Early 20th journalists started creating nicknames for cyclists. This effort popularized the cycling sport and make the racers interesting to people who were not interested in cycling much. This tradition is still continuing today. Here is the list of cyclists’ nicknames in alphabetical order (by surname, starting with Q):
By Surname: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Ivan Quaranta
Il Ghepardo (The Cheetah)
Ivan Quaranta (born 14 December 1974) is an Italian sprinter. He competed professionally between 1997 and 2008. He won six stages at the Giro d’Italia between 1999 and 2001.
He is nicknamed Il Ghepardo (The Cheetah) because of his fast sprinting.
Nairo Quintana
Nairoman, El Cóndor de los Andes (The Condor of the Andes)
Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas (born 4 February 1990) is a Colombian climbing specialist. Known for his ability to launch sustained and repeated attacks on ascents of steep gradients, Nairo Quintana is nicknamed “Nairoman” and “l Cóndor de los Andes” (The Condor of the Andes).
The palmarès of Nairo Quintana include:
Tour de France
- Mountains classification (2013)
- Young rider classification (2013, 2015)
- 3 individual stages (2013, 2018, 2019)
Giro d’Italia
- General classification (2014)
- Young rider classification (2014)
- 3 individual stages (2014, 2017)
Vuelta a España
- General classification (2016)
- Combination classification (2016)
- 2 individual stages (2016, 2019)
- 2 TTT stages (2012, 2014)
Stage races
- Tour of the Basque Country (2013)
- Volta a Catalunya (2016)
- Tour de Romandie (2016)
- Tirreno-Adriatico (2015, 2017)
- Vuelta a Burgos (2013, 2014)
- Tour de la Provence (2020, 2022)
One-day races and Classics
- Giro dell’Emilia (2012)
By Surname: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Sources
- Ivan Quaranta on Wikipedia
- Nairo Quintana on Wikipedia
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