"It’s a good moment to stop cycling" - Thomas De Gendt not a fan of controversial new Visma time-trial helmets
CyclingTuesday, 05 March 2024 at 10:14
Team Visma | Lease a Bike sent the cycling world into a frenzy before they'd even stepped on the pedals this Monday as they showed off their revolutionary new time-trial helmets.
Using the new design for the very first time at the stage 1 individual time-trial at Tirreno-Adriatico and the images of the likes of Jonas Vingegaard and Dylan van Baarle in the helmets quickly went viral. If you don't know what we're talking about, see for yourself here!
It's fair to say that the reaction to the fresh look has been somewhat mixed with cycling fans sharing gifs of Aliens and Darth Vader among many other responses.
Breakaway icon Thomas De Gendt will retire at the end of this season and after seeing the way cycling is going with these new helmets he's having no second thoughts. "I’m not going to say the tt helmets are ugly. I’m just saying it’s a good moment to stop cycling," the Belgian posts hilariously on X (Twitter).
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If Thomas de Gendt had worn one of those helmets in his breakaways the peloton would never catch him :D
Sorry to see Thomas retire. Man of Steel. Fondly remember his ride in the Giro (2012?) straight onto the podium.
Now that's funny. You've got to love Thomas De Gendt.