Team DSM swap Bioracer for Nalini as they develop in-house clothing brand
In-house clothing project began in 🦩2021 with a view to increasing performance and safety

Team DSM have announced a partnership with Nalini clothinꦆg as they look to acc𝓰elerate the development of their own in-house clothing line.
The in-house brand, which is named after the team's ethos of 'Keep Challenging', is yet to be launched to the public but was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:announced at🀅 the start of the 2021 season when Team DSM's title sponsor Royal DSM partnered wi𓆏th longtime cycling c💃lothing manufacturer Bioracer.
At that time, a spokesperson for the team told Cyclingnews that the goal was to integrate new technologies into clothing in or⛦der to produce racewear that increased safety and performance, with the aim to inspire other teams, kit manufacturers and ul꧂timately the UCI that the technology can improve the safety of riders in the peloton.
The team say that throughout 2021, it successful✤ly integrated two tec𓂃hnologies into its kit. Firstly, DSM's Arnitel material was integrated into rain clothing, with the claim of increased breathability at higher intensities.
Secondly, the team have built Dyneema – a product known for its high strength to weight ratio, said to be 15-time൲s higher than steel – into its shorts, jerseys and sleeves to help protect riders in a crash, ultimately meaning less energy is spent on wound recovery in the following days.
Dyneema has also been adopted in other areas of cycling, including for the uppers𝄹 of Specialized's shoes, and even as a sa🃏ddle clamp by lightweight component specialists Darimo. It was previously integrated into clothing by the team's 2019 sponsor, Craft Sportswear.
With the recent announcement that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bioracer has partnered ꦚwith🅺 Ineos Grenadiers, Nalini looks to have stepped into the vacancy left behind, and🎉 will supply its 60-year heritage and access to the Moa Sports manufacturing facility in Italy, where all of it🔯s clothing is made.
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Nalini was founded in the early 1960s by brothers Claudio and Vincenzo Mantovani. Throughout its history, it has provided clothing to various high profile race winners, including Miguel Indurain's assault on the on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France in the early '90s, Chris Boardman's hour record rides in '96 and '99, 👍Vincenzo Nibali's Vuelta a España win in 2010, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish's worlds win in 2011, and was even responsible for .
According to theꩵ team, the goal for this partnership remains the same, with a focus on both safety and performance.
"Team DSM, their title partner Royal DSM and Nalini hope that their continued focus on protective racewear will inspire not only other teams but also industry leaders too, and that protective racewear will become more pre✃valent and a necessity in the future with UCI regulations," read a statement from the team.
The team were keಌen to reiterate the planned acceleration of this project, with "more newly developed fabrics gradually integrated with protective mate꧃rials" on the way.
The 2022 Team DSM race kit is largꦜely unchanged, with the overall design and colour-scheme retained, but now with logos for the spate of new sponsors that have c🔯ome on board.