Guess Who - Game

[mortand]

Did he win a national road championship as a professional?
Did he retire more than once?

 

[Ricco']

He is a male and he has retired himself from professional racing before the year 2000, and he retired more than once, but wasn't active as an amateur or professional before 1985. Born before 1970, he is european, from Belgium. He never finished a GT on the top-10 but won stages in GTs and never started one before 1990 but started the Tour de France in his career, at least one edition before 1995 and we won a Tour de France stage but was never leader of the race. He never finished a monument or the World Championships Road Race in the top-10. He wasn't a sprinter. He was National Road Champion as a professional.

He isn't Peter de Clercq.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Right, I think his stage win must have been after 2000 then as no other Belgians winning TdF stages from 1990-1999 (can't be earlier as didn't race the Tour then) would fit if it's not de Clercq, which would suggest Serge Baguet.

 

[Ricco']

He is a male and he has retired himself from professional racing before the year 2000, and he retired more than once, but wasn't active as an amateur or professional before 1985. Born before 1970, he is european, from Belgium. He never finished a GT on the top-10 but won stages in GTs and never started one before 1990 but started the Tour de France in his career, at least one edition before 1995 and we won a Tour de France stage but was never leader of the race. He never finished a monument or the World Championships Road Race in the top-10. He wasn't a sprinter. He was National Road Champion as a professional.

He is indeed Serge Baguet, retired from professional cycling in 1994 to be a roofer who returned in 2000 just in time to be a TdF stage winner and a National Champion. He had the biggest win of his life last year after a successful fight against colon cancer.


Go ahead Libertine!

 

[RedheadDane]

Female?
Retired?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

No
No

 

[del1962]

European?
Continental?
Under 30?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes to all 3

 

[Ricco']

WT?
Under 25?
Pro Wins?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

None of those three

 

[Ricco']

Landlocked country?
If not, his country borders the Mediterraneen?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

No
Yes

 

[RedheadDane]

Italian?
French?
Spanish?
Maltese?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Spanish

 

[del1962]

Ever been on a world tour team?
Ever had a doping sanction?
Has at least one pro win?
Cobo?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

None of the above.

This is probably quite a tough one I'm afraid.
He has, however, won an amateur stage race previously won by several GT winners.

I should probably summarise like Ricco' did before.

You are looking for an active male Spaniard who is between 25 and 30 years old, has never been sanctioned for doping, and has never been at the World Tour level but is currently at the Continental Tour level. He has no professional race wins but has won amateur races.

 

[del1962]

Is he riding on a Spanish Team?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You are looking for an active male Spaniard who is between 25 and 30 years old, has never been sanctioned for doping, and has never been at the World Tour level but is currently at the Continental Tour level with a Spanish team. He has no professional race wins but has won amateur races.

 

[del1962]

Does he ride for Euskadi Basque Country - Murias?
He won an amateur stage race, won by former Grand Tour Winners, where all the former GT winners Spanish?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You are looking for an active male Spaniard who is between 25 and 30 years old, has never been sanctioned for doping, and has never been at the World Tour level but is currently at the Continental Tour level with the Euskadi-Murias Taldea team. He has no professional race wins but has won amateur races which have previously been won by GT winners, not all of whom were Spanish.

 

[Ricco']

Aitor Gonzalez Prieto

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Indeed, or to give him his full name, Aitor González But Not THAT Aitor González.

He came to my mind because I did the stage to La Manzaneda in my Vuelta in the Race Design Thread yesterday, last year they had a stage to La Manzaneda in the Volta a Galiza which Aitor won to take the GC for the second year. I'm happy he got a chance to ride at the pro level. He's not even all that young and isn't likely to get above the Continental level that I can tell, but I'm glad he got a chance as I felt he rode well enough in 2014 and 2015 to deserve to at least get a chance to ride against the pros again after last year's Castilla y León became so farcical with the snow on Torre.

 

[RedheadDane]

Male?
Active?

 

[Ricco']

He's a male but he's not active.

 

[RedheadDane]

Retired before 2000?