Each year the professional cycling peloton changes its colours, leaving fans to puzzle out which team is which until it all becomes familiar. This year, the entirety of the WorldTour assembled in Adelaide for the Tour Down Under for the first time.
The men and women held a joint team presentation on Friday evening before Saturday's stage 1 of the Women's Tour Down Under.
It was the first in-action view of the new black version of the FDJ United-SUEZ 2026 kit.
While some teams' kits remained largely the same - Visma-Lease a Bike, Uno-X Mobility, and Jayco will be quite familiar - others like Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and the new NSN Cycling team represent radical changes in the makeup of the bunch.
Read on for more of the 2026 Team Kits.
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Visma-Lease a Bike are the only team to wear predominantly yellow jerseys (Image credit: Getty Images)
The Lotto-Intermarché kit looks more Lotto than Intermarché (Image credit: Getty Images)
Jayco-AlUla and Liv-AlUla-Jayco got darker grey shorts for 2026 (Image credit: Getty Images)
FDJ United-SUEZ changed their background to all black rather than dark blue (Image credit: Getty Images)
EF Education-EasyPost might have switched from Rapha to Assos but their look is very familiar (Image credit: Getty Images)
Laura Weislo is a Cyclingnews veteran of 20 years. Having joined in 2006, Laura extensively covered the Operacion Puerto doping scandal, the years-long conflict between the UCI and the Tour de France organisers ASO over the creation of the WorldTour, and the downfall of Lance Armstrong and his lifetime ban for doping. As Managing Editor, Laura coordinates coverage for North American events and global news.
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