Pinno's extra tricky Christmas quiz 2021

Ben6899

Anyone listed Maertens for #8 yet?

pinno

Ben6899 said:

Anyone listed Maertens for #8 yet?

No. He's not one of them.

Ben6899

pinno said:

Ben6899 said:

Anyone listed Maertens for #8 yet?

No. He's not one of them.

Ah okay, cool.

So I think we already have Cancellara, Boonen and Museeuw.

Magni?

pinno

Ben6899 said:

pinno said:

Ben6899 said:

Anyone listed Maertens for #8 yet?

No. He's not one of them.

Ah okay, cool.

So I think we already have Cancellara, Boonen and Museeuw.

Magni?

Well done.

orraloon

pinno said:

orraloon said:

6: Lizzie D broke away with around 80km to go. I'll go for 79km.

Not quite.

81km?

pinno

orraloon said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

6: Lizzie D broke away with around 80km to go. I'll go for 79km.

Not quite.

81km?

I'll give you it in the season of goodwill. It was 82.

kingstongraham

I looked up the answer to 19. That is a few years ago.

orraloon

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

6: Lizzie D broke away with around 80km to go. I'll go for 79km.

Not quite.

81km?

I'll give you it in the season of goodwill. It was 82.

Why thank you kind sir.

14: Gino Bartali?

tailwindhome

Just a guess

The 1926 TDF question

Points rather than total time?

Wheelspinner

pinno said:

seanoconn said:

15) Jacques Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, Indurain, Froome.

Froome?!

The rest is correct.

Lance Armstrong presumably.

pinno

orraloon said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

6: Lizzie D broke away with around 80km to go. I'll go for 79km.

Not quite.

81km?

I'll give you it in the season of goodwill. It was 82.

Why thank you kind sir.

14: Gino Bartali?

No but famous.

pinno

Wheelspinner said:

pinno said:

seanoconn said:

15) Jacques Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, Indurain, Froome.

Froome?!

The rest is correct.

Lance Armstrong presumably.

No.

pinno

tailwindhome said:

Just a guess

The 1926 TDF question

Points rather than total time?

Neither.

orraloon

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

6: Lizzie D broke away with around 80km to go. I'll go for 79km.

Not quite.

81km?

I'll give you it in the season of goodwill. It was 82.

Why thank you kind sir.

14: Gino Bartali?

No but famous.

Ok, another guess is Fausto Coppi?

21: has to be Annemiek shirley?

pinno

21. Yes.
Coppi - No.

Pross

1926 Tour was the longest in history.

pinno

Pross said:

1926 Tour was the longest in history.

Correct.

orraloon

14: I remember reading about an Italian American who raced pre WWII, got concentrated during, then raced again post. Hemingway being USAnian, maybe him? Had to look up the name though, so maybe 1/2 a point? Joseph Magnani.

pinno

orraloon said:

14: I remember reading about an Italian American who raced pre WWII, got concentrated during, then raced again post. Hemingway being USAnian, maybe him? Had to look up the name though, so maybe 1/2 a point? Joseph Magnani.

Googles it and got it wrong!

Clue: Famous, later went on to make bike frames.

orraloon

So Herr Quizmeister, do we start a googlefest or... answers?

pinno

orraloon said:

So Herr Quizmeister, do we start a googlefest or... answers?

Funny how none of the Pro race boys have tried the quiz. Perhaps it's because they don't actually know very much.
I shall post some answers in a couple of days. It might give the odd person an opportunity to answer a few.

Pross

pinno said:

orraloon said:

So Herr Quizmeister, do we start a googlefest or... answers?

Funny how none of the Pro race boys have tried the quiz. Perhaps it's because they don't actually know very much.
I shall post some answers in a couple of days. It might give the odd person an opportunity to answer a few.

More likely because they don't venture into Cake Stop. Should have posted it in Pro Race if that was your audience.

blazing_saddles

Pross said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

So Herr Quizmeister, do we start a googlefest or... answers?

Funny how none of the Pro race boys have tried the quiz. Perhaps it's because they don't actually know very much.
I shall post some answers in a couple of days. It might give the odd person an opportunity to answer a few.

More likely because they don't venture into Cake Stop. Should have posted it in Pro Race if that was your audience.

Case in point-me. Just looking at it for the first time now. On my phone so apologies if I duplicate.

2013 Vuelta was Tony Martin.
Paris-Nice 2018 Simon Yates
Last Frenchman? At a guess, Laurent Jalabert

TheBigBean

I can't remember the season just gone let along things from a decade ago.

pinno

Pross said:

pinno said:

orraloon said:

So Herr Quizmeister, do we start a googlefest or... answers?

Funny how none of the Pro race boys have tried the quiz. Perhaps it's because they don't actually know very much.
I shall post some answers in a couple of days. It might give the odd person an opportunity to answer a few.

More likely because they don't venture into Cake Stop. Should have posted it in Pro Race if that was your audience.

Fair enough but I have posted in Pro Race year after year and just didn't do it this time around.

pinno

Update:

1. Which paper announced the first TdF? L'Auto
2. The year the UCI was founded. (For Seanoconn, I’ll accept a figure to the nearest 25)
3. What 3 letter stamp is on some Japanese Keirin bicycle components? NJS
4. Name 2 of 3 riders Alfredo Binda managed to victory in the TdF.
5. Who dominated the 1977 Vuelta?
6. With how many kilometres to go did Lizzie Deignan attack to win Paris Roubaix? 82km
7. In the 2013 edition of the Vuelta, which German was caught 20m from the line on stage 6 after an all day solo breakaway? Tony Martin
8. Name as many riders as you can who won the Tour of Flanders 3 times.
Cancellara, Boonen, Museeuw, Fiorenzo Magni (2 left)
9. Which race are these controversies referring to:
1907 – The wrong gendarme
1930 – The wrong team
1934 – The wrong bike
1936 – The wrong man
1949 – The wrong route
1981 – The wrong race
1988 – The wrong place and time
2006 – The wrong train Paris Roubaix
10. What race is also known as the Gara di San Giuseppe ?
11. Who was 2nd in the overall classification to Marc Soler in the 2018 edition of Paris-Nice? Simon Yates
12. Who did Valverde leave behind him finishing in 2nd place in the 2015 edition of La Flèche Wallonne?
13. UPEE ON GRASS I PIN (anagram) Giuseppe Saronni
14. Which Italian rider got a mention in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises?
15. The Critérium du Dauphiné is the only race that was won by all the quintuple winners of the Tour de France. Name them. Jacques Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, Indurain
16. How many medals has Marianne Vos won at the World’s?
17. What was the alleged source of the strychnine found in Adri Van der Poel’s failed blood test?
18. What year was ‘The Old lady’ first run?
19. Who was the last Frenchman to win Paris-Nice? Laurant Jalabert
20. Who won the 2017 edition of Tour De Suisse? Simon Špilak
21. Who currently tops the UCI Women’s ranking ? Annemiek van Vleuten
23. What is the oldest bicycle company? Bianchi
23. Of which cycling team was Ernesto Colnago the head mechanic?
24. What is significant about the 1926 TdF? The longest
25. Who came second, 3 minutes behind Chris Froome on that epic 19th stage of the 2018 Giro? Carapaz

RichN95.

Without looking at any answers on the thread or googling

Without further ado...

1. Which paper announced the first TdF? L'Auto
2. The year the UCI was founded. (For Seanoconn, I’ll accept a figure to the nearest 25) About 1920
3. What 3 letter stamp is on some Japanese Keirin bicycle components? I'll say YKK as they make zips
4. Name 2 of 3 riders Alfredo Binda managed to victory in the TdF. Coppi, Bartoli (maybe Nencini too)
5. Who dominated the 1977 Vuelta? Freddy Meartens
6. With how many kilometres to go did Lizzie Deignan attack to win Paris Roubaix? About 80
7. In the 2013 edition of the Vuelta, which German was caught 20m from the line on stage 6 after an all day solo breakaway? Tony Martin
8. Name as many riders as you can who won the Tour of Flanders 3 times. Boonen ,Cancellara, Leman (3 in a row), Merckx, Van Looy, most likely a woman so I'll say Vos
9. Which race are these controversies referring to:
1907 – The wrong gendarme
1930 – The wrong team
1934 – The wrong bike
1936 – The wrong man
1949 – The wrong route
1981 – The wrong race
1988 – The wrong place and time
2006 – The wrong train
Paris-Roubaix - that's the index for the Wiki page
10. What race is also known as the Gara di San Giuseppe ? Guess at Lombardia
11. Who was 2nd in the overall classification to Marc Soler in the 2018 edition of Paris-Nice? Some sort of Yates. I'll say Simon
12. Who did Valverde leave behind him finishing in 2nd place in the 2015 edition of La Flèche Wallonne? Dan Martin seems likely
13. UPEE ON GRASS I PIN (anagram) Allez Omi Opi doesn;t work
14. Which Italian rider got a mention in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises? Bottechia
15. The Critérium du Dauphiné is the only race that was won by all the quintuple winners of the Tour de France. Name them. Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault, Indurain, Arms.. No just the four
16. How many medals has Marianne Vos won at the World’s? Let's say 7
17. What was the alleged source of the strychnine found in Adri Van der Poel’s failed blood test? Eating pigeon pie
18. What year was ‘The Old lady’ first run? LBL. 1895
19. Who was the last Frenchman to win Paris-Nice? Christophe Moreau
20. Who won the 2017 edition of Tour De Suisse? Simon Spilak
21. Who currently tops the UCI Women’s ranking ? Vollering
22. What is the oldest bicycle company? Alcyon
23. Of which cycling team was Ernesto Colnago the head mechanic? Peugeot
24. What is significant about the 1926 TdF? It was basically a series of team time trials
25. Who came second, 3 minutes behind Chris Froome on that epic 19th stage of the 2018 Giro? Lopez or Carapaz. Lopez is more likely

pinno

Lol ^.

Not quite. Some are correct some are not.

Just watching the Cyclo cross, will attend to your answers soon.

RichN95.

pinno said:

Funny how none of the Pro race boys have tried the quiz. Perhaps it's because they don't actually know very much.

We don't come here often. Above are my genuine sight unseen answers. Looking at the answers so far I've brought pigeon pie to the party (and Leman, Maertens & Bottechia). I got Paris-Nice and the Dauphine mixed up. Moreau is the last Dauphine winner I think.

pinno

RichN95. said:

pinno said:

Funny how none of the Pro race boys have tried the quiz. Perhaps it's because they don't actually know very much.

We don't come here often. Above are my genuine sight unseen answers. Looking at the answers so far I've brought pigeon pie to the party (and Leman, Maertens & Bottechia). I got Paris-Nice and the Dauphine mixed up. Moreau is the last Dauphine winner I think.

Well, the taunt worked. A lot of the questions have been correctly answered so I am not giving away anything here:
Pigeon pie, came 3rd(?) in the all time doping excuses hall of fame.
Bottechia (Q14: Hemmingway for the others) is correct and so is Maertens (1977 TdF) and Q8: Leman.
Question 8: Missing 1 winner. Van Looy - no. Vos; only once in 2013. Initials AB for a clue.
Jalabert - Last Frenchman to win Paris Nice.
16 - Vos, slightly off.
23 - Peugeot, No.
LBL Not quite. Earlier than 1895.
UCI; 1920. Quite a few years out
24. The longest TdF.
22. Bianchi
12. Nope, not Dan Martin.

What have I missed...?