What Han said...
without a sponser, you have top prove yourself from the beginning
Join a club and try and get into the top grade, though being a woman, the second top grade is prolly where you'll be
Do well in Club Champs
Enter as many competitions as you can (my next step from Club Champs will be Nationals)
Do well in everything you enter, be noticed and get some winning history behind you
As you go, decide what event you like... a woman will never make to something like THE Tour - we just cant build the muscle... (here here Sue) but indoor track events? Individual TTs? Criterions?
Our own Sarah Ulmer brought home golds and a new track record - that was pretty sweet.

Set your goals and train for them and be prepared to endure a lot of pain - thats how the best become the best... they are prepared to hurt... alot