User:Pomtarr82/List of cyclists nicknames

List of cyclist nicknames. A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person. This is a list of common nicknames for notable cyclists.

referencing http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_nicknames_used_in_cricket&action=edit
 * Wiggins King of Kilburn/Sovereign in the Saddle http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/18/bradley-wiggins-olympic-time-trial-throne-up-for-auction
 * "Il Diavolo Rosso" - http://www.rapha.cc/il-diavolo-rosso
 * Paul Kimmage - "Polo"
 * Maria Canins - "The Flying Mother" - http://www.rapha.cc/the-grande-boucle
 * Luis Angel Maté - "Lynx of Andalucia"
 * Thierry Claveyrolat - "Eagle of Vizille" http://www.independent.ie/sport/the-fatal-attraction-of-claveyrolat-521781.html
 * Tony Martin - Der Panzerwagen
 * Nibali - Little Prince
 * Geminiani - The Big Gun
 * Benat Exhausti
 * Sagan - The Terminator - L'Equilibriste http://www.relay.com/velo-magazine/peter-sagan-l-equilibriste-numero-504-sport-46943-21.html
 * Andy Hampsten - Petit Lapin
 * Cobo - El Bisonte
 * Voeckler - Hollywood, Francis
 * 🇺🇸 Levi Leipheimer || Road || Bottle
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Marinelli || Road || la Perruche (The Parrot)
 * David Moncoutie - Le Postier (The Postman)
 * Benat Exhausti
 * Sagan - The Terminator - L'Equilibriste http://www.relay.com/velo-magazine/peter-sagan-l-equilibriste-numero-504-sport-46943-21.html
 * Andy Hampsten - Petit Lapin
 * Cobo - El Bisonte
 * Voeckler - Hollywood, Francis
 * 🇺🇸 Levi Leipheimer || Road || Bottle
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Marinelli || Road || la Perruche (The Parrot)
 * David Moncoutie - Le Postier (The Postman)
 * Voeckler - Hollywood, Francis
 * 🇺🇸 Levi Leipheimer || Road || Bottle
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Marinelli || Road || la Perruche (The Parrot)
 * David Moncoutie - Le Postier (The Postman)
 * 🇫🇷 Jacques Marinelli || Road || la Perruche (The Parrot)
 * David Moncoutie - Le Postier (The Postman)
 * David Moncoutie - Le Postier (The Postman)
 * David Moncoutie - Le Postier (The Postman)

Pedalare! Pedalare! John Foot Foot, John (2011). "Pedalare! Pedalare!" p. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London. ISBN 978-1-4088-2219-7 Carlo Galetti "The Human Stopwatch" p20 Giovanni Gerbi "Il Diavolo Rosso" (The Red Devil) p21 Gianni Motta "The Enrico Toti of cycling" p31 Ottavio Bottechia "the Woodsman" "The Builder" "Botescia" "Enigmatique" p35 Costante Girardengo "The Little Man of Novi" "The Novi Runt" "Faina"(a small, weasel like animal) p45 Alfredo Binda "The Girardengo of the Costa Azzurra" p47, "Dictator" p52, "The Trumpeter of Cittiglio" p54, "Il Grande Antipatico" (The Great Unsympathetic One) p58, "The Ambassador" p157, "The Prime Minister" p157, "il Generalissimo" or "The 5-Star General" p166. Fiorenzo Magni "The Third Man" p174 Eberardo Pavesi "The Lawyer" p54 Fausto Coppi "The Heron" p102 Gino Bartali "De Gasperi on a bike" p128, "De Gasperi of cycling" p128, "New Human Locomotive" p133, "L'Intramontabile" or "The Timeless/Eternal" p172, "The Man of Iron" p211 Fiorenzo Magni "The Lion of Flanders", p191 Gastone Nencini "The Lion of Mugello, p211, p213 Felice Gimondi "The Postman", p218, Nuvola Rossa Red Cloud, p223, Nuvola Rosa Pink Cloud, p223 Merckx "il mostro"the monster, p226 Ercole Baldini "The Train of Forli" p228 Learco Guerra "The Human Locomotive" p229 Franco Bitossi "cuore matto" or "Crazy Heart" p230 "Falena" or "Moth" p231 Gianni Motta "The Enrico Toti of Italian Cycling", "The Blond Man of Gropello" p233 Aldo Moser "Vecio" or "The Old One", "The Cyclist-Baker" p238 Giuseppe Saronni "The Boy" "Il Balin" (in Novara dialect) p239, "La Fucilata di Goodwood" p242 Tom Danielson The Eskimo Shark https://twitter.com/millarmind/status/366813778383343617 Simon Gerrans "The Sniper" http://inrng.com/2014/04/the-moment-the-race-was-won-liege-bastogne-liege-2014/

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