Rider nicknames

[Midnightfright]

I think it's Jon Snow{******* of the north...}

The best nickname in the peloton.

 

[craig1985]

When I see Àngel Madrazo race I instantly think of McLovin' off Superbad.

 

[Midnightfright]

When I see Àngel Madrazo race I instantly think of McLovin' off Superbad.

Ha ha, I new I had seen him somewhere before.

 

[craig1985]

 

[Midnightfright]

fantastic. Made my day.

 

[hrotha]

I think it's Jon Snow{******* of the north...}

Not Jon. Mikel Snow, Bаstard of the North it is.
(Surely it's ok to say "bаstard" in its literal, historical meaning?)

 

[Jeanne]

Naah... technically they got thrown off the Froome Wagon...

so it's more a *Froome Groupetto*

 

[zapata]

I don't think I've heard of Rafal Majka before the tour of poland this year. My brother instantly started referring to him as "Jenta frå verdensrommet", or "the Girl from Space".

 

[Kopuliak]

Peter Sagan - Terminator

http://www.h3publications.com/ecms/uploads/PeterSagan.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagan

 

[LaFlorecita]

I don't think I've heard of Rafal Majka before the tour of poland this year. My brother instantly started referring to him as "Jenta frå verdensrommet", or "the Girl from Space".

Girl??

 

[zapata]

Girl??

Yeah, nothing to do with him, really, just the name. "Majka, the girl from space";

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v1291945KMgBEQ6d?h1=Majka+from+space

 

[Kopuliak]

Yeah, nothing to do with him, really, just the name. "Majka, the girl from space";

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v1291945KMgBEQ6d?h1=Majka+from+space

Majka from planet Gurun lol, she's main character in old slovak TV series for kids (1978) "She Came Out of the Blue Sky" or "Majka - jenta frå verdsrommet" in Norway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twdsb0JHFYI

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay. I dunno if this is completely inappropriate (and if it is then would a Mod please edit it out?)
But I've been wondering if you could consider #108WW to have become a sort of 'post mortem, honourable nickname' for Wouter Weylandt?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ah okay

Majka from planet Gurun lol, she's main character in old slovak TV series for kids (1978) "She Came Out of the Blue Sky" or "Majka - jenta frå verdsrommet" in Norway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twdsb0JHFYI

Slovak and from 1978; probably the main reasons I didn't know about this.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Yeah, nothing to do with him, really, just the name. "Majka, the girl from space";

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v1291945KMgBEQ6d?h1=Majka+from+space

I was like: Huh, girl?? *goes off to check him*

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently Alex Rasmussen's new nickname is Bam-Bam... My guess is that he keeps riding into stuff!

I read it on the Bike Chatter page, and not actually being on Twitter I couldn't really ask so... silly guesses is the way to rock!

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Bam-Bam is already the nickname of Argentinian sprinter Gerardo Fernandez (Palmar de Lago)

some other Argentinians:

Willy = Héctor Lucero (Agrupacion Virgen de Fatima)
el Bebe = Emanuel Agüero (Cicles Marzano)
el Escamoso = Pedro Gonzalez (Palmar de Lago)

 

[User Guide]

JTL= le Bombe

 

[The Hitch]

The father of liberalism.

Or alternatively, cos someone said JTL should be "the peoples champ", I vote- "The Locke".

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Locke Ness Monster? Even if the "real" loch ness is a girl?

 

[Ulle Relaxes]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, this requires some explanation and might get totally lost in translation.

'Bak' means 'behind' (as in 'in the back') In Norwegian. The Norwegian commentators (who I think we all know by now are crazy) have decided that they can't really call Lars Bak that, so they've dubbed him Lars Ytting Front...