the Tour on TV

[Biking Chick]

Originally posted by caligurl
i have this love-hate thing going with bob though... his hand gestures are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO distracting!

Must be a result of his having a residence in Italy

[ChainsOflove]

Check out picture of Jan recently. He's a toothpick!!!! Looks diff from last year I think. Look out Lance.

Personally, I also love Iban. He's adorable.

[caligurl]

i'd like to see:

1-lance
2-tyler
3-iban

[ChainsOflove]

1. Jan
2. Lance
3. Tyler
4. Iban
5. ?

[kpc]

Yeah, what is that? He looks like one of those religious dancers from India! Still rooting for Tyler, but the winning is such a small part. Wonder why there are no big women riders ('cept freestylers)...

[caligurl]

Originally posted by kpc
Yeah, what is that? He looks like one of those religious dancers from India! Still rooting for Tyler, but the winning is such a small part. Wonder why there are no big women riders ('cept freestylers)...

i asked my hubby about this a while back... and he said women aren't strong enough for the tour (no.. he's not a chauvinist)

are there any women specific tours that are similar?

are there women in the other tours?

i'm gonna go do some researching now!

[MightyMitre]

They've had a womens version of the Tour de France for the last few year. It's run in August and only for 2 weeks instead of 3 and the stages are shorter.

Trouble is, they've had problems with the funding and it wasn't run last year when one of the major sponsors pulled out half way through the year.

Good news is though - a different organisation are now in charge of the race and have got a load of new sponsors on board and are relaunching the Womens Tour for next year!

[bounceswoosh]

It's hard to get funding for female athletes ... look at what women's soccer has gone through in the US, even though everyone loves Mia Hamm and the US team has tons of fans ...

[jobob]

The women's version of the Giro d'Italia (Giro D'Italia Femminile) started today, but you'd be hard-pressed to find any news about it.

[jobob]

Go Tyler !!!

[pedalfaster]

Originally posted by jobob
The women's version of the Giro d'Italia (Giro D'Italia Femminile) started today, but you'd be hard-pressed to find any news about it.

ta-dah!


I'll be watching (and cheering for) the women in the Giro right along with the men in the Tour.

p.s. NPR had a very interesting segment about men's vs. women's sports and pay vs. media coverage (tennis in particular) last night. I'll post a link later if I find it....

[jobob]

Oh good, I was hoping cyclingnews wouldn't ignore it !

Thanks for the link, PF

[jobob]

Oh wow, this guy has Al Trautwig down perfectly!

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=56709

[fultzie]

So are there any women riding in le Tour at all?
I've always been a little unclear on the rules... does everyone ride with a team? i'd assume it would be pretty tough to finish without the support of your teammates.
i had heard that up until the 1960s/70s, women weren't even allowed to watch the finish of the race, let alone to participate.
i had heard of Le Tour Cycliste L'aude femenin (probably terribly misspelled...) but didn't realize that it was dropped last year
oh, and one more random question: does "tour" have the same meaning in French as in English? I know "le tour" can also refer to a tower (ie: le tour eiffel) but then again, i don't speak french

[Trek420]

caligurl wrote "i asked my hubby about this a while back... and he said women aren't strong enough for the tour (no.. he's not a chauvinist)"

...that and the fact it's hard for us to pee at the same time as we're riding...sorry gals, just had to throw that in, could not escape the thought.


Jo, I so like the Tour de Couch idea. Are there jerseys for that?

King of the Remote Jersey
Best Snacks Jersey
Best Young Couch Potato
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