Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[RedheadDane]

Please let them be in the same breakaway or in the top10 of the same stage!

"Bennett attacks! But Bennett doesn't want to drag Bennett back up to Bennett because he knows Bennett will beat him in the sprint."

 

[Mayomaniac]

There is an Italian junior rider with the name Riccardo Ricci, sounds like a cheap Ricco knock-off or a mixture between and Porte.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

His PCS profile photo

https://imgur.com/j0F1jFu

View: https://imgur.com/j0F1jFu

 

[RedheadDane]

Just want to give a shout-out to this brilliantly named team!

Project Echelon Racing 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Just want to give a shout-out to this brilliantly named team!

Project Echelon Racing 2021 (procyclingstats.com)

So although they have no squad members an no race dates listed in 5 years at PCS, I looked at their website, and saw it as "Racing for Veterans",which I interpreted not in a military sense, but as the antithesis of an U-23 development team. Maybe Rebellin's next venture.

And so I looked to see how much older than Valverde most of their riders are, and that doesn't seem to be the case at all. But still with that mindset, I was vaguely amused to see that they have a rider called Matt Zimmer, who could perhaps join up for a veteran-suitable tandem pairing with Alex Frame.



Come to think of it, how has Frame been overlooked in this thread for so long? Are there other riders named after component parts of a bike?

EDIT: Remco Te Brake, of course
2nd Edit: and Axel Merckx

 

[valentius borealis]

So although they have no squad members an no race dates listed in 5 years at PCS, I looked at their website, and saw it as "Racing for Veterans",which I interpreted not in a military sense, but as the antithesis of an U-23 development team. Maybe Rebellin's next venture.

And so I looked to see how much older than Valverde most of their riders are, and that doesn't seem to be the case at all. But still with that mindset, I was vaguely amused to see that they have a rider called Matt Zimmer, who could perhaps join up for a veteran-suitable tandem pairing with Alex Frame.



Come to think of it, how has Frame been overlooked in this thread for so long? Are there other riders named after component parts of a bike?

EDIT: Remco Te Brake, of course
2nd Edit: and Axel Merckx

Don't forget Samuel Spokes.

Does Steve Chainel count?

 

[StryderHells]

So although they have no squad members an no race dates listed in 5 years at PCS

Plenty of race dates (currently racing at Kreiz Breizh Elites) and a good sized squad of riders firstcycling it’s just PCS has a heap of holes in it

 

[gunara]

There is an Italian junior rider with the name Riccardo Ricci, sounds like a cheap Ricco knock-off or a mixture between and Porte.

Italians are so good in spawning knockoffs, Federico Pozzetto, Filippo Zana, now Riccardo Ricci, wonder what's next

 

[Anderis]

I've just realised how good the name of Odd Christian Eiking is. I've made jokes about the "Odd" part before but now I realise he is almost an odd Christian king!

I also accidentaly discovered he is only 26 years old. Weird. I felt like he's been in the pro peleton for almost some 10 years now.

 

[RedheadDane]

I've just realised how good the name of Odd Christian Eiking is. I've made jokes about the "Odd" part before but now I realise he is almost an odd Christian king!

Or an odd Christian viking.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Guys, it’s happening.

On the start list for l’Avenir... Alexandre Vinokurov and Nicolas Vinokurov.

 

[Anderis]

Or an odd Christian viking.

That's probably even better...

 

[RedheadDane]

Uhm... does this guy's surname mean what I think it means? Does "Loo" have the same meaning in Dutch as in English?

Lars Loohuis (procyclingstats.com)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Uhm... does this guy's surname mean what I think it means? Does "Loo" have the same meaning in Dutch as in English?

Lars Loohuis (procyclingstats.com)

He could have been a great domestique for Dumoulin in the 2017 Giro.

 

[Monte Serra]

Does "Loo" have the same meaning in Dutch as in English?

No, it doesn't. The word "loo" isn't really used in colloquial Dutch. But it's quite common as a toponym, where it basically means forest or wood. So his surname could be translated as Woodhouse.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/-loo?wprov=sfla1

 

[RedheadDane]

No, it doesn't. The word "loo" isn't really used in colloquial Dutch. But it's quite common as a toponym, where it basically means forest or wood. So his surname could be translated as Woodhouse.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/-loo?wprov=sfla1

That is... a bit of a relief. I had read that some Dutch surnames basically have their origins in wanting to take the piss of Napoleon, but that would probably be a bit too silly.

 

[tobydawq]

How has the FDJ rider Maëlle Grossetête (English: Bighead) not yet been mentioned?

 

[RedheadDane]

Also gonna give a shout-out to the brilliantly named final-climb of today's Vuelta stage.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

No, it doesn't. The word "loo" isn't really used in colloquial Dutch. But it's quite common as a toponym, where it basically means forest or wood. So his surname could be translated as Woodhouse.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/-loo?wprov=sfla1

Loo, woodhouse, outhouse - it's all the same.

 

[hrotha]

No, it doesn't. The word "loo" isn't really used in colloquial Dutch. But it's quite common as a toponym, where it basically means forest or wood. So his surname could be translated as Woodhouse.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/-loo?wprov=sfla1

Equivalent to English -ley, -ly, -lea, -leigh as in Beverly ("beaver woodland" or "beaver clearing") and Berkeley ("birch woodland").

 

[RedheadDane]

Fun fact:
The guy who was third at Poitou? His name translates to "Holefarm". And his teammate, who won the KoM? His name translates to "Skiwild".

And of course the race was won by a guy literally called "Swift".

 

[Red Rick]

No, it doesn't. The word "loo" isn't really used in colloquial Dutch. But it's quite common as a toponym, where it basically means forest or wood. So his surname could be translated as Woodhouse.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/-loo?wprov=sfla1

I *** you not I didn't even know it referred to a forest and there's a million places ending in -lo around here.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was looking at the results from the Junior Peace Race, and there are a few great names riding it.

My favourite has to be Haimar Etxeberria, though. Obviously Etxebarria would have been even better, but I defintiely hope to see this guy in the pro peloton one day; preferably riding for Euskaltel. Or if he's anything like his namesake, he wouldn't actually be doing his job right if I managed to spot him.

 

[andrew_s]

Just to bring this thread back to its true purpose; individual riders with cool names!

Yves Coolen (procyclingstats.com)

Charlotte Kool (NXTG)

 

[andrew_s]

Vladimir Karpets will always be my favourite, just for that time he was getting dropped and David Duffield said "it's curtains for Karpets".

I expect he'd been saving that up for a while.

Duffield himself was widely known as "Duffers", which as well as being a common form of nickname (see also Pidders) was also a comment on his commentary, a duffer being an incompetent or inept person