Mimi, I love the story of Alfonsina. As for Beryl Burton, I didn't come across her during my research. I had 5 hours to patch together an article so it didn't go as deeply into things as I'd like. It's just made its way to my editor now so will wait for his reply. But I now feel compelled to research and write stuff about each of these women in depth on my own blog. Are there any more women cyclists from the past who are awesome and I should go dig more about?