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Originally Posted by rousseau
Whereas I didn't know any of those names before I got into cycling. Save for Armstrong, but I wasn't paying attention back then, so it probably went in one ear and out the other.
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That's interesting and also quite surprising.
For some reason individual sports (cycling, tennis, F1, boxing, UFC but not golf) seem more popular in Quebec.
I was in restaurant having breakfast on the weekend and all of the TVs had the Italian Grand Prix on.
As with cycling I am only a casual follower of Formula 1. As I glanced at the screen it dawned upon me that I instantly knew most of the drivers' names just from three letters used to identify them in the ranking: HAM (Hamilton), VER (Verstappen), STR (Stroll), RAI (Raikkonen), MAS (Massa), ALO (Alonso), VET (Vettel), etc.
Societal osmosis again I guess.
I am going to look up the top players in the NBA, MLB and NFL to see how many I know.
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