Collection: Historical team jersey 1900-1959

Clothing in cycling has had a constant evolution. The "anarchist disorder" of the early days, from the end of the 19th century to the first postwar period, was regulated in a standard only in the 1920s, with the massive sponsorship of bicycle manufacturers. The creation of many teams by the industries has led to the creation of a comfortable jersey model suitable for facing the entire season. Pockets appear on the chest, then also on the back, to replace the bulky and annoying bags hanging from the handlebars. The colors and graphics become a recognizable element of the team even before the wording of the brand.

Cycling clothing is avant-garde, comfortable for athletes and effective for the sponsor, so cyclists' jerseys are adopted, without pockets, even by motorcyclists and motorists who venture into motor racing.

Among the various types of jerseys called "Forzati della strada" (because in the early 1920s the famous French journalist Albert Londres called the riders participating in the Tour de France in this way) there are those with a high collar and side closure with the buttons adopted by the teams that have written the history of cycling. There is also the yellow Automoto jersey - worn by Bottecchia - and Alfredo Binda's particular world champion jersey, with the iris wrapping around the chest and the Italian flag on the sleeves, reiterating that the Varese champion is at the same time also Italian champion.

Among the proposals there is also a “gem” for authentic cycling enthusiasts: the Italian champion jersey worn by Giovanni Cuniolo in the first decade of the last century, with the vertical tricolor band.