Santini Bib Shorts | Kilometro Cero (La Vuelta Edition)

KM CERO - Bib Shorts
Unbeatable comfort bib shorts, made with compression Thunderbike Power fabric with a grip to keep the shorts in place while riding. Featuring light, soft mesh braces for quick drying and maximum breathability. Perfect on the hottest summer days. Foam Bio chamois. The design references one of Madrid’s most famous landmarks, the Puerta del Sol and the plaque denoting the Zero Kilometer point, the starting point for measuring the distances of the country’s six national roads. The logo we’ve created incorporates a motif of the ‘bear and strawberry tree’, a statue in the Puerta del Sol representing the coat of arms of Madrid along with a ring 21 zeros referencing the 21 stages of the tour.

The History & Legacy of Santini

Born in Italy, Santini has been the tailor for the cycling champions since 1876. Turn your kilometres of training into race results. Santini has been the tailor for the cycling champions. Their riders have worn the world champion rainbow stripes, the Tour de France’s yellow, polka-dot and green jerseys and taken home all three of the grand tours, the classics, six days, you name it.

Santini SMS 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 Lallio, Italy. 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 Espana. Since 1994 the brand is the clothes sponsor of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the UCI World Championships.

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. 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.

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. Santini can be seen in all these world championships - adored by the champions - nothing else required to prove the legacy of this truly iconic brand!

Santini’s history is full of word firsts – these are important steps that consistently reinforce our dedication to creating the finest clothing possible, all of it handmade in Italy >> Learn more

Cycling Boutique and Santini in India: Cycling Boutique is the authorised sales channel for all Santini products in India and you can really feel them in their true glory at Cycling Boutique Experience Center, Bengaluru, India. A large number of Ironman triathletes and aspiring cyclists depends on Cycling Boutique for their passion, throughout their cycling journeys. Our comprehensive experience in Triathlons is a valuable addition for all triathletes in India with our various technical services. Our triathlon collection is the best in the country too.

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