Origins of pro team names.

ben@31
ben@31 Posts: 2,327
edited September 2015 in Pro race
I was thinking about Pro Teams and how unusual some sponsorships are.

AG2R La Mondiale - Pensions?
Airgas Safeway Cycing Team - Distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases
Astana - Named after the capital city of Kazakstan
Bic - Pens, razors.
Bora Argon - Cooking surfaces and extractor fans
La Casera-Bahamontes - A popular Spanish soda drink and the Spanish cyclist Frederico Bahamontes
Columbia - The actual country ?
Etixx-Quick Step - Nutrition and laminate flooring
Faema - Expresso machines
Festina - Watches
FDJ, Lotto Bellosol, Lotto Jumbo, ONCE - N lottery sponsored teams
Giant Alpecin - Fancy hair shampoo
Hincapie Racing Team - The ex-pro George Hincapie
Lampre - Sheet Steel
Mapei - Building materials, paint and glue.
Mercatone Uno - Supermarket
Molteni Arcore - An Italian salami sausage maker near Milan
Orica Green Edge - Mining
Rapha - A sweet wine :wink:
VACANSOLEIL-DCM - Luxury camping holidays and quote premium quality soil fertility products unquote
Z - Childrens clothing?

Jelly belly pb maxxis - Candy sweets and tyres.

Can anyone else think of any unusual names and sponsors. There's not many other sports this fun.
"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby

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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    The Americans never understood Banana Falcon. They thought it was something like the Maltese Falcon.

    I used to think the sponsors sounded exotic especially Italian teams then I found out Catorama the French team was really just B and Q and they had to wear 'overalls'

    And Carrera and those denim bib tights :o
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    edited September 2015
    Katusha - World War 2 rocket launchers.

    Although the rocket launchers were named after a folk song so it may go back to that.


    Sky - 90s celebrity magazine
    Orica - blowing up stuff
    Lampre - some sort of fish
    Tinkoff - egomania
    BMC - it genuinely stands for Bicycle Manufacturing Company. It is that boring.
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Garmin Chipotle - Sat nav and a smoke-dried jalapeño.
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    Predictor-Lotto - a pregnancy test and a lottery. Grim kit, too...
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Team Wiggins - semi retirement plan for the publicity adverse.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19701276#p19701276]RichN95[/url] wrote:
    BMC - it genuinely stands for Bicycle Manufacturing Company. It is that boring Swiss.

    ftfy
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19701276#p19701276]RichN95[/url] wrote:
    Katusha - World War 2 rocket launchers.

    Although the rocket launchers were named after a folk song so it may go back to that.


    Sky - 90s celebrity magazine
    Orica - blowing up stuff
    Lampre - some sort of fish
    Tinkoff - egomania
    BMC - it genuinely stands for Bicycle Manufacturing Company. It is that boring.

    :lol:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19701276#p19701276]RichN95[/url] wrote:
    Lampre - some sort of fish

    Some fish :shock:
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    United States Postal Service - An agency of the federal government of the USA that delivers the mail; let's sponsor a US sporting hero who is fast, the head of the pack, and always delivers - What could possibly go wrong?

    HTC-Columbia, Columbia HighRoad etc. (ie Cav's old lot) are named after the Sportwear Manufacturer Columbia not the country.

    Colombia (with an O not a U) is the country and is the name behind the current Team Colombia at the Vuelta

    ONCE - is a lottery to raise money for the blind Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles
  • JackPozzi
    JackPozzi Posts: 1,191
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19701326#p19701326]shazzz[/url] wrote:
    Predictor-Lotto - a pregnancy test and a lottery. Grim kit, too...
    Should change colour when it rains...
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Astana - Kazak state-sponsored kleptocracy
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    I was disappointed when I realised that NFTO stood for Not For The Ordinary. Might as well have called themselves ATR - Arsier Than Rapha.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,006
    At pro-conti, Roompot: Dutch holiday park with what sounds like very low-budget en-suite facilities.

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