Shorthands & Acronyms in Pro Cycling
Just like in a large company, the use of short hands and acronyms is prevalent to quickly name teams and riders across the peloton. Here are a few of the need to know acronyms and colloquialism to pick up to make you instantly seem a pro peloton punter:
- Clock - nickname for Ben Turner. Popularized by Latern Rouge Cycling Podcast
- Moho - nickname for Matej Mohorič
- IGC - acronym for Iván García Cortina
- SKA - acronym for Søren Kragh Andersen
- TJV - acronym for Team Jumbo Visma
- IPT - acronym for team Israel Premier Tech
- LS - acronym for team Lotto Soudal
- Bini - nickname for Biniam Girmay
- IWG - old acronym for Intermarché Circus Wanty (now ICW)
- GVA - acronym for Greg Van Avermaet
- TDF - acronym for Tour de France
- Dumo - nickname for Tom Dumoulin
- DVB - acronym for Dylan van Baarle
- Pog - nickname for Tadej Pogačar
- VG - acronym for Jonas Vingegaard
- TTT - acronym for Team Time Trial. A style of race.
- Dom - shorthand for Domestiqué (a rider who rides to support their leader)
- GT - acronym for Grand Tour (a type of race, of which their are three: the Giro, Vuelta and Tour de France)
- G - nickname for Geraint Thomas
- VC - acronym for Victor Campenaerts
- PCS - Pro Cycling Stats (aka our Bible)
- s.t. - same time (also "" - used to indicate riders will receive the same time in the GC based on their position)
We'll continue to add to the list as pertinent one become apparent so it may make sense to bookmark the page.
Hopefully this reduces the cognitive load when parsing sources. Enjoy!
