Cyclist Nicknames

[rich p]

Can't be sure but I think the one on the right is Lance Armstrong - he used to be a TdF winner

 

[Dogtrousers]

It was the front changer I noticed. A hand operated rod front changer. I had one on one of my early bikes and every time you changed the front gear, it used to "clang".

In these days of indexed and electric gears, can you imagine what they had to use.

I've got a Cyclo Benelux rod operated front changer as a desk ornament. It's beautiful. I used it for years - with a cable lever. I always thought it was a bit funny but I rigged up some cabling for it to work, and it worked really well. I only discovered that it was an antique (and originally rod operated) recently when I broke the bike up. One of my early bikes from the 70s was a proper racing bike (as in used for racing, not just a "racer") - quite old at the time, probably cost me a fiver. Unfortunately it got badly smashed up in an accident (broken frame & forks) and the only salvaged part was that mech.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

It seems that Dumoulin's nickname is 'The Butterfly of Maastricht'. How bizarre. The Cycling Podcast are noting that he hates it and the Dutch press are suggesting that he be called 'The Doctor' instead, reflecting that before giving it up for cycling he started medical studies. The Cycling Podcast reckon this is a terrible idea given cycling's troubles but I quite like it, shades of Laurent Fignon 'The Professor'.
Apart from the pantomime wrestling, what other sports love their nicknames so much ?

 

[SWSteve]

It seems that Dumoulin's nickname is 'The Butterfly of Maastricht'. How bizarre. The Cycling Podcast are noting that he hates it and the Dutch press are suggesting that he be called 'The Doctor' instead, reflecting that before giving it up for cycling he started medical studies. The Cycling Podcast reckon this is a terrible idea given cycling's troubles but I quite like it, shades of Laurent Fignon 'The Professor'.
Apart from the pantomime wrestling, what other sports love their nicknames so much ?

El Niño plays football

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

The other ones I can think of currently in the peloton are the Gorilla, the Terminator (not to be confused with the Tashkent Terminator), and the Shark of Messina. If Quintana was to have one it would surely be The Assasin ?

 

[SWSteve]

American Football nicknames:
Megatron
Legatron
The Fridge
Fitzmagic
Shady

 

[SWSteve]

The other ones I can think of currently in the peloton are the Gorilla, the Terminator (not to be confused with the Tashkent Terminator), and the Shark of Messina. If Quintana was to have one it would surely be The Assasin ?

Don't forget that the Shark was sired by il Lupo (The Wolf)

 

[brommers]

Obviously there is Cav: 'The Manx Missile'

 

[Sharky]

Don't forget that the Shark was sired by il Lupo (The Wolf)

I should have known that

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

The other ones I can think of currently in the peloton are the Gorilla, the Terminator (not to be confused with the Tashkent Terminator), and the Shark of Messina. If Quintana was to have one it would surely be The Assasin ?

I thought it was Tashkent Terror?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I thought it was Tashkent Terror?

Perhaps it was. A long time ago.

Also, Panzerwagon - Tony Martin

 

[Aravis]

"The Butterfly" for Dumoulin is absolutely terrible. It suggests a lightweight climber who has the ability to vanish up a mountain without his rivals quite realising what's happened. Pedro Delgado, 1988/89 vintage?

Perhaps more than anyone who's come along since, Dumoulin's style reminds me of Eddy Merckx. The name that stuck with Merckx was "The Cannibal", so maybe Dumoulin could be "The Headhunter".

 

[SWSteve]

I should have known that

I don't know if il Lupo was a cyclist - but I doubt you get to the Shark's level without some family influence

 

[dragon72]

Not forgetting El Pistolero Contador & Purito Rodríguez, but they've probably been mentioned upthread a number of years ago.

 

[MiK1138]

not having the best sense of direction I reckon mine should be WheresMik