Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[rallybanana]

EF Education-NightshiftPost??

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the Commodores early work

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Daley Thompson AG2R La Mondiale??

I'm not a big fan of cantonese pop music, but discovering that there was a group called 2R helped. I had hoped that the Olympics had a specific stick-man picture for decathlon, but apparently not, so I reverted to Daley by default.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

EF Education-NightshiftPost??

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the Commodores early work

The biggest hit from that 'Zoom' album was 'Easy (Like Sunday Morning)', the only record for a slow dance that they had at the local youth club when I was of an age that such things were important to me.

 

[rallybanana]

The biggest hit from that 'Zoom' album was 'Easy (Like Sunday Morning)', the only record for a slow dance that they had at the local youth club when I was of an age that such things were important to me.

I'm a little too young to remember 70s music. For me, Lionel Richie was a solo artist (whose superpower was dancing on ceilings) and only in the last few years found out he was once part of the commodores.

 

[rallybanana]

I'm not a big fan of cantonese pop music, but discovering that there was a group called 2R helped. I had hoped that the Olympics had a specific stick-man picture for decathlon, but apparently not, so I reverted to Daley by default.

And if you replace him with Roger Moore's yellow 2CV you get the 2023 version of the team name

 

[rallybanana]

Here's a new category; teamnames that can be turned into a rebus:

TBF, I think it's a rather small category. In fact, if anyone can come up with others, feel free to do so. And, no; just using sponsor logos doesn't count!

Sagan goes from racing with Pierre Latour to racing for Pierre Baguette.

 

[rallybanana]

if anyone can come up with others, feel free to do so.

Sounds like fun

 

[tobydawq]

The biggest hit from that 'Zoom' album was 'Easy (Like Sunday Morning)', the only record for a slow dance that they had at the local youth club when I was of an age that such things were important to me.

But how is the letter phi supposed to be EF? You could at least have mirrored the letter! Or maybe you did

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

That's not a Greek Phi; it's a Cyrillic Ef.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Returning the thread to its original purpose:

I don't think I had had my attention previously drawn to Charles-Etienne Chretien. Not only the delight of a forename and family name that rhyme with each other (my French teacher might not agree), but also a family name that is the contraction of the two given names.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Savilia Blunk.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Here's a new category; teamnames that can be turned into a rebus:

TBF, I think it's a rather small category. In fact, if anyone can come up with others, feel free to do so. And, no; just using sponsor logos doesn't count!

I am currently watching episode 3 of 'Cunk on Earth', on which she says of Jean Jacques Rousseau, "he had a name so French that he may as well have been called Pierre Baguette". So I guess that is where the team got its name from...

Diane Morgan must be more popular in Slovakia than I would have imagined.

 

[Kazistuta]

Returning the thread to its original purpose:

I don't think I had had my attention previously drawn to Charles-Etienne Chretien. Not only the delight of a forename and family name that rhyme with each other (my French teacher might not agree), but also a family name that is the contraction of the two given names.

Shouldn't his name have been Christian-Etienne, then?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Shouldn't his name have been Christian-Etienne, then?

That would have been even better,, indeed.

On the subset that is rhyming forenames and family names, I don't think Nienke Vinke has been mentioned yet.

 

[RedheadDane]

That would have been even better,, indeed.

On the subset that is rhyming forenames and family names, I don't think Nienke Vinke has been mentioned yet.

This young lady deserves a shout-out!

Nienke Vinke (procyclingstats.com)

Sounds like a character from children's book, and I mean that with absolute love!

Just saying.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah, I think Vinke may actually be the most mentioned rider in this thread since she appeared on the scene.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

OK, just my bad memory then...

 

[rallybanana]

That would have been even better,, indeed.

On the subset that is rhyming forenames and family names, I don't think Nienke Vinke has been mentioned yet.

In Poland, this name probably doesn't rhyme but for an English speaker it would

Wiktor Richter

Wiktor Richter (born 2000-07-16) is a road racing cyclist from Poland, active between 2017 and 2018.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Unchained]

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

After TDU stage win, first race, his name is very cool!!

 

[RedheadDane]

Gravel and Tar la Femme got some epic team names!

Green Monkey
Black Dirt Collective
Black Magic Women's Cycling
Tactic

 

[RedheadDane]

You know about Taco van der Hoorn, well... there's also this guy:

Nacho Maldonado

Nacho Maldonado is a road racing cyclist from Uruguay, active between 0 and 0. His best results are 2nd place in National Championships Uruguay - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

What's next? "Tamale"?

 

[hrotha]

'Nacho' is just a familiar form of 'Ignacio' (which is his actual, legal name). It's super common in Spanish-speaking countries. This is a bit like saying 'Ben O'Connor? So cool, just like the Big Ben!'

 

[tobydawq]

'Nacho' is just a familiar form of 'Ignacio' (which is his actual, legal name). It's super common in Spanish-speaking countries. This is a bit like saying 'Ben O'Connor? So cool, just like the Big Ben!'

Also, Ben is how you say "leg" in Danish, what a hilarious name for a cyclist.

 

[rallybanana]

Also, Ben is how you say "leg" in Danish, what a hilarious name for a cyclist.

In English, Ben is a word of Gaelic origin used in the name of many mountains e.g. Ben Nevis in Scotland, Ben Bulben in Ireland. So quite an appropriate name for a good climber, especially if you have an Irish surname like O'Connor.

 

[Netserk]

'Nacho' is just a familiar form of 'Ignacio' (which is his actual, legal name). It's super common in Spanish-speaking countries. This is a bit like saying 'Ben O'Connor? So cool, just like the Big Ben!'

Sure, if Ben as a name is exotic to you. Isn’t that quite common, that exotic names are more interesting?