200 skinny bike riders doing 50kph is still too much like a high-speed Where’s Wally: The case for colour-coded helmets

Will this bright idea ever gain the recognition it deserves?

HHutch looks confused in front of a race image of the peloton, with Where's Wally in the pack
(Image credit: Getty Images)

You might have noticed that Jonas Vingegaard has taken to wearing a helmet that doesn’t match the rest of the Visma-Lease a Bike team’s. The reason is a private sponsor called Bygma. It’s not the first occurrence – Red Bull have been helmets ponsoring riders like Tom Pidcock and Zoë Backstedt for some time, along with supporting individual athletes in other sports ranging from cliff diving to bouldering

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Michael Hutchinson

Multiple national champion on the bike and award-winning author Michael Hutchinson writes for CW every week

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Michael Hutchinson is a writer, journalist and former professional cyclist. As a rider he won multiple national titles in both Britain and Ireland and competed at the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was a three-time Brompton folding-bike World Champion, and once hit 73 mph riding down a hill in Wales. His Dr Hutch columns appears in every issue of Cycling Weekly magazine

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