Cycling Nationalities early 2000s Quiz

Answer: USA

Armstrong's the man who doesn't need to be introduced. Riding his 2nd season in the pro peloton, he became the World Champion in 1993. His trademark is therefore the monopoly of winning the Tour de France, which he did numerous times (and were lost years later when he was disqualified). He was born in Plano, Texas, in 1971.

Answer: Polish

Wadecki is the Polish number one cyclist in 2003. During his pro career he became three time Polish champion 1997 and 2000 (double). He took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 placed 7th. He also rode well in the major cycling events in the world such as Tour de France, Tour de Suisse (runner up position 2002), Paris- Nice (King of the Maountain Jersey 2001).

His list of victories contains 36 career wins.

Answer: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's no.1 cyclist is among the top athletes of the peloton. Riding with Casino (1997-99) and Team Telekom from 2000 the season, he got some spectacular wins. His most valuable trophies are Dauphine-Libere 1999, Deutschland Tour 2001 and Paris-Nice 2002.

Answer: Australia

Stuey is alongside Robbie McEwen, the top Australian cyclist. He's also very successful as he's a former World Junior Champion and 2003 Australia Champion. He had wins in 2001 Tour Down Under, Herald Sun Tour and even got stage in the most prestigious race in the world, the Tour de France.

Answer: Russia

Ekimov's career can be described with one word: brilliant. Even if he wasn't the World Champion, he's still can be described as the 2000 Sydney Olympics Time Trial Champion. His record contains forty five wins like Meisterschaft von Zurich 1992, and stage wins in TdF and Vuelta. He's very experienced rider as he races since the early 90's.

Answer: Swiss

Alex is present in the pro peloton since 1992. During that period he recorded 61 wins. He even became the World Time Trial Champion 1996. The list of prestigous victories is very long containing stages of the three top races : Tour, Giro and Vuelta, won by him in 1997.

Answer: Germany

One of the most talented riders in the peloton and eccentric too. The German top cyclist had succeses in the major races across Europe. The biggest ones were the 1997 Tour de France, 1999 Vuelta a Espaņa, 2000 Olympics, 2001 Individual TT World Championship.

His record stands on 32 victories, all of them during his time in Telekom Team. Ullrich had some problems with the doping and has been banned for the whole 2002 season after which he found the new mativation for winning. Let's hope that his best years are yet to come.

Answer: Netherlands

Boogie rode in the pro peloton since 1993. He's got 23 victories on his account and the most important are the Dutch Championship 1997 and 1998, two stages in the Tour de France, Amstel Gold Race 1999, Paris-Nice 1999. Boogerd also became 2002 Rider of the Year in The Netherlands.

Answer: Brazilian

The young rider from Brazil rides in Italian Lampre team. Pagliarini is probably the best known cyclist from the country where football really rules. He recorded only one stage win so far in his career - stage two in Tour de Langkawi 2003.

Answer: Estonia

Kirsipuu is one of the world's top sprinters and his ninety one victories record since 1992 is really impressive. He rides in the French ag2r team. His highest honours are the Estonian Championship titles, stage wins in Tour de France, Vuelta a Espaņa, Tour de Pologne, Danmark Rundt and many, many more ...

Answer: Belgium

Roesems is top Belgian Time Trial specialist. Five of his eight career wins come from the TT stages. He rode since 1996 in the pro peloton.

Answer: Ukraine

He rode in the pro peloton since 2001, when he found his first profesional group, the Mroz team. During his career he recorded nine wins and the most important, were the two stage wins in the Peace Race 2001. He also represented Ukraine on the track and road World Championships.

Answer: France

Moreau is one of the French time trial specialists. He's pro since 1994 and during that time he won 15 times (seven of those were the time trial stages). He enjoys every race he takes part in and the oder riders in the peloton see him as a cool guy.

Answer: Colombia

And another top time trial cyclist. World TT Champion 2002, stage winner in Tour de France, Vuelta a Espaņa. His record contains 14 listed wins and 6 time trial stages.

Answer: Italy

Cipo is the guy who doesn't need to be introduced, as he's the athlete every cycling fan knows. His record of 139 victories will surely be a hard to beat. His recent honour was the 'Commendatore' given by the president of the Italian Republic due to his 2002 Worlds title.