Cycling jacket

1. A cycling jacket or vest comprising a windproof panel fixed inside said jacket or vest and foldable inside an inner containing pocket of said jacket or vest, the panel having a horizontal top terminal edge, a horizontal bottom terminal edge, and first and second longitudinal terminal edges, wherein said panel, when in position for use, extracted from said containing pocket and unfolded, is arranged substantially as an inner lining of the front part of the jacket or vest and is sized so as to be configured to cover only a front part of a user's torso, the horizontal top and bottom terminal edges configured to extend from one front side of the torso to the other front side of the torso, the first and second longitudinal terminal edges configured to extend from a bottom front of the torso to a top front of the torso, wherein only an upper corner edge portion of the windproof panel is permanently stitched inside the jacket or vest.

2. The cycling jacket or vest according to claim 1 , the windproof panel being permanently stitched inside the jacket or vest solely in the region of said containing pocket.

3. The cycling jacket or vest according to claim 1 , said panel being in the form of a sheet of windproof material.

4. The cycling jacket or vest according to claim 2 , said material of the windproof panel having a weight of not more than 100 g/m 2 .

5. The cycling jacket or vest according to claim 3 , said windproof panel being made of polyamide, polyester or mixtures thereof.

6. The cycling jacket or vest according to claim 1 , having a front closing formed with a zip fastener.

7. The cycling jacket or vest according to claim 4 , wherein said material of the windproof panel has a weight equal to about 50 g/m 2 .