Favorite Cyclist's Names?

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Sonarrat said:

After starting such a heavy thread as the Black Riders discussion, I
thought I'd throw out something a bit more fun (and a bit inane) to
balance it out. What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,
amateur, fatty master's, whatever? I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia,
myself.

Fabrizio Mazzoleni!

Like there's any competiton,
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Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Sonarrat said:

After starting such a heavy thread as the Black Riders discussion, I
thought I'd throw out something a bit more fun (and a bit inane) to
balance it out. What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,
amateur, fatty master's, whatever? I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia,
myself.

Mine is Frank van den Abbele

I like how riders here give names to their kids.
It would be nice if something good became of Francesco Planckaert.
Also look forward to maybe see 'Gianni Museeuw' or 'Eddy De Vlaeminck' in
the peloton one day.

Van Hoorebeeck Bart said:

I like how riders here give names to their kids.
It would be nice if something good became of Francesco Planckaert.
Also look forward to maybe see 'Gianni Museeuw' or 'Eddy De Vlaeminck' in
the peloton one day.

There's already Eddy Mazzoleni of course, but I don't know of any other
Italian riders named after cycling legends.

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Quoted message said:

After starting such a heavy thread as the Black Riders discussion, I
thought I'd throw out something a bit more fun (and a bit inane) to
balance it out. What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,
amateur, fatty master's, whatever? I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia,
myself.

-Sonarrat.

Flecha

Axel

Dario Frigo

Sonarrat said:

After starting such a heavy thread as the Black Riders discussion, I
thought I'd throw out something a bit more fun (and a bit inane) to
balance it out. What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,
amateur, fatty master's, whatever? I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia,
myself.

-Sonarrat.

Wim van Est

Sonarrat said:

After starting such a heavy thread as the Black Riders discussion, I
thought I'd throw out something a bit more fun (and a bit inane) to
balance it out. What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,
amateur, fatty master's, whatever? I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia,
myself.

Djamolodine Abdujaparov

jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

Colin Campbell said:

I love the sound of the Italian names:
Mario Cippolini

Get the spelling correct, prior to the sound.

Sergio
Pisa

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Quoted message said:

I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia, myself.

Fausto

Ludo

Zabel

Beloki

Lance Armstrong -- sounds like a cartoon character or a [censored] actor

Jeff Jones said:

Yon Bru
Jeff

Gianni Bugno. Jesper Skibby (I have a friend who named his cat after
ol' Jesper).

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Quoted message said:

Jeff Jones said:

Yon Bru
Jeff

Gianni Bugno. Jesper Skibby (I have a friend who named his cat after
ol' Jesper).

Isn't Jesper the one who got run over by a race official during one of the
classics?

I love the sound of the Italian names:
Mario Cippolini
Fabio Baldato
Pietro Caucchioli
Andrea Tafi
Graziano Gasparre
Fabian Cancellara
Alessandro Petacchi
Guido Trenti (that famous American)
Gianluca Bortolami
Marco Pantani (whom I will miss)
Gilberto Simoni
Stefano Garzelli

....and those are just present day riders.

Claudio Chiappucci
Gianni Bugno
Fausto Coppi
Gino Bartali
Alfredo Binda
Guido Bontempi

But, of course, no name matches "Eddy Merckx" for the depth of
connection to cycling.

Quoted message said:

What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,

Too easy. Joop Zoetemelk.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Too easy. Joop Zoetemelk.

Did you know it's pronounced (somewhat like) Yowp Zootemelk?

Quoted message said:

Gorka Gerrikagoitia

Leave it to the Basks or Belgians to come up with some unspellable
names. I like "Ludo Diercxkxsxens".

Ewoud Dronkert said:

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Too easy. Joop Zoetemelk.

Did you know it's pronounced (somewhat like) Yowp Zootemelk?

Yup.

Sonarrat said:

After starting such a heavy thread as the Black Riders discussion, I
thought I'd throw out something a bit more fun (and a bit inane) to
balance it out. What's your favorite cyclist name - MTB, road, track,
amateur, fatty master's, whatever? I'm partial to Gorka Gerrikagoitia,
myself.

-Sonarrat.

Jan Hruska. When my first son was 4 months old, and I was watching the
Giro on TV, I'd lift him above me and whoop, "Jan Hruska!" He loved it.

Robert Chung said:

Quoted message said:

Did you know it's pronounced (somewhat like) Yowp Zootemelk?

Yup.

Yo.

The funniest thing about a cyclist's name I ever heard of was about
five years ago when Cipollini said he'd bought a parrot one summer and
that all it would do was watch TV and say "Jalabert! Jalabert!"

JT