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nobilis · « **on:** April 22, 2012, 20:27 »

There was a discussion during the LBL chatroom regarding the brothers in the pro peloton. Many ridersgot a pro contact in a top tier pro team because of their brothers.
On the other hand, other brothers have more comparable talent and got their pro contract based on their real talent.

You can name current or retired riders.

Some of the riders I can think of now.

Brothers with comparable talents :
Current
Frandy
Sylvain/Sébastien Chavanel
Peter/Martin Velits
Jesus/Jose Herrada
Cameron/Travis Meyer
Michel/Raymond Kreder
Brice/Romain Feillu
Gorka/Ion Izaguirre

Past
Xavier/Ricardo Otxoa
Igor/Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano
Damien/Jean-Patrick Nazon

Riders who got their pro contract because of their brother
Current
Juraj Sagan (Brother of Peter)

Past
Gorka Beloki (Brother of Joseba)
Nicolas Jalabert (Brother of Laurent)

benotti69 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2012, 20:33 »

Past;

Stephen Roche's brother Lawrence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Roche

He was a professional from 1989 to 1991 where he rode for the Carrera Jeans-Vagabond for two years and then for Tonton tapis team for 1991 in which he rode the Tour de France for the only time in his career where he finished in the 153rd place. During that Tour, he raced on the same team as his famous brother Stephen Roche.

benotti69 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2012, 20:41 »

Past;

Fausto Coppi and Serse Coppi who crashed in a sprint in the 1951 Giro del Piemonte and died of a cerebral haemorrhage.

Leonardo Bevilacqua (Gis Gelati)1978-1985 and Antonio Bevilacqua (Hoonved - Bottecchia)1981-1989

just some guy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2012, 21:03 »

Mini Gilbert

the team even mentions marketing the name

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/philippe-gilberts-younger-brother-finally-turns-pro

brassyn · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2012, 21:19 »

Current: Dennis Vanendert joined big brother Jelle on Lotto-Belisol this season.

Past: Miguel Indurain and little brother Prudencio.

killswitch · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2012, 21:30 »

Past:
Eric and Roger de Vlaeminck

Dim · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2012, 22:49 »

On a domestic level the two Downing brothers in England. 3 years between them and been some fairly intense rivalry over the years.

Both former national champions
Russ - National Champ in 2005 (Dean came second in that year)
Dean - National Criterium Champ in 2005
Both have two wins in the Lincoln grand Prix (Dean coming second to Russ in 2005)

Between the two of them they have won pretty much everything domestically, but only Russ got the shot at the big time so to speak. Both rode as amateurs in France from 2000 as well.

Only rode together briefly though.

Arb · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2012, 05:43 »

Scott & Allan Davis. Scott probably got his 2010 contract because of his brother.

Are the Velits the only twins?

just some guy · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2012, 06:13 »

I have a feeling there was some twins early days I kind of remember some cheating to win a classic by switching riders.

Another old rider brother pair

Paul and Ruben krimmage - on my phone so cant be bother to google might have wrong name for pauls brother.

Also will check but didnt fat pat and his brother race as well?

FreeWheelin · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2012, 06:14 »

Frank and Andy :-[

Martin318is · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2012, 07:40 »

Quote from: FreeWheelin on April 23, 2012, 06:14

Frank and Andy :-[

They are there in the list - "Frandy" - as brothers with comparable talents...

just some guy · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2012, 09:27 »

Maxim and Valentin Iglinsky

nobilis · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2012, 10:13 »

Carlos and Adolfo Garcia Quesada. They both performed well, but it was before 2006 within the Comunidad Valenciana squad.

just some guy · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2012, 10:15 »

Quote from: just some guy on April 23, 2012, 06:13

I have a feeling there was some twins early days I kind of remember some cheating to win a classic by switching riders.

Another old rider brother pair

Paul and Ruben krimmage - on my phone so cant be bother to google might have wrong name for pauls brother.

Also will check but didnt fat pat and his brother race as well?

it was Rapheal Kimmage also got the last name wrong for both :-[

But they both road in Europe together

Rapheal was a sprinter type

nobilis · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2012, 10:50 »

Quote from: The Arbiter on April 23, 2012, 05:43

Scott & Allan Davis. Scott probably got his 2010 contract because of his brother.

Are the Velits the only twins?

We forgot about Vladimir and Alexander Efimkin Brothers. They are twins too. Alexander is still active with TT1-Sanofi whereas Vladimir took part of 2011 off to stay with his sick wife then got back to racing with TT1 for a short period and now seems to be retired.

nobilis · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2012, 23:55 »

What if Voeckler had a brother? Do you think the pro peloton and even the world would be ready for that? ;D

FreeWheelin · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2012, 04:18 »

Quote from: Martin318is on April 23, 2012, 07:40

They are there in the list - "Frandy" - as brothers with comparable talents...

Oops. So they are. My mistake. I looked through it 3 times and missed it. :-[

DinZ · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:10 »

Another Obscure one, current GC leader of Tour of Korea (Chanjae Jang) and Points leader (Sunjae Jang) are brothers.

ram · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:42 »

Quote from: DinZ on April 24, 2012, 07:10

Another Obscure one, current GC leader of Tour of Korea (Chanjae Jang) and Points leader (Sunjae Jang) are brothers.

Not an easy pair of names to differentiate if there's a speech impediment.

ram · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2012, 08:37 »

Harrif Saleh and Mohd Zamri Saleh

starfire · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2012, 22:59 »

Haimar & Joseba Zubeldia
No doubt who succeeded the most, but little brother Joseba did feature in the Euskaltel squad for six seasons (2002-2007) without anybody noticing, which is no mean feat. Haimar has turned out to be one of the most anonymous top riders of his generation, and his li'l bro might have picked up on that strategy, although he never became a world beater.

Piotr & Adam Wadecki
Piotr is the most renowned of the Polish Wadecki brothers, despite his pro career being relatively short (1998-2005). A good allrounder, Piotr Wadecki was at his best in shorter stage races and bumpy one day races, and his most impressive result was probably the 2nd place in Tour de Suisse 2002 won by Alex Zülle. He won the classic Eastern European stage race Course de la Paix and a stage in Paris-Nice amongst others.
Younger brother Adam is still active, but has ridden most of his career in Poland, why he's probably not raising many eyebrows in the international cycling scene. He's more a sprinter kinda guy, his biggest win to date is a stage of 4 Jours de Dunkerque 2005, beating Tomas Vaitkus and Fred Rodriguez.

Fascinating trivia, huh?

Dim · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2012, 23:21 »

I think we decided that Emanuel Kiserlovszki and Robert were brothers. They are born in the same town, so they certainly know each other.

The Hitch · « **Reply #22 on:** July 11, 2012, 23:26 »

Sylvain and sebastian are brothers. I thought they were unrelated.

barrus · « **Reply #23 on:** July 12, 2012, 23:21 »

Quote from: Dim on July 11, 2012, 23:21

I think we decided that Emanuel Kiserlovszki and Robert were brothers. They are born in the same town, so they certainly know each other.

Emanuel is the guy that rode quite well in Sibiu, right?

BYOP · « **Reply #24 on:** July 12, 2012, 23:37 »

How far back in history are we going?

I know there were 3 french brothers in the 1920's and Henri Pelissier won the Tour in 1923 amongst other races. One of his brothers was called Francis. I'll look in my big cycling book for the name of the other brother tomorrow.

Havetts · « **Reply #25 on:** July 12, 2012, 23:59 »

Philippe Gilbert and his brother so could go under the category; "One got a prof contract because of the brother"

ram · « **Reply #26 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:21 »

Brother and sister pair now
Evan Ferrand Prevot and Pauline Ferrand Prevot

another Brother and sister pair

Tammy and Tammy Thomas

just some guy · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:56 »

Quote from: ram on July 13, 2012, 08:21

another Brother and sister pair

Tammy and Tammy Thomas

that face always gives me nightmares for days.

ram · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:58 »

I wonder if he/she had a boyfriend, and whether his/her boyfriend complained abut the stubble.

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