Off season trivia quiz

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Crampeur wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ...he's Friesian...
    Should turn the heating up then...

    Wehay.
    _
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    OK, credit to Crampeur for the key bit of the answer. It was indeed a riders' protest during the 1991 Tour de France in Pau, in protest against Urs Zimmermann's DQ for doing the rest day transfer by car rather than by plane as arranged by ASO. As mentioned, he was affraid of flying. And, he was also a vegetarian - hence the admittedly somewhat contrived connection with Tjalingii.
    Interesting character BTW, Zimmermann; one of those promising GC riders in the late 1980s who suddenly didn't get any results anymore in the 1990s and quit cycling early...
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Okay, what links Philippe Gaumont, Jimmy Casper and Jacky Durand?
    Clue: its not "they're all French." :)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Crampeur wrote:
    Okay, what links Philippe Gaumont, Jimmy Casper and Jacky Durand?
    Clue: its not "they're all French." :)
    rotera-lanterne__73385_pe190072_s4.jpg
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    Russian answer:

    Evgeni Berzin won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1994 and Viatcheslav Bobrik won Giro di Lombardia also in 1994.

    According to wikipedia Tchmil was Soviet, then Ukrainian, then Belgium (his current nationality). According to Inner Ring Tchmil was Russian, then Ukrainian, then Belgium and finally Moldovan (his current nationality). Wikipedia and Inner Ring imply that he may have [had] dual citizenship. So he might be an answer too, but it's a bit tricky to determine. If only all the riders had clear nationalities like the current crop of Froome, Dan Martin etc..
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Bobrik won Giro di Lombardia also in 1994.

    Flippin eck, wouldn't have got that one!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Bobrik won Giro di Lombardia also in 1994.

    Flippin eck, wouldn't have got that one!

    His Palmares below is better than Oliver Zaugg's who has one other career win in a TTT. It does make me wonder if anyone has won a monument and nothing else in their career. Anyway, I would have been very impressed if anyone had got Mr Bobrik (I certainly wouldn't)

    1990
    1st, Stage 3, Tour de Trump
    1991
    1st, Stage 3, Redlands Classic
    1994
    1st, Giro di Lombardia
    1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Aragón
    1995
    1st, Stage 8b, Paris–Nice
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    TheBigBean wrote:
    It does make me wonder if anyone has won a monument and nothing else in their career.

    What about Dirk Demol?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    Google tells me he won this

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driedaagse ... Vlaanderen

    But his win in P-R sounds like an interesting story.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Bah, thought I'd got it there. The ultimate cycling one hit wonder...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Zaug must be up there for anonymous careers except for one monument.
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    RichN95 wrote:
    Tjallingii's parents are some sort of hypnotherapists.
    Wasn't that Svengali ?
  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?

    World champions (without winning a monument?)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TheBigBean wrote:
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?

    World champions (without winning a monument?)
    Exactly how many times did Oscar Freire have to win Milan-San Remo for you to take notice. :wink:
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    RichN95 wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?

    World champions (without winning a monument?)
    Exactly how many times did Oscar Freire have to win Milan-San Remo for you to take notice. :wink:

    3. I didn't think that through. I didn't get past Maertens being famous for not winning a monument and the others were all world champions.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    Just watched this video of Dirk Demol's finest hour. It's quite interesting although not necessarily good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_XgxQ2a1w

    Things I noticed:
    - A younger Phil is definitely better than an older one
    - Sean Kelly is still no.1 in the world and had been since the creation of the rankings in 1983
    - The GT riders all turn up and try to win P-R. None of this form peaking nonsense.
    - Super panache Fignon spent most of the race watching Kelly, but still somehow managed to finish third.
    - Truly cheesy coverage
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?
    Did they all become World Champion on a Colnago?
  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    FJS wrote:
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?
    Did they all become World Champion on a Colnago?
    Yes
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,890
    ju5t1n wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?
    Did they all become World Champion on a Colnago?
    Yes

    Seriously, how do you know that? I'm feeling very ignorant on this thread. I couldn't even tell you what bike Froome rode last year....
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited January 2014
    Without googling etc....

    Whose real name is the frankly preposterous Henricus Theodorus Josephus _______ ? (the blank is his surname)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    ju5t1n wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    ju5t1n wrote:
    What do Freddy Maertens, Beppe Saronni, Joop Zoetemelk and Oscar Freire have in common?
    Did they all become World Champion on a Colnago?
    Yes

    Could have added Johan Museeuw to that list.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    RichN95 wrote:
    Without googling etc....

    Whose real name is the frankly preposterous Henricus Theodorus Josephus _______ ? (the blank is his surname)

    Bos?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Without googling etc....

    Whose real name is the frankly preposterous Henricus Theodorus Josephus _______ ? (the blank is his surname)

    Bos?
    Nope. There's no real connection between those three names and the name he's commonly known by (as far as I know).
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    Without googling etc....

    Whose real name is the frankly preposterous Henricus Theodorus Josephus _______ ? (the blank is his surname)

    Hein Verbruggen
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RichN95 wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Without googling etc....

    Whose real name is the frankly preposterous Henricus Theodorus Josephus _______ ? (the blank is his surname)

    Bos?
    Nope. There's no real connection between those three names and the name he's commonly known by (as far as I know).


    Ooh, I know this one - Servais Knaven
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Without googling etc....

    Whose real name is the frankly preposterous Henricus Theodorus Josephus _______ ? (the blank is his surname)

    Bos?
    Nope. There's no real connection between those three names and the name he's commonly known by (as far as I know).


    Ooh, I know this one - Servais Knaven
    Correct. Daft name.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    New question, still no Google

    American winner(s) of monuments
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited January 2014
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    New question, still no Google

    American winner(s) of monuments
    Tyler Hamilton, L-B-L is one. I know LeMond never won one.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    RichN95 wrote:
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    New question, still no Google

    American winner(s) of monuments
    Tyler Hamilton, L-B-L is one.

    It's the only one, isn't it?

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