Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[GraftPunk]

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Well, her hammer isn't made of gold!

Also, 'Oscar Cat' (Gatto)

There's a Dr. Horrible joke in there that I'm going to refrain from.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Lilian Calmejane
Steele Von Hoff
Fabrizio Von Nacher Suess
Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodrigues (Russian, parents from Cuba)

 

[Ruudz0r]

Pierre Latour

 

[portugal11]

Simon gerrans

 

[Anderis]

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That's true of essentially any language. Even a few of the big stars like Alberto Accountant or Richie Doors.

Not necessarily. I can't think of many Polish riders whose names you could translate literally (Niemiec is perhaps the only one familliar for average cycling fan). You could tell from which words some of them are coming from (Kwiatkowski from "kwiat"- flower, WIśniowski from "wiśnia"- cherry) but they are not build exactly from words you could find in dictionary. "Owski" on it's own doesn't mean anything. I have the impression that names capable of being translated literally are more common in Dutch than in Polish.

One more name that sounds funny in Polish is Rudy Kowalski (http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Rudy_Kowalski). Kowalski is a name of a stereotypical Pole (2nd most common last name in Poland) and "rudy" means "red haired".

 

[Red Rick]

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Sonny Colbrelli is pretty cool. Taken out of a Godfather movie.

I've never seen the godfather.

I have to say I've played a lot of GTA Vice City, which has been inspired by it, and it seems like a name that would fit in perfectly

 

[Cookster15]

Romain Bardet. Perhaps not noteworthy if you are French but I think its a cool name.

 

[hrotha]

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"-Owski" is just two common Slavic suffixes, both of which mean roughly "related to" or "having the characteristics of". They were typically used in nicknames and patronymics before becoming standardized and fossilized in modern surnames, especially in Poland. I imagine "Kwiatkowski" is kwiatek, a diminutive of"flower" + these standard suffixes, hence roughly "the (Li'l) Flower Guy". Should be relatively transparent, but I might be completely wrong, as I don't really know anything about Polish.

As for "Contador", in Spain it doesn't mean "Accountant", only "Counter".

 

[Jspear]

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Jack Bauer obviously

Yes!

 

[GuyIncognito]

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As for "Contador", in Spain it doesn't mean "Accountant", only "Counter".

It's a south american term.
In Spain it's also a word for meter. Like the gas or water meter.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Sonny Colbrelli is pretty cool. Taken out of a Godfather movie.

I've never seen the godfather.

I have to say I've played a lot of GTA Vice City, which has been inspired by it, and it seems like a name that would fit in perfectly

'Cause the villain of the game is named Sonny Forelli!

 

[KyoGrey]

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Hmn of course: Alaberto Contaverde, the ultimate warrior.

Here is the clip where it all happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5yIapnxHr8

Notice how Goku Contador and Vegeta Valverde finally let aside their differences to unite themselves to save planet cycling from Alien Chris Buu-me.

Jokes aside, it would've been great if they had been able to work plans together in the past instead of cancelling each other. What great potential afternoons have we missed.

 

[Billie]

Crescenzo d'Amore

Game over

 

[kingjr]

Georges van Coningsloo

 

[tristecsinamigos]

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In Spain it's also a word for meter. Like the gas or water meter.

In Latin America too.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Knud Knudsen!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Anyone who watches Big Bang Theory must have a soft spot for Lennard Hofstede.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

There is an elite cyclocross rider from Luxembourg with the name Gusty Bausch. Though he has done road racing in the past. (National RR champs, Tour of Luxembourg and Fleche du Sud)
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Gusty_Bausch

 

[Pennino]

Staf Scheirlinckx

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Tomislav Fučkar.

 

[SafeBet]

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Oliviero Troia of course

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Don't think many will get this though.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Juan José Lobato

A lobato is a wolf pup from 4 to 7 months old

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Taco van der Hoorn!

 

[Breh]

I kinda like Gianluca Brambilla, Julian Alaphilippe and most basque names.

And Bongiorno ofcourse.

 

[May0maniac]

It's rather obscure, but If you're from South Tyrol or Tirol in general then Max Walscheid sounds really odd.
The reason for it? Walsch is a derogatory term for Italians and things that come from Italy that is commonly used around here and Eid means oath in German.