11. Giant-Alpecin
11. Giant-Alpecin
The Giant-Alpecin has now officially been launched, but the re-named squad has resisted the temptation to go for a major colour overhaul having welcomed Alpecin as co-sponsor.
Alpecin is a shampoo manufacturer, with its caffeine-infused products in red and black bottles, and the red stripes on the sleeves of the black jersey are a nod to that – though at first glance it does just look like a bunch of former French or Dutch champions riding together given the accompany blue details.
Otherwise, the kit is predominantly black, with much less of the white of last year on display, which means Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb might look like little more than lightning-fast shadows as they blast to sprinting success in 2015.