"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Quiz thread

How about a quiz thread?

The rules are simple: (1) The question should be related to road bike racing, past and present. (2) The forum member who answers the question correctly gets to pose a new question. (3) He/she who posed the question is to be the juror as to which is the correct answer. (4) In case of doubt...

Here is the first question: Where was this picture taken?

Europe.

I'm right....

Since jbhowat didn't give a full answer, I will.

Looks like the Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Looks like the Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Correctamundo! 'Europe', of course, was nowhere close. The above picture was chosen also to reflect that we are all in eager anticipation of Sunday: Ronde van Vlaanderen (http://www.rvv.be/)

Laggard, You may now submit your puzzle.

During his epic climb and descent of the Gavia in the '88 Giro, what teams mechanic did Andy Hampsten nearly run into?

Panasonic?

Sorry, that's wrong.

I have one more guess, but I'm going to give others a shot. It's just as well; my knowledge of cycling history is poo.

Carerra if I recall correctly.

BTW that is my all time favourite cycling story.

Everyone knows who the 1st and 2nd American to ride the Tour de France.. Who was the 3rd American and what year did he ride the Tour?

Carerra if I recall correctly.

BTW that is my all time favourite cycling story.

Correct!

Loteks turn.

"Iron" Wim van Est was best known for his 70metre tumble while
descending the Aubisque.
What team did Wim van Est ride for?

Bruco, I expect you should know this!

I know I know!!

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:p socalrider, please (re-)check the first post of the Quiz Thread. It wasn't your turn. :D

What team did Wim van Est ride for?

The Dutch team? In 1951, the Tour was still contested by 'national', rather than 'commercial', teams.

Dutch National Team?

http://www.torelli.com/raceinfo/tdf/imageshist51/Venest-ravine-1951.jpg

I was going to say Garin.

yah but the team had a "name" not just the Dutch national team.

That "rope" they are using to pull Vim up with, its Tubulars
tied together. Amazing story.
Marty

Garin-Wolber (deep googling).

http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~edwinsel/pics/monuments/est,van,paris-bordeaux%20(ANP,1950)_e.jpg

yah but the team had a "name" not just the Dutch national team.

That "rope" they are using to pull Vim up with, its Tubulars
tied together. Amazing story.
Marty

:( I'm still thinking and browsing, but...

Meanwhile let me add two of the obvious Wim van Est points: (1) 'had never seen a mountain before'; (2) after his 'tubular rescue' said that his 'heart had stopped beating, but his Pontiac [watch] was still ticking'.

But the name...

Ok, I'll accept that (Garin Wolber)
although I thought it was Kees Pellenaars.
Hmmm wonder if there's a way to verify that.

Marty

:( I'm still thinking and browsing, but...

Meanwhile let me add two of the obvious Wim van Est points: (1) 'had never seen a mountain before'; (2) after his 'tubular rescue' said that his 'heart had stopped beating, but his Pontiac [watch] was still ticking'.

But the name...
Wim Van Est rode professionally from
1949 thru 1965. Lets see Lance do that!

Marty

From my searching, I think Kees Pellenaars was Dutch national champ in 1936 and (perhaps) was DS of the team. Perhaps?

Ok, I'll accept that (Garin Wolber)
although I thought it was Kees Pellenaars.
Hmmm wonder if there's a way to verify that.

Lotek, it's your question, hence your call.

(Kees Pellenaars was the name of the 'manager' of the Dutch team. And 'Garin Wolber' sounds like some French sponsor's name. gcasillo, dug it up, right?)

From my searching, I think Kees Pellenaars was Dutch national champ in 1936 and (perhaps) was DS of the team. Perhaps?

Correct.

My info shows that he rode for Garin-Wolber, Locomotief, Faema-Van Hauwaert, Philco, Libéria and Dr. Mann.

Lotek: Who's turn is it?

Sorry guys, had to leave work, drive home, eat dinner etc.

By my reconning its gcasillo's turn.

I went and reread the stuff on Kees Pellenaar and yah it makes sense now
(originally translated from Dutch, weird english (to me)).

NEXT!

Marty

In the 1976 Tour, Lucien Van Impe launched an attack on the fifth of six consecutive mountain stages and won with a gap that left a surprising number of riders outside of the stage time limit.

How many riders were outside the limit, and on what stage did this happen?

How many riders were outside the limit, and on what stage did this happen?

Seems that Van Impe won only one stage in 1976: No.14 (14 July), from Saint-Gaudens to Saint Lary-Soulan. 43 riders finished outside the time limit and were to be eliminated, until the race officials relaxed the 10% rule. Only 52 riders made it, some of them lost more than 46 minutes... Quite a massacre for a 139 km stage.

Am I right, gcasillo?

Correct. From this site (http://www.torelli.com/raceinfo/tdf/tdfhistory1970.html): "Oral History. Celestino Vercelli, riding on the SCIC-Fiat team with GB Baronchelli and Wladimiro Panizza: I don't have many particular memories of the 1976 Tour. This was the year the Cannibal Eddy Merckx stayed home. This Tour was won by van Impe. Every stage of this Tour was very, very hard. Just to get an idea of the difficulties we faced, in Bordeaux, in incredibly hot weather, we raced 3 stages the same day. In the evening in the hotel (hotel is a big word for the place we stayed), we slept in big rooms together. I was running a high temperature, I was very tired and hot. I don't have words for that day on the bike. When we were riding the Pyreneen stages, the asphalt became fluid [melted]. You can imagine the huge difficulties we faced riding in the mountains in the soft asphalt. In the descent the situation was better with the tires holding the soft road very well. The big problem was the difficulty in removing the asphalt from our legs in the evening."

The race organizers put the Pyreneen and Alpine stages together, so there were six grueling mountain stages in a row. Ouch.

Next!

Okay!

This question takes us a little further back in history. It's one of my favourite anecdotes. I hope you will like it too and come up with some good answers. :)

A certain Belgian rider had gotten obsessed by the idea of riding Milano-San Remo. Since he did not have the means to buy himself a train ticket, he travelled to Italy by bike. Along the road he did some work for farmers, in exchange for food and lodging. It will not surprise you that with this dedication, our hero won M-SR. On his way back home, he rode Paris-Roubaix too. It was on his iterinary, and our hero was in the saddle, anyhow. Justice was done: he also won the Hell of the North.

Who is this rider, doing this remarkable 'double'?

Cyrille Van Houwaert 1908?

Cyrille Van Houwaert 1908?

Cyrille van Hauwaert is the correct answer. :beer:

Lotek, it's your turn!

Ok, Lets go to France. . .
He won Time Trials at Chateaulin, on the Ventoux and at Besancon-Dijon in one
Tour De France.
Who is he?

Marty

Charly Gaul.

Charly Gaul.

1958. A.k.a. 'Angel of the Mountains'. Was perhaps best when the weather was awful. Check out this url (http://townsleyb.members.beeb.net/procycle/GaulC1.htm).

Ok, gcasillo got it first your up.
(is anyone else playing?)

On October 27, 2000, Chris Boardman set the "UCI hour record" at 49.441 km/h. That record still stands. Three men have since attempted to break that record. Who are they?

Three men have since attempted to break that record. Who are they?

Me, myself and I. :D But they came nowhere close. :o

(is anyone else playing?)

I was thinking the same. I think it has been fun so far; I learned a thing or two. Maybe there's not enough 'Lance' in this show?

I'm trying to play. Too much actual work at the moment.

Keep it going.

Thomas Liese
Jean Nuttli
Michael Hutchinson

I'm still in but have to leave work. back later . . . .

(even if I do get my cycling news here!)

Marty

Gustaf is correct. It's interesting that all three aborted their attempts after falling behind the pace. This record demands the complete performance.

Who was the last rider to complete all three grand tours in a single year?


Something on the side, similar to the Belgian fellow who rode to Italy to ride Milan-San Remo:

The first Basque rider in the Tour was "El Cocho" in 1910. He dropped out of the race after five stages. Which was no wonder, since he had ridden the 1500 kilometers from his home in the Pyrenees to the start in Paris on his bike.

Who was the last rider to complete all three grand tours in a single year?


.

Was it Neil Stephens???

Who was the last rider to complete all three grand tours in a single year?


Marino Lejaretta?

Was it Neil Stephens???


Marino Lejaretta?

Both did complete the triple, but not most recently.

That's good... I did not have a decent question prepared in case I won. :p