Guess Who - Game

[Libertine Seguros]

No GT stages.

 

[RedheadDane]

Any WT wins? (Or whatever was the equivalent to the WT back when he was riding?)

 

[vladimir]

Did he ever ride the RR in the world Championship?

 

[Karaev1]

Did he also played other sports?(i'm still stuck on the 2000 kind of retirement)

Was he suspended for doping?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

No wins in what we'd now see as the WT.

He has raced the World Championships on the road.

He didn't play any other sports.

He was not suspended for doping.

For those getting stuck on the 2000 clue, he retired legitimately, but it wasn't planned to be as such.

 

[Karaev1]

Was he younger than 30 when he retired?

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[Nick C.]

Did he retire as a result of injuries from a crash sustained while racing?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, he was under 30.
No, it wasn't due to a crash.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did he initially just plan on taking a break, but ended up never returning?
Is he from Scandinavia?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

Did he initially just plan on taking a break, but ended up never returning?
Is he from Scandinavia?

It wasn't planned. He's not Scandinavian.

 

[Jspear]

Did he have less than 10 wins over his whole career?

 

[Nick C.]

Was he from a former communist nation?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, fewer than 10, excluding national titles at various levels.
Yes, former Communist country.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did he ever ride a GT? (Can't remember if that one got asked).

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes. Pretty well, too.

 

[Brullnux]

Did he ride for a former communist country?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes. Pretty well, too.

 

[hrotha]

Is he a native speaker of a West Slavic language?
Is he a native speaker of an East Slavic language?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

Is he a native speaker of a West Slavic language?
Is he a native speaker of an East Slavic language?

Yes
No

 

[hrotha]

Re: Re:

He has raced the World Championships on the road.

Did he ride said RR WC with the Elite team or whatever the top category was called at the time?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re: Re:

He has raced the World Championships on the road.

Did he ride said RR WC with the Elite team or whatever the top category was called at the time?

If you're referring to the Am Worlds, yes.

He rode the Pro Worlds too.

I think you're onto the answer here, but since I seem to have gone a bit too niche, I'll recap.

Male rider
Former Communist country, speaker of a West Slavic language, so Czech, Polish, Slovak or Sorb (or Kashubian) for the uninitiated
Rode the Worlds as both an amateur and pro
Never podiumed a GT but rode well when he did get to do one
Did not win any monuments nor is he really a Classics rider
Stopped riding but not in a planned retirement, somewhere prior to 2000.

 

[Steven Roots]

Was the major achievement of my career done on swiss roads ?

 

[hrotha]

Actually, LS, I still have no idea who this is. I was trying to get just enough data so that I could find him by sheer brute force, but no luck so far.

Some other clues you mentioned:
No WT (or equivalent) wins
Fewer than 10 wins (national titles excluded)
Under 30 when he retired (hinted at being just before the start of the 2000 season)
Older than 35 now (so born between 1970 and 1980?)

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Re:

Actually, LS, I still have no idea who this is. I was trying to get just enough data so that I could find him by sheer brute force, but no luck so far.

Some other clues you mentioned:
No WT (or equivalent) wins
Fewer than 10 wins (national titles excluded)
Under 30 when he retired (hinted at being just before the start of the 2000 season)
Older than 35 now (so born between 1970 and 1980?)

The retirement was well before 2000.

While there have been a few questions to date on when and why he retired, and a few questions on his palmarès regarding GTs and Classics, there's a key question in each that hasn't been asked, that will lead you to your man.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Was the major achievement of my career done on swiss roads ?

No. A neighbouring country (to Switzerland, not to his home country) though.