2016 Olympic Road Races and Time Trials *Spoilers*

[dragon72]

Bit of a weird question here.

I know Spartacus is from a town near Bern, but he's got an Italian sounding name, and tweets mostly in English. Anybody know what his first language is? His hometown suggests it's German. Anybody know?

 

[brommers]

According to Wikipedia he was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland, to Italian parents.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Bit of a weird question here.

I know Spartacus is from a town near Bern, but he's got an Italian sounding name, and tweets mostly in English. Anybody know what his first language is? His hometown suggests it's German. Anybody know?

His first language will most probably be the Bern dialect of Swiss-German. Pretty incomprehensible to most of the world so he'll have English as a strong 2nd language.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

A good article about Sandy Gilchrist, at his 8th 'lympics:
http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2016/08/12/sandy-gilchrist-aug16/