Teams & Riders Coolest Names in the Peloton*

[Armchair Cyclist]

Announcing Team Nothing is Certain:

Ryan Death

Ryan Death is a road racing cyclist from Australia, active between 2025 and 2025.

www.procyclingstats.com

Tomas Tax

Tomas Tax is a road racing cyclist from Guatemala, active between 2022 and 2022.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Announcing Team Nothing is Certain:

A shame it's rather unlikely that Tax will ever be teammates with Death.



(A sentence I never thought I'd use.)

 

[rallybanana]

The Scottish national hill climb champion is called Sam Carrotte

It would be really cool if he had red hair...but I did some research...and he doesn't.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The Scottish national hill climb champion is called Sam Carrotte

It would be really cool if he had red hair...but I did some research...and he doesn't.

So more like Sham Carrotte then.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Bruno Mussolini

Bruno Mussolini (born 1935-03-18 in Fiumana) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Italy, active between 1958 and 1958. His best results are 24th place in Giro della Romagna and 43rd place in GC Tour de Romandie.

www.procyclingstats.com

I interpreted cool as interesting in this context

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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

@ciranda

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Pimp Ronhaar is the best name on the cross circuit.
Also Horny was up there for awhile in the Belgian cross nationals, I believe.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Pogatschen or pogača is a kind of bread in Central Europe (Austria, Hungary, Slovenia...). It's related to focaccia. So Tadej Pogačar can be translated as Ted Baker.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Pimp Ronhaar is the best name on the cross circuit.
Also Horny was up there for awhile in the Belgian cross nationals, I believe.

Horny won the title in the Elite 2 category.

 

[tobydawq]

Pimp Ronhaar is the best name on the cross circuit.
Also Horny was up there for awhile in the Belgian cross nationals, I believe.

Well, his name isn't Pimp...

But I guess we can always add letters to the names to fit them in here.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Well, his name isn't Pimp...

But I guess we can always add letters to the names to fit them in here.

I'm pretty sure Pim is like Flemish for pimp, toby.

 

[tobydawq]

I'm pretty sure Pim is like Flemish for pimp, toby.

Maybe he is the second coming of Pim(p) de Keysergracht.

 

[Anderis]

Camilla Rånes Bye

Camilla Rånes Bye (born 2004-11-17) is a professional road racing cyclist from Norway, currently riding for Team Coop - Repsol. Her best results are winning a stage in Princess Anna Vasa Tour and 4th place in Grote Prijs Beerens.

www.procyclingstats.com

I feel an imminent farewell.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Camilla Rånes Bye

Camilla Rånes Bye (born 2004-11-17) is a professional road racing cyclist from Norway, currently riding for Team Coop - Repsol. Her best results are winning a stage in Princess Anna Vasa Tour and 4th place in Grote Prijs Beerens.

www.procyclingstats.com

I feel an imminent farewell.

If it were simply Camilla Rånes, that would be a misunderstanding of the role of queen consort.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/eilam-wallach
So this is who all the Arab youths are referring to when they say "Wallach"?

 

[RedheadDane]

Fun fact: In the junior races this year, it's possible for a parent and a child to race against each other.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fun fact: In the junior races this year, it's possible for a parent and a child to race against each other.

When the female juniors get older, they can get to race in a corset. Sorry, I mean race against a Corset.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Have we done a sub-thread on names shared with international footballers? Did we include Gareth Barry ?

 

[tobydawq]

Have we done a sub-thread on names shared with international footballers? Did we include Gareth Barry ?

We can extend it to other sports and also give a shoutout to the famous race walker Miguel Ángel López.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Have we done a sub-thread on names shared with international footballers? Did we include Gareth Barry ?

If we're trying to build a 90s-2000s Premier League team, here's a suggestion for a fairly unbalanced lineup:

Petr Cech

Richard Dunne

Matt Holland Gareth Barry Kevin Nolan

David Beckham Alan Smith

Robbie Keane Michael Owen Robbie Fowler Fernando Torres

Bench: Paul Robinson, Henrik Pedersen, Kevin Phillips, Chris Sutton, Ian Wright

Co-managers: Alex Ferguson and Howard Wilkinson

 

[rallybanana]

Richard Dunne looks very isolated at the back. I think somebody mentioned an Anton Ferdinand in this thread a while back.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Did you really find all of them in an hour and a half, or did you have them sitting waiting for the opportunity?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Did you really find all of them in an hour and a half, or did you have them sitting waiting for the opportunity?

Beckham had been mentioned previously and perhaps some of the others, too, but I did enjoy taking a trip down memory lane while looking for the rest. As it turned out, it's more common for attacking players than defenders to share their names with cyclists.

Richard Dunne looks very isolated at the back. I think somebody mentioned an Anton Ferdinand in this thread a while back.

There's Anton Ferdinande in CX, but I tried to get the spelling as right as possible.
Lens Lehmann was another option for the goalkeeper spot.

 

[rallybanana]

Sub-thread for names shared with Academy Award winners for best actor:

Cillian Murphy
Will Smith
Russell Crowe
Jon Voight
Jimmy Stewart

 

[RedheadDane]

Millie Salmon

Millie Salmon is a 16-year-old cyclist from Great Britain, born July 5th 2008. She rides for Shibden Apex RT.

firstcycling.com

Alessia Orsi

Alessia Orsi is a 16-year-old cyclist from Italy, born July 29th 2008. She rides for BFT Burzoni VO2 Team Pink.

firstcycling.com

As well as her - I'm assuming - twin sister Martina

Sounds dangerous for Millie...