These Are the Most Awkward Cycling Uniforms Ever

The negative reactions were so strong that even the President of the Union Cycliste Internationale Brian Cookson responded to the controversy on Twitter.

Union Cycliste Internationale did not immediately respond to a request for comment.feel like a second skin, not look like it.

Unfortunately, for the Colombian women's cycling team, that was the case at Friday's Instituto Distrital de Reacreación y Deporte in Italy. The team's six cyclists donned uniforms featuring a wide, flesh-toned panel that extended from mid torso to the upper thighs. In other words, they looked exposed.






The negative reactions were so strong that even the President of the Union Cycliste Internationale Brian Cookson responded to the controversy on Twitter.

To the many who have raised the issue of a certain women's team kit, we are on the case. It is unacceptable by any standard of decency.

— Brian Cookson OBE (@BrianCooksonUCI) September 14, 2014