Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[RedheadDane]

Iceland is a cool country....with some cool names...like MAXON QUAS

Maxon Quas

Maxon Quas is a road racing cyclist from Iceland, active between 2023 and 2024. His best results are 16th place in National Championships Iceland ME - Road Race and 20th place in National Championships Iceland ME - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

Seems like a rather "un-Icelandic" name. Thought they all had patronymics.

 

[rallybanana]

Seems like a rather "un-Icelandic" name. Thought they all had patronymics.

The fact it is so un-Icelandic makes it stand out among the other names in the Iceland championships. Along with that Moldovan guy.

 

[rallybanana]

Q. Why didn't Remco brake after the finish of today's stage?

A. Because his name is not Remco te Brake

Remco te Brake

Remco te Brake (born 1988-11-29 in Rhenen) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, active between 2005 and 2017. His best results are winning GC Tour de Gironde Cycliste International and winning a stage in Tour de Gironde Cycliste International.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Unchained]

Isaac Del Toro doesn't count as a cool name? What gives..

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Q. Why didn't Remco brake after the finish of today's stage?

A. Because his name is not Remco te Brake

Remco te Brake

Remco te Brake (born 1988-11-29 in Rhenen) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, active between 2005 and 2017. His best results are winning GC Tour de Gironde Cycliste International and winning a stage in Tour de Gironde Cycliste International.

www.procyclingstats.com

Side note: "Rem" is Dutch for brake.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Olga Wankiewicz. & yes I'm a juvenile.

 

[proffate]

Lars Craps

Lars Craps (born 2001-10-17 in Aalst) is a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium, currently riding for Team Flanders - Baloise. His best results are 5th place in stage Tour of Norway and 11th place in Dwars door het Hageland.

www.procyclingstats.com

Hope he never has a Domoulin moment.

 

[RedheadDane]

This guy's last name could be separated into three words in a very interesting way...

Ali Labib Shotorban

Ali Labib Shotorban (born 2002-09-21 in Tabriz ) is a professional road racing cyclist from Iran, currently riding for Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team. His best results are 4th place in Summer Asian Games - Road Race and 3rd place in Asian Continental Championships MU - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

This guy's last name could be separated into three words in a very interesting way...

Ali Labib Shotorban

Ali Labib Shotorban (born 2002-09-21 in Tabriz ) is a professional road racing cyclist from Iran, currently riding for Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team. His best results are 4th place in Summer Asian Games - Road Race and 3rd place in Asian Continental Championships MU - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

Or into two words if he is found to have assassinated the Prime Minister of Hungary.

 

[rallybanana]

Don't expect his team to get an invite to the Tour de Hongrie anytime soon

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/chris-lillywhite I imagine this is not a last name a boy is particulary happy with in his childhood.
My name is JONES
My name is LEMOND
My name is MERCKX
My name is.... Lillywhite ☘

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

CQ have renamed Guy Sagiv as Gay.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not a rider, but Intermarche just signed the amazingly named "Adriaan Helmantel" as a trainer. A quick look at Google Translate tells me that 'helmantel' means 'helmet'. Something that is very important as a bike rider.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not a rider, but Intermarche just signed the amazingly named "Adriaan Helmantel" as a trainer. A quick look at Google Translate tells me that 'helmantel' means 'helmet'. Something that is very important as a bike rider.

Helm is the Dutch word for helmet, but I don't know what antel means (other than being the acronym for Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones).

 

[hrotha]

Maybe you're cropping it wrong and it's literally Hell-mantle, which sounds kinda metal

 

[sevenall]

Helm is the Dutch word for helmet, but I don't know what antel means (other than being the acronym for Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones).

Having a RL name that often leads people to call me Ms Sandwich, I'm not really in a position to make fun of nomenclature, but I did read Helmantel as Helminth.

 

[tobydawq]

Really? No mentions for the rider who was in the break today in the Super 8 Classic?

Frank Van Den Broek

Hmm, who does that remind me of?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Really? No mentions for the rider who was in the break today in the Super 8 Classic?

Frank Van Den Broek

Hmm, who does that remind me of?

I think the main reason is that his name has been mentioned before, although never in this thread apparently.

 

[tobydawq]

I think the main reason is that his name has been mentioned before, although never in this thread apparently.

Fair enough. I did scour this thread for the word 'Frank' but found no results.

 

[rallybanana]

You can't win anything with cats!

Movistar beg to differ

 

[Anderis]

Florian Dauphin

Florian Dauphin (born 1999-04-06 in Quimperlé) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Arkéa - B&B Hôtels Continentale. His best results are winning GC Kreiz Breizh Elites and winning a stage in Kreiz Breizh Elites.

www.procyclingstats.com

It's a travesty this man hasn't ridded Dauphine, yet. Also, why was he riding for a team called U 22 until last August, when he was 24?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

List of (professional) victories for Oscar Gatto.

It was a reference to Alan Hansen's famous quote regarding Alex Ferguson's use of young players at Manchester United in the 90s.

 

[staubsauger]

Not a rider, but Intermarche just signed the amazingly named "Adriaan Helmantel" as a trainer. A quick look at Google Translate tells me that 'helmantel' means 'helmet'. Something that is very important as a bike rider.

It's bright coat if you translate it 100%.

Bright in the meaning of flamboyant.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Florian Dauphin

Florian Dauphin (born 1999-04-06 in Quimperlé) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Arkéa - B&B Hôtels Continentale. His best results are winning GC Kreiz Breizh Elites and winning a stage in Kreiz Breizh Elites.

www.procyclingstats.com

It's a travesty this man hasn't ridded Dauphine, yet. Also, why was he riding for a team called U 22 until last August, when he was 24?

"22" simply refers to the number of the départment, which in the case of Côtes d'Armor is 22. A lot of French départments are (co-) financing local amateur squads, and that's why there are a lot of French amateur squads that refer to their départment's number in their name, and even one pro team:

St. Michel – Mavic – Auber 93 (93 = Seine-Saint-Denis)
Grenoble Métropole Cyclisme 38 (38 = Isère)
GSC Blagnac Vélo Sport 31 (31 = Haute-Garonne)
Mayenne – VandB – Monbana – Laval Cyclisme 53 (53 = Mayenne)
Océane Top 16 (16 = Charente)
Team 24 Formation (24 = Dordogne)
UC Cholet 49 (49 = Maine-et-Loire)
VC Rouen 76 (76 = Seine-Maritime)

The defunct Delko ProTeam was at times being known as La Pomme Marseille 13, with 13 of course referring to the départment Bouches-du-Rhône being a co-sponsor of the team.

 

[RedheadDane]

The defunct Delko ProTeam was at times being known as La Pomme Marseille 13, with 13 of course referring to the départment Bouches-du-Rhône being a co-sponsor of the team.

You mean to me they didn't have 13 apples?