One of the controversies of this start of the Giro d’Italia was, even in an absurd way, that regarding the outfit of Tadej Pogacar during the Fossano stage, the first in which he wore the pink jersey. Indeed, it immediately caught everyone’s eyes that he was wearing the pink jersey of leader of the general classification, but also a cyclamen shorts, color that indicates the leader of the points classification. Why this contrast? He explained it very well Paolo Bellinogeneral director of RCS, stating that it was a move studied with Castelli – official supplier of RCS – to create a chromatic effect reminiscent of garnet, the color of Greater Turin. A reminder of the great Granata team, which tragically disappeared on 4 May 1949 with the Superga accident. However, it is known that the UCI is very attentive to colors and sizes, so much so that it penalizes and fines someone for violations of the regulations also regarding clothing, the length of socks, etc… The news came from various sources that the UCI was very angry at this choice by the Giro d’Italia and the same Pogacar he confessed that he had been contacted by the UCI to return to what is the classic clothing for the leader of a classification.
