Pinno's slightly tricky end of year cycling quiz
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Garry H wrote:
Freddy Maertens. You da man.
I don't kow what Reddy had to do with it though:
"Alcohol[edit]
Maertens drank champagne during races.And he was for a while salesman for Lanson, a champagne company. Journalists saw crates of champagne at his house and interpreted them as confirmation that he had a drinking problem.
Legend says that on the Friday before the world championship at Goodwood, England, he asked his taxi driver to join him for a pint of beer, "because he sweating so much." Lomme Driessens said: "Too much wine and not enough riding, that's his problem."
Maertens told a reporter, Guy Roger, that the stories were exaggerated. But he acknowledged later that he did have a problem. He attended meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous until word spread that he was there. Now he drinks only non-alcoholic drinks. His body, he said, reacted quickly to alcohol and he could get drunk on a single glass of beer."seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
We have:
1. G
2, S
3. A
4. E
6. F
7. O
8. H
10. A
14. L
15. S
16. V
17. K
18. N
19. D
You need:
5. PAIROOCENURTOPE (anagram) [Didn't miss any letters this year DeVlaeminck, honest]
9. Saintly person surrounded by beautiful northern Spanish scenery with connection to Wroclaw.
11. Oddly conceived and now defunct team event set here in Dutch city yet to be replaced.
12. Proper noun and second word in 17.
13. First name of very successful Italian means feet and hands were secure or comfortable retrospectively.
20. First name of East German who won Perrier with no Pernod added.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
20. Erik0
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Erik who?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Zabel0
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Nope. It's not an 'Erik' either.
Reminds me of a joke.
A white horse wanders into a bar. The bar man says "What can I do for you?" The horse replies "Can I have a drink please?". Barman replies "Certainly sir, and we've never had a White Horse order a drink and so the first one is on the house". "Why, thank" you say's the horse. "Here you go" says the barman "...it's even named after you". The horse says "What? Eric?!".
I'll get my coat.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
9. Sebastian (clutching at straws here, don't get the Polish connection)0
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5: Operacion PuertoOpen One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0
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Look:
1. G
2, S
3. A
4. E
5. O
6. F
7. O
8. H
9. S
10. A
11. E
12. K
14. L
15. S
16. V
17. O
18. N
19. D
20. Oseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
So, 17 is O for Oude then?0
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3 left. Or did I miss an answer for 13?Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0
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Quite correct WS, my mistake.
3 left.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Quoted for Page 3 ease. Still need these...Pinno wrote:11. Oddly conceived and now defunct team event set here in Dutch city yet to be replaced.
13. First name of very successful Italian means feet and hands were secure or comfortable retrospectively.
20. First name of East German who won Perrier with no Pernod added.
Is 20 Jens Voigt?Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Wheelspinner wrote:Quoted for Page 3 ease. Still need these...Pinno wrote:11. Oddly conceived and now defunct team event set here in Dutch city yet to be replaced.
13. First name of very successful Italian means feet and hands were secure or comfortable retrospectively.
20. First name of East German who won Perrier with no Pernod added.
Is 20 Jens Voigt?
No. We're talking early 90's here.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
20 Jan Ullrich?
(J for Jan rather than J for Jens
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Is 11 to do with that proposed track event series (Revolution?) which was going to be held in a Dutch venue than wasn't?0
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orraloon wrote:20 Jan Ullrich?
(J for Jan rather than J for Jens )
No. The clue is in the question. The key word is 'Perrier'. The UCI and it's 'World tour' has taken control of a calender with strict categorisation. Before that, the season was an eclectic mix of races. If I say anymore, i'll give it away.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
20 O Olaf Ludwig?
If not that, then
20 E Erik Zabel
(Wikipedia is your friend, when things have dragged on this long...)0 -
orraloon wrote:20 O Olaf Ludwig?
If not that, then
20 E Erik Zabel
(Wikipedia is your friend, when things have dragged on this long...)
Zabel was offered up before. Yes, it's O for Olaf Ludwig. For the nerds, the Classics were combined as a stand alone series which could be won as overall winner and the winner was crowned World Cup series champion'. Pernod were previous sponsors when it was called the Super Prestige Pernod International before Perrier took over in 1989 under the re-named title.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:orraloon wrote:20 O Olaf Ludwig?
If not that, then
20 E Erik Zabel
(Wikipedia is your friend, when things have dragged on this long...)
Zabel was offered up before. Yes, it's O for Olaf Ludwig. For the nerds, the Classics were combined as a stand alone series which could be won as overall winner and the winner was crowned World Cup series champion'. Pernod were previous sponsors when it was called the Super Prestige Pernod International before Perrier took over in 1989 under the re-named title.
That's me learned something right there. Thought it was sponsored by pernod for it's whole duration and I say that as someone who followed cycling like a nutter at that time.0 -
Time for clues, I'm thinking?0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Eindhoven.
That is correct. Why is it that the Pro Race lot never seem to entertain my Christmas quiz?
Discuss...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
