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The best and worse of the national team kits at the Paris Olympics – Gallery

PARIS FRANCE AUGUST 03 Julian Alaphilippe Christophe Laporte Valentin Madouas Kevin Vauquelin of Team France during the Mens Road Race on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at trocadero on August 03 2024 in Paris France Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

The Olympic Games men’s road race started in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Saturday, with a rainbow of colours in the peloton.

Like the World Championships, the Olympics put riders into new kits that makes it tricky to identify riders even for the most seasoned cycling fanatics. Each nation designs their kits to reflect either their country’s flag or, in the case of Australia, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, colours that are part of the nation’s identity.

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