Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Armchair cyclist]

I was delighted to read of Qhubeka CT's Luca Coati

 

[Pantani_lives]

Sénéchal is a French medieval word for a major-domo - a kind of butler or house servant. That pretty well describes Sénéchal's function at DQSt.

 

[Naico]

The coolest name ever was Crescenzo D’Amore

 

[BlueRoads]

Clemens Funkhouser, eh, Fankhauser.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

I always thought Vitally Buts was a cool name in a Beavis-esque way.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah, these aren't people! However, I made this thread, therefore I gets to dictate what's acceptable in here.

I just want to draw your attention to some rather greatly named teams!

First:

Start Cycling Team 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

Guess it's the team for people who want to start cycling.

And then:

Women Cycling Team 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

Exactly what it says on the tin!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah, these aren't people! However, I made this thread, therefore I gets to dictate what's acceptable in here.

I just want to draw your attention to some rather greatly named teams!

First:

Start Cycling Team 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

Guess it's the team for people who want to start cycling.

And then:

Women Cycling Team 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

Exactly what it says on the tin!

Let's add Team Work Service to the list, because I like the idea of them working well together. Apart from Rebellin, they also have Philip Deignan's Italian counterpart, Filippo Dignani, on the payroll.

 

[Anderis]

I always thought Vitally Buts was a cool name in a Beavis-esque way.

Buts in Polish (spelled buc) means an arrogant jerk. I wonder if it has a meaning in Ukrainian too as Polish and Ukrainian are quite close to each other.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just found another one!

Best PC Ecuador 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

That's confidence.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He may not be riding clean, but he has a big engine (I presume)

Joshua Diesel

Joshua Diesel (born 1999-08-18) is a road racing cyclist from South Africa, active between 2021 and 2022. His best results are 31st place in National Championships South Africa - Road Race, 9th place in National Championships South Africa - ITT and 14th place in National Championships South...

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Roku]

Hermann Pernsteiner is one rider i'm rooting for his cool name.

It could easily be the human name of Terminator. Plus, if he sets tempo on a climb he turns into Herminator.

 

[RedheadDane]

He may not be riding clean, but he has a big engine (I presume)

Joshua Diesel

Joshua Diesel (born 1999-08-18) is a road racing cyclist from South Africa, active between 2021 and 2022. His best results are 31st place in National Championships South Africa - Road Race, 9th place in National Championships South Africa - ITT and 14th place in National Championships South...

www.procyclingstats.com

"Active between 2021 and 2021" brief career...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

"Active between 2021 and 2021" brief career...

Four days. to be precise.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I hope he doesn't cheat on his emissions tests.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The guy on the right hand side here, for Saitel, just finished 3rd in the Tour de Galapagos (no, really. He's an Ecuadorian prospect). His name is clearly one for this thread. His name is STALIN PUENTESTAR.

Stalin Wladimir Puentestar Vásquez to be precise.

STALIN. I mean, I know there's a long-standing history of (sometimes interestingly-spelled) US-inspired names in Latin America (Jefferson Cepeda, both the Androni one known as Álex and the Caja Rural one known as Jefferson, Jackson Rodríguez, and so on), but when one's parents are the other way politically inclined... surely there are better role models to pick?

 

[BlueRoads]

The guy on the right hand side here, for Saitel, just finished 3rd in the Tour de Galapagos (no, really. He's an Ecuadorian prospect). His name is clearly one for this thread. His name is STALIN PUENTESTAR.

Stalin Wladimir Puentestar Vásquez to be precise.

STALIN. I mean, I know there's a long-standing history of (sometimes interestingly-spelled) US-inspired names in Latin America (Jefferson Cepeda, both the Androni one known as Álex and the Caja Rural one known as Jefferson, Jackson Rodríguez, and so on), but when one's parents are the other way politically inclined... surely there are better role models to pick?

His hair doesn't look like it would be approved by Stalin or Putin, though.
I'm a bit fond of his belly-button, by the way.

 

[spalco]

STALIN. I mean, I know there's a long-standing history of (sometimes interestingly-spelled) US-inspired names in Latin America (Jefferson Cepeda, both the Androni one known as Álex and the Caja Rural one known as Jefferson, Jackson Rodríguez, and so on), but when one's parents are the other way politically inclined... surely there are better role models to pick?

Ecuador's president (!) is named Lenin Moreno, that's pretty wild too.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The guy on the right hand side here, for Saitel, just finished 3rd in the Tour de Galapagos (no, really. He's an Ecuadorian prospect). His name is clearly one for this thread. His name is STALIN PUENTESTAR.

Stalin Wladimir Puentestar Vásquez to be precise.

STALIN. I mean, I know there's a long-standing history of (sometimes interestingly-spelled) US-inspired names in Latin America (Jefferson Cepeda, both the Androni one known as Álex and the Caja Rural one known as Jefferson, Jackson Rodríguez, and so on), but when one's parents are the other way politically inclined... surely there are better role models to pick?

Cycling's answer to football's Marx Lênin.

 

[limak_]

His hair doesn't look like it would be approved by Stalin or Putin, though.

At least the colour of his bibs seems to be the right one

 

[BlueRoads]

Laura Süßemilch (Sweetmilk), born in Weingarten (Vineyard).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Laura Süßemilch (Sweetmilk), born in Weingarten (Vineyard).

First Cycling spells her name without the e for some reason, and PCS originally claimed her brother Eric would be riding with the women in Thüringen.

 

[ciranda]

Team Macadam's Cowboys & Girls in the Tour de la Mirabelle

 

[saganftw]

Ecuador's president (!) is named Lenin Moreno, that's pretty wild too.

Jackals real name was Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez, his siblings were Vladimir and Lenin, the father was quite a fan

 

[Anderis]

I was just having a look at the startlist of Giro Ciclistico d'Italia: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MzA1Mjk=
Almost half of the riders have either the same last name as another rider I already know or a name that seems very similar to another rider I already know.

But the best of all is the Italian version of Simon Carr- Simone Carro. EF really need to sign him for 2022.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was just having a look at the startlist of Giro Ciclistico d'Italia: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MzA1Mjk=
Almost half of the riders have either the same last name as another rider I already know or a name that seems very similar to another rider I already know.

But the best of all is the Italian version of Simon Carr- Simone Carro. EF really need to sign him for 2022.

Simone Carro is the new Simon Carr with additional letters