Rio Olympics: Team kits of the men’s road race

With the hours ticking down to the start of the Olympic Games in Rio and Saturday’s men’s road race, many of the team kits have been made public on social media. Plenty are striking in appearance, illustrating the attention to detail that national Olympic federations and kit designers have shown.

Here are some of those kits; seeing them in advance of the weekend road race should make identification of the athletes somewhat easier. Got a favourite? Let us know in the comments section below.

Australia:

Not a bad group of guys to be racing with in #rio2016 #oneteam @scottbowden @simoclarke @richie_porte

A photo posted by Rohan Dennis (@rohandennis) on Aug 3, 2016 at 7:36am PDT

Media out in force at Ipanema for women's road team @gracieelvin @AmandaSpratt @rachneylan @Katrin_Garfoot #OneTeam pic.twitter.com/iWnEKXBH0u

— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) August 3, 2016

Getting climbing tips from this hubbard… @richie_porte #topbloke #hero #oneteam #rio2016 #aussieaussieaussie pic.twitter.com/cjW63RtBWp

— Gracie Elvin (@gracieelvin) August 4, 2016

Belgium:

.@sergepauwels says: "Highest possible achievement for an athlete" #Rio2016 #CyclingRoad | https://t.co/3fyphCtzrp pic.twitter.com/EPMwInMMA4

— Belgian Cycling Team (@BELCyclingTeam) August 4, 2016

First recon of the #CyclingRoad Grumari circuit was ? according to @sergepauwels' gesture! #olympics #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/PLDtt5CtQK

— Belgian Cycling Team (@BELCyclingTeam) August 3, 2016

Brazil:

Esse é o estilo personalizado do ciclista @MuriloFischerMF para @Rio2016 ????? pic.twitter.com/TGiQZI2fUI

— Time Brasil (@timebrasil) August 1, 2016

Canada:

#theteam @teamcanada #rio2016 @cyclingcanadaofficial

A photo posted by Michael Woods (@rusty_woods) on Aug 3, 2016 at 5:30am PDT

Colombia:

Que verraquera hacer parte de este gran grupo @olimpicocol @fedeciclismocolombia #rio2016 pic.twitter.com/rOO5aWtcZV

— Rigoberto Urán ?U (@UranRigoberto) August 3, 2016

Recuerda que puedes seguir apoyando la #fundacionestebanchaves, ahora por la compra del cuello con la sonrisa del #chavito nos estás ayudando a #multiplicarsonrisas Podrás adquirilos únicamente con @jjuanfelipe al +57 320 4783864 o +57 317 506 86 66

A photo posted by Orica BikeExchange (@estebanchavesbta) on Aug 2, 2016 at 7:10pm PDT

Czech Republic:

Olympic games atmosphere! #rio2016

A photo posted by Leopold König (@leopoldkonig) on Aug 4, 2016 at 9:46am PDT

Denmark:

Great looking Danish Team kit on @jakobfuglsang_official nice socks too. Thanks to @wtfkits for the find. So why is everyone in #rio? #defeet #idefeet #defeet_international #cycling

A photo posted by DeFeet International (@defeet_international) on Aug 4, 2016 at 7:25am PDT

France:

Coco stop ? après un long entrainement.

A photo posted by Romain Bardet (@romainbardet) on Aug 3, 2016 at 11:45am PDT

Germany:

Auf dem Rad für ?? @romykasper und @EmuBuchmann beim Stop am #DKMS Stand. #Rio2016 #WirfuerD #WirfuerDKMS pic.twitter.com/nADTDCuCaJ

— DKMS Insights (@dkmsinsights_de) August 4, 2016

Great Britain:

Our #CyclingRoad men's team are out for a training session here at #Rio2016 #BringOnTheGreat pic.twitter.com/mDz1HVBVfJ

— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 3, 2016

Ready! #BringOnTheGreat #GBR #TeamGB #Rio2016 #Olympics

A photo posted by Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) on Aug 4, 2016 at 10:42am PDT

Ireland:

.@DanMartin86 & @nicholasroche out for their last recon ride today before #cyclingroad on Satuday. #TeamIreland pic.twitter.com/fBKFt61F6W

— Team Ireland (@olympiccouncil) August 4, 2016

Korea:

D-2 #rio#olympic#???#??#???#felt#sram#zipp#rudy#follow#?????

A photo posted by ??? (@ookk_cheol) on Aug 4, 2016 at 9:25am PDT

Latvia:

Rite?brauc?ji p?c treni?a #Rio2016 veldz?jas ar kokosriektu sulu.

VIDEO: https://t.co/rUOsMI1Y5O#LTVRIO2016 pic.twitter.com/UpRKplLMnY

— LTVRio2016 (@ltvsports) August 4, 2016

Namibia:

Reposting. Because Father Christmas looks like Hemmingway and @DanFromNam is amazing. pic.twitter.com/McJaFeAr5i

— James Fairbank (@james__fairbank) August 4, 2016

Netherlands:

1st ride with the boys in Rio! #Olympics #Rio2016 #jetleg #course #recon #recovery #poels #kruijswijk #dumoulin

A photo posted by Bauke Mollema (@baukemollema) on Aug 1, 2016 at 10:44am PDT

Norway:

First time in Brazil and I like it ???#roadtorio

A photo posted by Sven Erik Bystrøm (@sebystrom) on Aug 1, 2016 at 2:32pm PDT

Poland:

Specjalny rower dla Rafa?a Majki od #Specialized na Rio 2016! _ Do s?o?ca jest ?ó?ty, a gdy zachodzi za chmury i spada temperatura, to… robi si? pomara?czowy :)

A photo posted by Rafa? Majka (@majkaformal) on Aug 2, 2016 at 3:39am PDT

Portugal:

Dedo de Deus #riodejaneiro

A photo posted by Rui Costa (@ruicostacyclist) on Aug 3, 2016 at 4:08am PDT

Slovenia:

First easy training ride done! ? #olympicgames2016 #brazil #rio #sloveniateam #cycling #riovnas

A photo posted by Primoz Roglic (@primozroglic) on Jul 30, 2016 at 11:30am PDT

South Africa:

Interviews before training this morning. @rio_olympics2016

A photo posted by Louis (@louismeintjes) on Aug 3, 2016 at 1:11pm PDT

Spain:

Ya queda menos para @rio2016_es pic.twitter.com/8KkditLHq4

— alejandro valverde (@alejanvalverde) August 3, 2016

Switzerland:

Training on the hard parcours with the swiss team @reichenbach_seb #alba @jolandaneff #morabito @swissteam pic.twitter.com/bpFnRtcLeI

— Fabian cancellara (@f_cancellara) August 3, 2016

USA:

Jungle exploring with stache man @taylorphinney today in #rio @rio2016_en #ridewithUS

A photo posted by Brent Bookwalter (@brentbookwalter) on Aug 3, 2016 at 2:17pm PDT

Got out of the Olympic venue bubble today and ran into these two dudes from Germany who have been riding their bikes around the world, their latest leg from Alaska to Rio! http://trioforrio.com so many interesting people around

A photo posted by Brent Bookwalter (@brentbookwalter) on Aug 4, 2016 at 1:11pm PDT