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What’s the best pro cyclists’s name?

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  • March 13, 2013 at 10:34 pm #18224
    dave atkinson

    My personal favourite is Johann of Zyl. he sounds like he should be in Buck Rogers or sutin.

    Also a fan of Boy van Poppel as a name.

    How about youse?

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  • August 19, 2013 at 3:51 pm #722405
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    mooleur

    KNEES
    Because anyone who’s
    KNEES

    Because anyone who’s named after a body part is a hero.

    July 13, 2013 at 8:01 pm #722403
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    andy753

    How about Val O. Drome?
    How about Val O. Drome?

    July 13, 2013 at 4:28 pm #722401
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    Leviathan

    Bauke Mollema sounds like a
    Bauke Mollema sounds like a new space age fabric from a dodgy petrochemical conglomorate. ‘His whole suit is made of Balco Molymer.’

    July 8, 2013 at 11:06 pm #722399
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    daddyELVIS

    Bob Jungels (RadioShack
    Bob Jungels (RadioShack rider)

    July 7, 2013 at 9:40 am #722397
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    NeilG83

    NeilG83 wrote:Cooks

    NeilG83 wrote:
    Cooks wrote:
    Does it not bug everyone how every ITV commentator prnounces every cyclist’s name differently? How many different pronounciations of Sagan can you have? And dont get me started on Fuglsang…

    What about Peter (Kenner, Kenno, Kenyuck, Kenyack, Kennog, Kenyah) Kennaugh

    Ignore all of those; Pete Kennaugh’s dad has tweeted that it’s pronounced Kenyick!

    July 6, 2013 at 9:09 pm #722395
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    NeilG83

    Cooks wrote:Does it not bug

    Cooks wrote:
    Does it not bug everyone how every ITV commentator prnounces every cyclist’s name differently? How many different pronounciations of Sagan can you have? And dont get me started on Fuglsang…

    What about Peter (Kenner, Kenno, Kenyuck, Kenyack, Kennog, Kenyah) Kennaugh

    July 6, 2013 at 8:44 pm #722393
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    Cooks

    Does it not bug everyone how
    Does it not bug everyone how every ITV commentator prnounces every cyclist’s name differently? How many different pronounciations of Sagan can you have? And dont get me started on Fuglsang…

    July 6, 2013 at 4:38 pm #722391
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    hoopy

    Lars Boom for the win!
    Lars Boom for the win! 😀

    July 5, 2013 at 11:26 pm #722389
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    Ghedebrav

    However, easy to forget that
    However, easy to forget that Eddy Merckx is also a pretty awesome name (and Axel too, for that matter).

    July 5, 2013 at 11:21 pm #722387
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    Ghedebrav

    Fabian Cancellara is
    Fabian Cancellara is undeniably a cool name, but I do also enjoy saying Ramunas Navardauskas. Sylvain Chavanel is also rather satisfying to say.

    Winner hands down is the unbeatable Abdujaparov.

    July 5, 2013 at 8:54 pm #722385
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    Cooks

    THOR…
    THOR…

    May 31, 2013 at 6:42 am #722383
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    minnellium

    Jacob Piil… It’s such a
    Jacob Piil… It’s such a shame he never tested positive

    May 26, 2013 at 9:22 pm #722381
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    captain_slog

    Yes, he sounds like a
    Yes, he sounds like a character straight out of Damon Runyon doesn’t he.

    May 26, 2013 at 9:16 pm #722379
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Anglicisation of Italian
    Anglicisation of Italian names gives some great results.

    Mauro Santambrogio turns into the very posh sounding Maurice St Ambrose, while you probably don’t want to be drafting Francis Windy, or Francisco Ventoso to his parents.

    Not a translation, but I now have the Giro winner firmly in my head as Vinny Nibbles, who really should have been running bootleg booze into Brooklyn during Prohibition 😉 😉

    May 26, 2013 at 8:23 pm #722377
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    yenrod

    Also, Dario Frigo literally
    Also, Dario Frigo literally translates as fridge or cold or something like that 😉

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