Sunday morning I was out on the Brompton, when a couple of roadies over took me. One caught my eye as he was wearing a Peter Sagan Bora Hansgrohe Rainbow jersey. I caught them up at the lights, and asked cheekily "Are you world champion?" "Working on it" was the reply.
I mentioned this on twitter, where it started a bit of a discussion. My thinking was that wearing a jersey with the rainbow stripes on is something you earn, and unless you are world champion, shouldn't be wearing it. But twitter seemed to think it was no different from wearing a man u football shirt. I tried to explain that it would be, were it not that only 1 person in the pro peloton can wear the rainbow jersey (or national champ equivalent), and that the jersey is a bit like an Olympic gold medal.
Am I being a grumpy curmudgeon, or should the rainbow jersey (and national champ equivalent) be reserved for the genuine holder of the title(s), as per the UCI regs?
J