Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[tobydawq]

Zsolt Istlstekker

Obviously, Hungarian is a rather extreme language so no surprise you could find a lot of names on the start line of the Tour of Hungary who would be worthy of this thread (okay there are not that many Hungarians in the race), but I think the above-mentioned guy has something special about it. Yet I feel his parents missed out on the option of having even more consecutive consonants. Surely there could be thrown a couple of z's or ch's in...

 

[ciranda]

it's not a typical hungarian name, looks more austrian?

 

[RedheadDane]

This poor kid seems destined to never win...

Luca Unwin

Luca Unwin (born 2004-09-10) is a professional road racing cyclist from Great Britain, currently riding for Trinity Racing.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Anderis]

This man sounds like someone you would like to be friends with:

William Goodfellow

William Goodfellow (born 1988-01-15 in Québec) is a professional road racing cyclist from Canada, currently riding for EuroCyclingTrips - YOELEO. His best results are 3rd place in stage Tour d'Algérie Cycliste and 3rd place in stage Tour du Sénégal.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Next question: What's the name of the mask?

Barry

 

[Hugh Januss]

If we go with what names kind of sort of sound like then I nominate Valentin and Aurelien Party Pants!

 

[tobydawq]

This poor kid seems destined to never win...

Luca Unwin

Luca Unwin (born 2004-09-10) is a professional road racing cyclist from Great Britain, currently riding for Trinity Racing.

www.procyclingstats.com

I'm sure he's one of those Luca's Brian Holm was thinking about in his ridiculous quiz from a few days ago.

 

[rallybanana]

Jasmine is friends with Adam, but not Simon

Jasmine Adams-Friend

Jasmine Adams-Friend is a cyclist from Great Britain.

firstcycling.com

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Kamil Lach

Kamil Lach (born 2003-07-26) is a professional road racing cyclist from Poland, currently riding for Mazowsze Serce Polski. His best results are 6th place in National Championships Poland U23 - Road Race and 15th place in National Championships Poland U23 - Road Race.

www.procyclingstats.com

Dutchies will understand but his picture dissapointed me

 

[RedheadDane]

We all know what race this guy is gonna win in the future:

Vaughn Veenendaal

Vaughn Veenendaal (born 2004-05-16) is a professional road racing cyclist from United States, currently riding for Above & Beyond Cancer Cycling p/b Bike World. His best results are 16th place in National Championships United States MU - Road Race and 18th place in National Championships United...

www.procyclingstats.com

(And where his ancestors - well, some of them at least - were from.)

 

[Izzyeviel]

There is a Stan Craps.

 

[tobydawq]

There is a Stan Craps.

And a Lars Craps.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I know of an industry where this guy could fit right in.

Frank Longstaff

Frank Longstaff is a 25 year old cyclist from Great Britain (born November 11th 1998), who currently rides for Schils Doltcini RT.

firstcycling.com

 

[Anderis]

I know of an industry where this guy could fit right in.

What kind of an industry?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What kind of an industry?

An X-rated one.

 

[Sandisfan]

There was a hockey player whose name sounded like he was bragging Jean Luc Grand Peirre.
P.S. on the first name it was from memory so could be a bit off.

 

[rallybanana]

There was a hockey player whose name sounded like he was bragging Jean Luc Grand Peirre.
P.S. on the first name it was from memory so could be a bit off.

Big stones?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

An X-rated one.

LOTR is X-rated?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

LOTR is X-rated?

I'm sure it's possible to find an X-rated version.

 

[proffate]

And a Lars Craps.

Tbf everybody does

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

I'm sure it's possible to find an X-rated version.

Hmm, might actually need to watch it then.
Everyone keeps going on about it, never watched it since I read Tolkien's 3 masterworks.

 

[RedheadDane]

This is more cool in the sense of "unexpected based on nationality":

Oscar Nilsson-Julien

Oscar Nilsson-Julien (born 2002-01-10) is a professional road racing cyclist from France, currently riding for AVC Aix-en-Provence. His best results are 3rd place in stage Tour de la Mirabelle and 4th place in stage Tour de la Mirabelle.

www.procyclingstats.com

I think this guy might have a Swedish parent. 'Nilsson' is not your typical French name.

 

[rallybanana]

This is more cool in the sense of "unexpected based on nationality":

On the same note I noticed some Irish riders in this week's Rás Tailteann with non-Irish names that suggest some cycling pedigree.

Arnaud Dumoulin

Arnaud Dumoulin (born 2002-01-14) is a road racing cyclist from Ireland, active between 2019 and 2024.

www.procyclingstats.com

Conor Verbruggen

Conor Verbruggen (born 1993-02-27) is a road racing cyclist from Ireland, active between 2020 and 2024. His best results are 10th place in National Championships Ireland - ITT and 13th place in National Championships Ireland - ITT.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

On the same note I noticed some Irish riders in this week's Rás Tailteann with non-Irish names that suggest some cycling pedigree.

Arnaud Dumoulin

Arnaud Dumoulin (born 2002-01-14) is a road racing cyclist from Ireland, active between 2019 and 2024.

www.procyclingstats.com

Who'd you suspect he's related to?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who'd you suspect he's related to?

The great Irish-ish sprinter Sam Dumoulin.