Unusual facts about Pro Cyclists

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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    If you say Lance Armstrong's name five times into the mirror, an alarm goes off at a secret location in the French Alps.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Pettachi burns his toe nail trimmings to prevent any kind of curses being cast on him.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Iban Mayo was raised by wolves
    That's not so unusual. After all, they named a sauce in his honour.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Tom Boonen has no memory of Christmas 1992
    "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
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Dappy of N-Dubz is Tommy Voeckler's love child from an illicit affair with Fatima Whitbread.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Christian Vande Velde played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street'
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Kléber wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Iban Mayo was raised by wolves
    That's not so unusual. After all, they named a sauce in his honour.

    Bloody good sauce that hollandaise is too.

    Jens Voight father is Jon Voight, making Angelina Jolie his sister. In fact she is also an extremely proficient cyclist in her own right and regularly competes in club TTs up and down the country.
    Mañana
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Bjarne Riis appeared on the Danish version of Countdown, winning one game but losing the second on the conundrum.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Levi Leipheimer was conceived in the fitting room of a well known denim retailer.
  • Matchstick Man
    Matchstick Man Posts: 565
    Is anyone else reading this in the style of that Armstrong & Miller sketch where the guy bustles through the office corridors and his lackeys quote random facts at him which he brusquely takes on board? :lol:
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Sandy Casar was conceived on a beach.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Jens Voigt once withstood temperatures of 111 degrees in the World Sauna Championships in Finland.

    Robbie Hunter has been reading the same Chuck Norris book for three years. He still finds it funny.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Jens Voigt is the unnamed rider from Jeremy Whittle's Bad Blood.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Pippo Pozzato once punched a monkey.
    "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
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Mark Cavendish likes to have the Mr Men stories read to him whilst he is in bed just before nodding off. His favourite is Mr Clumsy, in fact he has been trying to recreate himself and his character into the mould of Mr Clumsy this season with much aplomb. He also has a crush on Little Miss Wise and one day hopes to marry her.
    Mañana
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    pb21 wrote:
    Mark Cavendish likes to have the Mr Men stories read to him whilst he is in bed just before nodding off. His favourite is Mr Clumsy, in fact he has been trying to recreate himself and his character into the mould of Mr Clumsy this season with much aplomb. He also has a crush on Little Miss Wise and one day hopes to marry her.

    He's also convinced his roommate, Mark Renshaw, is actually Mr Tickle. Nobody knows why, but there are frequent sounds of giggling from their room.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Lance Armstrong abuses the phonebook he has of the worlds most powerful men by prank calling them late at night. He once had 300 pizzas delivered to Nicolas Sarkozy.
    "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
  • fatgrimpeur
    fatgrimpeur Posts: 55
    The guy behind Abdoujaparov is the bloke who used to be in Carter USM and is a member of Dulwich Paragon

    Geraint Thomas is a licensed Badger Gasser.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Chris Hoy won the West Wing of Buckingham Palace from Prince Philip in a game of poker, but later agreed to exchange it for an MBE.

    Phil Ligget is the only man to have ever lost a drinking competition to Noel Edmonds.
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  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Alongside James Watson, Fausto Coppi discovered DNA.
    Mañana
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    In 1993 Mario Cippolini was acquitted of giraffe smuggling.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Ben swift has quite a few freckles on his face, but none on his back.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Pedro Delgado was named after a donkey.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Pedro Delgado was named after a donkey.

    The donkey was named after a motorway in the Basque Country
    "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
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rolf Aldag's best friend is Wolf from Gladiators.
  • Gypsum_Fantastic
    Gypsum_Fantastic Posts: 172
    Jean Robic's arms were made entirely of cheese
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Jens Voigt wears tweed cycling shorts, with a chammy made of brillo pads and hedgehogs.

    Dave Zabriskie holds the US National record for eating chewing gum found under cinema seats. (3.5 lbs in 8 mins).

    Before he became a donkey, Pedro Delgado used to be Roger Daltrey.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Gypsum_Fantastic
    Gypsum_Fantastic Posts: 172
    Mark Renshaw wears Return of the Jedi Pyjamas at all times when he's not on the bike
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    Despite his best efforts as a youngster, Andy Schleck could never overcome his intense fear of water and as a result cannot swim to save his life.
    Mañana
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Peter Van Petegem supplemented his income from cycling by running a telemarketing scam from Adrei Tchmil's garage.
    "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

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