Teams & Riders Matteo Jorgenson and his inexorable rise to the top

[Netserk]

Only disappointment is the lack of Amstel (and Liège). But I think it's like last year where those plans were only made later, so I still think he goes.

 

[Sciatic]

No leadership at all.

Not even co-leader for Paris-Nice? Is Vingegaard riding there?

 

[Netserk]

Is Vingegaard riding there?

Yes.

I think Jorgenson will have a protected role too, he'll wear #1.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Not even co-leader for Paris-Nice? Is Vingegaard riding there?

They can say whatever they want. There is no chance Vingegaard will give Matteo a GC win in PN.

 

[Potomac]

The season cannot come soon enough for me.

 

[Wyndbrook]

The season cannot come soon enough for me.

Less than fourteen hours until womens TDU starts.

 

[Potomac]

The season cannot come soon enough for me.

It was looking at his upcoming races that made me post that. Omloop is far away

 

[YavorD]

Kinda stupid question but what's the right way to pronounce his name? Is it like Scandinavian "Yo/Yu" or the English/American way with Jo (like Jordan)?

My take is, as he's american with american parents (?) it should be the american way?

 

[Netserk]

Kinda stupid question but what's the right way to pronounce his name? Is it like Scandinavian "Yo/Yu" or the English/American way with Jo (like Jordan)?

My take is, as he's american with american parents (?) it should be the american way?

I think Y like in (New) York. But didn't all Movistar riders pronounce their own name at some point?

 

[YavorD]

I think Y like in (New) York. But didn't all Movistar riders pronounce their own name at some point?

I honestly don't know. I've heard commentators from different countries go with Jorgenson and Yorgenson. But then if its Yo.. it should be more like YorgenSHon (assuming .a swedish pronunciation).

 

[Netserk]

(assuming .a swedish pronunciation).

We call dibs on him!

Can confirm it is danish, had to change it to an o from an e long ago when too many Jorgensen's lived in the same American town and we sent mail by name and town

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I honestly don't know. I've heard commentators from different countries go with Jorgenson and Yorgenson. But then if its Yo.. it should be more like YorgenSHon (assuming .a swedish pronunciation).

He has Danish ancestry, but the family changed the spelling of the surname at some point.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

JOR... in American.
YOR...in other languages.

 

[Netserk]

JOR... in American.
YOR...in other languages.

So Yorgenson it is.

 

[Potomac]

I think an American can getaway with spending is life telling fellow Americans to pronounce his name "Yorgenson" but he can't possibly hope to survive telling us to pronounce the ending as -shon instead of -son.

 

[Sciatic]

He has Danish ancestry, but the family changed the spelling of the surname at some point.

Or immigration officials didn’t get the spelling correct and that mistake took hold.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Or immigration officials didn’t get the spelling correct and that mistake took hold.

Sure, but that wasn't what @kristo, who may or may not have been Matteo's older brother Kristopher, wrote back in 2019, as Netserk quoted above.

 

[Sciatic]

Sure, but that wasn't what @kristo, who may or may not have been Matteo's older brother Kristopher, wrote back in 2019, as Netserk quoted above.

Ah, thanks, didn't know that was just speculating.

 

[tobydawq]

I think Y like in (New) York. But didn't all Movistar riders pronounce their own name at some point?

The problem with those types of videos is that some riders pronounce their name like they will expect the norm to be able to. For example, Norsgaard said it completely wrongly, the same can be seen with Erling Haaland. So that kind of nullifies the point with such videos and puts all pronunciations into question.

 

[SafeBet]

The problem with those types of videos is that some riders pronounce their name like they will expect the norm to be able to. For example, Norsgaard said it completely wrongly, the same can be seen with Erling Haaland. So that kind of nullifies the point with such videos and puts all pronunciations into question.

Jorgenson has stated in a number of interviews that he has always pronounced his family name with a hard J, so the American way.

After spending time with Danish riders he now realises the correct pronunciation would be with a soft J but whatever.

 

[tobydawq]

Jorgenson has stated in a number of interviews that he has always pronounced his family name with a hard J, so the American way.

After spending time with Danish riders he now realises the correct pronunciation would be with a soft J but whatever.

Well, the spelling is mangled into nonsense anyway, so I don't think there is a correct pronunciation.

 

[Squire]

The problem with those types of videos is that some riders pronounce their name like they will expect the norm to be able to. For example, Norsgaard said it completely wrongly, the same can be seen with Erling Haaland. So that kind of nullifies the point with such videos and puts all pronunciations into question.

On a sidenote, another American with a Scandinavian name, Magnus Sheffield (who is half Norwegian and speaks the language) pronounces his first name like a Norwegian would ("mang-nus").

 

[tobydawq]

On a sidenote, another American with a Scandinavian name, Magnus Sheffield (who is half Norwegian and speaks the language) pronounces his first name like a Norwegian would ("mang-nus").

A Norwegian puts an n before the g?

 

[Extinction]

JOR... in American.
YOR...in other languages.

Yes, because there is no J in Latin.

 

[Salvarani]

A Norwegian puts an n before the g?

Not spelling-wise.

How most people in Norway and Sweden would pronounce the name though. "Mang-nus".