Udo Bolts (GER)

Soon the world's attention will turn from the heavily-branded carnival that is World Cup Football to the MOST HEAVILY BRANDED SPORTING PHENOMENON IN THE UNIVERSE: the Tour de France. I love this event for thousands of reasons (including the gladiatorial mountain climbing contests between EPO-addled supermen). But I have a special interest in the diversity of competitors' names. Here's a selection from last year's installment:

Axel Merckx (BEL)
Georg Totschnig (AUT)
Inaki Isasi (SPA)
Dario Frigo (ITA)
Maxim Iglinski (KAZ)
Pietro Caucchioli (ITA)
Laszlo Bodrogi (HUN)
Joost Posthuma (NED)
Haimar Zubeldia (SPA)
Vladimir Karpets (RUS)
Beat Zberg (SWI)
Wim Vansevenant (BEL)