Santini SMS
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| Product type | Cycling clothing |
|---|---|
| Owner | Santini Maglificio Sportivo |
| Country | 1965 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Website | santinisms.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.[1]
Provider of cycling jerseys
Santini SMS started providing in 1993 the pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia. Since 1994 the brand is the clothes sponsor of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the UCI World Championships.[n 1] 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.[1] 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.
Teams
Santini SMS is and was also the cycling clothes sponsor of a number of cycling teams including:
- Belkin Pro Cycling Team
- La Vie Claire
- Mercatone Uno
- Acqua & Sapone
- Selle Italia
- Lampre-Fondital / Lampre-NGC
- Team Katusha
- Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
- GreenEdge
- Vacansoleil-DCM
- Australian national team
- Irish national team
- CatfordCC Equipe/Banks
- AMKO Sport (1982)[2]
Notes
- ↑ 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.
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