It's not often we see a cyclist's hair.
Hidden away under a helmet, it can be overlooked,
but I think a cyclist's hair is key to their very identity as a rider.
For this reason, I thought we'd examine the key protagonists
in the cycling hairstyle fashion, give them the applause they deserve,
or not.
Now, the mullet has long been synonymous with cycling hairstyles.
It's hard to grow your hair up long underneath the helmet
and the mullet gets round this by having a party at the back,
nice and long, but neat and tidy on top, making it much more comfortable underneath
your helmet.
Shane Archbold is a New Zealand rider who has perfected the mullet,
having one for most of his career.
Now, Shane is known as the flying mullet on Twitter,
and have the self-proclaimed, "Best mullet at the London 2012 Olympics."
Keep up the good work Shane. I love your stuff.
Australian professional, Mitch Docker, has an experienced and reliable hand on the road.
He's also had a vast array of colorful previous hairstyles.
His most recent, a thick mustache and a rather spectacular mullet
was quite probably the envy of many in the pro peloton.
Even better, he shaved the whole thing off for bushfire relief
with his teammate Lachlan Morton.
Fair play, Mitch.
Great work.
A Russian legend of cycling next, Vladimir Karpets.
We'd like to know where Vladimir was going with that hairstyle because it is a killer.
There's nothing like a mullet that's been dyed blonde.
We salute you Vladimir, the definition of a true professional cyclist's haircut.
Rather self-indulgently, I've added myself to the list,
and I think I deserve to be here because I've had a brilliant array
of haircuts throughout my time.
I think my favorite would be last year's Giro d'Italia
where I managed to take the start line with a whole bush of hair.
This fulfilled a lifelong ambition of mine, starting a Grand Tour with free-flying locks
of hair running behind my helmet in the peloton.
It was just as good as I thought it would be.
Bradley Wiggins is an all-time legend of the sport.
He's worn a number of hairstyles rather well, so it'd be rude to leave him off this list.
We're especially fond of his mod look.
A friend of the Modfather, Paul Weller,
Bradley brought aboard a new fresh look to the professional peloton
and we congratulate him for this, although, we will miss those sideburns.
French cycling legend and two-time winner of the Tour de France,
Laurent Fignon, had a famously impressive haircut,
luscious locks out on display for everyone to see.
Fortunately, helmet laws were a bit lax back then.
Fignon was dubbed the professor due to his long hair and glasses,
but he infamously lost a Tour de France by a handful of seconds beaten
by Greg LeMond in the final TT.
Now, LeMond wore a rather newfangled TT helmet which is rather aerodynamic.
Fignon, on the other hand, had his hair cut out on display for everyone.
Was it the haircut that cost him the Tour de France?
God, I hope not.
Super domestique and team captain at Ineos, Luke Rowe,
donned a brilliant Mohican at last year's Tour de France.
It came about as a lost bet and all we can say to it is,
"Wow."
Now, for the first Italian on our list,
but don't worry, he won't be the last, Daniel Oss was a fantastic rider in his own right,
and I was always in awe when I raced against him,
but he also had a fantastic hairstyle.
He went for the full grow it outlook with wild uncontrolled rock and roll style hair.
Fair play, Daniel. That was a brilliant hairstyle.
How did you do it? How did you fit it all under your helmet?
I really want to know actually.
If you're watching, let's know in the comment section.
We appreciate some advice.
Another French, Laurent, on the list.
Ex-world champion no less, Laurent Brochard, and he can probably be remembered
for having the greatest mullet of all time.
Now, there are mullets, then there are mullets.
Look at that, style to the max.
We congratulate you, Laurent.
Next, the Italian maestro, Filippo Pozzato, barely needs an introduction,
but he won Milan–San Remo, the true modern legend of the sport.
Pozzato had a colorful array of cracking hairstyles.
For this reason, Filippo, we salute you.
Thanks for showing us the true meaning of style.
Those are some of the key hairstyles in professional cycling,
but who did we miss?
Let us know in the comment section below. Go on. Don't be afraid,
comment in. Go on.
Let me know what you think my hair, which one did you think was best.
Not afraid for any abuse, go on.
All right, thanks for watching everyone.
I'm off for a little jog around the block just to embrace my inner Pozzato,
maybe have a glass of champagne halfway round, see how it goes.
I'm feeling rather dashing actually.
See you next time.