We were somewhat overwhelmed with the response to Episode 23′s competition, but we were so impressed with your entries that we wanted to showcase some of them.  So pour yourself a mulled wine, grab a mince pie and have a chuckle at this lot:

WINNER – Ronan Fox

Team:

• Any of the Rudolphs: Pevenage, Dhaenens, Matthijs, Rogiers, etc
• Any of Noels: Dejonckheere, Vasquez, Fore, Demeulenaere, etc
• Any of the Van Den Brandys:Kay, Edith, Walter, etc
• Any of the Angel(o)s: Arroyo, Furlan, Vicioso, etc

Plus:

• Mauro “Santa”-mbrogio
• Bo “Turkeyand Ham”-burger
• Bobby “Yule”-ich
• Henri Corn-”edBeef”-et
• Oscar Egg-”nog” (he has to be the team leader in the Easter races, of course)
• Phillipe “Toys” (Thys!!)
• Nicolas Frantz”-incense”
• “Festive” Coppi
• Federico Baha-”MincePies”
• Lucien (or Kevin) Van Elf (does that work instead of Imp(e)?)
• “Prancer” Armstrong
• Chris Ho-Ho-Hoy (or Frank Ho-Ho-Hoj!!)
• Tuen “Mulled(er) Wine”
• Levi Leip-”hamper”
• Mark “Sleigh”Bell
• Adri Van Der “North” Poel
• Sergei “I’ve Enough” (after Christmas dinner)
• Robbie Mc”Yule”-en
• Alexander “Christmas”-off
• “Frankincense” Rabon
• Adam “Ham”-sen
• Christ-”mas” Horner
• St Nicolas Roche

Schedule:

• Milan-San(ta) Remo
• Paris-Brussels Sprouts
• Ham-stel Gold Race (or the Ham-gen Tour of California)
• Tour ofTurkey
• Liege-Basting-Liege (get it?) with it’s famous Cote de Stocking.
• Giro De “Mince Pie”-dmont

Kit:

• “Fairy Lite”-speed Bikes
• JingleBellHelmets
• Rudolph Project glasses
• “Santa”-ini Clothing

OTHER PRIZE WINNERS

Steve “Podcast Slut” Trice –

• Christian Knees Up
• Eric Stable
• Jaques Antlertil
• Parcel Kittel
• Emanuele Sellebration
• Sleddy & Sacksful Myrhhcx
• Sleigh Elliott

Neil Davey (for sheer persistence!) –

Riders:

• Frankincense Andreu
• ReinDeer Taaramae
• Jens “I’m dreaming of a” Voigt Christmas
• Johnny Ho Ho Ho’gerland
• SLeigh Donovan

Teams:

• Rudolph Comet-Sharp
• Holly Brother Cycling Team
• Vacan-Sleigh DCM*

* This is what really got him a prize!

John McComisky (random pick) -

• Treejay Van Garderen

MENTIONS IN DISPATCHES

• Fabian Cancel-‘er-Credit-Card! – Chris (blog entry)
• Buckfast Freddy Rodriguez, Saint Nicolas Roche… riding the Tour of Turkey – Brian Ferguson (‘cos we couldn’t NOT mention him!)
• Christmas Vande Velde leading out Vladimir ELFkimkin. Both riding for Garmin Sleighvelo – Chris Terris
• Bobby Yule-ich – David Lindsay
• “Pippo is a bit of donkey (and I’m not talking about where he wears his Sidis)” – Jim Speakman
• Mistletoe-ni Rominger – Me!