Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

Page 2 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
May 10, 2013
5,455
3,245
23,180
Re: Re:

GuyIncognito said:
That's true of essentially any language. Even a few of the big stars like Alberto Accountant or Richie Doors.
Not necessarily. I can't think of many Polish riders whose names you could translate literally (Niemiec is perhaps the only one familliar for average cycling fan). You could tell from which words some of them are coming from (Kwiatkowski from "kwiat"- flower, WIśniowski from "wiśnia"- cherry) but they are not build exactly from words you could find in dictionary. "Owski" on it's own doesn't mean anything. I have the impression that names capable of being translated literally are more common in Dutch than in Polish.

One more name that sounds funny in Polish is Rudy Kowalski (http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Rudy_Kowalski). Kowalski is a name of a stereotypical Pole (2nd most common last name in Poland) and "rudy" means "red haired".
 
Feb 20, 2012
53,881
44,267
28,180
Re:

Hugo Koblet said:
Sonny Colbrelli is pretty cool. Taken out of a Godfather movie.
I've never seen the godfather.

I have to say I've played a lot of GTA Vice City, which has been inspired by it, and it seems like a name that would fit in perfectly
 
Jun 10, 2010
19,892
2,252
25,680
Re: Re:

"-Owski" is just two common Slavic suffixes, both of which mean roughly "related to" or "having the characteristics of". They were typically used in nicknames and patronymics before becoming standardized and fossilized in modern surnames, especially in Poland. I imagine "Kwiatkowski" is kwiatek, a diminutive of"flower" + these standard suffixes, hence roughly "the (Li'l) Flower Guy". Should be relatively transparent, but I might be completely wrong, as I don't really know anything about Polish.

As for "Contador", in Spain it doesn't mean "Accountant", only "Counter".
 
Jun 27, 2013
5,217
9
17,495
Re: Re:

hrotha said:
As for "Contador", in Spain it doesn't mean "Accountant", only "Counter".

It's a south american term.
In Spain it's also a word for meter. Like the gas or water meter.
 
Feb 10, 2015
5,932
803
19,680
Re: Re:

Red Rick said:
Hugo Koblet said:
Sonny Colbrelli is pretty cool. Taken out of a Godfather movie.
I've never seen the godfather.

I have to say I've played a lot of GTA Vice City, which has been inspired by it, and it seems like a name that would fit in perfectly
'Cause the villain of the game is named Sonny Forelli!
 
Jun 18, 2015
784
17
10,010
Re: Coolest Names in the Peloton

Hmn of course: Alaberto Contaverde, the ultimate warrior.

Here is the clip where it all happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5yIapnxHr8

Notice how Goku Contador and Vegeta Valverde finally let aside their differences to unite themselves to save planet cycling from Alien Chris Buu-me.

Jokes aside, it would've been great if they had been able to work plans together in the past instead of cancelling each other. What great potential afternoons have we missed.
 
Jun 24, 2013
3,548
1,079
16,680
Crescenzo d'Amore

damorearrivo.JPG


Game over
 
May 15, 2011
45,171
617
24,680
Re: Coolest Names in the Peloton

Juan José Lobato
lobo-3.jpg

A lobato is a wolf pup from 4 to 7 months old
CCasMB7W4AEvGNX.jpg
 
Jun 24, 2015
1,932
756
12,680
I kinda like Gianluca Brambilla, Julian Alaphilippe and most basque names.

And Bongiorno ofcourse.
 
Jun 30, 2014
7,060
2
0
It's rather obscure, but If you're from South Tyrol or Tirol in general then Max Walscheid sounds really odd.
The reason for it? Walsch is a derogatory term for Italians and things that come from Italy that is commonly used around here and Eid means oath in German.