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 2025. 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 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 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 Lotto. 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 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 2nd place in National Championships Iran ME - 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 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 2nd place in National Championships Iran ME - 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

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

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 Team TotalEnergies. 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 Team TotalEnergies. 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?