Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[rallybanana]

So does 'Van der Poel'.

And Chris Juul

 

[Mayo from Mayo]

Olav Kooij for me, but only because I originally misread his name as Koolj.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Having a nickname is, sort of, cool, so if part of your name is implicitly considered a nickname, as indicated by inverted commas, must be cool. Yes?

ANDINO Gissel "Ninoska"

 

[Anderis]

I always loved when Remy Di Gregorio was misspelled as Remy Di Gregario.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Manolo Wrolich

Manolo Wrolich (born 2006-05-02 in Klagenfurt ) is a road racing cyclist from Austria, currently riding for Tirol KTM Cycling Team. His best results are 8th place in National Championships Austria MU - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

Born in may 2006, a great month for the name Manolo.

 

[Ricco']

Manolo Wrolich

Manolo Wrolich (born 2006-05-02 in Klagenfurt ) is a road racing cyclist from Austria, currently riding for Tirol KTM Cycling Team. His best results are 8th place in National Championships Austria MU - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

Born in may 2006, a great month for the name Manolo.

It would be even better if his father was riding for Liberty Seguros back then, instead of Gerolsteiner.

 

[rallybanana]

Rien Schuurhuis translated from French and Dutch = Nothing Barnhouse

 

[RedheadDane]

This guy isn't any old Joe.

Newjoe Lau

Newjoe Lau (born 2005-04-27) is a road racing cyclist from Malaysia, active between 2021 and 2023.

www.procyclingstats.com

Wonder if his dad is called 'Joe'

 

[Wyndbrook]

Cracking 49th for Clement Horny in last night's short track mountainbike.

 

[rallybanana]

Cracking 49th for Clement Horny in last night's short track mountainbike.

He's an old favourite in this thread. Although there seems to be some confusion regarding his nationality

There is a Belgian crosser named Clément Horny.

A French cyclocross rider who won a race yesterday is called Clément Horny...

 

[RedheadDane]

This guy's name is getting increasingly inaccurate!

Junior Lecerf

Junior Lecerf is a 22-year-old professional cyclist from Belgium, born October 15th 2002. He rides for Soudal Quick-Step, a UCI WorldTeam.

firstcycling.com

 

[Eagle_Alps]

This guy's name is getting increasingly inaccurate!

Junior Lecerf

Junior Lecerf is a 22-year-old professional cyclist from Belgium, born October 15th 2002. He rides for Soudal Quick-Step, a UCI WorldTeam.

firstcycling.com

"The deer" riding for the wolfpack?
Maybe he could join forces with Hirschi...

 

[Wyndbrook]

He's an old favourite in this thread. Although there seems to be some confusion regarding his nationality

Perhaps he jumps borders when minibus loads of groupies start chasing him.

 

[RedheadDane]

This young lady has a pretty great name:

Sunday Mary Samuel

Sunday Mary Samuel is a 24-year-old cyclist from Nigeria, born August 29th 2001.

firstcycling.com

And she was born on a Wednesday...

 

[RedheadDane]

Dunno if this club-level team might make their competitors a bit nervous:

Black Magic Women's Cycling 2023

Black Magic Women's Cycling was the name of the cyclingteam in 2023. The main riders on the team this season were , and .

www.procyclingstats.com

Among the riders, they have Spring, Tuck, and Watts.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Dunno if this club-level team might make their competitors a bit nervous:

Black Magic Women's Cycling 2023

Black Magic Women's Cycling was the name of the cyclingteam in 2023. The main riders on the team this season were , and .

www.procyclingstats.com

Among the riders, they have Spring, Tuck, and Watts.

I think Spring, Tuck & Watts opened for Santana first time I heard Black Magic Woman live.

 

[RedheadDane]

I know they've been mentioned already, but just imagine if these two teams turned up at the same race!

The Hurricane & Thunder Cycling Team 2023

The Hurricane & Thunder Cycling Team 2023 is a cycling team from China. Their main riders are Daniel Crista, Liming You and Jinsong Li.

www.procyclingstats.com

Project Echelon Racing 2023

Project Echelon Racing 2023 is a cycling team from United States. Their main riders are Tyler Stites, Matt Zimmer and Cade Bickmore.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

He's an old favourite in this thread. Although there seems to be some confusion regarding his nationality

He's from Wallonia. Pretty rare to have a cyclist from there, let alone a cyclocrosser.
The late https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/patrick-gaudy/start was from there aswell. Always had a soft spot for him since he reminded me of Gaudi.

 

[rallybanana]

He's from Wallonia. Pretty rare to have a cyclist from there, let alone a cyclocrosser.
The late https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/patrick-gaudy/start was from there aswell. Always had a soft spot for him since he reminded me of Gaudi.

It's all relative. If Wallonia was a French region, it would be regarded as a strong cycling region. Comparing top-200 ranked riders in PCS by place of birth. Wallonia compares favourably with all French regions.

4
Wallonia (Gilbert, Criquielion, J-L Vandenbroucke, F Vandenbroucke)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Poulidor, Darrigade, Chavanel, Duclos-Lassalle)
3
Ile-De-France (Fignon, Leducq, Pelissier)
2
Bretagne (Hinault, Bobet)
Occitanie (Jalabert, Garrigou)
Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Mottet, Magne)
Haute-de-France (Demare, Stablinski)
Bourgogne-France-Comte (Thevenet, Pinot)
Grand-Est (Bouhanni, Voeckler)
1
Centre-Val de Loire (Alaphilippe)
Normandie (Anquetil)


On the other hand, as part of Belgium, they don't look too strong

32
Flanders (Merckx, De Vlaeminck, Van Looy, Maertens, Boonen, Van Springel, Museeuw, Godefroot, Verbeeck, Van Steenbergen, Van Avermaet, Vanderaerden, van Aert, Evenepoel, E Planckaert, Van Impe, Pollentier, MvdP, Ockers, Schotte, L Peeters, Impanis, Van Linden, Sercu, Reybrouck, S Bennett, De Bruyne, Wiggins, Wellens, de Wolf, Willems, Steels)
4
Wallonia (Gilbert, Criquielion, J-L Vandenbroucke**, F Vandenbroucke)
1
Brussels (Thys)

** Technically, Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke was born in Flanders. His place of birth, Mouscron, was transferred to Wallonia when he was around 8 years old.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Theres a 'Valverde fuentes' cycling team. yes that one, alas, no not that one

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Maëlle GROSSETETE probably does not consider her name 'cool', and she is far too young to share my appreciation of the saxophonist David Newman, knowledge of whom would make it much cooler.

(One to make all the Generation Xers and Millennials do a bit of research)

 

[RedheadDane]

Maëlle GROSSETETE probably does not consider her name 'cool', and she is far too young to share my appreciation of the saxophonist David Newman, knowledge of whom would make it much cooler.

(One to make all the Generation Xers and Millennials do a bit of research)

Did you just call Gen X "young"?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

These things are comparative...

 

[rallybanana]

Iceland is a cool country....with some cool names...like MAXON QUAS

Maxon Quas

Maxon Quas is a road racing cyclist from Iceland, active between 2023 and 2025. His best results are 16th place in National Championships Iceland ME - Road Race and 20th place in National Championships Iceland ME - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Iceland is a cool country....with some cool names...like MAXON QUAS

Maxon Quas

Maxon Quas is a road racing cyclist from Iceland, active between 2023 and 2025. His best results are 16th place in National Championships Iceland ME - Road Race and 20th place in National Championships Iceland ME - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

I mainly wanna know what a random Moldovan was doing in the Iceland nationals