Guess Who - Game

[Libertine Seguros]

Male
European
Not under 30
Currently employed as a pro cyclist

On a World Team
Has raced this year

Has an E in their full name AND the commonly used form of their name
He was born in a different country from the one he races for
He has only raced under one nationality
He races under a team registered under a different nationality to his own

He is not Chris Froome

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Former World Champion?
Has he been engaged in a lifelong struggle to live up to his father's name?
Have your opinions of the claim to nationhood of any sub-national entity influenced your answers?

 

[BlueRoads]

Are you avoiding responsibility, armchair?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I am exploring two of the three possibilities I have identified, if the answer to my third question is no.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

He has been a World Champion at some discipline at some point
He has not to my knowledge been in a lifelong struggle to live up to his father's name
Opinion has not factored into my answers (in more ways than one)

 

[RedheadDane]

Does the flag of the country he races for contain the colour blue?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Mark Cavendish (although he has raced for Isle of Man in the Commonwealth Games)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Or Zdenek Stybar?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The flag of the country he represents includes the colour blue.

He is neither Mark Cavendish nor Zdeněk Štybar.

 

[RedheadDane]

Does he represent France?
Has he been World Champion - including youth classes - on the road?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

He does not represent France
He has been World Champion - including youth classes - on the road

 

[RedheadDane]

Been World Champion in MTB? (nevermind, my mind decided to put a random "not" in the answer to the Road World Champion question above…)
Born in country that still exists? (Like, technically Stybar was born in Czechoslovakia, but since the countries split when he was around five, he's only ever represented Czechia.)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Roman Kreuziger?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Not Kreuziger.
The country he was born in no longer exists.

 

[RedheadDane]

Peter Sagan?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hahahaha. I thought, "I bet people will get sidetracked if I choose Peter Sagan, because nobody would ever expect that from me!"

It is indeed (please read this next bit with the voice of a boxing announcer in your mind) cycling's #1 reigning, undisputed, and still undefeated heavyweight Backpfeifengesicht, "The Atomic Jock" Peter Sagan!

 

[RedheadDane]

And then of course we fell right into your trap with the born in country he represents? questioning. Nice one… (please note that I do not have the voice of a boxing announcer residing in my mind.)

So, questions?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Hahahaha. I thought, "I bet people will get sidetracked if I choose Peter Sagan, because nobody would ever expect that from me!"

To be honest, I was thrown from the point at which you answered "yes" to "World Team?", not like you at all.


Male?
Active?
Rides under the flag of his/her birth?

 

[RedheadDane]

Male? Yes
Active? No
Rides under the flag of his/her birth? Yes (well, he did, when he was active, which, as indicated above, he isn't.)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Ceased competing before 1/1/2000?
Retired?
Alive?

 

[BlueRoads]

I fell either Libertine is not taking this game seriously or she is the only one who takes it seriously serious.
Sagan was a good twist.

Rode for more than four teams as an adult?
Ever been a true champion? (World champion, GT winner or monument winner?)

 

[RedheadDane]

Ceased competing before 1/1/2000? No
Retired? Yes
Alive? Yes
Rode for more than four teams as an adult? No
Ever been a true champion? No

Male? Yes
Active? No
Rides under the flag of his/her birth? Yes (well, he did, when he was active, which, as indicated above, he isn't.)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Final team of his own nationality?
Top ten in any of the races BlueRoads mentions?
European?

 

[RedheadDane]

Final team of his own nationality? Yes
Top ten in any of the races BlueRoads mentions? Yes
European? Yes

Ceased competing before 1/1/2000? No
Retired? Yes
Alive? Yes
Rode for more than four teams as an adult? No
Ever been a true champion? No
Male? Yes
Active? No
Rides under the flag of his/her birth? Yes

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Country the main host of a GT/Monument ?
Multiple top ten in GT/Monument/World Champs?
Still working in cycling?