Unusual facts about Pro Cyclists

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  • robert-sb
    robert-sb Posts: 118
    Have any cyclists ever had pop bands named after them ?
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    robert-sb wrote:
    Have any cyclists ever had pop bands named after them ?

    Pedro Delgado
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    robert-sb wrote:
    Have any cyclists ever had pop bands named after them ?

    Abdujaparov.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Have any donkeys ever had cyclists named after them?
  • shm_uk
    shm_uk Posts: 683
    Pedro Delgado has a band named after him, called the Pedros.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    afx237vi wrote:
    Have any donkeys ever had cyclists named after them?

    Just one, he was called Pedro Delgado I think. I believe the donkey was named after a band who took their name from a Basque Motorway
    "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
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    and here is the original pedro the donkey on his fans' facebook page. Years are taking their toll but he's still going after all these years

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pedro-the ... 0538769953


    And here is the new pedro waiting for his first bike to arrive. I wonder what kind of cyclist he will be - being that small im guessing he will be a mountain goat

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 437150.ece
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    who gives a toss? Unusual fact...they are much less honest than most of us
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • disquieting_museeuws
    disquieting_museeuws Posts: 601
    I know a couple of goats who are named after footballers, that any good?

    This old chap was named after Indurain, meanwhile.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%C3%B3n
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This thread could do with a revival!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    The only off season training that JJ Haedo will do is a thrice daily re-enactment of the training montage in Rocky 4.
    "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
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    After he retired, Peter Winnen (the ‘intellectual’ of the peloton) took to being a sculptor and made a bronze sculpture of a penis.
    He said he made it in memory of all the urine controls he’d been to (and the cheating he’d seen at them).

    He also signed his autograph in some unusual places:

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  • T_Pucker
    T_Pucker Posts: 18
    afx237vi wrote:
    Continuing with the theme of educated cyclists, I believe Marco Pinotti has an engineering degree and his nickname is "the professor".

    There's a Spanish cyclist who was a professional squid fisherman before he turned to cycling, although I can't remember his name. He rode for Andalucia.

    British professional Colin Sturgess has a degree in Literature, and a Master in fine Art! He also works as a winemaker in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia. :shock:
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    JTL superstar in the making has a Degree from Bristol Uni in Industrial Design.
    +++++++++++++++++++++
    we are the proud, the few, Descendents.

    Panama - finally putting a nail in the economic theory of the trickle down effect.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Edwig Van Hooydonck - who popularised the 3/4 length tights smokes like a chimney. Or he did when we saw him on Alpe d'Huez.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    Erik Breukink lost the sight in his left eye due to an infection caused by poor contact lens hygiene.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Apposite, as Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) was in a break today in Classica San Sebastian: his great grandad, Kowlslaw, a fighter pilot in Polish 303 Fighter Squadron (highest claimed number of kills of any Allied squadron during WWII), could apparently fart the first few bars of 'Reveille' like a trumpet. He blamed all the beetroot.

    Also, Linus Gerdemann's great uncle invented the first freeze-drying (cryodesiccation) machine.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    Bradley Wiggins and Paul Weller play in a pub rock tribute band called the Re-peddled Delgados.
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    edited January 2013
    shm_uk wrote:
    Pedro Delgado has a band named after him, called the Pedros.

    Edit- Scottish Band called The Delgados.

    Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    jerry3571 wrote:
    shm_uk wrote:
    Pedro Delgado has a band named after him, called the Pedros.

    American Band called The Delgados.

    Jerry
    1) They're Glaswegian

    2) Woooooosh!
    "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
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Beryl Burton
    When Burton overtook men during a race, they could always expect a quickfire witticism or word of encouragment. When she overtook McNamara she nonchalantly offered him a liquorice allsort.

    What a gal! :D

    Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Alex Zulle was a Painter and Decorator before becoming a pro cyclist.

    Jerry
    “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
    -Jacques Anquetil
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Alex Zulle was a Painter and Decorator before becoming a pro cyclist.

    Jerry


    Since he retired, he has opened a refuge for retired Swiss Alps pack-donkeys near his home in Oberunterschachnagelfucherbach in Canton Uri
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Beryl Burton
    When Burton overtook men during a race, they could always expect a quickfire witticism or word of encouragment. When she overtook McNamara she nonchalantly offered him a liquorice allsort.

    What a gal! :D

    Jerry


    This is definitely my fave so far!
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    emadden wrote:
    jerry3571 wrote:
    Alex Zulle was a Painter and Decorator before becoming a pro cyclist.

    Jerry


    Since he retired, he has opened a refuge for retired Swiss Alps pack-donkeys near his home in Oberunterschachnagelfucherbach in Canton Uri
    That's easy for you to say
    Ecrasez l’infame
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    hardly any of them tell the truth! Or perhaps that's a usual fact
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Dave_1 wrote:
    hardly any of them tell the truth! Or perhaps that's a usual fact


    Dave, almost all of us lie in various ways and degrees at different points in our lives. None of us are living saints.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    hardly any of them tell the truth! Or perhaps that's a usual fact


    Dave, almost all of us lie in various ways and degrees at different points in our lives. None of us are living saints.

    Speak for yourself! :wink:
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Dave_1 wrote:
    hardly any of them tell the truth! Or perhaps that's a usual fact


    Dave, almost all of us lie in various ways and degrees at different points in our lives. None of us are living saints.

    Speak for yourself! :wink:


    Come on Greased, there must be something you want to get off your chest...just between us? :)
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Come on Greased, there must be something you want to get off your chest...just between us? :)

    You'll have to wait for the book to come out, just like everyone else. Well, I say book. It's more like a pamphlet...

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