Major change in the peloton: starting in 2027 Castelli the yellow sweater. The Italian brand with the scorpion becomes the official partner of the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes with Zwift, and takes over that role from Santini.
What does it involve?
- Castelli designs and manufactures the ranking jerseys from 27 races and tours from organizer A.S.O., from the Tour and the Vuelta to Paris-Nice and tours like L’Étape du Tour.
- The collaboration is going according to plan, according to Castelli six years.
- The new yellow jerseys for the Tour and the Tour Femmes are being produced at October 22 Shown at the presentation of the 2027 course in Paris. The green, polka-dot and white jerseys will follow later.
A return after more than thirty years
It's not the first time. From 1989 to 1994 Castelli already made the Tour jerseys. Greg LeMond won his second and third Tour in those years, Miguel Induráin his first four of his five. Under Maurizio Castelli, the brand even had the jerseys designed by the Italian artist Mario Schifano.
Then things went wrong. In 1995 he died. Maurizio Castelli Suddenly, at the age of 47. The company was in serious trouble and went bankrupt in 2003. The Cremonese family and the MVC Group took over the brand and gradually rebuilt it. Castelli therefore considers the return to the Tour to be very personal.
Steve Smith, responsible worldwide for the brand, calls it ‘a historic moment in the 150-year history of Castelli’.
Our perspective
A beautiful story about a brand that almost disappeared and now returns to the biggest race in the world. For Santini, the loss of the yellow jersey is a big blow. For the fans, the most exciting moment is October 22: we’ll see what the Castelli yellow jersey looks like, and whether the scorpion fits well on it.
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Source: Castelli Cycling, story ‘The Road Back to the Tour’