Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Anderis]

@RedheadDane

Does this name count as a lie?

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for Parkhotel Valkenburg. Her best results are 30th place in Omloop van het Hageland and 34th place in Scheldeprijs WE.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

@RedheadDane

Does this name count as a lie?

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for Parkhotel Valkenburg. Her best results are 30th place in Omloop van het Hageland and 34th place in Scheldeprijs WE.

www.procyclingstats.com

Yes! She is pretty clearly Dutch.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

@RedheadDane

Does this name count as a lie?

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for Parkhotel Valkenburg. Her best results are 30th place in Omloop van het Hageland and 34th place in Scheldeprijs WE.

www.procyclingstats.com

The same accusation has been made in this thread of Felix English and Przemyslaw Niemiec.

 

[Anderis]

I know, that's why I was asking if this applies too.

English and Niemiec are words that (can) refer to people, why Poland refers to the country, so it's a bit different.

 

[rallybanana]

The same accusation has been made in this thread of Felix English and Przemyslaw Niemiec.

Has anyone ever accused Finn Fisher-Black of being Finnish?

 

[Anderis]

Has anyone ever accused Finn Fisher-Black of being Finnish?

He could be accused of being a Finnish fisher of African ancestry. That seems like a triple iie.

 

[rallybanana]

He could be accused of being a Finnish fisher of African ancestry. That seems like a triple iie.

But if he actually likes fishing it would only be a double lie

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, this is certainly a name:

Laia Puigdefabregas

Laia Puigdefabregas (born 2004-09-19) is a professional road racing cyclist from Spain, currently riding for Sopela Women's Team.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[rallybanana]

He could become a legitimate pretender to the British throne with a name like this

Henry York

Henry York (born 1996-12-17) is a professional road racing cyclist from United States, currently riding for Rio Grande Elite Cycling Team. His best results are 3rd place in stage Vuelta al Ecuador and 16th place in stage Vuelta al Ecuador.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[tobydawq]

Not a rider name, but on the start list for the Tour of Estonia, there is a five-man team with the name May Stars, so it seems like it's the right month for them to compete. Their roster consists of a classic combination of 2 Swedes and 3 Rwandans.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not a rider name, but on the start list for the Tour of Estonia, there is a five-man team with the name May Stars, so it seems like it's the right month for them to compete. Their roster consists of a classic combination of 2 Swedes and 3 Rwandans.

RhD is probably betting on Krzysztof Parma winning the race.

 

[Anderis]

Another lying name:

German Enrique Chavez

German Enrique Chavez (born 1995-03-09) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Colombia, active between 2014 and 2023. His best results are 4th place in stage Course de la Paix Grand Prix Jeseníky and 8th place in GC Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[tobydawq]

I have already mentioned the young Belgian, Gianluca Pollefliet, once in this thread.

Twitter has brought my attention to another aspect of his name. He was born around nine months after his namesake Gianluca Bortolami won De Ronde van Vlaanderen

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I have already mentioned the young Belgian, Gianluca Pollefliet, once in this thread.

Zealous pollen??? I fear something may have been lost in translation...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Has anyone ever accused Finn Fisher-Black of being Finnish?

Presumably an abbreviation of Finlay, Fintan or (if his family has Cork connections) Finbarr, all of which essentially translate as fair haired. How true you consider that to be might vary considerably according to what photo you are looking at at the time, but easy to believe that it was fair when he was young.

 

[theyoungest]

Zealous pollen??? I fear something may have been lost in translation...

Pollefliet is a variety of the Dutch name Polvliet or Polfliet. A "vliet" is a type of canal. A "pol" is a lump of grassy earth. I.e. a rather more boring etymology than "zealous pollen".

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yes! She is pretty clearly Dutch.

What about Rinata Sultanova? Is she an imposter for pretending to be the daughter of a Sultan?

 

[laarsland]

What about Rinata Sultanova? Is she an imposter for pretending to be the daughter of a Sultan?

That’s clearly an Ottoman ruler imploding