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With Jonas Vingegaard completing the very rare Grand Tour set of wins, we have a limited number of new GT Celebration jerseys for sale in our sporty "Airsprint" style. Limited numbers and sizes (sorry) but grab one today before they are all gone!

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New Summer Jerseys from @ShuttVeloRapide now available on Prendas! And available for £15 off this weekend. Use code SUMMER26 at checkout.

See all 10 new designs here:
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Happy Giro d'Italia Day! With the race beginning in *checks notes* Bulgaria today, we're celebrating with our special Giro collection - featuring items like our collection of prints from The Northern Line as well as other Tricolore-themed apparel and accessories, you can get in the spirit of La Maglia Rosso!

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Belgian brilliance at Paris-Roubaix!!

Following Wout’s wonderful ride to victory yesterday, for this week’s #merckxmonday we’re sharing a few favourite shots from Eddy’s 3 victories in Hell!

With a section of the cobbles named after him last year, it’s safe to say that Eddy certainly knew the cobbles well - and with victories in ‘68, ‘70 and ‘73 he was no stranger to success there.

But our favourite quote of Eddy’s actually came from riding against four time winner and fellow Belgian known as Mr Paris-Roubaix, Roger de Vlaeminck. His four victories prompted Merckx to say once: “it’s as if he knew the exact location of every cobblestone.”

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Who's ready for some chaos on the Koppenberg today?! We've pulled together a collection of great Tour of Flanders images from over the years to get you in the spirit of De Ronde - which famous winners and jerseys can you spot?

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Leave the Levi's - grab the Carrera Jean bib shorts at half price! 👖
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We've got a flash sale one of the most famous kits in the history of professional cycling: 50% off the Nalini-made Carrera Jeans Jersey and Bib Shorts - with no code needed at checkout!

Carrera was one of the best known Italian teams of the 80s and 90s, with riders like Roberto Visentini, Stephen Roche & Claudio Chiappucci enjoying success in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France with three overall wins and several wins in the Points classification and Mountain Classifications.

The team was named after sponsoring Italian jeans manufacturer Carrera, who designed these unforgettable jean designs with manufacturer Nalini, who have reproduced them in modern technical fabrics for you to buy now at half price - as low as £45!

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"Eddy are you crazy?!"

As the Monuments start rolling in thick and fast, for this week's #merckxmonday we're looking back at the Tour of Flanders which takes place this Easter Sunday, and Eddy's two victories in 1969 & 1975!

The Ronde van Vlaanderen, or De Ronde for short, is known for its tough conditions - and to become a true 'Flandrien', winning here on the cobbles (often) in the rain and wind, is essential. But in 1969, despite Eddy being just 24 and already having won almost everything already, De Ronde eluded him. Some in Belgium even began to doubt if he would be able to add the race to his tally for the season.

“There was only one thing that mattered for me: to win the Ronde,” he said in an interview. “I was quite nervous at the start. Something had happened to me in all of my previous participations: I crashed in 1966, Gimondi and Zandegù prevented me from breaking away in 1967, and the weather was great in 1968 and it was impossible to make it hard in the race.”

As always with De Ronde, there was luck involved, but this time in his favour: after only around 28km a crash involving many riders - including the 1968 winner Walter Godefroot. But there was still a long way to go, but Eddy rode from the front breaking away. With around 70km still remaining and a brutal headwind from Ninove to Nederbrakel, his Directeur Sportif called him crazy and told him to sit up and wait for the pack. Merckx didn't care, blazing his way way to the finish. Felice Gimondi eventually crossed the line over five and a half minutes later.

Six years later in 1975, he did it again — launching an attack with 80km to go, this time with Frans Verbeeck the only man able to follow. Verbeeck was dropped with five kilometres remaining, and Merckx rode clear to take his second Tour of Flanders victory.

📸: CapoVelo

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Two of our most iconic jerseys made by Santini have just been re-stocked in all their popular sizes right in time for the Summer season: La Vie Claire & San Pellegrino!

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We've partnered with the Italian brand for almost 30 years to bring you professional cycling's best loved jerseys that were originally made by Santini, updated with their top performance materials so they'll ride as well as any modern kit on the market. Grab yours now before they sell out again!

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We've got a HUGE offer for this weekend: Until midnight on Sunday, get 20% off ALL CYCLING SHOES on Prendas using code SHOES20 at checkout!

We've got a huge range of 40+ models, from Road, to Gravel, Tri & MTB! That includes all of our top brands and models, like the DMT Pogi's Superlight worn to victory last weekend in Milan-Sanremo, the hugely popular Shimano S-Phyre RC903, and Mavic's top-of-the-line Cosmic Ultimate BOA shoes!

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Cycling Brands Ltd are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Larry Hickmott - a stalwart of British Cycling who will be greatly missed by all.

We knew Larry through his site VeloUK, through which he had been a huge supporter of our brands over the many years. He was always keen to amplify British Cycling's voices at every level - his impact on the sport domestically through his coverage is immeasurable, and our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

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With Milano-Sanremo taking place this weekend, it's only right that for today's #merckxmonday we look back at a few images from Eddy's record SEVEN victories in La Classicissima di Primavera!

Eddy took home his 7 victories over a ten year span from 1966 as a youngster with Peugeot-Dunlop, to 1976 with the great Molteni-Campagnolo, demonstrating his long reign of the sheer dominance during the height of his career.

Always a spectacle and one of our favourite one-day races here at Prendas, the first Monument race is known for unpredictability - and an intense finished built up over the long, flat course which precedes the final sprint.

It's perhaps for this reason that Eddy was so successful, equally adept in a sprint as he was managing attacks throughout the race - and though many think of Milano-Sanremo as a lottery as to who ends up with a chance to win in those final metres, as the great Merckx once said: 'Have you ever heard of someone winning the lottery seven times?’

#eddymerckx #merckx

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For those asking - here's the link to the collection! 👇
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LIMITED EDITION 2026 100 CLIMBS COLLECTION!

We're back in 2026 for another special, limited edition collaboration with @100Climbs Simon Warren: author of the 100 Climbs guides to cycling's steepest & best rides across the world! This year to go along with a bold new jersey we've also got a collection of gilets, caps & socks - all with an extra discount for the pre-sale!
Whether you love or loathe them, cycling is all about the climbs - and Simon Warren knows a thing or two about them, having ridden and written about the world's finest in his best-selling book series. We're delighted to be partnering with Simon on the creation of a new 100 Climbs collection, made in our AirSprint SIS silhouette, which we look forward to seeing on ascents across the UK!

Featuring the 100 Climbs logo on the left chest and back and the 'Ride Them All' motif on the sleeve, this year's design is inspired by the undulations of great climbs. The AirSprint is made from quality technical materials which are not only lightweight but also resistant to wear and tear, ensuring long-lasting performance and retaining of its shape, ride after ride.

The collection will be on sale until 23rd March - with delivery expected in late May.

#100climbs #prendas #Ciclismo

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LIMITED EDITION 2026 100 CLIMBS COLLECTION!

We're back in 2026 for another special, limited edition collaboration with @100Climbs Simon Warren: author of the 100 Climbs guides to cycling's steepest & best rides across the world! This year to go along with a bold new jersey we've also got a collection of gilets, caps & socks - all with an extra discount for the pre-sale!
Whether you love or loathe them, cycling is all about the climbs - and Simon Warren knows a thing or two about them, having ridden and written about the world's finest in his best-selling book series. We're delighted to be partnering with Simon on the creation of a new 100 Climbs collection, made in our AirSprint SIS silhouette, which we look forward to seeing on ascents across the UK!

Featuring the 100 Climbs logo on the left chest and back and the 'Ride Them All' motif on the sleeve, this year's design is inspired by the undulations of great climbs. The AirSprint is made from quality technical materials which are not only lightweight but also resistant to wear and tear, ensuring long-lasting performance and retaining of its shape, ride after ride.

The collection will be on sale until 23rd March - with delivery expected in late May.

#100climbs #prendas #Ciclismo

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For this week's #merckxmonday we've got a hattrick of photos of Eddy's hattrick of victories at Paris-Nice to celebrate the race's return this Sunday!

Nicknamed 'The Race to the Sun' thanks to its route which traditionally begins in the chilly North and heads down to the much balmier Spring sunshine on the South coast. Eddy won the race three times in a row from 1969-71, twice with Faema and once at Molteni - but it's Irishman and favourite at Prendas Sean Kelly who holds the most victories with SEVEN consecutive titles in the 1980s.

Eddy's first victory in 1969 announced his arrival at this wonderful spectacle, with two rivals for the top, Raymond Poulidor and Jacques Anquetil settling for second and third respectively. Poulidor's unfortunate nickname as the 'eternal second' remained until 1972 when he ended the Cannibal's streak by winning the final time trial and narrowly finishing ahead of Merckx.

Who's watching this weekend?!

#eddymerckx #parisnice #poulidor #anquetil #faema #molteni

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Barry Hoban, Paris-Nice 1970.

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Not a bad selection below but you can't forget these two...

The ultimate question: what are your top 5 retro jerseys of all time?!

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Los 4 que completan mi Top5 serían...🧐

PD: es imposible que no haya un componente emocional 😬

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The return of the cobbles in 2026! The Belgian cycling season kicks off this weekend with the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, so what better way to celebrate the return of the cobbled classics than with some shots of Eddy's victories there for this week's #merckxmonday !

For those who haven't heard of the race, first let's start with its somewhat complicated naming history: The race has historically been named after the newspaper sponsoring the event – Het Volk from 1947 to 2009, and Het Nieuwsblad from 2009 to present. But it was also first known as the Omloop Van Vlaanderen, then Omloop Het Volk after they were forced to change the name due to being too similar to the 'rival' race Ronde Van Vlaanderen - settling finally on Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Riding on home soil, Eddy won the race twice in 1971 & 1973 whilst with Molteni, the latter of which he famously held off the attacks of fellow Belgian rider Roger de Vlaeminck to take victory (first picture).

Due to the race's position so early in the calendar year it's often characterised by wintery conditions, and in fact, the 1971 race was postponed due to snow and run three weeks later.

We're looking forward to some chaos on the cobbles this weekend! Who's going to be watching?!

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The M.I.C. Moneymakers de Gribaldy were a Belgian cycling team active during the 1970s - featuring riders like José Sersté, Eric Leman, and most famously the great Herman Van Springel - pictured in these shots.

It was in the 1974 version of this jersey - in splendid orange and black hoops, that Herman simultaneously won and lost, the now defunct Bordeaux-Paris race, doing so in famous fashion, as Herbie Sykes wrote for us:

'If ever a race characterized a rider – and his career – it was the 1974 edition of the Derby. Herman won it by fifteen minutes, as was his wont. Then, however, it went pear-shaped in the best Bordeaux-Paris tradition. It transpired he’d gone off course, and as a consequence ridden seven extra kilometres. He’d ridden 600 instead of the allotted 593, and a certain Jacques Cadiou had gotten wind of it. He was simultaneously a world-class pedant and sports director of second-placed Régis Délepine, and as he saw it Van Springel had committed a clear infraction of the rules.

Cadiou and his team, Merlin Plage-Shimano-Flandria, were about as much good as an ashtray on a derny. As such, they hadn’t won a thing all season, and he wasn’t much interested in fair play. He opted instead for good old-fashioned sophistry and lodged a complaint. Thus Herman Van Springel was disqualified for having ridden too far, but Délepine, of all people, intervened on his behalf…

He informed the jury that he’d no interest in a pyrrhic victory, and told Cadiou to desist from being such a mealy-mouthed, pedantic cry-baby. In effect, he was appealing against himself (a first even for a sport as daft as cycling) and when the dust settled Herman was invited to share the win with him. Our hero duly accepted, and that explains the legend of the 1974 Bordeaux-Paris.'

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We're continuing our #rivals series for this week's #merckxmonday with a look back at the 1975 #tourdefrance - where Bernard Thévenet was able to break Eddy's reign of dominance with a victory that marked a turning point for cycling.

With five victories in the last six tours, it was becoming an inevitability - but that season had begun differently. By the time the Tour reached the Alps, Merckx was already vulnerable. A fractured jaw earlier in the season, lingering illness, and the sheer exhaustion of years spent at the top had begun to show.

Thévenet's moment came on the famous climb to Pra-Loup.

Pra-Loup wasn’t the longest or steepest climb in the Tour, but it was deceptive — an irregular ascent at altitude, where pacing mattered more than power.

Merckx attacked on the descent of the Col d’Allos, building a lead of almost a minute over the rest, but Thévenet had bided his time throughout the race and would not relent - struggling to catch Merckx but instead waiting to make a move on the final climb.

It proved to be the right moment - up ahead Merckx was tiring, and amazingly Thévenet caught and passed the Cannibal before the summit. This time the response never came and Thévenet eventually took a 1:56 gap on the race leader.

It was the last time Merckx would wear the Maillot Jaune as Thévenet defended his lead all the way to Paris, sealing the first of his two Tour de France wins.