Guess Who - Game

[jaylew]

Finished on the podium of a pro cx world cup?
Did he ever ride on a WT/PT team?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Did he ever race a Grand Tour?
Is there a professional race (either CX or road) named after him?
Did he/does he have any relatives who were also professional cyclists either on the road or in the field?

 

[Echoes]

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Has he ever won the belgian cx champs?

Yes, he has.

Finished on the podium of a pro cx world cup?
Did he ever ride on a WT/PT team?

Did he ever race a Grand Tour?
Is there a professional race (either CX or road) named after him?
Did he/does he have any relatives who were also professional cyclists either on the road or in the field?

None of the five (for the last question, I'll trust Dewielersite.net)

 

[BigMac]

I wish I had a clue. Will let the big boys find out, still much to learn.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Marc Janssens?

I'm choosing to read the "has he won a CX World Cup" question as meaning the overall trophy rather than an individual round - is that your interpretation?

 

[jaylew]

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Marc Janssens?

I'm choosing to read the "has he won a CX World Cup" question as meaning the overall trophy rather than an individual round - is that your interpretation?

We should probably clear that up - I meant an individual round.

 

[Echoes]

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Sorry Libertine but when Jaylew asked about wins, he clearly referred to "races". So individual rounds! When he asked about podiums, he did not specify it but I interpreted it likewise.

Ever win a cross World Cup race as a professional?

So it cannot be Marc Janssens who won two World Cup races, one in Loenhout (93/94) and one in Heerlen (96/97).

I however realize that Lemon's question might be misinterpreted as well. Hmm okay, I'll say it straight, I did not understand it as a Belgian nat in the pro elite category but in any category (well the other pro elite national champions don't fit with the description anyway). So now, you know that it's not with the pros that he won it but I'm sorry if you interpreted it that way.

 

[RedheadDane]

Tall (above 180 cm)?
Did he have hair when he was active?
Does he have a Wikipedia page?
- In English?
- In Dutch?





Yeah... Figured I would shake this up a bit with some rather useless questions.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Paul Herygers?

 

[Echoes]

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Tall (above 180 cm)? No. (that's way too tall for a cyclocross rider - Edith tells me that several crossers are taller actually, but it's not my rider's case)
Did he have hair when he was active? Yes, lol.
Does he have a Wikipedia page? Yes
- In English? No
- In Dutch? Yes


Paul Herygers? He won several World Cup races, has a race named after him and won the Belgian Nats with the pros (my rider won the Nats but NOT with the pros). So, no it isn't.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Thinking people who've had a bit of road time too, Davy Commeyne?

 

[RedheadDane]

Does he have hair now?


Can you tell I don't really now anything about retired cross riders?

 

[Echoes]

Getting warm but it's not Davy Commeyne

Commeyne is still active, I think and 184cm.

My rder had a bit of road time too but not more than the average crosser did. After all every cross rider races road but you know that, L-S.


Now I can't tell if he has hair now because I haven't seen any recent picture of him, lol.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is he short then? (Under 170 cm)

I'll stop with the silly questions.

 

[Echoes]

I don't know his exact height but surely he is taller than 170cm

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Getting warm but it's not Davy Commeyne

Commeyne is still active, I think and 184cm.

My rder had a bit of road time too but not more than the average crosser did. After all every cross rider races road but you know that, L-S.


Now I can't tell if he has hair now because I haven't seen any recent picture of him, lol.

Yea, but I actually remember some of Commeyne's road achievements, compared to a lot of the other people we're going to be talking here that stands out, because we're not talking the same kind of profile a 'cross rider as others whose road achievements I particularly remember, such as Mourey or Albert.

Geert Wellens?

 

[Echoes]

Come on, LS. Geert is Bart Wellens' brother. But you are still close.

And yes, Davy Commeyne raced road at a fairly high level.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kurt de Roose? If it's not I'm pretty much out of ideas.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

First post on this thread so go easy on me, my gamble: Tom Vanoppen?

 

[Echoes]

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Kurt de Roose? If it's not I'm pretty much out of ideas.

Oh dear no. Not the same generation.

First post on this thread so go easy on me, my gamble: Tom Vanoppen?

Could have been though much to my surprise, Tom Vannoppen has never been Belgian champion in any category. My rider was much less talented than him.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wim Jacobs?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

I missed the question about winning a national championships so here's my new guess: Bart Aernouts

 

[Echoes]

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Wim Jacobs?

Yes, that's him.

Why I came up with him, a few years ago, I watched the docu-soap "Wellens & Wee" (perhaps the only reality show I've ever seen in my life) around the SpaarSelect team with Bart Wellens as leader of course, in his glory days, later to become Fidea. These were the years 2003/2004 to 2005/2006.

I really liked Wim because he looked discrete, always smiling and polite (not the showing off kind like Wellens!). And since I got very interested in cyclocross by 2007, and watched the show afterwards, for years I just asked myself, what the hell happened to Wim Jacobs ??

And then I realise that by the start of season 2006/2007, he had been mercilessly sacked by Hans van Kasteren, the Fidea manager, for lack of results. Mind you, a lack of results for Hans means: 9th overall in the Superprestige (incl.: 3rd in Ruddervoorde, 6th in Sint-Michielsghestel, 10th in Gieten, 13th in Diegem and 6th in Vorselaar) and 10th in the World Cup leg in Kalmthout. If he were racing today with such results that he got in his last season for Fidea, he would definitely have found a new contract but from 2007 on he raced as an elite without contract. And I discovered after starting the game that he tested positive in 2009 but I don't know for which substance: http://www.mudandcowbells.com/blog/2009/4/20/wim-jacobs-schwap-heres-your-suspension.html Sad news! I guess it must have been the poor man's doping...

Anyway sorry for giving you such a hard to find rider but actually I really wanted get more info about how he ended his career. If anybody reading this game has, I'd appreciate. That was the purpose of this guesswork for me.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Right, I'm ready. Let's get it out of the way: you're looking for an active male cyclist.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Is he european?