Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[RedheadDane]

This kid has a very flowery name.

Axel Bouquet

Axel Bouquet (born 2006-02-02) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Lepelley.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[AmRacer]

This kid has a very flowery name.

Axel Bouquet

Axel Bouquet (born 2006-02-02) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Lepelley.

www.procyclingstats.com

Bucket

 

[rallybanana]

This kid has a very flowery name.

Axel Bouquet

Axel Bouquet (born 2006-02-02) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Lepelley.

www.procyclingstats.com

I would be even cooler if his middle name was Rose.

 

[Leadbelly]

Nobody else spotted Jeremie La Grenade riding at l'Avenir?

Sixth yesterday, but not many big results through the year. Headline writers might be waiting a while till they get to use those puns.

Jeremie La Grenade

Jeremie La Grenade is a 21 year old cyclist from Canada (born August 26th 2002), who currently rides for AVC Aix-en-Provence.

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[Samu Cuenca]

I would be even cooler if his middle name was Rose.

Or Hyacinth.

Not really cycling related, but there's an Indian doubles pair in badminton called the Panda sisters.

 

[Anderis]

What will the reaction of the fans be if this man gets on a podium after a bike race?

Benjamin Boos

Benjamin Boos (born 2003-08-07) is a professional road racing cyclist from Germany, currently riding for Rad-Net Oßwald. His best results are 3rd place in stage Tour of Bulgaria and 6th place in stage Flèche du Sud.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Not a linguistic expert, but I sense some Celtic.

Gaëlig Glon

Gaëlig Glon (born 2003-03-08) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Morbihan Adris Gwendal Oliveux. His best results are 15th place in Chrono des Nations and 17th place in National Championships France MU - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[rallybanana]

Not a linguistic expert, but I sense some Celtic.

Gaëlig Glon

Gaëlig Glon (born 2003-03-08) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Morbihan Adris Gwendal Oliveux. His best results are 15th place in Chrono des Nations and 17th place in National Championships France MU - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

Yes. In Breton, -ig is a diminutive suffix. So Yannig/Yannick = little John, Perig/Pierrick = little Peter. Gaël is a Breton name that is popular throughout France. So Gaëlig probably means little Gaël.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Yes. In Breton, -ig is a diminutive suffix. So Yannig/Yannick = little John, Perig/Pierrick = little Peter. Gaël is a Breton name that is popular throughout France. So Gaëlig probably means little Gaël.

Similar to the way that, before they started calling you Rally, you were known as Rall Óg.

 

[tobydawq]

I just realised that there is a Serbian cyclist called Dusan Rajovic and a Serbian tennis player called Dusan Lajovic.

 

[Anderis]

I just realised that there is a Serbian cyclist called Dusan Rajovic and a Serbian tennis player called Dusan Lajovic.

There's a French cyclist called Enzo Paleni and an Italian cyclist called Lorenzo Milesi and a French skijumper called Enzo Milesi and I heard about all of them for the first time at around the same time, which at the time confused the hell out of me and I couldn't remember which one of them is called "Enzo" or "Lorenzo".

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Or Hyacinth.

Not really cycling related, but there's an Indian doubles pair in badminton called the Panda sisters.

I heard one of them will be moved to an European zoo for breeding purposes

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Not strictly conforming to the title, as it is a race rather than a person, but what is

Chrono «Roland bouge !»​

about? Speech marks and an exclamation mark in the name of a race???

 

[RedheadDane]

Not strictly conforming to the title, as it is a race rather than a person

Race names are totally welcome!

 

[rallybanana]

This poor kid seems destined to never win...

Luca Unwin

Luca Unwin (born 2004-09-10) is a professional road racing cyclist from Great Britain, currently riding for Trinity Racing.

www.procyclingstats.com

British rider Sophie Unwin won a bronze medal in the Paralympics track tandem. So there is hope.

 

[Anderis]

To me, unwin sounds more like someone who wins initially but then manages to lose the result after the fact than someone who never wins.

 

[RedheadDane]

British rider Sophie Unwin won a bronze medal in the Paralympics track tandem. So there is hope.

Some would argue that bronze is not a win.

 

[rallybanana]

To me, unwin sounds more like someone who wins initially but then manages to lose the result after the fact than someone who never wins.

Or someone who celebrates too early or too late and then realises they didn't win

 

[rallybanana]

Dutch cyclist in the Paralympics called M. van de Pol

 

[rallybanana]

Jaco van Gass steps on the gas and sets a new WR

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829855803534368993

View: https://x.com/UCI_paracycling/status/1829855803534368993

 

[rallybanana]

Sophie Unwin sets a new world record!

Edit: She went on to win the gold medal in the final pursuit.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This young Australian track sprinter is sadly a runner and not a cyclist, cause I would have loved to make a thread called Gout Gout is the GOUT (Greatest Oceanian Under Twenty-three).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

While Tim Marsman may or may not be extraterrestrial, this guy definitely isn't. His team has a pretty cool name, too.

Petrus Human

Petrus Human is a cyclist from Namibia. He rides for Food Lovers Market Men.

firstcycling.com

 

[tobydawq]

Apparently, Roberto Carlos has become a Panamanian cyclist:

Roberto Carlos González

Roberto Carlos González (born 1994-05-21) is a professional road racing cyclist from Panama, currently riding for Rali - Giant. His best results are 2 stage wins in Vuelta a Guatemala and 2nd place in National Championships Panama ME - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Apparently, Roberto Carlos has become a Panamanian cyclist:

Roberto Carlos González

Roberto Carlos González (born 1994-05-21) is a professional road racing cyclist from Panama, currently riding for Rali - Giant. His best results are 2 stage wins in Vuelta a Guatemala and 2nd place in National Championships Panama ME - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

If the Indian national track cycling team convinced him to switch nationality, they could become the new Galácticos.

Ronaldo Laitonjam

Ronaldo Laitonjam is a 22-year-old cyclist from India, born June 22nd 2002.

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David Beckham Elkathchoongo

David Beckham Elkathchoongo is a 20-year-old cyclist from India, born September 20th 2003.

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