Pro Birthdays

[jamiephillips]

I turn 40 on the 15th April. I share my birthday with Raymond Poulidor, Pedro Delgado and Frank Schleck. Which famous pros do you share your birthday with? Just for fun.

 

[Caruut]

I turn 40 on the 15th April. I share my birthday with Raymond Poulidor, Pedro Delgado and Frank Schleck. Which famous pros do you share your birthday with? Just for fun.

How do you find out?

 

[RedheadDane]

The only one I know about is Jaroslaw Marycz from Saxo...

 

[nobilis]

I share my birthday with Luis Leon Sanchez, November 24th. He's the only one i know about, but i'm sure there are more.

 

[Leopejo]

Me and Fabiana Luperini are sandwiched between Marco Pantani and Maurizio Fondriest.

 

[nobilis]

How do you find out?

You can on wikipedia. You can search for sportsmen born on a specific day of the year.

 

[The Hitch]

Oscar Perreiro Sio.

Sweet.

Reigning 2 time world champion, Georgia Bronzini.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Leonida Frascarelli, Joseph Wouters, Marc Wauters, Roberto Heras and the Velitsbrothers

 

[nvpacchi]

Stijn Devolder

 

[luckyboy]

30 September

Ivan Rovny - 1987 - RusVelo, formerly at RadioShack.
Dmytro Grabovskyy - 1985 - Formerly of ISD and QuickStep. Won U23 Worlds in 2007.
David Tanner - 1984 - Saxo Bank. Won a stage at the Tour of Utah 2010.
Javier Mejias Leal - 1983 - Team Type 1, formerly at Saunier Duval.
Kenny Van Hummel - 1982 - Vacansoleil. Famously struggled in 2009 Tour de France.
Iban Mayoz - 1981 - Formerly of Footon, Euskaltel. Won sprints classification at Pais Vsco 2008.
Geert Steegmans - 1980 - QuickStep. Won two Tour de France and two Paris-Nice stages.
David García Dapena - 1977 - Formerly of Xacobeo Galicia. Won Tour of Turkey 2008, banned in 2010.
Jean-Paul Van Poppel - 1962 - Formerly of Superconfex, PDM. Won Tour green jersey + multiple GT stages. DS at Cervélo and now Vacansoleil.
José Manuel Fuente - 1945 - Formerly of KAS. Won the Vuelta twice, Suisse once, Giro mountains jersey 4 times.

 

[LaFlorecita]

You can on wikipedia. You can search for sportsmen born on a specific day of the year.

How does that work? Do you just insert it in the search section?

 

[nobilis]

How does that work? Do you just insert it in the search section?

Yeah. It worked when i searched using french wikipedia, it has a specific section for sports. However, in the English version, they don't have that.

 

[Jeanne]

Fredy Rüegg

Michail Ignatjew

 

[mewmewmew13]

October 11
Anuar Manan

Malaysian cyclist currently riding with Champion Systems

 

[Master50]

I think Stefano Garzelli and Miguel Indurain are both July 16
Add Fabio Casartelli and Andre Griepel

Will Ferral, Michael Flatly, and Phoebe Cates

 

[jamiephillips]

How do you find out?

Just some of the useless information I've picked up over the years!!

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

woho, i get birthday exactly 1 month before Kash...

 

[Frosty]

Obree, Westra.

 

[mortand]

I was born the exact same day as former pro Andy Flickinger. Not much of a star - neither me nor Andy - but he was a pretty decent allrounder with one very good season (2003) and a lot of forgettable ones. He retired early, though, in 2007, I can't quite remember why. Perhaps slightly injury prone?

Not that it really matters in this thread

 

[hfer07]

a day after Frank Vandenbroucke & Alessandro Ballan- two days after Xavier Tondo's

 

[Red Rick]

I think Contador and Sinterklaas are from the same day?

 

[valentius borealis]

April 6

Thomas Fothen - 1983 - Formerly of Gerolsteiner, Milram
Mads Christensen - 1984 - Saxo Bank
Gaëtan Bille - 1988 - Lotto-Belisol

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think Contador and Sinterklaas are from the same day?

Didn't he die on that day?

 

[RedheadDane]

Is, rather geekily, going through all the (WT) teams to see if I share a B-day with other riders. Came across this rather funny piece of information:

Olivier Kaisen (BEL) 30 April 1983 (age 28)

Gianni Meersman (BEL) 30 April 1983 (age 28)

Those two might be some of the team-mates who are closest to each other in age. Not counting the Velits brothers obviously...


And my geekyness has paid off:

Jasper Stuyven: Bontrager-Livestrong U23 team roster

Anatoliy Pakhtusov: ISD Continental Team

(I do realize that on that level they're hardly pros...)

Also; I am rather feeling old my the fact that more and more riders on WT level are actually younger than me...

 

[quiqui]

I have the same birthday as Gasore Hategeka, but he's not a pro (yet).