Test your cycling knowledge.......

[vladimir]

I'm really bad at quizzes, i had to think for a minute to come up with the name of Ballan . Winner of RVV, riding for Lampre, Cunego second, Breschel third ... but what was that guy's name again. I have a photographic memory (i hope) .

I had a similar with the 1997 winner. Could picture him in at least three teams but could not remember his name within the 15 minute limit. Only one I missed since 1991, but overall score still less than 50

 

[Badeend]

http://www.sporcle.com/games/ebessankamen/multiple-time-wearers-of-the-green-jersey-in-the-2000s

15/15, i like a quiz where i dont have to think too much

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

I took a few of the tests today and I didn't fail miserably. I'm going to give my score and impressions on the different tests so if you want to avoid spoilers, I suggest you don't read the rest of this post.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/ebessankamen/multiple-time-wearers-of-the-green-jersey-in-the-2000s

15/15, i like a quiz where i dont have to think too much

15/15 also. Would have been more fun without the nationalities to help.

Rainbow Jersey Winners

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/63003/cycling-winners-of-rainbow-jersey-senior-male-road-race

57/80. Really disappointed that I missed a few I really shouldn't have (eg : Coppi ).


Concerning the last series of tests that pigoonse posted :
34/50 for the sprinters. I missed a few obvious one. The "ATM" in the title can be a bit confusing since a couple of the sprinters haven't performed in years. Also, how can Spilak make the list and not Boonen, it makes no sense My advice, don't be afraid to go for punchy riders that can also sprint.

For the cols, I got 12/24 including all those the TDF has ridden at least 40 times. Clearly, the hardest test of the list.

143 out of 150 for the cq one. I guess I spend too much time on cq building fantasy teams I'm happy I got the one that the most people forget.

For the classics, I scored 8/9 but I just missed the last one because whatever I tried I couldn't get the spelling right.

 

[Popchu]

Re:

Maybe it's time to test our cycling knowledge again in the off season!

What do you remember of last season?

Top 100 riders of the CQ Ranking 2014
http://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2014-cycling

It looks easy on paper, but I bet you will forget some riders.

2014 Cycling Podiums
http://www.sporcle.com/games/RichN95/the-2014-pro-cycling-season

Again, I don't think you get 100% on this quiz. Do you remember for instance who was second in Plouay?

Sorry for a little bump, but I wanted to share again this game.

The same as last year, only now for the 2015 CQ Ranking: http://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2015-cycling! Again some riders you'll easily forget.

 

[vladimir]

Re: Re:

Sorry for a little bump, but I wanted to share again this game.

The same as last year, only now for the 2015 CQ Ranking: http://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2015-cycling! Again some riders you'll easily forget.

Damn, this was harder han I thought. Only managed 68 in the 15 minutes available. Could have had a few more due to misspellings. At least I got top 21 right

 

[RedheadDane]

70/100... Oh well.
Tried going by order until I reached the 20es, then I gave up and just started guessing wildly, except I still forgot a lot of names...

 

[torcia_86]

elephantino????
marco is and always will be il Pirata!!!!!!

 

[Squire]

Re:

GT stage Winners from 2010 to 2014 (excluding TTTs)

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Porthidium/2010s-cycling-grand-tour-stage-winners

288/300.

I somehow missed Bennati as the only multiple winner, and I failed to spell De Clercq.

Elsewhere, I missed some random French riders and some Farnese Vini/Androni ones.

 

[skidmark]

Re: Re:

Maybe it's time to test our cycling knowledge again in the off season!

What do you remember of last season?

Top 100 riders of the CQ Ranking 2014
http://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2014-cycling

It looks easy on paper, but I bet you will forget some riders.

2014 Cycling Podiums
http://www.sporcle.com/games/RichN95/the-2014-pro-cycling-season

Again, I don't think you get 100% on this quiz. Do you remember for instance who was second in Plouay?

Sorry for a little bump, but I wanted to share again this game.

The same as last year, only now for the 2015 CQ Ranking: http://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2015-cycling! Again some riders you'll easily forget.

This was tough! I got 86/100. I balked when it was a slate of "LTS/BEL", "LAM/ITA" and "MOV/SPA" riders staring me down. Thanks for bumping this, these games are fun.

edit: and 53/80 on the rainbow jersey one... man there are some obscure guys that won that race!

 

[RedheadDane]

Here's a rather old and... somewhat silly quiz.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-quiz-name-that-yates-159993

 

[del1962]

Re:

Here's a rather old and... somewhat silly quiz.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-quiz-name-that-yates-159993

Got 100% - there is a tell if you know it

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah. I basically went through it like "Adam's the one with [blank]! Adam's the one with [blank]! Adam's the one with [blank]! That's definitely Sean Yates and... that's a building!"

 

[iamparker]

I love cycling!
I have been cycling for many years.
But, I'm sorry I'm unaware of so many professional cyclists but only a few! I'm failed!

 

[RedheadDane]

It's just about having fun.

Here are a few others.

WT winners 2009-2016

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Jbosdriesz/uci-world-tour-race-winners-2009-2015

WT riders 2017 part I

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Viktrodriguez/uci-world-tour-2017-riders-part-i

And part II

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Viktrodriguez/uci-world-tour-2017-riders-part-ii


WT riders nationality 2017 (clicky-quiz)

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Viktrodriguez/uciwtcountries

(Okay, this is just as much a geography knowdledge quiz. It's one thing to know there are Eritrean riders on the WT, if you can't find Eritrea on the map it doesn't help much...)

 

[RedheadDane]

(Yeah... I'm double-posting. Shoot me...)

Nice little series of quizzes:

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tobydawq/cycling-worldtour-2011

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tobydawq/cycling-worldtour-2012

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tobydawq/cycling-worldtour-2013

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tobydawq/cycling-worldtour-2014-1

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tobydawq/cycling-worldtour-2015

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tobydawq/cycling-worldtour-2012-copy (is actually the 2016 version)


Does the author seem familiar to you?

Got a 2017 edition planned?

 

[RedheadDane]

Right, this isn't a link to a fancy quiz, but a simple trivia question.

What does Paris-Nice, Tour de Romandie, Tour of California, Tour de France, and the BinckBank Tour have in common this year?

 

[Squire]

Won by a rider who didn't win a stage?

 

[RedheadDane]

Indeed.
Congratulations, you win.

 

[audrey27]

Got 39/50! Thanks for sharing the test.

 

[Alexandre B.]

All Paris-Tours top 30 from 2006 to 2015: https://www.sporcle.com/games/ray7/paris-tours-2006-2015-top-30

I did 96/300 (32%), just above the average score (28%).

 

[Popchu]

Back for a yearly appointment in this topic: can you name the top 100 riders of the CQ Ranking 2017?

https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2017-cycling

Let me know how many right answers you got...

If you want to play the same game of the previous years:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2016-cycling
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2015-cycling
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2014-cycling

 

[Squire]

Re:

All Paris-Tours top 30 from 2006 to 2015: https://www.sporcle.com/games/ray7/paris-tours-2006-2015-top-30

I did 96/300 (32%), just above the average score (28%).

Now that was hard. 43% here. I even missed a winner (Wallays).

 

[vladimir]

Re:

Back for a yearly appointment in this topic: can you name the top 100 riders of the CQ Ranking 2017?

https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2017-cycling

Let me know how many right answers you got...

If you want to play the same game of the previous years:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2016-cycling
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2015-cycling
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2014-cycling

74, a couple of mis-spellings, highest I missed was number 33 in the ranking.

 

[Popchu]

Re: Re:

Back for a yearly appointment in this topic: can you name the top 100 riders of the CQ Ranking 2017?

https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2017-cycling

Let me know how many right answers you got...

If you want to play the same game of the previous years:
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2016-cycling
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2015-cycling
https://www.sporcle.com/games/HeiligeGraal/cq-ranking-2014-cycling

74, a couple of mis-spellings, highest I missed was number 33 in the ranking.

I missed that one too, and I struggled with the Spanish Movistar riders. :Neutral:

 

[RedheadDane]

More random trivia time:

Only team to win stages in all three Grand Tours and podium in all five Monuments?