Unusual facts about Pro Cyclists

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Koen de Kort is a prolific breeder of Dexter cattle.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,125
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Koen de Kort is a prolific breeder of Dexter cattle.

    Jens Voigt is a prolific breeder.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    SecretSqirrel wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Koen de Kort is a prolific breeder of Dexter cattle.

    Jens Voigt is a prolific breeder.

    Alex Dowsett is a prolific bleeder.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Alex Dowsett is a prolific bleeder.

    In his twilight years, noted cycling enthusiast Alexei Sayle re-dedicated his Rene Descartes ditty to Alex Dowsett:

    "As a bleeder, none was keener, but he knew feck all about the Cortina."
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    According to Speed Metal Cycling, Betancur's family nickname is Bananito - as in little Bananna - becasue of his light hair
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    Alex Zulle popularity in South Africa resulted in having the largest ethnic group there named after him.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Belgium's best hockey player is called Tom Boon.
    This confuses me on twitter.

    (Actually true)
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    RichN95 wrote:
    Belgium's best hockey player is called Tom Boon.
    This confuses me on twitter.

    (Actually true)

    Actual facts have no place here
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Oh, I ll retract the Betancur one then...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ddraver wrote:
    According to Speed Metal Cycling, Betancur's family nickname is Bananito - as in little Bananna - becasue of his light hair
    In a similar vein, the nickname Nairo Quintana's sister calls him is the exact same word that got Luis Suarez an eight match ban for Liverpool. So maybe Suarez was hard done by. (True)
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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    RichN95 wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    According to Speed Metal Cycling, Betancur's family nickname is Bananito - as in little Bananna - becasue of his light hair
    In a similar vein, the nickname Nairo Quintana's sister calls him is the exact same word that got Luis Suarez an eight match ban for Liverpool. So maybe Suarez was hard done by. (True)

    Only if Suarez thought he was talking to Nairo Quintana :wink:
  • Señor Delgado
    Señor Delgado Posts: 5
    Hee-haw,
    Pedro's first and, I like to think, favourite donkey here. I've seen many unusual things during my "sanctuary" sojourn. I say "sanctuary" but it's been paradise lost since that infernal band started rehearsing in the grooming shed. I'll try to drop-in between therapy rides up and down the boss's new motorway. Wee Pozzo is my favourite. But I just had to pipe up to verify the Jens Voight endowment rumours. He's very proud of it and enjoys meeting new people drawn to its geocache coordinates.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Señor Delgado wrote:
    Hee-haw,
    Pedro's first and, I like to think, favourite donkey here. I've seen many unusual things during my "sanctuary" sojourn. I say "sanctuary" but it's been paradise lost since that infernal band started rehearsing in the grooming shed. I'll try to drop-in between therapy rides up and down the boss's new motorway. Wee Pozzo is my favourite. But I just had to pipe up to verify the Jens Voight endowment rumours. He's very proud of it and enjoys meeting new people drawn to its geocache coordinates.

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    Your pic looks very like Zuelle's stuffed podium donkeys from K-B-K.... Did you model for Zuelle so as to get the likeness ? :lol::lol:
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  • Señor Delgado
    Señor Delgado Posts: 5
    emadden wrote:
    Señor Delgado wrote:
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    Your pic looks very like Zuelle's stuffed podium donkeys from K-B-K.... Did you model for Zuelle so as to get the likeness ? :lol::lol:

    Hee-haw indeed. Pedro likes me to keep my a$$ incognito so that's actually a picture of my twin brother Rolf.
  • Señor Delgado
    Señor Delgado Posts: 5
    Round the back of Pedro Delgado's sanctuary, through a secret door in the grooming shed, Vincenzo McNibali had a special caber-tossing area reserved for his use.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Mike Rogers hates donkeys, and is allergic to goldfish.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Bradley Wiggins has a secret room where he keeps his stash of Elton John CDs.
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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587
    No Ta Doctor pointed this thread out to me. Love it.

    Any new silly / interesting facts?
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The Delgados recorded a charity single in aid of Pedro's donkey sanctuary with an accompanying Tour de France inspired video...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDWAlfioqN4
    Correlation is not causation.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,438
    UK Cycling Expert ‏@ukcyclingexpert · 1h
    Joaquim Rodriguez is nicknamed 'Burrito' because of his love of Mexican food.


    Not often one actually does LOL...
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    TailWindHome wrote:
    UK Cycling Expert ‏@ukcyclingexpert · 1h
    Joaquim Rodriguez is nicknamed 'Burrito' because of his love of Mexican food.


    Not often one actually does LOL...

    And that was no exception.

    Thibot Pinaut loves to play with ouija boards
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Greg van Avermaet was a bridesmaid at Phillipe Gilbert's wedding.

    He didn't catch the bridal bouquet.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    A well known one, and i've probably said it already, bit given he's in the break in MSR - Maarten Tjallingii is a vegetarian.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Andy Hampsten's full name is Shirus Andrew Hampsten.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    Sep Vanmarcke did the voiceover for Donkey in the Flemmish edition of Shrek.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,438
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng · 2m2 minutes ago
    Rolf Aldag had a ticket on the Germanwings flight that crashed in the Alps, changed plans at the last minute http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-rout ... ile/546009 … (French)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    While many riders own and breed donkeys, only Dan Craven actually races them, and in 2012 earned a respectable bronze in the Namibian Donkey Cross championship. For the hilly course in the Namib desert he had a special lightweight carbon fibre saddle custom made for him by Adam Hansen, but the NDRF wouldn't allow it, as it failed to meet the minimum depth requirements by almost 2cm. Dan is still convinced that with the saddle he would have been in contention for the gold medal, which was won from a five way sprint on a rising dune.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    While many riders own and breed donkeys, only Dan Craven actually races them, and in 2012 earned a respectable bronze in the Namibian Donkey Cross championship. For the hilly course in the Namib desert he had a special lightweight carbon fibre saddle custom made for him by Adam Hansen, but the NDRF wouldn't allow it, as it failed to meet the minimum depth requirements by almost 2cm. Dan is still convinced that with the saddle he would have been in contention for the gold medal, which was won from a five way sprint on a rising dune.

    He'd have won if he'd shaved... winners don't have facial hair.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    dish_dash wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    While many riders own and breed donkeys, only Dan Craven actually races them, and in 2012 earned a respectable bronze in the Namibian Donkey Cross championship. For the hilly course in the Namib desert he had a special lightweight carbon fibre saddle custom made for him by Adam Hansen, but the NDRF wouldn't allow it, as it failed to meet the minimum depth requirements by almost 2cm. Dan is still convinced that with the saddle he would have been in contention for the gold medal, which was won from a five way sprint on a rising dune.

    He'd have won if he'd shaved... winners don't have facial hair.


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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    take it up with Roger

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