Pinno's slightly tricky Christmas quiz 2019

orraloon

16: Alaphilippe
(missed that one)

18: Laura Trott / Kenny? 4 track golds, not sure about the rest of the clue

RichN95.

2. Chavanel?
8. Gerrans winning Sanremo ahead of Cancellara & Nibali
12. Someone said Purito Rodriguez and you said no, but it must be because...
...13. Delio Rodriguez
26. Galibier?
35. Luca Paolini

awavey

orraloon said:

16: Alaphilippe
(missed that one)

18: Laura Trott / Kenny? 4 track golds, not sure about the rest of the clue

not done the hour though. Dame Sarah Storey would fit but she didnt take the world hour record, she broke the national record and set a new paralympic one, and I dont get the "longs" bit of the clue

RichN95.

awavey said:

orraloon said:

16: Alaphilippe
(missed that one)

18: Laura Trott / Kenny? 4 track golds, not sure about the rest of the clue

not done the hour though. Dame Sarah Storey would fit but she didnt take the world hour record, she broke the national record and set a new paralympic one, and I dont get the "longs" bit of the clue

I was thinking of the Dutch women from about 20 years ago. Van Mosel?

pinno

orraloon said:

16: Alaphilippe
(missed that one)

18: Laura Trott / Kenny? 4 track golds, not sure about the rest of the clue

16. Yes.
18. As RichN said.

pinno

RichN95. said:

2. Chavanel?
8. Gerrans winning Sanremo ahead of Cancellara & Nibali
12. Someone said Purito Rodriguez and you said no, but it must be because...
...13. Delio Rodriguez
26. Galibier?
35. Luca Paolini

Chavanel - no.

18. Well, the answer is Cancellara - 'Simon owe's thanks to...'
12. Yes J Purito Rodriguez - my mistake. Dorset boy called it.
13. Correct
26. No. Seldom a MTF this climb but even less the Galibier - once surprisingly: Schlek's epic long solo bid and a gap that plummeted with about 1k to go?
35. Yes.

pinno

RichN95. said:

awavey said:

orraloon said:

16: Alaphilippe
(missed that one)

18: Laura Trott / Kenny? 4 track golds, not sure about the rest of the clue

not done the hour though. Dame Sarah Storey would fit but she didnt take the world hour record, she broke the national record and set a new paralympic one, and I dont get the "longs" bit of the clue

I was thinking of the Dutch women from about 20 years ago. Van Mosel?

You meant: Leontin Van Moorsel.
Correct. Had a good couple of scraps with Jeannie Longo, hence the clue in the question.

orraloon

26: Col d'Izoard? Stage finish once? recently rather than 5, so...prob no then.

Back to chin scratching, takes the mind off the snots, throat, earache et al.

orraloon

Got one!

24: Pascal Ackermann

pinno

orraloon said:

24. Yes.

orraloon

Gonna need some more clues, Quizmaster. Or permission to Google, sah?

pinno

Err, no Googling but i'll give you some clues...

pinno

2. French national championship, (sort of) won in both forms by only this man.
First event is the Criterium International.

5. Chicken pox didn’t prevent stage win.
Road for Gan and was a track and road rider.

6. Big event (now shortened) at the sports palace.
It's the 4 days of Grenoble.

7. Prolific Italian, strings of firsts, few overalls started at Ariostea, finished at Mapei.
Initials: AB. He joined Luxembourg team Leopard Trek as a sporting director in 2011

9. Only Dutch rider to win this event 6 times.. The event is Tirreno Adriatico.

21, The third missing Belgian hour holder was Bracke.

19. Bunch of French cyclists in 1980’s supported by white goods.
Who produced white goods and sponsored a team that were mainly French... in the 1980's?

20. Inventors of the slant-parallelogram to aide shifting (but click didn’t catch on!).
Think of a cycle components manufacturer. Invented an index system in the 1930's but this didn't catch on!

23. East of African continent go chasing Roo’s.
Small Conti team.

26. 11 (ish) miles up only finished here 5 times in TdF.
Begins with H.

30. Talent from Castille la mancha wins national roads, pitches up for money lending French but fails to fulfil early promise.
[Very tricky one] Spanish, rides for Cofidis.

33. Vital sprinter who also likes to go around and around. Kept close eye on dunes for allied invaders that proved victorious.
He was a silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Omnium,

34. Energetic Alsatian takes direct route but cuddles kerbs ambition.
('Cuddles' - Cadel Evans)

36. R e l n g t o i p e d m o e I (anag.)
Don't need a clue.

37. Link the clues: A genesis discovery, 9 nationals (in 2 disciplines), Bucks. and a Madison.
I'm not giving any more away on this one.

Wheelspinner

7: Alessandro Ballan then?

Wheelspinner

26: Hautecam or whatever its called?

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

7: Alessandro Ballan then?

Nope.

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

26: Hautecam or whatever its called?

Hautacam, yes.

Wheelspinner

5: Boardman?

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

5: Boardman?

Waaaay off. Frenchman.

RichN95.

pinno said:

Wheelspinner said:

7: Alessandro Ballan then?

Nope.

Baffi I think

9. Jan Raas? I know De Vlaeminck has the record but he's not Dutch.
30. Navarro?
33. I think someone has already said Coquard.
34. Voeckler?

Dorset_Boy

Yes, I'd already got Coquard for No 33!

pinno

RichN95. said:

pinno said:

Wheelspinner said:

7: Alessandro Ballan then?

Nope.

Baffi I think

9. Jan Raas? I know De Vlaeminck has the record but he's not Dutch.
30. Navarro?
33. I think someone has already said Coquard.
34. Voeckler?

Baffi, yes.
9. De Vlaeminck it is - of course he's not Dutch
30. No
34. Voeckler, Yes.

Stevo_666

Looks like youve stumped them Might want to make next year's a bit easier...

orraloon

Wtf is a 80s sponsor manufacturer of white goods?

Join the chant: we want Google, we want Google... Power to the people, fight these authoritarian rulemakers 😉

awavey

orraloon said:

Wtf is a 80s sponsor manufacturer of white goods?

Join the chant: we want Google, we want Google... Power to the people, fight these authoritarian rulemakers 😉

well its fridges/cookers/washing machines type stuff because they only used to come painted white for some reason:)

so did Zanussi,Hotpoint,Candy,Creda or Ariston and on and on and on and oh god Ive got that advert tune as an earworm now... ever sponsor a cycling team ?

pinno

orraloon said:

Wtf is a 80s sponsor manufacturer of white goods?

Join the chant: we want Google, we want Google... Power to the people, fight these authoritarian rulemakers 😉

I'll tell you but in that, there is cruelty - when you kick yourself - Fagor.

orraloon

Fagor eh? That meant nothing to me, oh Fagor. Until I used that there google: Robert Millar, Stephen Roche, Sean Yates... That team name did not make its mark with me obvs.

pinno

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pinno

Full list of answers here, seen as it has ran it's course. Bar RichN, it's a poor show from the Pro Race boys and girls.

1. Kelly
2. Hinault
3. Zoetemelk
4. Hincapie
5. Colotti
6. 4 Days of Grenoble
7. Baffi
8. Cancellara
9. De Vlaeminck, Tirreno Adriatico
10. Kwiatkowski
11. Philippe gilbert
12. J Rodriguez
13. Rodriguez Barros
14. Igan Bernal
15. Gert Jan Theunisse
16. Julian Alaphilippe
17. La Flèche Wallonne.
18. Leontin Van Moorsel
19. Fagor
20. Suntour
21. Merckx Campanaerts Bracke
22. M Scarponi
23. Kenyan riders down under
24. P a s c a l A c k e r m a n n
25. Tom Pidcock
26. Hautacam
27. Strada Bianchi/L Armitsead
28. Il Lombardia
29. Van Summeren
30. Jesus Herrada
31. Fuglsang
32. Rui Costa
33. Bryan Coquard
34. Thomas Voeckler
35. Luca Paolini
36. Giro del Piemonte
37. Roger Hammond
38. Qatar
39. Tony Martin
40. Bordeaux Paris

darkhairedlord

Thank farx for that.