Santini SMS

Santini Cycling is a cycling clothes brand of the Italian clothing production company Santini Maglificio Sportivo. This company was founded by Pietro Santini in 1965 and is based in Bergamo, Italy.[1]

Santini Cycling
Product typeCycling clothing
OwnerSantini spa
CountryItaly
Introduced1965
MarketsWorldwide
Websitewww.santinicycling.com

Provider of cycling jerseys
Pink jersey for the leader in the Giro d'Italia

Santini SMS provided the pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia from 1993 to 2017. Since 2017 they also provide the red leader's jersey in the Vuelta a España. Since 1994 the brand is the clothes sponsor of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the UCI World Championships.[n 1] Santini SMS provides the rainbow jerseys, the official UCI World Champion jerseys across all disciplines. Santini SMS delivers as well the European Champion jersey for all cycling disciplines and the World Cup leader jerseys for women's road, track cycling, mountain bike and cyclo-cross.[1] The brand also delivers the jerseys for the UCI ProTour and the leading jerseys in stage races like Tour Down Under and the Critérium du Dauphiné. The contract with the UCI started in 1994 and was prolonged with two years in 2012 until 2014.

As Santini provides the jerseys of the Slovakian national cycling team, Peter Sagan won his historic three back-to-back UCI road race world champion titles 2015, 2016 and 2017 in a Santini jersey.

Starting in 2022 they will also provide the official Tour de France jerseys.[2]

Teams

Santini SMS is and was also the cycling clothes sponsor of a number of cycling teams including:

See also

Notes
  1. The UCI World Championships are: UCI Road World Championships, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, UCI BMX World Championships, UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships, UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.

References
  1. "UCI renews partnership contract with Santini" Press release UCI, 13 September 2013
  2. "Santini goes yellow: The Tour de France to wear made in Italy - Tour de France 2022".
  3. "Hans Vonk".
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