Here’s a selection of questions to test your memory and knowledge of pro cycling, ranging from geography to history, family to money, tech to trivia.
Some are easy, some just can’t be googled and for one or two maybe there’s just no correct answer.
Identity Parade
1. He’s dressed in red and makes his way through the snow but it’s not Santa. Can you name the rider pictured above?
2. Name three pro cyclists with “Santa” in their name.
3. Name the 15 year old on the cover of Vélo magazine next to Sébastien Chavanel, then with FDJ, back in 2008.
Geography
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4. Name the strategic berg near this windmill in Belgium.
5. This year’s Giro started in Belfast, the Tour in Leeds and in 2012 the Giro started in Herning. Which was the most northern start for a grand tour?
6. Of the three grand tours this year only one visited its national capital, which one?
Family
7. This Euro-Soap-Crack team member didn’t make it big as a pro. Can you name his more famous son?
8. That’s Adam Yates winning in Turkey. Both he and his brother Simon have had a great season. Name four more sets of brothers in the pro peloton this year. For a bonus point name the brother and sister who are pro cyclists.
9. Tony Gallopin won a stage of the Tour de France and wore yellow for a day. He comes from a big cycling dynasty. Uncle Alain was a pro who a handful of races and is now a DS at Trek Factory Racing while uncles Joël and Guy were also successful pros who rode the Tour de France. Which family member has won the French national road race championships?
History
10. This might be the greatest cycling photo of all time. Where was it taken?
11. How many Marco Pantani memorials are there?
“Together with Eddy Merckx, we won all the classics there are to win. I won ********* and he won all the rest.”
12. What race is Noël Vantyghem referring to above?
Money
13. The Critérium du Dauphiné is one of the best races of the year and belongs by the Tour de France owners ASO. Is it profitable?
14. What’s the average World Tour team budget for 2015?
15. Which team won the least prize money in the Tour de France this year?
Chief commissaire
16. Are race radios allowed in World Tour races for 2015?
17. What’s the maximum distance permitted for a one day professional road race?
18. Which is the only branch of the sport where competitors must pin a number on their shoulders?
Hors Course – Beyond the Peloton
19. Who is the dear hunter pictured above?
20. What car does Jean-Christophe Péraud drive?
21. Which pro cyclist has had a insect named after them?
Crikey!
22. It’s not everyday you read a book about organised crime and find references to a senior UCI member. Who gets name-checked in Misha Glenny’s McMafia?
23. Who are the two smiley people pictured above?
24. Photographers work hard to get close to the action and some fans want to experience the action up close. But there are limits. Can you name the race where “photo guy” became part of the street furniture?
Tech
25. Name a World Tour team that has to buy its own groupsets
26. Which World Tour team uses threaded bottom bracket shells rather than press-fit bearings?
27. Why do inner tubes smell of fish?
Mind your language
28. Tom Beans, Jake Birdsong and Michael Snow are the literal translations of three rider names in the World Tour. What’s their original name?
29. Name the odd one out among “peloton”, “échelon”, “échappée”.
30. “The Sheriff”, “The Little Gardener” and “The Chimney Sweep” were the nicknames of which riders?
Prize
If you’ve made it this far, well done. Unlike some competitions this isn’t an email harvesting exercise masquerading behind a simple question. It’s a lot of work to answer the questions but I thought it’d be fun to cover a wide scope and have questions that can’t be answered just by trawling Google or Wikipedia.
If you want to have a go, leave your answers in the comments below and I’ll send a prize to the reader with the (most) correct answers.
The answers will appear in a few days, a happy Christmas to all readers.
I think I have about 70% of the answers. Nice wide selection of questions.
Look forward to the answer to question 22 ! Hope there is a simple explanation that has nothing to do with the real mafia.
I think the year in question 3 should be 2008 instead of 2006.
Really. I think it’s Pinot and he was born in May 1990 and the edition of the mag is March 2006. Makes him 15.
Shoulda gone to Specsavers.
Or, your glasses need a bit of a shine 😉
It’s Bryan Coquard. This cover picture has appeared in a previous Inner Ring post about him titled “The Green Knight” (Sunday, 3 February 2013 to be exact).
Correct, I couldn’t read the small print from the camera phone snap. It is 2008, updated above.
Nor could I? I’ll admit I’m 57 and do have reading glasses but my sight isn’t that bad. I did zoom in and could see the ‘mars’ but not the year exactly.
I suggest that question has to be voided.
Please give us edit!! Should be
Nor could I !
Wishing you and yours happy holidays, INRNG – and thank you for all your posts and tweets over the last 12 months
1: Andy Hampsten
2: – Santambrogio
3: Pinot
4: Kwaremont
5: Belfast
6: Giro
7: –
8: Andy & Frank Schleck, Brice & Romain Feillu, Maxim & Valentin Iglinsky, Danny & Boy Van Poppell
9: Alain Gallopin
10: Pyrenees
11: 4
12: Gent Wevelgelm
13: No
14: 16 million Euros
15: Cofidis
16: Yes
17: 250km
18: Cyclocross
19: –
20: –
21: –
22: –
23: Brian Holm
24: Gent Wevelgelm
25: AG2R
26: Europcar
27: Some sort of chalk used at some point during production
28: Boonen, Fuglsang, Nieve
29: Echappe
2: Ivan Santaromita
3: Coquard
8: Gee, Dan, and Rachel Atherton
20: Aston Martin
Oh, and #6: Tour de France, the only one of the grand tours to visit the national capital: Paris!
8 – Assuming WT only – Velits (Peter and Martin), Ludvigsson (Fredrik and Thomas), Sagan (Peter and Juraj), Van Poppel (Danny and Boy) + Quintana (Nairo and Dayer), so 5. No Iglinskiys this year and only one Schleck
Boy and girl – Longo Borghini (Paolo and Elisa).
Plus the Chavanels and Izagirres. Henaos are cousins are I believe neither Pineaus are related
1 Andy Hampsten
2 Santaromita, Santambrogio, ?
3
4 Herning
6 Vuelta
7 Tom Boonen
8 Tobias + Fredrik Ludvigsson, Raymond + Michel Kreder, Nairo + Dayer Quitana, Gorka + Ion Izagirre, Maxim + Valentin Iglinsky, Vincenso + Antonio Nibali, Juraj + Peter Sagan… I could keep going :). Daniele + Rosalla Ratto are brother/sister.
9 Tony as Espoir?
10 Stelvio
11 8
12 Paris-Tours
13 No
14 22 million
15 Lampre
16 yes
17 200km, but exceptions are made
18 cyclocross
19 Andy Schleck
20 ?
21 ?
22 ?
23 Zelaya and Francisco Contador
24 Gent-Wevelgem
25 Garmin-Sharp
26
27 rubber
28 Tom Boonen, Jakob Fuglsang , Mikel Nieve
29 échappée
30 Neil Stephens, Luis Herrera, Maurice Garin
To help everyone else who wants a go, just copy and paste this list and stick your answers after…
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Q1. Andy Hampsten
Q2. Mauro Santambroggio, Ivan Santaromita, Jose Serpa Santander
Q3. Nacer Bouhanni
Q4. Molenberg
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France
Q7. Tom Boonen
Q8. Peter and Juraj Sagan, Nairo and Dayer Quintana, Adam and Simon Yates, Cameron and Travis Meyer. Bonus: Paolo Longo Borghini and Elisa Longo Borghini
Q9. Marion Rousse
Q10. Colle Della Fauniera (also known as Colle Pantani or Colle dei Morti)
Q11. Not enough (5?)
Q12. Nokere Koerse – Danilith Classic
Q13. Yes
Q14. About 20 million euros
Q15. Cofidis
Q16. Yes
Q17. 298 km
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. Andy Schleck
Q20. Hyundai
Q21. Nairo Quintana
Q22. Igor Makarov
Q23. Pedro Zelaya and Francisco Contado
Q24. Gent – Wevelgem
Q25. Cannondale-Garmin
Q26. Movistar
Q27. The rubber of inner tubes contain Trimethylamine, which has a strong fishy smell.
Q28. Tom Boonen, Jacob Fuglsang and Mikel Nieve
Q29. échelon – it is a formation, not a body or group of rider(s)
Q30. Francesco Moser, Luis “Lucho” Herrera and Maurice Garin
spelling corrections:
*Santambrogio
*Francisco Contador
Q1. Nairo Quintana
Q2. Ivan Santaromita, (Mauro Santambrogio), Jose Serpa Santander
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Q6. Tour de France
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Q8. Sagan, Izagirre, Velits, Quintana
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Q10. Puy-de-Dôme
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Q12. Paris-Tours
Q13. No
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Q16. Yes
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Q19. Andy Schleck
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Q23. Fran Contador and Pepe Marti?
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Q28. Mikel Nieve, Tom Boonen? and ?
Q29. échapée
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Q1. Andy Hampston
Q2. Santaromita, “santambrogio” and Serpa Santander
Q3. Pinot
Q4. Koppenberg
Q5. Herning
Q6. Le tour
Q7.-
Q8. Schlecks, Quintana’s, Iglinsky’s and Sagan’s
Q9.-
Q10. Puy du dome
Q11. 80
Q12. Paris-tours
Q13. No
Q14. –
Q15. Bretange seche-enivronment
Q16. Yes
Q17. 250km
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. Schelck
Q20. Second hand Aston Martin
Q21. –
Q22. McQuaid
Q23. Francisco Contador and Zelaya
Q24. Gent – Wevelgem
Q25. Lampre
Q26. Ag2r
Q27. Rubber and glue?
Q28. Tom Boones, Jakob Fuglsang, Mikel Nieve
Q29. échappée
Q30.
Great quiz, Difficult but fun!
Q1.
Q2. Ivan Santaromita, Mauro Santambrogio
Q3. Bryan Coquard
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Q5. Herning
Q6. TDF
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Q8. Peter, Juraj Sagan. Gorka, Ion Izagirre. Martin, Peter Velits. Sergio, Sebastian Heano.
Q9. Alain Gallopin
Q10. Puy de Dôme
Q11.
Q12. Paris-Tours
Q13. No
Q14.
Q15. Lampre?
Q16. Yes
Q17. For World Tour- “Distance determined by
the Professional Cycling Council”
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. Andy Schleck
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Q23. Pedro Zelaya and Fran Contador
Q24. Gent-Wevelgen
Q25. AG2R
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Q28. Jakob Fulsgang, Tom Boonen, Mikel Nieve
Q29. échappée
Q30.
1. Andy Hampsten
2. Santaromita, Santambrogio, Jukka Santala
3. Coquard?
4. Molenberg
5. Herning
6. Giro d’Italia
7. Boonen’s dad was on that team. Don’t know who that guy is though
8. Sylvain & Sebastien Chavanel, Martin & Peter Velits, Peter & Juraj Sagan, Valentin & Maxim Iglinskiy
9. Guessing his girlfriend who rides for Lotto?
10. Puy de Dome
11. Six?
12. Merckx never won Paris-Tours, so that
13. Gonna guess not
14. €18m
15. Lampre
16. Yes
17. Olympics and Worlds can be up to 280km. No set in stone rule otherwise, its down to the PCC
18. bmx?
19. Andy Schleck
20. A second-hand Aston Martin
21. I want to say someone like Samuel Dumoulin or Pozzovivo but I’ll go with Wiggins
22. Makarov/Itera
23. Pedro Zelaya & Fran Contador
24. Gent-Wevelgem
25. Etixx-QuickStep
26. Europcar
27. Butyl rubber smells like that?
28. Tom Boonen, Jakob Fuglsang, Mikel Nieve
29. peloton
30. Francesco Moser, Luis Herrera, Maurice Garin
25. Etixx-QS will be buying Shimano groupsets until FSA’s groupset is ready
1 someone from the 70s/80s from the shape of frame and fork I’ll say Sean Kelly
2 Santambrogio, Christian Santa Cruz, Santa Onel
3 Thibaut Pinot
4 Molenberg
5 Herning
6 Giro
7 Marcel Kittel
8 Chavanals Dumoulins Schlecks Sagans; Gee and Rachel Atherton
9 Guy
10 Puy de Dome (should have an accent)
11 well, the University of Sheffield has an interesting video on cycling statues at http://www.deconstructingthetour.group.shef.ac.uk/the-statues-of-cycling/
and it says that Pantani probably has the most but not how many! Typical 2nd rate university doesn’t do their research properly. I’ll guess 3.
12 Paris Tours (just read ‘Half man, half bike’)
13 I guess no.
14 £12 million?
15 I’ll guess Garmin-Sharp
16 I’ll say yes as you haven’t discussed any change
17 250k
18 Cyclo-cross maybe
19 Frank Schleck
20 Aston Martin (checking people are reading all the times, eh?)
21 No idea, Bardet?
22 Makarov
23 Pedro Zelaya and Francisco Contado
24 Gent Wevelgem
25 Ag2r
26 Garmin Sharp
27 Amines
28 Ton Boonen, Jakob Fuglsang, Mikel Nieve
29 Echappee is feminine, peloton has no accents??
30 Franceso Moser, Luis Herrara, Maurice Garin
sorry that’s mine
Oops on 8, didn’t read ‘this year’ so Schlecks not right and Iglinkskys are banned so not them either.
Schlecks and Iglinskiys were in the peloton this year, its not 2015 yet
Funny that but I think of this year as the coming one as the season for me is over. Maybe a hangover from following football. Better for me on that interpretation.
Can’t we have an edit function????
Q1. Andy Hampsten
Q2. Ivan Santaromita, Mauro Santambrogio, Jose Serpa Santander
Q3. Thibaut Pinot
Q4. Kwaremont
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France
Q7. Gilbert
Q8. Brice/Romain Feillu, Nairo/Dayer Quintana, Maxim/Valentin Iglinsky, Sergio/Luis Henao.
Q9. Allain Gallopin
Q10. –
Q11. 40
Q12. Paris-Tours
Q13. No
Q14. 8 mi
Q15. Bretange seche-enivronment
Q16. Yes
Q17. Determined by Professional Cycling Council
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. Schleck
Q20. –
Q21. Paolo Bettini
Q22. Pat McQuaid
Q23. –
Q24. Gent – Wevelgem
Q25. Saxo-Tinkoff
Q26. –
Q27. Actually fish smells like inner tubes
Q28. Tom Boonen, -, Mikel Nieve
Q29. échappée
Q30. Francesco Moser (or Murilo Fischer), Lucho Herrera and Maurice Garin
Q1. Andy Hampsten
Q2. Santaromita, Santambrogio, José Serpa Santander
Q3. Bryan Coquard
Q4. Molenberg
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France
Q7. Tom Boonen
Q8. Herrada, Vanendert, Van Poppel, Izagirre, Sagan, Schleck
BONUS: Ratto, Longo Borghini
Q9. Marion Rousse (his wife)
Q10. Puy de Dome TDF 1964
Q11. 1
Q12. Parijs Tours
Q13. Yes
Q14. 15 Million euro’s
Q15. Lampre-Merida
Q16. Yes
Q17. 280km is the max for a Men elite Worlds RR
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. Andy Schleck
Q20. Aston Martin
Q21. Nairo Quintana
Q22. Makarov
Q23. Pedro Zelaya & Fran Contador
Q24. Gent Wevelgem
Q25. Garmin-Sharp
Q26. Lotto.NL-Jumbo
Q27. (Crushed) fishbone are used in the tubes
Q28. Tom Boonen, Jakob Fuglsang & Mikel Nieve
Q29. échappée (not a military word)
Q30. Francesco Moser, Luis Herrada & Maurice Garin
Is the answer to Q.11 “far, far too many”?
Q1. Andy Hampsten
Q2. Santambrogio, Santaromita, …
Q3. Bryan Coquard
Q4. Kwaremont
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France
Q7. André Boonen
Q8. Michel & Raymond Kreder, Iglinskiys, Sagans, Gilberts, Alex and Annette Edmondson
Q9. Marion Rousse (Wife)
Q10. Puy de Dome
Q11. Cesenatico, Mortirolo Pass, Galibier, Colle Fauniera
Q12.
Q13. No
Q14.
Q15. Europcar?
Q16. Yes
Q17. 280km
Q18.
Q19.
Q20.
Q21.
Q22. Makarov?
Q23. Pedro Zelaya and Fran Contador
Q24. Ghent-Wevelgem
Q25. Garmin-Sharp
Q26. Europcar
Q27. Powdered fishbones
Q28. Tom Boonen, …, Mikel Nieve
Q29. échelon
Q30. Francesco Moser, Lucho Herrera, Maurice Garin
Q1. Andy Hampsten
Q2. Ivan Santaromita, Mauro Santambrogio and Christian Santa Cruz
Q3. Bryan Coquard
Q4. Molenberg
Q5. Herning
Q6. Giro, Vuelta
Q7. The picture shows Willy Teirlinck but I guess you wanted to show André Boonen. So, Tom Boonen.
Q8. Quintana, Vanendert, Sagan, Izagirre, Herrada, Van Poppel, …
Elisa and Paolo Longo Borghini, Rossella and Daniele Ratto
Q9. Marion Rousse
Q10. Le Puy de Dôme, TDF 1964
Q11. 3
Q12. Parijs-Tours
Q13. No
Q14. 15 million euro
Q15. Mapre-Merida
Q16. Yes
Q17. Except for UCI WorldTour the maximum distance is 280km. In UCI WorldTour the distance is determined by the Professional Cycling Council and can be higher than 280km.
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. Andy Schleck
Q20. Aston Martin
Q21. Nairo Quintana
Q22. Igor Makarova
Q23. Pedro Zelaya and Francisco Contador
Q24. Gent-Wevelgem 2014
Q25. Ag2r La Mondiale
Q26. Europcar
Q27. Butyl rubber gives off molecules called amines, which have a fishy odour.
Q28. Tom Boonen, Jacob Fuglsand and Mikel Nieve
Q29. échappée
Q30. Francesco Moser, Luis “Lucho” Herrera and Maurice Garin
Q29 I would say either echappee as it’s not widely used in English cycling circles (though most people understand what you mean), or echelon as they are all borrowed from French but the French don’t use “echelon” when they talk about echelons.
Q1. Andrew Hampsten
Q2. Stefano della Santa / Mario Santambrogio / Ivan Santaromita
Q3. Pinot
Q4. Oude Kwaremont
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France (Paris – final stage)
Q7. Tom Boonen
Q8. Sylvain & Sebastian Chavanel / Cameron & Travis Meyer / Frank & Andy Schleck / Wesley & Bernard Sulzberger – sister Grace (Orica GreenEDGE)
Q9. Marion Rousse, his wife.
Q10. Puy de Dome
Q11. 2 (one for each ear)
Q12. Paris Tours
Q13. Independently, no. taken over by ASO, absorbed into their race portfolio.
Q14. 14m Euros
Q15. Lampre Merida
Q16. Yes
Q17. 280km some exceptions MSR/PT
Q18. Cyclo Cross
Q19. Andy Schleck – total guess.
Q20. Aston Martin Vainquish
Q21. Nairo Quintana
Q22. Igor Makarova
Q23. No idea / Francisco Contador (brothers agent)
Q24. Gent-Wevelgem (someone should’ve bunny hopped on his head)
Q25. Orica GreenEDGE (OEM rate less 25%) keep it quiet
Q26. Europcar (colnago supplied teams)
Q27. Butyl tubes during manufacturing, retain a smell forgotten the actual name, but it stinks “Does not affect latex tubes
Q28. Boonen, Fuglsand, Nieve
Q29. Échappé
Q30. Moser, Herrera & Garin
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Q1. ?
Q2. Santaromita, Santambrogio, ?
Q3. Coquard
Q4. Molenberg
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France
Q7. Tom Boonen!
Q8. Peter & Juraj Sagan, Ion & Gorka Izagirre, Nairo & Dayer Quintana, Sylvain & Sebastien Chavanel. Brother-sister: Daniele & Rosella Ratto, Paolo & Elisa Longo Borghini
Q9. His wife Marion Rousse?
Q10. ?
Q11. Pure guess: 4
Q12. Paris-Tours
Q13. No
Q14. 12 mln euros
Q15. Lampre
Q16. Yes
Q17. 280km
Q18. CX
Q19. ?
Q20. ?
Q21. ?
Q22. Makarov
Q23. Dr. Zelaya & Francisco Contador
Q24. Gent-Wevelgem
Q25. Etixx
Q26. Europcar
Q27. ?
Q28. Tom Boonen, Jakob Fuglsang, Mikel Nieve
Q29. échappée
Q30. Lucho Herrera
Q4. Molenberg not Kwaremont #oops that’s me done.
#smashed
Quiz
1 Andy Hampsten
2 Santaromita, Santambroggio, Santander?
3 Couquard
4 Herning
6 TdeFrance
7 Boonen
8 Quitana, Iglinsky, Nibali, Sagan, brother/sister the Hausslers (she now has her married name?)
9 Allain?
10 Stelvio
11 4
12 Paris-Tours
13 No
14 11 million euros
15 Lampre
16 yes
17 265kms, 160miles max?
18 cyclocross, muddy
19 Andy Schleck
20 Sylvain Chavanel – looks more like a bird hunter than deer?
21 Criquillion
22 Verbruggen
23 Zelaya and Francisco Contador
24 Gent-Wevelgem – Somi D’iot photographer
25 Garmin-Sharp
26 AG2R?
27 fish oil used to lube the tube?
28 Boonen, Fuglsang , Nieve
29 échappée
30 Moser, Herrera, doh!
Well done … Best of the Seasons!
1. Frankie Andreu
2. Ivan Santaromita / Mauro Santambrogio / Oscar Santamaria
3. Bryan Coquard
4. Koppenberg
5. Herning
6. Tour de France
7. Boonen
8. Sylvain and Sebastien Chavanel / Juraj and Peter Sagan / Romain and Brice Feillu / Nairo and Dayer Quintana
9. Uncle Guy
10. Puy de Dome
11. Three
12. Paris-Tours
13. Yes
14. 12 million
15. Lampre
16. Yes
17. 300km
18. Track
19. Andy Schleck
20. Peugeot
21. Quintana
22. McQuaid
23.
24. Gent-Wevelgem
25. Tinkoff-Saxo
26. Sky
27.
28. Tom Slagter, -, Mikel Nieve
29. Echelon
30. -, Bobet, Garin
For Q8, as well as the Rattos and the Longho Borghinis there are the the Rowsells, Jo & Erick.
I have no ambitions to win anything, but for the fun of it a few of my answers:
3.Of course it is Bryan Coquard-although he looks very young, he is easy to recognize.
4. It is the windmill of the Molenberg!!!
30. F.Moser is the sheriff, of course Lucho the gardener and for the chimney I would go with Garin and his impressive mustache
9. For the Gallopins I am not quite sure, but I think it is Alain as an amateur in 1981?
For the brothers-question: Not now active as riders in the Peloton, but the Simons were 4!!! professional riders and the Teutenbergs were 3 riding siblings-2brothers and 1 sister!
I had not seen that T.Gallopin and M.Rousse married this year. So you probably mean her national titles in 2012. And guys, please: The answer to question 10 is Puy de dôme! The legends pictured are Anquetil and Poulidor, TdF, 12.7.1964
Straight off the top of my head.
1. Andy Hampsten but no doubt it’s a teammate.
2. Clause, Fe, Barbara
3. Sylvain Chavanel
4. Murr de huy
5. Belfast
6. Tour de France
7. If I could name him I could possibly tell you his son!
8. Now I know the brother and sister but can’t for the life of me remember their names.
9. His mum
10. France
11. Too many
12. Lombardia
13. It probably is but ASO probably ensure it isn’t.
14. 1 meeeellion dollars
15. SKY
16. As certain team managers aren’t banging on about it I assume they are allowed again.
17. A bit less than Milan San Remo.
18.CX
19. Robert De Niro
20. Renault Berlingo
21. Quintana
22. McQuaid
23. Contadors brother and Father Christmas
24. Tour De France
25. Garmin
26. SKY
27. Just don’t ask what Tubeless sealant smells of.
28. Erm
29. echappe as it’s not an English word ;0)
30. no idea
Q1. –
Q2. Santambrogio, Santaromita, ….
Q3. Bryan Coquard?
Q4. Kwaremont?
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour de France
Q7. –
Q8. Danny/Boy van Poppel, Andy/Fränk Schleck, Sep/Ken Vanmarcke, Maxim/Valentin Iglinsky. Bonus: Paolo/Elisa Longo Borghini
Q9. –
Q10. Mont Ventoux?
Q11. Too many. Just too many.
Q12. Paris-Roubaix
Q13. No.
Q14. 11 Million Euros
Q15. Lampre
Q16. Yes
Q17. 300 KM
Q18. Cyclocross
Q19. The picture is too small.
Q20. Trick question: he doesn’t drive a car (really, so trivial…)
Q21. Cadel Evans
Q22. Pat McQuaid
Q23. –
Q24. Gent-Wevelgem
Q25. its own what?
Q26. that uses what?
Q27. They are greased in fish oil?
Q28. Tom Boonen, Jakob Fuglsang, Michael Schär
Q29. échappée, it’s the only french word not adopted into international cycling lingo
Q30. –
Q1.Hampsten
Q2.Santambrogio, Santa de la Cruz, Oscar de la Santa
Q3.Warren Barguil
Q4.Koppenberg
Q5.Belfast
Q6.Paris
Q7.T.Boonen
Q8.Schlecks, Quintanas, Downings
Q9.Allain Gallopin
Q10.Puy de Dome
Q11.Mortirolo, Alpe d’Huez, Galibier
Q12.KBK
Q13.No
Q14.Europcar
Q15.Yes
Q16.300km
Q17.
Q18.Cyclo Cross
Q19.
Q20.Car 2 Commissaire
Q21.Nibali
Q22.Hein Verbruggen
Q23.? + Brother of A Contador
Q24.Het Volk
Q25.
Q26.
Q27.
Q28.Boonen, ?, ?,
Q29.
Q30.
Q1. Andy Hampten
Q2. Santambrogio, Santaromita, Santa Armée, Tosh van der Santa ( As close as it gets 😉
Q3. Bryan Coquard
Q4. Molenberg
Q5. Herning
Q6. Tour – Paris
Q7. The father of Tom Boonen
Q8. Brothers Yates, Velits, Sagan, Schleck, Iglynski, Van Popple, the Kreder-Clan and for Brother and sister I have Wim and Lisbeth De Vocht, but Vim retired in 2012
Q9. Guy Sibille 1976
Q10. Puy de Dome
Q11. I know Galibier, Mortirolo, Cesenatico and Fauniera. So 4, but I wouldn´t wonder if there exist some more.
Q12. Paris-Tours
Q13. No
Q14.Wild guess: 10,1 Million €
Q15. Lampre-Merida
Q16. Nope
Q17. I remember multiple answers. For HC and .1 it was around 200 Km. For normal ProTour I think it was 230 Km while the Monuments and worlds have an exceptional permission.
Q18. I once had to pin a shoulder numeber in an track race. So maybe it is the track
Q19. That is Andy Schleck, on dear hunt with his brother
Q20. Maybe Citroen?
Q21. Nairo Quintana
Q22. No Idea, but it could be Verbrugghe
Q23. Pedro Zelaya and Francisco “Fran” Contador. The “good old” Astana times.
Q24. Gent-Wevlegem
Q25. Erm…AG2R?
Q26. Erm…BMC?
Q27. Erm…I don´t know 😀
Q28. Tom Boonen, Jakub Fuglsang, Mikel Nieve
Q29. Never heard “echelon” in connection with cycling. Maybe I just listen not that good.
Q30.Luis Herrera
A-ha! So a musical accompaniment to Q.19 would be less ‘Cavatina’ and more Blondie ?
Hmm, it seems question 6 has been altered. I’m 100% certain at first it said “Of the grand tours this year, which one did not visit its national capital?”. That’s why I answered Giro and Vuelta.
The answer to the adjusted question obviously is Le Tour.
You’re right. Another question wrong. So difficult to make tests/exams. And I know because I’m a teacher.
I guessed Giro because I knew it hadn’t gone to Rome and I knew Le Tour went to Paris (obvs!!) so I assumed La Vuelta went to Madrid as usual except they didn’t as they ended up in Galicia/Asturias but I just wasn’t thinking as I assumed the question was correct.
Learnt a few things by doing the whole quiz though. Thanks inrng 🙂
Inner Ring’s Christmas Quiz, is fun.
Keep it light hearted, and just live with the minor mistakes. It’s no big deal, Matt’s not going to suspend anyone for spelling errors, or misreading questions!
The “trick” is that some of the questions, are down to your own interpretation. Not necessarily right or wrong, just fun, reading everyone’s variations and wit!
Some beaut answers have already been submitted – if you’ve got them all correct, you should probably be out pedalling rather than reading so much.
Keep it real people. Well almost as real as Tyler Hamilton’s embryonic unborn foetus 🙂
*no offence intended to any persons, cyclists, or Canadians, currently carrying any of the above mentioned icky stuff.
8. Matthieu & David van der Poel?
It is “échelon” hat doesn’t belong in the list. It’s not French cyclist jargon, it is English. In French it’s “éventail”.
1. Andy Hampsten
2. Santambrodgio, Santaromita, Della Santa
3. Bryan Coquard
4. Molenberg
5. Herning
6. Tour de France, Paris
7. Andre Boonen
8. Schlecks, Quintana, Iglinskiy, Sagan and Anthony brother and sister
9. His wife, Marion Rousse
10. Puy de dome
11. 6
12. Paris Tours
13. No
14. 12.000.000 e
15. Lampre-Merida
16. Yes
17. 299 km
18. Cyclocross
19. Andy Schleck
20. Aston Martin
21. Nairo Quintana
22. Igor Makarov
23. Pedro Zelaya and Francisco Contador
24. Damien Vandamme
25. Sky
26. Giant Shimano
27. The white stuff inside is grinded fishbones
28. Tom Bonnen, Michael Nieve, Jakob Fuglsang
29. Peloton (échelon and échappée are both used outside cycling, while peloton is derived from pelote).
30. Francesco Moser, Luis Herrara, Maurice Garin
Phew.
#19. I doubt that Andy is hunting deer w/ an over under shotgun. More likely birds or clay pigeons. Although the picture is not the highest quality, the length of barrel leads me to believe that he is shooting trap. Deer are hunted with rifles not shotguns.
Hard to know what’s going on in the photo but as a rule if it moves they’ll shoot it. Boar, deer and more are blasted by hunters with shotguns. There’s always a nervous time of year when you see the hunters in cammo and fluo bibs (the animals are blind to the bright orange) because you worry your shadow on a woodland road could lead to a puncture.