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

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, Italy.

Provider of cycling jerseys

Santini SMS provided the

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in the Giro d'Italia from 1993 to 2017. Since 2017 they also provide the red leader's jersey in the

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. Since 1994 the brand is the clothes sponsor of the

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(UCI) and the

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. Santini SMS provides the

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s, 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,

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and cyclo-cross."UCI renews partnership contract with Santini" Press release UCI, 13 September 2013
/ref> The brand also delivers the jerseys for the

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and the leading jerseys in stage races like

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and the

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. 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,

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won his historic three back-to-back UCI road race world champion titles 2015, 2016 and 2017 in a Santini jersey. Starting in 2022 they will also provide the official

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jerseys.

Teams

Santini SMS is and was also the cycling clothes sponsor of a number of cycling teams including: * Trek-Segafredo * Nippo-Vini Fantini *

Boels-Dolmans SD Worx () is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company ...

Belkin Pro Cycling Team Belkin is an American consumer electronics and networking company headquartered in El Segundo, California. It produces mobile and computer connectivity devices and peripherals for consumer and commercial use. These include wireless chargers, pow ...

La Vie Claire La Vie Claire was a professional road bicycle racing team named after its chief sponsor La Vie Claire, a chain of health food stores. History The La Vie Claire team was created in 1984 by Bernard Tapie and directed by Paul Köchli. The tea ...

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* Mercatone Uno * Acqua & Sapone * Selle Italia *

Lampre-Fondital UAE Team Emirates () is an Emirati road bicycle racing team. The team competes at UCI WorldTeam level and has done so since the UCI World Tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005. However the team was temporarily suspended from ...

Lampre-NGC UAE Team Emirates () is an Emirati road bicycle racing team. The team competes at UCI WorldTeam level and has done so since the UCI World Tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005. However the team was temporarily suspended fro ...

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* Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli * Vacansoleil-DCM * Slovakian national team * Australian national team * Irish national team * CatfordCC Equipe/Banks * AMKO Sport (1982)

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Provider of cycling jerseys

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