Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Armchair cyclist]

Is naoi Japanese for nine?

Why would the Venn intersection with Irish speakers be needed?

 

[RedheadDane]

Why would the Venn intersection with Irish speakers be needed?

That is a good question!

So, we got a "nine", now we just need a "ten". (Unless "naoi" actually means "ten".)

 

[tobydawq]

That is a good question!

So, we got a "nine", now we just need a "ten". (Unless "naoi" actually means "ten".)

Milan Menten
Paolo Bettini (works for both nine and ten im Danish)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

María Diez

 

[sir fly]

Everybody loves Hans...

 

[RedheadDane]

Everybody loves Hans...

You're Hans!

 

[tobydawq]

Jesper Tikiøb.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Or Iban Mayo Diez.

 

[sir fly]

Don't you, people, find Oscar Onley quite cool?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Don't you, people, find Oscar Onley quite cool?

I read that as Onely, as a contribution to the numbers list

 

[sir fly]

I read that as Onely, as a contribution to the numbers list

Counts for something anyway.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Don't you, people, find Oscar Onley quite cool?

He'll be cool, but Onley if he wins

 

[sir fly]

He'll be cool, but Onley if he wins

Oscar?

 

[rallybanana]

Or Iban Mayo Diez.

Sadly his birthday is not the 10th of May.

His real name should in fact be Iban Agosto Diecinueve

 

[tobydawq]

Marjolein van 't Geloof.

What belief is she of?

 

[rallybanana]

The current batch of young British riders includes some familiar names

Nobel laureate in literature - Samuel Beckett (procyclingstats.com)
Three-time NFL MVP - Jim Brown (procyclingstats.com)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - William Smith (procyclingstats.com)

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Maybe not the coolest name, rather one that suggests some uncertainty, while remaining impeccably well mannered:
Dimitri MADAMSIR
(3rd in Suriname Nat Champ)

 

[rallybanana]

Shunta NAOI, for the very small Venn overlap between Irish speakers (who will recognise 9) and those who paid attention to the 2017 Tour of Hokkaido (who might recognise the rider who came 69th)

If the 69th place finisher at the 2017 Tour of Hokkaido is a bit too obscure you could have Yikui NIU - points classification and double stage winner at the 2022 Tour of Qinghai Lake.

Níu being the Icelandic word for nine.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Gergo MAGYAR, of Eolo U19s is Hungarian, which gives him a nominal integrity not shared by Felix English or Przemyslaw Niemiec.

 

[rallybanana]

Gergo MAGYAR, of Eolo U19s is Hungarian, which gives him a nominal integrity not shared by Felix English or Przemyslaw Niemiec.

Of the 10 riders on PCS with the surname English only Rob English is actually English. He is a bike builder with his own company named 'English Cycles' which is not actually an English company as it is based in Oregon, USA.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gergo MAGYAR, of Eolo U19s is Hungarian, which gives him a nominal integrity not shared by Felix English or Przemyslaw Niemiec.

What does Niemiec mean? I'm guessing it doesn't mean Polish.

 

[tobydawq]

What does Niemiec mean? I'm guessing it doesn't mean Polish.

Have you heard about Google Translate?



Anyway, as much as I like numbers, Q36.5 is not going to be a cool name if that's what they'll end up being called...

 

[RedheadDane]

Have you heard about Google Translate?



Anyway, as much as I like numbers, Q36.5 is not going to be a cool name if that's what they'll end up being called...

I wasn't sure it was a Polish word.

I'll just call them the "Q Team".

 

[tobydawq]

I wasn't sure it was a Polish word.

I'll just call them the "Q Team".

Because you're afraid of the numbers?

 

[RedheadDane]

Because you're afraid of the numbers?

Yes! Numbers are evil!