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tobydawq

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Zsolt Istlstekker

Obviously, Hungarian is a rather extreme language so no surprise you could find a lot of names on the start line of the Tour of Hungary who would be worthy of this thread (okay there are not that many Hungarians in the race), but I think the above-mentioned guy has something special about it. Yet I feel his parents missed out on the option of having even more consecutive consonants. Surely there could be thrown a couple of z's or ch's in...
 
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This man sounds like someone you would like to be friends with:

William Goodfellow

William Goodfellow (born 1988-01-15 in Québec) is a professional road racing cyclist from Canada, currently riding for EuroCyclingTrips - YOELEO. His best results are 3rd place in stage Tour d'Algérie Cycliste and 3rd place in stage Tour du Sénégal.
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We all know what race this guy is gonna win in the future:

Vaughn Veenendaal

Vaughn Veenendaal (born 2004-05-16) is a professional road racing cyclist from United States, currently riding for Above & Beyond Cancer Cycling p/b Bike World. His best results are 16th place in National Championships United States MU - Road Race and 18th place in National Championships United...
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(And where his ancestors - well, some of them at least - were from.)
 
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RedheadDane

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This is more cool in the sense of "unexpected based on nationality":

Oscar Nilsson-Julien

Oscar Nilsson-Julien (born 2002-01-10) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for AVC Aix-en-Provence. His best results are 3rd place in stage Tour de la Mirabelle and 4th place in stage Tour de la Mirabelle.
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I think this guy might have a Swedish parent. 'Nilsson' is not your typical French name.
 
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RedheadDane said:
This is more cool in the sense of "unexpected based on nationality":
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On the same note I noticed some Irish riders in this week's Rás Tailteann with non-Irish names that suggest some cycling pedigree.

Arnaud Dumoulin

Arnaud Dumoulin (born 2002-01-14) is a road racing cyclist from Ireland, active between 2019 and 2024.
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Conor Verbruggen

Conor Verbruggen (born 1993-02-27) is a road racing cyclist from Ireland, active between 2020 and 2024. His best results are 10th place in National Championships Ireland - ITT and 13th place in National Championships Ireland - ITT.
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