Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Armchair cyclist]

If it is your given name, you need to have a word with your parents.

 

[RedheadDane]

I have recently gotten aware of this brilliantly named guy:

Asbjørn Madsstuen (procyclingstats.com)

"The Foodroom"!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I have recently gotten aware of this brilliantly named guy:

Asbjørn Madsstuen (procyclingstats.com)

"The Foodroom"!

No, it means "the Mads room".

Anyway, I think we've finally found a winner of this competition:

https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=177491

If he's an odd Christian, too, then I know what the title of his future thread should be.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Jade Wiel is a French rider from FdJ. Her surname is Dutch for wheel - an appropriate name for a cyclist.

 

[Anderis]

Anyone mentioned: https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/nienke-vinke before?

 

[RedheadDane]

I've become quite fond of some of the names of (non-UCI) teams:

Fearless Femmes Racing 2022 (procyclingstats.com)

Project Echelon Racing 2022 (procyclingstats.com)

Talent Cycling 2022 (procyclingstats.com)

 

[gunara]

Samai Samai

Samai Samai (born 1980-07-26) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Indonesia, active between 2003 and 2009. His best results are winning a stage in Tour de Langkawi and 2 stage wins in Tour of East Java.

www.procyclingstats.com

So what's so special about that name? You may find Robert Robert or Thomas Thomas everywhere else.

The truth is that it's not even his full name. Many Javanese persons born before this century only have a single name, no surname, no middle name, just a name (including the first two presidents). So when it needs to fill Western name convention, they just do this

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I have mentioned them in the Jerseys thread, but if we are including team names here, then Team Farto deserves a mention.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Don't get fooled by the meat that I eat, I'm still, I'm still Hugo from the street
Used to be behind, but now I'm in the lead, I'm still, I'm still Hugo from the street

https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=172088&y=2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1522169516352020480

View: https://twitter.com/MMR_Academy/status/1522169516352020480

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I recently came across the splendidly named Boots Ryan Cayubit
and although there is also a Kendrick Boots, it seems cooler as a forename than a family name.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ricarda Bauernfeind ("farmers enemy") probably belongs on the list too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ricarda Bauernfeind ("farmers enemy") probably belongs on the list too.

And with all the farmers in the pro peloton, she probably needs to be careful.

 

[Mayomaniac]

And with all the farmers in the pro peloton, she probably needs to be careful.

Would also need to be careful around me.
That said, I get the impression that the farmers ration is much higher in the men's peloton compared to the women, so it's probably not a dangerous for her.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And with all the farmers in the pro peloton, she probably needs to be careful.

There's probably a BEX rider who's happy she isn't called Bauerfeind.

 

[Baldinger]

Today Neo Viking was second to last in the Course de la Paix Juniors.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Today Neo Viking was second to last in the Course de la Paix Juniors.

He might be a new Viking to you, but not to the thread

Anyway, I think we've finally found a winner of this competition:

https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=177491

If he's an odd Christian, too, then I know what the title of his future thread should be.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I recently came across the splendidly named Boots Ryan Cayubit
and although there is also a Kendrick Boots, it seems cooler as a forename than a family name.

Yea, I like Boots Cayubit, sounds like a funk musician.

There are a couple of other good ones in the Filipino péloton, I like "El Joshua Cariño" because of the definite article being his first name, Jericho-Jay Lucero and Jaybop Ollidrap Pagnanawon.

 

[Cagalitroso]

I'm not sure it's a cool name, but Leangel Linarez definitely has a nice to ring it.

Please dont be Venezuelan, please dont be Venezuelan, please dont be Venezuelan

Let me google him

God damn it!

People in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean love to "experiment" with names.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

I've done some research in the name "Benoni" today.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/benoni-beheyt He's the only "Benoni" that I've ever heard of.
Turns out it's a biblical name derived from Benjamin. It sounds Italian but apparently isn't given to children over there (can anyone confirm?). In 2021 less than 25 children were given the name and so far in 2022 only 1.

 

[RedheadDane]

Too bad that thread got shut down, because I found the - without a doubt - sexiest rider in the men's peloton:

Tom Sexton (procyclingstats.com)

It's literally in his name. He's got a whole ton of it.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Too bad that thread got shut down, because I found the - without a doubt - sexiest rider in the men's peloton:

Tom Sexton (procyclingstats.com)

It's literally in his name. He's got a whole ton of it.

I still remember the now retired British HW boxer Sam Sexton.

 

[Sandisfan]

Too bad that thread got shut down, because I found the - without a doubt - sexiest rider in the men's peloton:

Tom Sexton (procyclingstats.com)

It's literally in his name. He's got a whole ton of it.

I still remember the now retired British HW boxer Sam Sexton.

My local NHL Hockey team drafted a guy who never made the roster and his name begged the question if someone is named Goldsmith and their ancestor worked with Gold What did Tyson Sexsmith's ancestor work with.

 

[SafeBet]

I've done some research in the name "Benoni" today.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/benoni-beheyt He's the only "Benoni" that I've ever heard of.
Turns out it's a biblical name derived from Benjamin. It sounds Italian but apparently isn't given to children over there (can anyone confirm?). In 2021 less than 25 children were given the name and so far in 2022 only 1.

I can confirm it's not an Italian given name.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

My local NHL Hockey team drafted a guy who never made the roster and his name begged the question if someone is named Goldsmith and their ancestor worked with Gold What did Tyson Sexsmith's ancestor work with.

AAAARRRRGGHHHHH!!!!!
That is inviting the question. To beg (originally 'beggar') the question means to assume an answer to a matter that has not been proven.
(not your fault: I rail at this one a couple of times a week on average)


Nothing too interesting, I'm afraid.
The groundskeeper/caretaker of a church, word derived from the same root as sacristan, which is a role more about preparation of vestments and altar cloths etc.

Derived from 'guardian of holy things', so I would guess that a Sexsmith was a maker of holy things: perhaps a silversmith who specialised in chalices etc. Sorry to disappoint.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Not a cyclist but... There is a building firm called "Kerkstoel" that sponsored races like Nokere Koerse, Heiste Pijl etc in Belgium.
The name "Kerkstoel" literally means "church chair" in Dutch, there's only a handful of people called that name and they can all be traced back to 2 people who where foundlings.
Basically their birth-parents gave them up and put the foundlings in a church on a chair. The young boys were given a name and a family name. The latter was simply where they were found. And that's how people ended up getting called Churchchair or Kerkstoel in Belgium.