Part of the fun of watching Phil, Paul, and Bob comment of the Tour is the rider names. Each of them seem to pronounce the riders’ names differently – and there are some very interesting names in the tour. Those that have watched for a few years have become so familiar with some of the international names that they don’t sound strange anymore -- Hushovd, Ciolek, Zabel, Cancellara, Pozzato, Efimkin, Freire, Siutsou.
You’d think that the Georgia Cup race series, located in the southeastern US, would be full of Anglo-American names like Todd Wilson, Jake Andrews, and Ron Hill. There are a few of those, but many of the guys riding beside us in those rural pelotons have names that sound like they could have come right out of the Tour roster. Here’s a sampling of some I’ve noticed:
Andrew Schluck (Andy Schleck)
Carlos Saavedra (Carlos Sastra)
Olbap Rojas
Wael Amara
Jan Kolar
Eduardo Avila
Victor Karm
Julio Quinpana
Jordy Wetzel
Predrag Prokic
LaFayette Brazil
Keir Plaice
Sven Eisenhour
Nello Teer
Nicholas Savadelis
Xavier Cortez
Javier Rozo
Vincent Maggioni
Faizal Glen
Enrique DeAgostini
Ernesto Lua
Leigh Valletti
Karel Sumbal
I wonder if a Belgian guy playing baseball would feel more powerful at the plate if his opponents had names like Todd Wilson, Jake Andrews, and Ron Hill? I wonder if any Belgian guys play baseball?
February 8, 2014
10 years ago
3 Comments:
Interesting observations - especially from someone who doesn't pronounce "Jordan" the usual way!
Well I don't know about baseball-but they do play (american) football apparently. In fact, Izegem, Belgium is not only the home of the US National team and the hometown of Johan Bruyneel and noel dejonckheere, it is also the town of the Belgian Champions of football.
I learned this when we were approached by a man in a Pittsburgh Steelers shirt who was quite excited to meet some Americans-turns out he coached the local american football team and is such a big fan of the sport he's flying to the US to catch both College and Pro football games.
Bonjorno, jasperga.blogspot.com!
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