Cyclist name pronounciations

[ingsve]

I recently found this website called forvo.com which is a place where you can submit words in any language and then people who speak that language can record a pronounciation of the word. I found that there were several cyclist names added to the database so I thought it would be interesting if we could all expand on that.

What I did was that any time I found a cyclists name pronounced I would add the tag "cyclist" to it. So if you go to the page specifically for the word cyclist you can find a whole list of pronounciations:

http://www.forvo.com/tag/cyclist

The list is far from complete however so if anyone has a rider that they want to know how it is pronounced feel free to add it to the database or if you're lazy you can post it here so that someone else can post it on the site.

It would also be helpful if people help out by pronouncing names in their own language when there is a name that is awaiting pronounciation.

 

[hrotha]

Absolutely awesome. Thanks!

I'm not convinced Sagan wasn't done by an English speaker...
edit: what the... Pretty sure no one got Hushovd right.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Vanthourenhout is done wrong
I might re-record it tomorrow...

 

[ansimi]

LOL, I see Przemysław Niemiec is "pending pronounciation". He was on the front so much today but the commentators didn't even try.

 

[Boeing]

the should add Thomas Rabou

 

[ingsve]

Absolutely awesome. Thanks!

I'm not convinced Sagan wasn't done by an English speaker...
edit: what the... Pretty sure no one got Hushovd right.

If you click on the name you can see who and from where the person who pronounced it is. Peter Sagan was definately done by an american in an american english pronounciation. If there is any slovaks here that can correct the pronounciation it would be appreciated.

 

[Mambo95]

If you click on the name you can see who and from where the person who pronounced it is. Peter Sagan was definately done by an american in an american english pronounciation. If there is any slovaks here that can correct the pronounciation it would be appreciated.

Here's a pretty reliable one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqoP5X9HqVo


The problem with this is that names are often a bit weird, and not in general usage (unless their famous). Ask Brits how to pronounce Kennaugh and you'll get several different answers (largely varying by region).

 

[Libertine Seguros]

LOL, I see Przemysław Niemiec is "pending pronounciation". He was on the front so much today but the commentators didn't even try.

something along the lines of pshe-miss-waff nyeh-myeh-ts.

Aside: "Niemiec" means "German".

 

[Ryaguas]

Lool... Jhonny Hoogerland is a hard one...

 

[ingsve]

Here's a pretty reliable one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqoP5X9HqVo
The problem with this is that names are often a bit weird, and not in general usage (unless their famous). Ask Brits how to pronounce Kennaugh and you'll get several different answers (largely varying by region).

Ya, but it's always possible for several people to record a name and it will show on the names page what accent the person who recorded it is using.

 

[hatcher]

Here's a pretty reliable one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqoP5X9HqVo


The problem with this is that names are often a bit weird, and not in general usage (unless their famous). Ask Brits how to pronounce Kennaugh and you'll get several different answers (largely varying by region).

I swear I've heard Peter himself pronounce it two different ways.

(Kennaugh, not Sagan)

 

[ak-zaaf]

Lool... Jhonny Hoogerland is a hard one...

The Hoo is as in "G's up Hoe's down".
The soft G you'll prolly never get.

 

[jens_attacks]

The Hoo is as in "G's up Hoe's down".

big lol.snoop iz in da house!

 

[ingsve]

Lool... Jhonny Hoogerland is a hard one...

The one that was a bit of a surprise for me was Steven Kruijswijk.

 

[jens_attacks]

that guy from versus was the king with that cun.tador and bobke with tour de france sounding too funny(if you're not a phonetic nazi).

 

[hrotha]

The Hoo is as in "G's up Hoe's down".
The soft G you'll prolly never get.

I expected the soft G, but the "Johnny" caught me off my guard.

 

[hatcher]

Robert Gesink was a surprise to me. I was getting Gesink pretty much correct, but I've never heard the R in Robert rolled like that before.

 

[canyonball]

Wow thanks for the link. Always a struggle for me to get the rigth pronunciation, specially for the dutchies.

BTW, Tiago Machado is in brazilian portuguese, which makes it sound funny. And I finally know how to say lovkvist!

 

[theyoungest]

Robert Gesink was a surprise to me. I was getting Gesink pretty much correct, but I've never heard the R in Robert rolled like that before.

The "r" is a bit overdone in that one, it sounds a bit posh. But the Dutch "r" is different from the English one, that's true.

 

[Opichi]

How about getting the announcers to pronounce Matt Bushe and Tyler Farrars' names correctly?

 

[Cobblestoned]

Always wondered about Menchov.

And its just Menschov.
Everything ok.

That Przemysław (Niemiec) is really hard. That Sagan can't be true.

 

[Ryaguas]

The Hoo is as in "G's up Hoe's down".
The soft G you'll prolly never get.

I've been practicing myself and I think I get it... Is a hard one but is cool... I like how it sounds...

Robert Gesink was a surprise to me. I was getting Gesink pretty much correct, but I've never heard the R in Robert rolled like that before.

Ahhhh... once theyoungest was talking about it and how you must pronunce the "G", it sounds like the "j" or sometimes the "g" in spanish...

 

[Anonymous]

i registered so I could add Peter Kennaugh, Peter Kennyuk, or whatever hes called to the list.

Not had my activation email though.

 

[Magnus]

Absolutely awesome. Thanks!

I'm not convinced Sagan wasn't done by an English speaker...
edit: what the... Pretty sure no one got Hushovd right.

Hushovd sound Norwegian imo but the Breschel part of Matti Breschel is not exactly spot on

 

[ingsve]

edit: what the... Pretty sure no one got Hushovd right.

No, Hushovd is absolutely correct there.