Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I find the name "Barnabas Peak" quite funny. It reminds me to a biblical name (Barrabas)

Came to say this. Could be the name for a rock band or an action movie.

 

[staubsauger]

Dario Fridge remains one of my all-time favorites. That's literally as if my family name indeed would be Vacuum / Hoover!

 

[RedheadDane]

Oskar Malatsetxebarria!
I'm… guessing he's Basque…

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Thai names are usually weird, unless you're from Thailand I guess:
For instance, 29 year old Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn has had the season of his life so far, with 35 CQ points this year, compared to only 1 last year.

 

[RedheadDane]

Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:

Hippolyte Aucouturier

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:

Hippolyte Aucouturier

"A few".

 

[Koronin]

One of my all time favorite names in the peloton has been Sylvain Chavanel.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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One of my all time favorite names in the peloton has been Sylvain Chavanel.

Even your favorite name is Spanish

 

[movingtarget]

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Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:

Hippolyte Aucouturier

Sounds like a fashion designer............

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Been a few years since he raced (or lived), but I came across this awesome name in one of the CyclingTips Daily News Digest articles:

Hippolyte Aucouturier

"A few".

For a rather loose definition of the word.
Bit like one might say that Peter Sagan is a 'pretty good' bike rider.

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

One of my all time favorite names in the peloton has been Sylvain Chavanel.

Even your favorite name is Spanish

LOL Well my favorite name that if I had a child is Spanish as well. (I don't have children by choice). If I had a son my first choice for a name is Diego my second choice is Alejandro. I couldn't pick them as coolest names in the peloton (esp Alejandro) as they are common names.

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

 

[tobydawq]

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Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

That's probably the most "let me just push a bunch of random buttons on my keyboard"-looking name I have ever seen!

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

That's probably the most "let me just push a bunch of random buttons on my keyboard"-looking name I have ever seen!

I was actually just thinking something to that extend:
Maybe whoever was in charge of registering him just sneezed and accidentally hit a bunch of random keys.
Bit like how "Hodge" became "Hodeg", just with slightly less… pronounce-able results.

(And now some Croatian on this forum is probably gonna jump in all "Actually, it's pronounced 'Smith'."

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

How did you even end up finding his name?

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

How did you even end up finding his name?

I was bored and looked through the birthday list on PSC.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

That's probably the most "let me just push a bunch of random buttons on my keyboard"-looking name I have ever seen!

I was actually just thinking something to that extend:
Maybe whoever was in charge of registering him just sneezed and accidentally hit a bunch of random keys.
Bit like how "Hodge" became "Hodeg", just with slightly less… pronounce-able results.

(And now some Croatian on this forum is probably gonna jump in all "Actually, it's pronounced 'Smith'."

:lol: :lol:

 

[LaFlorecita]

Okay, not as special as some of the names mentioned here, but when I was browsing CQ ranking for my Youth CQ team and found Samuele Battistella, I just had to include him, even if just for his name

 

[Midnightfright]

Battistella is a wonderful name to say. Although I have to fight not to stick an extra T in

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I had Martins PLUTO in my cq-team, but lost him in a reshuffle.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re: Re:

Okay, I realise he's (probably) not a pro, but... Cfrankjkoviengic!
I have questions. Mainly, "How…?" How do you even pronounce that without tying your tongue into a knot?

How did you even end up finding his name?

Who cares? What is important is that we all visit his page multiple times every time we have our computers on, so that we can bump up his visits counter for the week, and turn him into a cult figure.

 

[sienna]

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Colombia is producing the best names per capita of any nation

Winner Anacona
Darwin Atapuma
Rigoberto Uran Uran

Basque cyclists, many great names. It depends on one's native language, but they are appealing because of the consonant clusters of K, X, Z, and the accents

Beñat Intxausti
Gorka Izagirre
Amets Txurruka

I kind of agree with the Lithuania suggestion as well. Anyway, most of the 'good names' are probably on others' lists as well but it is indeed an interesting question why some names seem outstanding

Ignatas Konovalovas
Simona Krupeckaitė
Ramūnas Navardauskas

'Lance Armstrong' is a very good name for a cartoon action-hero, and that is for sure one reason why Lance was marketable by corporations

Made me think of Lance Crossfire from Roger Ramjet.
My all-time favourite name in the peloton was Jeroen Blijlevens.

 

[RedheadDane]

For another race I came across from reading through random lists, this time the start-list from (one of?) the Mallorca Challenge races.

Illart Zuazubiskar

 

[sir fly]

Shooting from point-blank at directory, RhD...
Not a Croat, but as Đoković once said: "That's the same." So let me help you with that Croat's (family)name.
Strict phonemic principle is the key, so: "Write as you speak and read as it is written"
C like zink f like finger r like red a like appointment n like no k like j like y o u like book ko v like love i like see e like bed n g like girl i and c like Đoković. So, it must've been a typo, but better late than never to make it clear.

 

[RedheadDane]

That's… a relief. I like long(ish) names that roll off the tongue.
That name does not roll off anything!