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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Here's my (overlooked in the excitement) second list (again):
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Here's another. What do these guys have in common?

    Andy Schleck
    Thor Hushovd
    Fabian Cancellara

    Hint: the answer is ...... may be considered....... somewhat weird. <gibber>

    Do they perform together as an A-ha tribute act in the off season?

    They're all way more talented than their brothers?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Well I won't be on at 10 so here's the answer:

    They've all won a Tour stage on July 11th.
    Why isn’t Pottier in your list then?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    knedlicky wrote:
    Well I won't be on at 10 so here's the answer:

    They've all won a Tour stage on July 11th.
    Why isn’t Pottier in your list then?

    Ceebs to go that far back into the archives.
  • Easy one for you, What links the following riders

    Knecht
    Schotte
    Van Steenbergen
    Beheyt
    Altig
    Adorni
    Raas
    Hinault
    Ballan
    "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
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    All World Champions....

    In their own country? (Beheyt, Raas, Hinault and Ballan at least)
  • Give that man a coconut!
    "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
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Two lists for you:

    1.
    Predictor-Lotto
    Quick Step-Innergetic
    Team CSC
    AG2R Prévoyance
    Agritubel
    Bouygues Télécom
    Cofidis
    Crédit Agricole
    Française des Jeux
    Gerolsteiner
    T-Mobile Team
    Lampre-Fondital
    Liquigas
    Team Milram
    Rabobank
    Caisse d'Epargne
    Euskaltel-Euskadi
    Saunier Duval-Prodir
    Astana
    Barloworld
    Discovery Channel

    2.
    La Vie Claire-Wonder-Radar
    Carrera Jeans
    Kas-Mavic
    Panasonic
    System U
    PDM
    Cafe de Colombia-Varta-Mavic
    TS Batteries-Reynolds
    Peugeot-Shell
    Kwantum Hallen-Decosol
    Joker-Emerxil-Eddy Merckx
    Hitachi-Marc-Splendor
    Zor-BH
    Fagor
    RMO-Meral-Mavic
    Postobón
    Seat-Orbea
    Gis Gelati-Oece
    Teka
    Malvor
    7-Eleven - Hoonved
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    1. 2006 TdF teams?
  • 1. 2007 TdF teams
    2. 1986 TdF teams
  • 1. 2006 TdF teams?

    No Phonak! Floyd's team innit!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gargh.

    Beaten :(
  • OK, how about this one?

    Andy Schleck
    Andy Schleck
    Stefan Schumacher
    Mauricio Soler
    Michael Rasmussen
    Alexandre Vinokourov
    Stefano Garzelli
    Santiago Botero
    Pascal Hervé
    Marco Pantani
    Tony Rominger
    Franco Chioccioli
    Gert-Jan Theunisse
    Pedro Muñoz
    Luis Herrera
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    OK, how about this one?

    Andy Schleck
    Andy Schleck
    Stefan Schumacher
    Mauricio Soler
    Michael Rasmussen
    Alexandre Vinokourov
    Stefano Garzelli
    Santiago Botero
    Pascal Hervé
    Marco Pantani
    Tony Rominger
    Franco Chioccioli
    Gert-Jan Theunisse
    Pedro Muñoz
    Luis Herrera

    Stage winners on a particular TdF climb?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    OK, how about this one?

    Andy Schleck
    Andy Schleck
    Stefan Schumacher
    Mauricio Soler
    Michael Rasmussen
    Alexandre Vinokourov
    Stefano Garzelli
    Santiago Botero
    Pascal Hervé
    Marco Pantani
    Tony Rominger
    Franco Chioccioli
    Gert-Jan Theunisse
    Pedro Muñoz
    Luis Herrera

    First to the top of the Galibier at the Tour
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95 wrote:
    OK, how about this one?

    Andy Schleck
    Andy Schleck
    Stefan Schumacher
    Mauricio Soler
    Michael Rasmussen
    Alexandre Vinokourov
    Stefano Garzelli
    Santiago Botero
    Pascal Hervé
    Marco Pantani
    Tony Rominger
    Franco Chioccioli
    Gert-Jan Theunisse
    Pedro Muñoz
    Luis Herrera

    First to the top of the Galibier at the Tour

    Correctomundo!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    OK here's one:

    Fausto Coppi
    Hugo Koblet
    Jacques Anquetil
    Rudi Altig
    Ferdinand Bracke
    Francesco Moser
    Bradley Wiggins
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Roadies who have been individual pursuit champions?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Roadies who have been individual pursuit champions?

    A bit more detail needed. They are the only seven, not any seven.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Won a track worlds title and a grand tour?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    FJS wrote:
    Won a track worlds title and a grand tour?

    Near enough - world pursuit medalists, rather than champions (Anquetil and Koblet only got silver)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    What about this one?

    Andre Greipel
    Matti Breschel
    Alejandro Valverde
    Peter van Petegem
    Robbie McEwen
    Paolo Bettini
    Andrej Hauptman
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Here's my (overlooked in the excitement) second list (again):
    Lichtblick wrote:
    Here's another. What do these guys have in common?

    Andy Schleck
    Thor Hushovd
    Fabian Cancellara

    Hint: the answer is ...... may be considered....... somewhat weird. <gibber>

    Do they perform together as an A-ha tribute act in the off season?

    Regarding my second list, it is

    sort of

    Those Who Had A Terrible Year (so far)

    A. Schleck (hip injury > no TdF (or anything else IIRC)
    Hushovd (virus/sick) > no TdF or Olympics road race
    Cancellara (broken bones) > brave but painful to watch Olympics TT.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    1. 2007 TdF teams
    2. 1986 TdF teams
    Correct sir.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    FJS wrote:
    What about this one?

    Andre Greipel
    Matti Breschel
    Alejandro Valverde
    Peter van Petegem
    Robbie McEwen
    Paolo Bettini
    Andrej Hauptman

    All come third at the Worlds?
  • FJS wrote:
    What about this one?

    Andre Greipel
    Matti Breschel
    Alejandro Valverde
    Peter van Petegem
    Robbie McEwen
    Paolo Bettini
    Andrej Hauptman

    All come third at the Worlds?

    Didn't McEwen finish 2nd in Zolder when Cipollini won?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    FJS wrote:
    What about this one?

    Andre Greipel
    Matti Breschel
    Alejandro Valverde
    Peter van Petegem
    Robbie McEwen
    Paolo Bettini
    Andrej Hauptman

    All come third at the Worlds?
    A good start, but not quite, and more needed on what sets them apart
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    FJS wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    What about this one?

    Andre Greipel
    Matti Breschel
    Alejandro Valverde
    Peter van Petegem
    Robbie McEwen
    Paolo Bettini
    Andrej Hauptman

    All come third at the Worlds?
    A good start, but not quite, and more needed on what sets them apart


    OK. I give in. What's the answer.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    They're all cyclists.
  • Timoid. wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    What about this one?

    Andre Greipel
    Matti Breschel
    Alejandro Valverde
    Peter van Petegem
    Robbie McEwen
    Paolo Bettini
    Andrej Hauptman

    All come third at the Worlds?
    A good start, but not quite, and more needed on what sets them apart


    OK. I give in. What's the answer.

    How about clue first?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Rick's Worlds idea was along the right lines.
    what they have in common has to do with preparation