Remco Evenepoel and Red Bull unveil upside-down Tour de France kit for ‘Lucky 13’ rest-day tribute
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Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe reached the first Tour de France rest day with two riders firmly in the podium fight, an unresolved leadership question and almost every familiar element of their kit turned the wrong way up.
Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz appeared alongside Jan Tratnik in the limited-edition ‘Lucky 13’ design unveiled on July 13, marking the team’s 13th participation in the Tour. Sponsor logos were inverted and the white section normally placed across the shoulders had been shifted into the shorts. The team called it “the ultimate tribute to our 13th participation”.
Evenepoel brings out time-trial bike on rest day
Evenepoel entered the break fourth overall, only three seconds behind Isaac del Toro in third, while Lipowitz sat seventh and 33 seconds from the podium.
With Red Bull continuing to support both of their recent Tour podium finishers, the pair returned to the bike before Tuesday’s mountain stage. “Rest,” Evenepoel laughed when asked by HLN about his plans. “An hour and a half of training. Everything is fine with me. I feel okay, and the weather is nice.”
He completed 50.8 kilometres with his teammates, covering 756 metres of climbing in 1 hour and 31 minutes at an average speed of 33.5km/h. Evenepoel also rode his time-trial bike ahead of the race against the clock on July 21. The former world champion has two weeks remaining to overturn his three-second deficit to the podium, with the next mountain test arriving immediately after the rest day.
‘Lucky 13’ flips Red Bull’s usual Tour look
The design expanded one of cycling’s oldest superstitions across the full Red Bull kit. Race number 13 is traditionally pinned upside down by riders attempting to neutralise its supposed bad luck. Red Bull went further by reversing the sponsor logos and rearranging the colour placement across both the jersey and shorts.
Evenepoel, Lipowitz and Tratnik fronted the launch as supporters gathered around the team, producing one of the Tour rest day’s more unusual photoshoots.
The kit was created as a limited-edition tribute rather than a permanent replacement for Red Bull’s standard race clothing. When the peloton returns on Tuesday, Evenepoel and Lipowitz will be back in their usual colours, separated by 30 seconds and still chasing the same place on the Tour de France podium.
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🇫🇷 #TDF2026 Lucky 13, flipped upside down 🔃 Race number 13 has always been worn inverted in the peloton, a superstition for good luck. This year’s Tour rest day lands on July 13. So for our 13th Tour de France, we turned the whole kit upside down. 📸: Max Fries
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