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World Championships: Which is the best national jersey? - Poll

By Josh Evans

published 28 September 2018

Vote for your favourite national jersey from the past three decades

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Vote for your favourite national jersey(Image credit: Getty Images)

Marianne Vos recovers after the 2010 World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)

Slovakia's Peter Velits wins the U23 World Championships in 2007(Image credit: Getty Images)

Paolo Bettini wins the 2007 World Championships for Italy(Image credit: Getty Images)

Miguel Indurain (Spain) at the 1995 World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)

Erik Zabel (left) represents Germany in 2004(Image credit: Getty Images)

Chris Boardman won silver in the time trial at the 1997 World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)

Sean Kelly (green jersey) represents Ireland during the 1986 World Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)

Bernard Hinault during the 1986 World Championships in Denver, Colorado(Image credit: Getty Images)

Uran wore the 2012 Colombia jersey while winning a silver medal during the London Olympics(Image credit: Getty Images)

Thor Hushovd wins in the Norwegian jersey in 2010(Image credit: Getty Images)

Alexey Lutsenko wins the U23 race for Kazakhstan in 2012(Image credit: Getty Images)

Greg LeMond wears the US colours to victory at the 1989 championships in Chambéry(Image credit: Sirotti)

Dimitri Konyshev during the 1989 World Championships(Image credit: Sirotti)

Laszlo Bodrogi during the 2007 time trial in Stuttgart(Image credit: Getty Images)

Fabian Cancellara had plenty of wins in the black shorts and red/white jersey of Switzerland(Image credit: Getty Images)

Tom Boonen wears the iconic Belgian colours to third place in 2016(Image credit: Getty Images)

Greipel signs on ahead of the road race in 2016(Image credit: Getty Images)

Luis Leon Sanchez in Spanish colours during the 2010 championships(Image credit: Getty Images)

Michael Matthews in the Australian colours wins the U23 race ahead of Degenkolb and Phinney(Image credit: Getty Images)

Uenia Fernandes Da Souza represents Brazil in 2013(Image credit: Getty Images)

Michal Kwiatkowski wins the 2014 World Championships road race(Image credit: Getty Images)

The UCI Road World Championships are one of the few occasions elite cyclists swap out their trade team jerseys for their national colours, a special occasion even for some of the most successful cyclists in the sport.

The times they are a-changin' - A postcard from the 1989 Worlds

The lost boy of Verona - A postcard from the 1999 Worlds

Like the pages of a book - A postcard from the 1996 Worlds

Below we take a look at some of the best jerseys from as far back as 1986 to some from more recent editions.

Many nations will retain an iconic design year-on-year, with Belgium's Driekleur tricot rarely moving away from the baby blue main body.

Click through the gallery above for a closer look at each jersey and vote for your favourite from the grid below. Let us know in the comments below if we've missed any of your favourites.