The new Rapha Pro Team Aero Jersey is the best aero cycling jersey on the market, and perfect if you can’t face buying a skinsuit

When pulling together my list of the best cycling jerseys, some categories were easier than others. All-rounders were tricky, as there are a lot of factors to consider, whereas lightweight options were pretty simple as they have to work well in scorching heat with other considerations secondary. Choosing the best aero jersey was the hardest, as I am incredibly conscious that in this modern age of cycling in which everything is quantifiable, it’s impossible for me to say which is the most aero jersey from a truly scientific standpoint. Even if I could, the results would probably differ depending on who’s wearing it. 

With that in mind I tried to choose what I thought was the best aero jersey from the options on the market that we’d all think of as a ‘normal’ aero jersey. If you want true speed then, being realistic nowadays, you’ll be opting for a skinsuit anyway, and so the aero jersey sort of gets relegated into just a faster, more aero generalist for those who want to smash out PRs without considering all the tiny details.