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BTW CN, Perhaps and Interview with Emma? Here's a wrap up note... Emma is after all from your country, perhaps an Interview? I've been waiting quite a while now, I havn't noticed any interviews with Emma Pooley. Did I miss something? Where is the Emma Pooley interview to wrap up the Giro...

signing off I guess I'll sign off too. Good comparison on the two most important races for men and women. Since cycling has become a Internet culture largely based out of lack of TV coverage, I think it needs both TV and Internet to survive. TV for the masses and Internet for structure and more...

Girls Gone Wild Mentality Froggy, I wanted to clarify on the scowling idiots you referred to. The dept of the weirdness you suggest is certainly possible, and perhaps sometimes that's might be the way it is in some places. Sounds more like Cowboy town at the Rodeo or something, but what I...

More on these problems - Part 2 I know when I have talked about or brought up the subject about the problems with women's cycling with various women managers, they usually act hostile or think you are a troublemaker. They refuse to talk about it and usually run from the issues and problems...

More on these problems - Part 1 Froggy, I'll ramble on a bit more. I said plenty, but what the heck, a bit more. Oh, BTW, yes, when someone like Nicole Cooke's father speaks out, that's very good for women's cycling. We need more pro fathers to speak out and support their daughters. More...

Cookes Dad give his two cents I just remembered I save this somewhere in a file. It's somewhat interesting. Might be a good way to wrap up this thread since nobody else is saying much. What should be noted although Nicole Cooke's father responds about track cycling being possibly more exciting...

Froggy Hi Frog, I think this thread had ran it's course. Reason being it's not up to me to keep it alive or provide all the anwsers. I given much more then my two cents. If you notice two things about this thread, not a single pro women has given their two cents in this thread besides Laura...

Deagol Certainly Inga Benedict (Thompson) was a great rider, and a good climber. Longo was the counterweight, but I like Bunki Davis, Tobin and Zack as well. Longo had Canins to deal with, and the Americans had to deal with both of them. Berglung was certainly a head turner. As a teenager I...

Return to Seguros part -2 I find your perspective on how we view women's cycling and how others view us as well view women's cycling interesting. This has not been discussed. Yes, there are some complicated problems here. Part of the problem is women don't support women all the time in their...

Return to Seguros part -1 It's both been a male past time and a women's past time dating back to the very beginning, in fact women led the way. They were first to put on races with single unicycles and such way back before the tour, before cycling was the biggest sport in American. This is...

a footnote Here's a footnote for today... The only women's pro race I know of to covered in it's entirely this year on national TV is the Tour de Toona. It's not even a NRC race, but I know the guy who is soley responsible for bringing this about. It should be either 60 or 90 minutes...

A bit more Froggy I would to add one more thing quickly Froggy. Everyone I know including myself have been guilty of promoting the cutest or sexiest looking girls to put a face on women's cycling. It was not a conscious choice per say, that's just part of the business, and we can't let them...

You think Mara Abbott could be the pro road women rider of the year? Hey guys, Mara is the first American to win the Giro and it was a tough one! Sign her guestbook with some congrats, she deserves some well wishers! Show her the guys care too...

Return to Froggy That's awful long and I can't reply in full right now cause my eyes have been hurting lately from working on covering a race for women, but let me respond quickly. I saved your thoughts to a file, not wasted. This thread at the link below is still active and has been allowed...

First American First American to win it, and it appears she is perhaps the first American road women who is a pure climber. I can't think of any others. I never considered Neben to be a pure climber. Superb Athlete, raises the knotch of what it means to be a pro road racer, and she races clean!