Abstract: A pair of shorts, particularly for cycling, which comprises a protective padding that has a teardrop-shaped structure so as to define a front part that can be arranged at the region overlying the groin, a central part that can be arranged at the perineum or crotch and a rear part that can be arranged at part of the buttocks; the padding is connected to the pair of shorts exclusively by way of a first and a second pair of bar tack stitches, which are arranged transversely to the perimetric edge of the front and rear parts along a direction that passes substantially through the region of the crotch, and by way of gluing of the perimetric edges of the front and rear parts which connect the first and second pair of bar tack stitches.