Colombian women's cycling team refuse to stop wearing flesh-coloured kit
A Colombian women's cycling team are not 'ashamed' of their new flesh-coloured uniform despite being criticised by the International Cycling Union.
The team, who sport a uniform which is flesh-coloured between the stomach and thigh area, have defended their new kit at a press conference in Bogota, Italy.
Team member Angie Rojas said: 'I've already said that I designed the uniform and as an athlete, as a woman, as the cyclist that I am, I wouldn't be ashamed with this kind of design.'
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Colombia's IDRD-Bogota Humana-San Mateo-Solgar riders show off their new uniforms; the team have defended the flesh-coloured strip amid criticisim that it is indecent
Brian Cookson, the president of the International Cycling Union, called the uniforms 'unacceptable by any standard of decency', according to The Telegraph.
The uniforms were worn by the IDRD-Bogota Humana-San Mateo-Solgar riders at the Tour of Tuscany in Italy over the weekend.
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ShareThe race is held in honour of former Italian champion, Michela Fanini, whose promising career was cut short when she died in a car crash in 1994 at just 21 years old.
The team had taken to the stage in their new kit, seemingly unaware of how exposed they were and the criticism that lay ahead.
The uniform was labelled 'unacceptable by any standard of decency' by Brian Cookson, the president of the International Cycling Union
The uniform caused a stir on social media where it was described as the 'worst ever', however, team rider Angie Rojas, pictured right, next to team member Ginis Orozco, said she was not 'ashamed' of it
It is unclear if the six-women team will wear a similar uniform next week at the road world championships in Ponderrada, Spain.
The uniform caused quite a stir on social media where it was described as the 'worst ever' and 'unintentionally vagina-like'.
Some have questioned whether the uniform was simply a stunt. And comparisons were also made with other sporting fashion mishaps - such as the Scottish team's kit at this summer's Commonwealth Games which involved a strange tartan and blue spotted design.
The team took to the stage in their new uniforms, in pictures that quickly spread across social media
The six athletes pose for a photo with one of their coaches ahead of this week's race
The Footon Servetto Fuji Tour de France 2010 squad had a similarly embarrassing moment when they revealed their kit - complete with a ridiculous bulging groin
A member of the Footon Servetto Fuji Tour de France 2010 squad shows a little too much to the camera
Several posts on Twitter said the Colombian kit was on a par with the outfit worn by the Scottish team at this summer's Commonwealth Games
The Colombian women's cycling team jersey.. just wow. Who designs these things? http://t.co/fbaofzVmwt pic.twitter.com/hBuGvga6TZ
— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) September 15, 2014This is the Colombian women's cycling team !!, I wonder what it would look like if it's for men's outfit#cycling pic.twitter.com/itgPBYT4hw
— Ayman (@Ayman458) September 15, 2014
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