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Jamsque · « **Reply #30 on:** March 27, 2012, 20:22 »

Quote from: Slow Rider on March 27, 2012, 20:07

I'd add "Il Piccolo Principe" for Cunego; I never use the translated English version. And since "El Pistolero" and "El Imbatido" are in their original Spanish, it only seems consistent to add an Italian translation for "The Little Prince" as well I think.

I agree.

Capt_Cavman · « **Reply #31 on:** March 27, 2012, 20:49 »

Der Panzerwagen - Tony Martin
Kukalukaluki (or similar) - Stephan Keukelukalukeleire - Possibly comes under the heading of, 'Lame mashing of names'.

Fredrigo must have a nickname surely? Indeed he does, "le nez de Marmande" Pithy huh?

Capt_Cavman · « **Reply #32 on:** March 27, 2012, 21:02 »

Apparently Rein Taaaaammaaaae's nickname is 'Vader'. I wonder if he knows the power of the dark side?

Moncoutie's is Moncoucou, my cuckoo.

benotti69 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 27, 2012, 21:05 »

Scarponi is Il Falco/The Falcon He has a Falcon spayed on his Helmet.

Garzelli has something on his helmet. looks like a puma. Garzelli used to be known as Il Pirata till Pantani took that.

here's a list someone else compiled

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders/nicknames.htm

ZamanAbbaticchio · « **Reply #34 on:** March 27, 2012, 21:33 »

Daniele Bennati - Benna.

mew · « **Reply #35 on:** March 27, 2012, 21:36 »

I like "Pappy" Horner

and "Hoogie" lends a much nicer image than the bloody one.. :-X

ZamanAbbaticchio · « **Reply #36 on:** March 27, 2012, 21:41 »

Daniel Oss - il diavolo

because he like this alot

Amsterhammer · « **Reply #37 on:** March 27, 2012, 21:54 »

Quote from: Jamsque on March 27, 2012, 18:35

Updated. I am exercising a certain amount of editorial oversight when it comes to nicknames that are either just abbreviations or simply rubbish.

Also I made one up for Hoogerland: Captain Scarlet. He's indestructible! Also works because most of us remember him COVERED IN BLOOD

Captain Scarlet works for me, nice one. :tu

Havetts · « **Reply #38 on:** March 27, 2012, 23:02 »

Flecha was also called Jan Anton Pijl in his time at Rabo.

Garzelli was the Squirrel.

The Hitch · « **Reply #39 on:** March 27, 2012, 23:10 »

Quote from: Slow Rider on March 27, 2012, 20:07

Hadn't heard all of these before. There's a few great ones there, I love Fromage for example, can't believe I hadn't thought of that earlier.

I'd add "Il Piccolo Principe" for Cunego; I never use the translated English version. And since "El Pistolero" and "El Imbatido" are in their original Spanish, it only seems consistent to add an Italian translation for "The Little Prince" as well I think. Also, two minor ones: I'd call Luis Leon Sanchez LuLu rather than LuLe. Now that I think about it LuLe makes more sense, but I never refer to him as such. And Contador is Bertie of course. If Andrew is in there, so should Bertie be imo.

By the way, does anyone know where Bottle actually originates from? One of the most common ones, but I don't know why he's called that.

yeah i always thought Sanchez was lulu too.

And yeah lots of these nicknames ive never seen before.

Quote from: benotti69 on March 27, 2012, 21:05

Scarponi is Il Falco/The Falcon He has a Falcon spayed on his Helmet.

Garzelli has something on his helmet. looks like a puma. Garzelli used to be known as Il Pirata till Pantani took that.

here's a list someone else compiled

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/veloarchive/riders/nicknames.htm

Savoldeli was Falco so it can't be Scarponi.

Also seen the word boss appear a few times today but lance was "the boss".

No love for the legends by the way?

killswitch · « **Reply #40 on:** March 27, 2012, 23:22 »

Tom Jelte Slagter - the Butcher? :

Igor Anton - Fuji
Yaroslav Popovich - Popo
Riccardo Ricco - the Cobra
Robbie McEwen - Pocket Rocket
Jacob Fuglsang - Birdie
Johan Van Summeren - the Camel

AG2R - Team Gadret

BYOP · « **Reply #41 on:** March 28, 2012, 01:01 »

I love how one of Andy's nicknames is Andrew, whoever came up with that deserves a

killswitch · « **Reply #42 on:** March 28, 2012, 01:44 »

Quote from: BYOP on March 28, 2012, 01:01

I love how one of Andy's nicknames is Andrew, whoever came up with that deserves a

The Hitch O0

sublimit · « **Reply #43 on:** March 28, 2012, 03:00 »

Heres some more;
Andy Fenn - The Fenn Monster.
The fairly obvious John Tiernan-Locke - JTL or The English Gilbert.
Alex Dowsett - The Essex hitman
Stefan Schumacher - Stebbie. Or The Spaceman.

DinZ · « **Reply #44 on:** March 28, 2012, 03:29 »

Quote from: sublimit on March 28, 2012, 03:00

Heres some more;
Andy Fenn - The Fenn Monster.
The fairly obvious John Tiernan-Locke - JTL or The English Gilbert.
Alex Dowsett - The Essex hitman
Stefan Schumacher - Stebbie. Or The Spaceman.

For JTL i am enjoying the use of any name apart from Jon to represent the J
in fact JTL seems to have a different name for pretty much every post he is in

FreeWheelin · « **Reply #45 on:** March 28, 2012, 05:07 »

Quote from: Jamsque on March 27, 2012, 14:47

Note this is only for nicknames that are actually used here or elsewhere, not just silly mashings together of words to make fun of a rider, e.g. for Levi Leipheimer I would accept 'Bottle' but not 'leech-heimer' or anything equally lame. I'm also going to limit it to active riders for now otherwise we will be here all night.

Yet Greg van Avermaet = Greg van Average is allowed?

I would love to know about:
Heinrich Haussler = Barbie
Where does RVV come from?
What does Grand Boucle mean... and how do you pronounce it?
Why is Paris Nice called the race to the sun?

Sylvester · « **Reply #46 on:** March 28, 2012, 06:34 »

Barbie: "for his frosted hair and love of bling", Google tells. You might want to take a look at this strange website: http://adventuresofbarbiebarbie.com/ ;D

RVV simply means "Ronde van Vlaanderen", "Tour of Flanders" because, well, that's the name of the race and that's what the race has always been about, since 1913. Or are you talking about something else?

Similarly, la Grande Boucle: the big loop (of France). The English pronunciation would be something like "la grawnduh boocluh".

Paris-Nice is called the race to the sun because the riders go from North to South, and the weather is better in the South.

FreeWheelin · « **Reply #47 on:** March 28, 2012, 06:52 »

Thank you Sylvester, that was very helpful.

Yeah thats what I was asking about with RVV/Flanders. I always knew what RVV was referring to... So Ronde = Tour and Vlaandern is Flanders?

The big loop hey... I always imagined it meaning something... I dont know... more grand. Like 'the great race' or something. Oh well. As for the pronunciation... I really appreciate the effort (I really do)... it just did not help me much... but i struggle to pronounce the simplest of french words... I know that you dont say Ru-becks... but other than that... I suck.

Thanks again, I appreciate the reply.

benotti69 · « **Reply #48 on:** March 28, 2012, 09:34 »

Quote from: The Hitch on March 27, 2012, 23:10

Savoldeli was Falco so it can't be Scarponi.

You are right Hitch, Scarponi is 'The Eagle of Filottrano Fiorenzo' or in Italian 'l'AQUILA di Filottrano Fiorenzo'. So it is an eagle on his helmet.

Capt_Cavman · « **Reply #49 on:** March 28, 2012, 11:25 »

Quote from: The Hitch on March 27, 2012, 23:10

...

No love for the legends by the way?

No love at all. Post 1, Para 3, Point 2 states, "I'm also going to limit it to active riders for now otherwise we will be here all night."

Then there are the joys of google translate like Ventoso = Windy
Angel Vicioso = Vicious Angel

The Hitch · « **Reply #50 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:09 »

Quote from: sublimit on March 28, 2012, 03:00

Heres some more;
Andy Fenn - The Fenn Monster.
The fairly obvious John Tiernan-Locke - JTL or The English Gilbert.
Alex Dowsett - The Essex hitman
Stefan Schumacher - Stebbie. Or The Spaceman.

are any of these actual nicknames "used here or elsewhere" ?

just some guy · « **Reply #51 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:14 »

JTL is used all the time

sublimit · « **Reply #52 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:17 »

Quote from: The Hitch on March 28, 2012, 12:09

are any of these actual nicknames "used here or elsewhere" ?

Dowsett used to call Andy Fenn the Fen monster when they were junior riders, Stebbie for Schumacher is I think a rather obscure nickname but I've heard it somewhere before. JTL is often used as mentioned.

The other ones I made up. Dowsett does sound like a gangster if you ever hear him speak so I went with The Essex hitman,,, its crap I know and wont catch on but I suppose you've got to start somewhere.

AG · « **Reply #53 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:20 »

Can we restrict this list to ACTUAL nicknames that we use all the time?

Its not going to be helpful if you are looking for who "x" is referring to when they say "bottle" if you are trawling through thousands of irrelevant names that no one actually uses for anyone.

Just my opinion

Jamsque · « **Reply #54 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:29 »

Quote from: just some guy on March 28, 2012, 12:14

JTL is used all the time

I haven't put this in. For now I'm leaving out nicknames that are just abbreviations or shortened forms of first names, unless the rider has another nickname that justifies them being on the list.

I can't see how to put JTL's real nickname on this list without using regular expressions.

sublimit · « **Reply #55 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:43 »

Quote from: AussieGoddess on March 28, 2012, 12:20

Can we restrict this list to ACTUAL nicknames that we use all the time?

Its not going to be helpful if you are looking for who "x" is referring to when they say "bottle" if you are trawling through thousands of irrelevant names that no one actually uses for anyone.

Just my opinion

Well, I must admit I've never heard 'Vinny' as in Vinokourov though it might be legit. Whereas something like TGBM that was made up by a random Dutch poster last year Is heard all the time so Its a question of balance I suppose. Its up to Jamesqe in the end because its his thread but I'm easy if the couple of lame ones I mentioned are taken out.

Jamsque · « **Reply #56 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:44 »

I'm going by the gut, it's impossible to make hard and fast rules for something as informal and fluid as nicknames. If this ever gets moved to a wiki we can have all the edit wars we want!

just some guy · « **Reply #57 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:46 »

Quote from: sublimit on March 28, 2012, 12:43

Well, I must admit I've never heard 'Vinny' as in Vinokourov though it might be legit. Whereas something like TGBM that was made up by a random Dutch poster last year Is heard all the time so Its a question of balance I suppose. Its up to Jamesqe in the end because its his thread but I'm easy if the couple of lame ones I mentioned are taken out.

truth be told ACF made up the TGBM

killswitch · « **Reply #58 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:50 »

Quote from: sublimit on March 28, 2012, 12:17

Stebbie for Schumacher is I think a rather obscure nickname but I've heard it somewhere before.

At least on the CN forums Schumacher was potato head (or something similar) :-\

sublimit · « **Reply #59 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:50 »

Quote from: just some guy on March 28, 2012, 12:46

truth be told ACF made up the TGBM

My mistake, I'm losing track of all the Dutch or other nicknames/abbreviations starting with TG.

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