Twitter"Does this outfit make me look…naked?"- said no one ever.
Well apparently the women of the IDRD-Bogotá Humana-San Mateo-Solgar cycling team should've asked that question before showing up for their most recent race in Italy, because their uniforms caused quite a commotion.
The team members all wore a red, yellow and flesh-colored outfit that gave the illusion of nudity, without them actually showing anything off.
Two points for creativity and functionality go to the designer of the ensemble, Angie Tatiana Rojas Suarez, who also happens to be on the team.
Rojas responded to the outpour of comments surrounding the uniforms by retweeting the following comment from a fan:
"The uniform may not be the most beautiful and we may not like it, but there's no need for certain comments."
But it turns out that not everyone was on board with the scandalous outfits.
The president of the International Cycling Union, Brian Cookson, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the distracting (to say the least) uniforms.
"To the many who have raised the issue of a certain women's team kit, we are on the case. It is unacceptable by any standard of decency."
Meanwhile, one of cycling's leading female figures, gold medalist Nicole Cooke, shared an image of the Colombian team in the controversial ensembles on Twitter and wrote, "This has turned the sport into a joke. Girls stand up for yourselves—say no."