Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Laplaz]

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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.

Yeah i get it

 

[Alexandre B.]

Jimmy Casper.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I always have to fight the urge to add na-naaaa-na-na-na, to the tune of the Muppets' theme, after the name Van Avermaet.

 

[barmaher]

Wiening

 

[RedheadDane]

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Knud Knudsen!

See, that's the thing; for me that's just a boring generic Danish name.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Knud Knudsen!

See, that's the thing; for me that's just a boring generic Danish name.

You mean that Knud Knudsen is a bit like your Danish Pierre Latour?

 

[Red Rick]

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Wiening

The name goes with the meme

That said, I've always thought that Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez all had pretty cool names. Samu as well

 

[Ricco']

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Winner Anacona.
Come on, his name is Winner! I know it's due to a mistake, but honestly, I just think that makes it even cooler since it means he has an interesting story to tell.

And you don't know what the last part of his name means in portuguese.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, enlighten me please.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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That said, I've always thought that Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez all had pretty cool names. Samu as well

So you like the standard Spanish names then

 

[Valv.Piti]

Luis León Sanchez is better better than all of those!

 

[el chava]

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Love this topic

Corny names:
Svein Tuft
Preben Van Hecke
Jens Keukeleire
Tejay Van Garderen
Tom Van Asbroeck

Cool names:
Quentin Jauregui
Domenico Pozzovivo
Alexis Vuillermoz
Antwan Tolhoek
Rigoberto Uran Uran
Kenny Elissonde
Willie Smit
& all Basque names

All Estonian names are a perfect mix of corny and cool.

 

[BigMac]

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No, enlighten me please.

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[The Hitch]

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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

GTA Vice City is inspired by the film Scarface. The mansion is the same as in the film, the story is very similar as is the ending and the setting. 1 of the characters - Rosenberg, is lifted straight from the movie Carlito's way which is in some way a sequel to Scarface.

GTA 3 is the one largely based Mafia stereotypes. Maybe a little bit the Godfather but the Godfather always portrayed Mafia as some sort of men of honour whereas in the GTA world they are all just criminals.
A few characters appear there and then in Vice City.

 

[Ricco']

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No, enlighten me please.

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And being "Ana" one of the most common female names in Portugal.

 

[RedheadDane]

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No, enlighten me please.

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:lol:

 

[Red Rick]

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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

GTA Vice City is inspired by the film Scarface. The mansion is the same as in the film, the story is very similar as is the ending and the setting. 1 of the characters - Rosenberg, is lifted straight from the movie Carlito's way which is in some way a sequel to Scarface.

GTA 3 is the one largely based Mafia stereotypes. Maybe a little bit the Godfather but the Godfather always portrayed Mafia as some sort of men of honour whereas in the GTA world they are all just criminals.
A few characters appear there and then in Vice City.

Whoops, guess that's more proof I didn't watch either of those movies

 

[Velolover2]

Adolph Verschueren (also know as Adolf)

Must suck to have that name.

 

[Pennino]

Alessandro Spezialetti
Gilberto Simoni

 

[davebqvst]

Willi Willwohl. Too bad he retired recently.

 

[Guybrush]

Samuel Spokes

 

[Kazistuta]

Youthaporn Hinthao
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Karpets/Knees/Cink and others sounding funny in English.


And outside the category I always found the Baby-Dump Cycling Team funny.

 

[WheelofGear]

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Juan José Lobato

Is this Pokémon?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

A few I haven't seen mentioned yet

Phil Bauhaus, the goth cyclist
Sindre Skjøstad Lunke
Eneritz Iturriagaetxebarria Mazaga
Jip van den Bos
Yonder Godoy
Franklin Six
Paz Bash
Brayan Stiven Sánchez
Garikoitz Bravo
Roller Diagama
Laura Vainionpää

 

[elfed68]

Too bad The Fons has retired.