I almost wish this thread could be split - the Landis thread, and the Women's pro-cycling thread.

Both are great convos!

So here first... women's cycling and my 2cents

Re women's cycling not being so obvious in the public eye - we are fighting (in the Western world at least) a loooong social history of how women are perceived. And that takes time to change. And even longer, apparently, for media and advertisers to think they have to 'get with the programme' too.

Women's sports rarely set "world fastest times", they tend to set women's bests. No women will ever match O'Bree's 1 hour record - probably not even with the use of drugs. No women will ever ride in a team with men like Lance and Floyd. Our physiology is just too different.

And this is the crux of the issue, I believe.

Media believe they should portray the best, and til they are willing to take a chance and realise that there is a big following of men and women for womens sports, we wont see it "out therre". And to make the following bigger, it needs to be supported by media. Catch 22.