Guess Who - Game

[Armchair cyclist]

Male? Yes
Active? Yes
Raced this year? Yes
On WorldTeam? Yes
On team of own nationality? No
Raced during March? No
Does his country have a WorldTeam? Yes
Has he been able to train outside for the entire spring? I believe so

Does his national flag have the colour black in it? Yes
Raced on home roads this year? Yes

 

[sir fly]

Nathan Van Hooydonck?

 

[Finn84]

Wout van Aert?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Male? Yes
Active? Yes
Raced this year? Yes
On WorldTeam? Yes
On team of own nationality? No
Raced during March? No
Does his country have a WorldTeam? Yes
Has he been able to train outside for the entire spring? I believe so
Does his national flag have the colour black in it? Yes
Raced on home roads this year? Yes

Nathan Van Hooydonck? No
Wout van Aert? No

 

[RedheadDane]

Does he have a "Van" in his name?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Male? Yes
Active? Yes
Raced this year? Yes
On WorldTeam? Yes
On team of own nationality? No
Raced during March? No
Does his country have a WorldTeam? Yes
Has he been able to train outside for the entire spring? I believe so
Does his national flag have the colour black in it? Yes
Raced on home roads this year? Yes
Nathan Van Hooydonck? No
Wout van Aert? No

Does he have a "Van" in his name? No (although a friend of mine did once nickname his work van by the English version of this guy's name) and etymologically I believe there are the remnants of a 'van'.

 

[Finn84]

Maarten Wynants?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Maarten Wynants is correct: according to PCS, the highest lifetime points total among current riders with no win to his name.

My mate Tim referred to Martin = mah tin = my tin can = van in his own variant on rhyming slang.
and I guess that 'Wyn'/'Van' are related, yes?

So:
Male?
Active?
European?

 

[Finn84]

European inactive male.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Aged under 60?
From a founder member of the EEC?
Top ten in a GT?

 

[Finn84]

Aged under 60?
From a founder member of the EEC?
Top ten in a GT?

Yes x 3.

 

[RedheadDane]

Raced after 2000?

 

[Finn84]

Raced after 2000?

Yes.

So all hints in one message:

Retired European male cyclist
Aged under 60
From EEC founding country
Achieved top-10 in Grand Tour
Raced after 2000

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Raced after 2010?
From a country with a GT?
Top ten in a GT more than once?

 

[sir fly]

Raced before 1990.?

 

[Finn84]

Retired European male cyclist
Aged under 60
From EEC founding country and country also stages GT
Achieved top-10 in Grand Tour once.
Raced before 1990 and after 2000 but not after 2010

 

[sir fly]

Alberto Elli?

 

[Finn84]

Alberto Elli?

That's it.

 

[RedheadDane]

So...

Male?
Active?
Ginger?

 

[sir fly]

Male? No
Active? Depends
Ginger? Yes

 

[RedheadDane]

European?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Taking time out for pregnancy/maternity?
Registered with a team this year?
Win (stage or race) last year?

 

[sir fly]

Male? No
Active? Depends
Ginger? Yes

European? Yes
Taking time out for pregnancy/maternity? I don't think so
Registered with a team this year? Not as far as I know
Win (stage or race) last year? Not that I heard of.

 

[BlueRoads]

Active in this forum?

 

[sir fly]

Male? No
Active? Depends
Ginger? Yes
European? Yes
Taking time out for pregnancy/maternity? I don't think so
Registered with a team this year? Not as far as I know
Win (stage or race) last year? Not that I heard of.

Active in this forum? Yes