at a press conference, the kit's designer Angie Rojas said that to her comfort was all that mattered.
"If we are the ones using it, and if the uniform is comfortable, and it has all the technical specifications that we need to race, because I think that when pedalling for three hours, some 130 to 150 kilometres, the only thing one thinks about is comfort rather than colours," she said.