Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Izzyeviel]

I had to google that & well, Just shoot me now

 

[Wyndbrook]

I think the double act of Tim Torn and Lea Lin will always be difficult to trump, though Nienke Vinke is close.
But my current favourite is Shanyl De Schoesitter.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think the double act of Tim Torn and Lea Lin will always be difficult to trump, though Nienke Vinke is close.
But my current favourite is Shanyl De Schoesitter.

Would have been better if they'd given her names starting with 'T'!

And I guess being a shoesitter is significantly easier than being a babysitter. (That is what 'Schoesitter' means, right?)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Would have been better if they'd given her names starting with 'T'!

The now retired German football player Dennis Diekmeier has a wife and four children who all have the initials DD like him.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Would have been better if they'd given her names starting with 'T'!

And I guess being a shoesitter is significantly easier than being a babysitter. (That is what 'Schoesitter' means, right?)

If you say, no idea myself.
My Google translate from wielerflits to English becomes ' the shoesitter'.

 

[RedheadDane]

And now for the category of "Beautifully rhyming names."

Giulia Giuliani

Giulia Giuliani (born 2002-07-05 in Pescara) is a professional road racing cyclist from Italy, currently riding for Roland Le Dévoluy. Her best results are 10th place in GC Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial and 6th place in stage Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Would have been better if they'd given her names starting with 'T'!

And I guess being a shoesitter is significantly easier than being a babysitter. (That is what 'Schoesitter' means, right?)

It's one of the many variants of the surname(s) "Schoensetters/Scoensetters".

Literally it means: "shoeputters", it's an Old Dutch word for cobbler/shoemaker. So.... one of her ancestors was a medieval cobbler.

For all your etomology questions regarding Belgian surnames, do contact me. It's not like I wrote a thesis on it.

 

[RedheadDane]

More a case of funny name combo. From Vuelta Costa Rica:

1	CANASTUJ José David
2	JULAJUJ Alex Rony

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I think we have had at least Julajuj before: Guatemalan brings some strange things to the Spanish language with names, presumably of Mayan origin.

A few others I spotted in the Vuelta a Guatemala results:
Gerson TOC
Eli Alejandro SISIMITH
Adonias Nelson PANJOJ
Ramon AJPACAJA
William AJCAY
Henry SAM and
Julian YAK

 

[Anderis]

This name caught my eye when looking at the latest transfers on PCS:

Giulia Giuliani

Giulia Giuliani (born 2002-07-05 in Pescara) is a professional road racing cyclist from Italy, currently riding for Roland Le Dévoluy. Her best results are 10th place in GC Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial and 6th place in stage Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This name caught my eye when looking at the latest transfers on PCS:

Giulia Giuliani

Giulia Giuliani (born 2002-07-05 in Pescara) is a professional road racing cyclist from Italy, currently riding for Roland Le Dévoluy. Her best results are 10th place in GC Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial and 6th place in stage Premondiale Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial.

www.procyclingstats.com

Yeah, there was definitely nowhere else her name could have caught your eye recently...

 

[Anderis]

Yeah, there was definitely nowhere else her name could have caught your eye recently...

Damn, I read this thread regularly but somehow missed RedheadDane's post.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Damn, I read this thread regularly but somehow missed RedheadDane's post.

It could have been worse if you had liked the post and forgotten about it.

 

[Anderis]

Charles Marchandise

Charles Marchandise (born 2003-06-24) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for Béziers Méditerranée Cyclisme. His best results are 41st place in National Championships France MU - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

This man looks like he could help you sell more merchandise.

 

[Rockestar_33]

Tomoya Koyama

Tomoya Koyama (born 1998-07-18 in Tokyo) is a professional road racing cyclist from Japan, currently riding for Team Vorarlberg. His best results are 10th place in stage Tour of Istanbul and 11th place in National Championships Japan MU23 - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm... curious what will happen when these guys first turn up to a race, because I'm slightly worried they might have misunderstood something:

Run & Race - Wibatech 2025

Run & Race - Wibatech is the name of the cycling team in 2025. The main riders listed on the team are BartÅomiej ProÄ, Artur Sowinski and Kacper Maciejuk.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Anakin Williams

Anakin Williams is a road racing cyclist from Australia, active between 2018 and 2019.

www.procyclingstats.com

Here was me thinking Anakin was a made up name in the Star Wars universe. Apparently it's a legit Germanic name.
I wonder if George Lucas got the name "Skywalker" from David "Skywalker" Thompson.

 

[abbulf]

It seems a shame that Fernando Tercero has never come third in a race, although Segundo Navarrete has a few runner up spots to his name.

I am new to this thread, and I am loving it. However, I am surprised that this guy has not been given more love and attention over the 60 pages so far.

He is not only second, but in fact he is the second coming of Christ:

NAVARRETE NAVARRETE Segundo Mesias

(And with a double surname as well just to make the name even more great).

 

[hrotha]

Anakin Williams

Anakin Williams is a road racing cyclist from Australia, active between 2018 and 2019.

www.procyclingstats.com

Here was me thinking Anakin was a made up name in the Star Wars universe. Apparently it's a legit Germanic name.
I wonder if George Lucas got the name "Skywalker" from David "Skywalker" Thompson.

Can't wait for the first Daenerys in the pro peloton

 

[rallybanana]

Another rider with a misleading name. He's not Catalan and he's not Pedro Delgado.

Pedro Javier Catalan Delgado

Pedro Javier Catalan Delgado is a 31-year-old cyclist from Chile, born March 14th 1993. He rides for Ruteros La Union.

firstcycling.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So who does this guy

CQ Ranking - SOUTHAMMAVONG Fongsamouth

CQ Ranking is the world's leading cycling ranking and extensive results database. Also known as Cycling Quotient.

cqranking.com

support in the South coast derby?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So who does this guy

CQ Ranking - SOUTHAMMAVONG Fongsamouth

CQ Ranking is the world's leading cycling ranking and extensive results database. Also known as Cycling Quotient.

cqranking.com

support in the South coast derby?

Perhaps his parents were inspired by that guy who changed his surname to Portsmouth Football Club.

 

[rallybanana]

So who does this guy
support in the South coast derby?

Who does she support when Chelsea play Bolton?

Chelsea Bolton

Chelsea Bolton is a 35-year-old cyclist from USA, born June 25th 1989.

firstcycling.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Ryan Death

Ryan Death (born 2007-06-29) is a road racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for Cycletorq CC Inc.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[rallybanana]

Tomas Tax

Tomas Tax is a road racing cyclist from Guatemala, active between 2022 and 2022.

www.procyclingstats.com