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Anderis

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@RedheadDane

Does this name count as a lie?

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21 in Warmenhuizen) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for VolkerWessels Cycling Team. Her best results are 2nd place in KOM Tour of Chongming Island and 14th place in stage Tour of Chongming Island.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
 
RedheadDane

RedheadDane

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Anderis said:
@RedheadDane

Does this name count as a lie?

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21 in Warmenhuizen) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for VolkerWessels Cycling Team. Her best results are 2nd place in KOM Tour of Chongming Island and 14th place in stage Tour of Chongming Island.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
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Yes! She is pretty clearly Dutch.
 
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Armchair Cyclist

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Anderis said:
@RedheadDane

Does this name count as a lie?

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21 in Warmenhuizen) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for VolkerWessels Cycling Team. Her best results are 2nd place in KOM Tour of Chongming Island and 14th place in stage Tour of Chongming Island.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
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The same accusation has been made in this thread of Felix English and Przemyslaw Niemiec.
 
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Anderis

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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.
 
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Well, this is certainly a name:

Laia Puigdefabregas

Laia Puigdefabregas (born 2004-09-19) is a road racing cyclist from Spain, currently riding for Vipeq Team. Her best results are 8th place in National Championships Spain WE - ITT and 12th place in National Championships Spain WE - ITT.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
 
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rallybanana

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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.
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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.
 
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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 :p
 
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rallybanana said:
Has anyone ever accused Finn Fisher-Black of being Finnish?
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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.
 
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RedheadDane

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Had to do a double-take during Elfstedenronde when this epically named guy appeared on the screen:

Panagiotis Christopoulos-Cheller

Panagiotis Christopoulos-Cheller (born 1995-11-03) is a professional road racing cyclist from Greece, currently riding for XSpeed United Continental. His best results are 2nd place in National Championships Greece - Road Race and 3rd place in National Championships Greece - Road Race.
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I think I might have found a candidate for the "Most Consontants in Beginning of Name" competition:

Leila Gschwentner

Leila Gschwentner (born 2003-10-23 in Sankt Johann) is a road racing cyclist from Austria, currently riding for Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team. Her best results are 4th place in National Championships Austria WE - Road Race and 3rd place in stage Gracia.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
 
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RedheadDane said:
I think I might have found a candidate for the "Most Consontants in Beginning of Name" competition:

Leila Gschwentner

Leila Gschwentner (born 2003-10-23 in Sankt Johann) is a road racing cyclist from Austria, currently riding for Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team. Her best results are 4th place in National Championships Austria WE - Road Race and 3rd place in stage Gracia.
www.procyclingstats.com www.procyclingstats.com
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I don't really understand why Mielke and Schmidt find it difficult to pronounce. But then unlike me they've probably never holidayed in Gschwendt am Wolfgangsee.
 
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