Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Samu Cuenca]

He's just 6 weeks younger than a different Storm.

Storm Ingebrigtsen (procyclingstats.com)

If his name is anything to go by, I expect him to have some yonger brothers who'll become better than him.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The Commonwealth Games RR has brought my attention to a guy who might not have a particularly 'cool' name, but a name that might do something for those who remember the mid-80s: Sam Fox.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The Commonwealth Games RR has brought my attention to a guy who might not have a particularly 'cool' name, but a name that might do something for those who remember the mid-80s: Sam Fox.

I can see him get a big career. Nothing's gonna stop him now.

 

[rallybanana]

I can see him get a big career. Nothing's gonna stop him now.

I had to google that. No. 1 in Finland apparently. Do you have any more recommendations from Samantha Fox's back catalogue?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I had to google that. No. 1 in Finland apparently. Do you have any more recommendations from Samantha Fox's back catalogue?

Do you mean 'recommend' in the sense of suggest that you should seek it out to listen to?
Good God, no. Just don't. Wrap a wasp in wire wool and stick that in your ear while beating yourself over the head with a metal spoon at 118 bpm: that should have the same effect.

If you want puns, there is "Aim to Win" and "Let Me Be Free" (You may be familiar with Mikel Landa's cover version of the latter)

(Note to any children reading this: wrapping any type of insect in wire wool is cruel; don't do it)

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Do you mean 'recommend' in the sense of suggest that you should seek it out to listen to?
Good God, no. Just don't. Wrap a wasp in wire wool and stick that in your ear while beating yourself over the head with a metal spoon at 118 bpm: that should have the same effect.

If you want puns, there is "Aim to Win" and "Let Me Be Free" (You may be familiar with Mikel Landa's cover version of the latter)

(Note to any children reading this: wrapping any type of insect in wire wool is cruel; don't do it)

With Samantha Fox it wasn't so much her music which caught interest, was it? Rather her...physical attributes.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I had to google that. No. 1 in Finland apparently. Do you have any more recommendations from Samantha Fox's back catalogue?

I can't recommend anything, but I just have a habit of collecting mostly useless knowledge, some of it being about the works of Stock, Aitken and Waterman. I can't help it!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Sadly for Aurelien, I suspect his career, as well as his name, will lack something in the middle compared to Philippe Gilbert's did: Aurelien Philibert.

 

[tobydawq]

The Hungarian rider Ádám Kristóf Karl has a good name.

Just three solid first names. Not so much messing around.

 

[rallybanana]

The new Latvian Champion sort of makes me hungry:

Anastasia Carbonari (procyclingstats.com)

Another tasty rider

Walter Calzoni (procyclingstats.com)

 

[gunara]

The Hungarian rider Ádám Kristóf Karl has a good name.

Just three solid first names. Not so much messing around.

I know you can't really called Jean-Francois Bernard as three names. But such name always remind me of him, and also, to follow up the 80's vibes with him and Samantha Fox : Philip Michael Thomas

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I can't recommend anything, but I just have a habit of collecting mostly useless knowledge, some of it being about the works of Stock, Aitken and Waterman. I can't help it!

Their best work was "You Think You're a Man" by Divine and I am prepared to die on that hill.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Their best work was "You Think You're a Man" by Divine and I am prepared to die on that hill.

Their early stuff is the generally most interesting, because the creativity mostly disappeeared when they began to primarily target teenage girls and became too full of themselves.

Of course they also mainly stole other people's ideas in the early days (perfectly illustrated by them working with Divine after being inspired by Bobby Orlando), but they didn't mass produce recordings before later on.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Not cool, more like borderline sexual assault, but will provoke giggles from those who wanted Sam Fox records or their equivalents from another generation: Frederikke Asfeldt

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not cool, more like borderline sexual assault, but will provoke giggles from those who wanted Sam Fox records or their equivalents from another generation: Frederikke Asfeldt

Luckily for her, her name isn't inappropriate in Danish, but since it also sounds like asphalt, it's not the worst name for a road cyclist.

 

[rallybanana]

I know you can't really called Jean-Francois Bernard as three names. But such name always remind me of him, and also, to follow up the 80's vibes with him and Samantha Fox : Philip Michael Thomas

And what is the other connection between Miami Vice and cool cyclist names?

the Inner Ring on Twitter: "Federico Colbrelli named his son Sonny after James “Sonny” Crockett of the 1980s TV show Miami Vice https://t.co/Zz52xRhU8N" / Twitter

 

[laarsland]

Ecuador lining up with a Nixon and Lenin in Avenir. Hope they are not co-leaders

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

The rider with one of the best names around, Jambaljamts Sainbayar won in Turkey today.
Also from Mongolia comes Bold, Iderbold.
And a lot of other great rider names. On par with Madagascar, I'd say.

 

[Anderis]

On par with Madagascar, I'd say.

One of my dreams in life is that the Madagascar national team in football qualifies to a big tournament and then hear the commentators from my country struggle to pronounce all the names.

 

[tobydawq]

Number 10 in Schaal Sels today: Davide Bomboi.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

In l'Avenir there are some good names. Arthur Kluckers from Luxembourg and then Matthew Riccitello from the USA sounds like an alcoholic drink.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In l'Avenir there are some good names. Arthur Kluckers from Luxembourg and then Matthew Riccitello from the USA sounds like an alcoholic drink.

Riccitello sounds like he could be the fifth Ninja Turtle.

 

[StryderHells]

In l'Avenir there are some good names. Arthur Kluckers from Luxembourg and then Matthew Riccitello from the USA sounds like an alcoholic drink.

I’ve always thought Arthur Kluckers sounds like cockney rhyming slang.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

One of my dreams in life is that the Madagascar national team in football qualifies to a big tournament and then hear the commentators from my country struggle to pronounce all the names.

National RR champion, 2014 - Zouzou Andriafenomananiaina

 

[Izzyeviel]

Bike Exchange have just signed a new sprinter - B Quick

Blake Quick. You just know Carlton's working on his puns!