Pro with most unlikely place of origin ?

[Laszlo]

Little trivia question here; most riders come from just a few countries, I am curious, which cyclist made it to the pro ranks from the most remote or unlikely place of origin ? A place like the Mauritius, the Falklands or St Helens- not just a place of birth, but more where growing up and getting into cycling before moving to the continent.

 

[Race Radio]

Little trivia question here; most riders come from just a few countries, I am curious, which cyclist made it to the pro ranks from the most remote or unlikely place of origin ? A place like the Mauritius, the Falklands or St Helens- not just a place of birth, but more where growing up and getting into cycling before moving to the continent.

David Millar was born in Malta and grew up in Hong Kong

 

[bobbins]

Voekler - Martinique

 

[theyoungest]

Chris Froome - Kenya.

 

[Race Radio]

Virenque-Morocco

 

[erader]

floyd landis -- Farmersville, Pennsylvania

ed rader

 

[L'arriviste]

Abdu' the Tashkent Terror:

... though no further from anywhere else really than Astana ;-)

RMO's Mauro Ribeiro was from Curitiba:

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Virenque-Morocco

there's a big lot of cycling in morocco dude

Kjell Carlström - Porvoo finland

 

[issoisso]

The Bouygues guys from the Caribbean, Martias and Gène

 

[bobbins]

Paul Sherwen was born in Kenya but more recently has been sharing residence with Phil Liggett in the lower colon of a Texas based pro cyclist. A pretty unlikely origin and destination.

 

[Anonymous]

Cavendish and Kennaugh - isle of man, population 80,000

Does that qualify

 

[RedheadDane]

And Bellis too... well... guess population isn't an issue...

 

[Potomac]

Unlikely would be a place that isn't conducive to cycling, and yet produced one, and nobody has yet to name an unlikely place.

 

[ferryman]

How's about Robert Millar, the Gorbals, Glasgow

 

[RedheadDane]

Hmm... probably a bit far-off but... USA... not excactly known for its biking-friendlyness is it?

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Adrien Niyonshuti.

Ok - not a famous name, but he has an amazing story as he is from Rwamagana in Rwanda - he is 23 and currently rides Pro for the MTN Energade team based out of South Africa.

6 of his brothers were killed during the Rwanda Genocide of 1994.

Here is Adrien riding in last Augusts Tour of Ireland on the legendary St. Patrick's Hill.

 

[ferryman]

Adrien Niyonshuti.

Ok - not a famous name, but he has an amazing story as he is from Rwamagana in Rwanda - he is 23 and currently rides Pro for the MTN Energade team based out of South Africa.

6 of his brothers were killed during the Rwanda Genocide of 1994.

Here is Adrien riding in last Augusts Tour of Ireland on the legendary St. Patrick's Hill.

I think we have a worthy winner.

 

[Polish]

Tommy D - Artic Circle.
Frozen wind began to blow...

 

[Potomac]

You can cycle 12 months a year in Rwanda.

 

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

And Bellis too... well... guess population isn't an issue...

oops.. yeh, bad err on my part.

 

[Laszlo]

Adrien Niyonshuti.

Ok - not a famous name, but he has an amazing story as he is from Rwamagana in Rwanda - he is 23 and currently rides Pro for the MTN Energade team based out of South Africa.

6 of his brothers were killed during the Rwanda Genocide of 1994.

Here is Adrien riding in last Augusts Tour of Ireland on the legendary St. Patrick's Hill.

wow, that is a good one

Abdu I believe was a product of a soviet system which was designed to identify and elevate sporting talents for propoganda purposes- I think I read he was living basically broke in italy now.

 

[Hairy Wheels]

He's not broke, he's done pretty well for himself I have heard.

wow, that is a good one

Abdu I believe was a product of a soviet system which was designed to identify and elevate sporting talents for propoganda purposes- I think I read he was living basically broke in italy now.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

He's not broke, he's done pretty well for himself I have heard.

Hehe....you sure??

No-one appears to know.

There was this excellent 2 part article written on CN about Abdoujaparov back in 2008 - at the time it appears no-one knew what he was doing and Abdu didn't want anyone to know what he was doing.

 

[progressor]

Paul Sherwen was born in Kenya but more recently has been sharing residence with Phil Liggett in the lower colon of a Texas based pro cyclist. A pretty unlikely origin and destination.

Good effort mate - Top of the class thread derailment to the usual subject