Who are the female stars and role models in pro-am cycling? Get your info here!
Velogirl's unfortunately true statements in the Eddie Merckx thread (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=9780) about knowing and recognizing who the Who's Who of women's pro (or even pro-am) are got me thinking. As good as OLN is with men's pro events now, they positively suck just as much ('scuse my francais) with the amount of broadcasting they give of the women's ones (uh, that's NIL!!). The cycling mag's aren't much better. So I decided to set up this thread so that we can all post pics, bios, and results of the some of them. That way, we have a place to refer to. Then, maybe the next time we go to watch a race or otherwise, we'll know who we're looking at. ;)
Post links, scanned pics, race results, team pages, etc, whatever....let's just share and inform each other so that perhaps WE can be familiar with some of these awesome ladies to (ideally anyway) the same degree we would know and recognize George, Levi, or that guy who won 7 (ol'whassis name...you know). :p And please note, these posts should in NO way be limited to just road....include cyclocross, downhill, freestyle, etc etc, including international. Awesome women are everywhere, we just don't hear about them.
So, post away, gals! I really hope this can become a good reference thread for everyone.
Thinking further, Susan -- would a new topic line be in order? That way we can post individual threads about each racer and the ensuing discussion about them wouldn't get jumbled up in the other conversations.
In the new VeloNews, there are a couple articles. When I get a chance, I'll scan them and post them here.
Have fun! :D
~BikeMomma
