he designers of a controversial Colombian women’s cycling team kit may have topped themselves with the men’s version.
The female uniform, which has a flesh-colored section between stomach and thighs, was criticised after it was worn by riders at the Tour of Tuscany in Italy over the weekend.
Social media users questioned the design and also asked whether it was ‘sexist’.
It turned out the male version was no less striking after designers decided to put extra padding around the crotch area.
The image of the kit, which was almost totally flesh coloured, was tweeted out by @ultimo_km1.
They were apparently trying to show there was nothing sinister in the design of the female costume.
Meanwhile, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI) said the uniforms worn by the Colombian women were ‘unacceptable’.
‘To the many who have raised the issue of a certain women’s team kit, we are on the case,’ Brian Cookson wrote on his Twitter account.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley