Sportful may not be the first name that springs to mind when thinking about cycle clothing, however the Italian brand has a long history of providing professional road racers with their kit. It’s safe to say they know their gear.

From their HQ in Fonzaso, nestled in the foothills of the Dolomites, the company boasts Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank WorldTour as one of the men’s teams they produce kit for. Even Alberto Contador has been known to sport a Sportful logo or two.

We’ve been sent a collection of Sportful’s Winter 2013 range to test, from bib tights through to base layers. It’s a mere snapshot of what Sportful have to offer females; check out their website for more products from their vast collection.

Admittedly we jumped the gun last week, producing a review of the Sportful Ladies Hot Pack 4 Donna windproof jacket. We were impressed when Sportful’s UK Distributor C3 Products got in touch to let us know the few points we’d raised had already been addressed for the 2014 jacket – great to see companies listening to feedback.