Pinno's even trickier Christmas Quiz 2020

blazing_saddles

Pross said:

It's annoying me now that I know the 1996 Giro start but can't say as I looked it up.

Was there definitely not a Belgian start (possibly the 1973 one)?

1996: I knew straight away who won it but not where it started.

2010 was Holland. Stage 2 was the epic echelon stage along the coast that went on for over 100kms. Wiggins lost pink on the run in.
Then the Tour went and did the same route in July and all that had was David Millar and a dog.

However, as to where it started, I have a feeling it was Amsterdam.
Now having said that, I am ashamed to say I have been re-watching the whole flipping race over the past few months.
So I should know, rather than have a feeling.

Gilbert and Paris-Roubaix: I know he hasn't ridden many other than the last two editions.
Surprised nobody has had a guess at the number.

pinno

Giro 2010 - Holland, Amsterdam.

Gilbert's PR starts... surprised about the lack of guesses too.

Cargobike

Feck me!
Merry Xmas to you as well pinno.
Obviously I got them all right, dead easy

The sad reality is I haven't got a scooby on any of them so I'll leave it to the forum brainboxes to come up with the right answers

pinno

Cheers CB.

Charlie_Croker

Wow that’s tuf
Thought I’d have a stab at just a couple, but reading through the thread I was way off especially with Q20 (thought I'd nailed that one) no points for me
I’ll have another beer now, Merry Christmas

blazing_saddles

I know the dust has settled upon this thread but....

This afternoon I was browsing through my small collection of Giro Video/dvds and came upon the 1996 edition.
Reading the blurb on the box I was reminded that the race started in Athens.

Pross

Yeah, I knew it was that way and originally said Albania. It was driving me nuts so I looked it up, then it was driving me nuts that I couldn't answer as I'd cheated!

pinno

1. What year was the last Bordeaux-Paris run as a professional race?
2. Who came 3rd in the 1985 edition of the Tour de France?
3. To the nearest kilometre, what was Francesco Moser’s hour record distance?
4. Name as many of the 13 foreign starts of the Giro d’Italia.
5. Who did Gasparotto beat in the Amstel gold race when he won it for the second time?
6. Name the last 3 winners of the Four days of Dunkirk.
7. Name both the male and female winners of the 2010 World Road Race Championships.
8. Name the 4 riders that won the UCI Road World Cup on more than 1 occasion
9. How many monument classics did Sean Kelly win?
10. How many editions of Paris Roubaix has Philippe Gilbert actually started?
11. Which famous wine region does the Strade Bianche route go through?
12. In which year did Alberto Contador last win the tour of the Basque country?
13. What year was the first official edition of Milan San Remo run?
14. What is the record (to date) of the most wins in a single classic? (name the event and rider).
15. Name the years Alejandro Valverde won Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
16. Who was ‘the Gypsy’?
17. Who was ‘the second best climber in the world’?
18. Who was nicknamed ‘the Yoyo’?
19. When was the Angliru climb first included in the Vuelta and who won that stage?
20. How many named hairpins are there on the Stelvio pass?



1. 1998
2. Steven Roche
3. 50.808 km's
4.
Year
1965 San Marino
1966 Monaco Monte Carlo
1973 Belgium Verviers
1974 Vatican City
1996 Greece Athens
1998 France Nice
2002 Netherlands Groningen
2006 Belgium Seraing
2010 Netherlands Amsterdam
2012 Denmark Herning
2014 Northern Ireland Belfast
2016 Netherlands Apeldoorn
2018 Israel Israel Jerusalem

5. Micheal Valgren
6. Venturi, claeys Tuenissen
7. Hushovd and Bronzini
8.. 9
9.. 7
10.. 3
11. Chianti
12.. 2016
13.. 1907
14.. Merckx, MSR, 7.
15.. 2006, 2011, 2016
16..Roger De Vlaeminck
17.. Chris Horner
18.. Ullrich
19.. 1999, Jose Maria Jiminez
20. 48