Recent content by theyoungest

It was? I mainly remember the term "bilharzia", which I hadn't heard of before or since. Not much about weight loss.

To play devil's advocate for a moment, this is what these other riders are worried about. Weight loss is different for women vs. men, that's just a fact. It has different implications for women. Lots of stories about athletes who haven't had a period in years. But to start this discussion now...

A broken femur can be a career ender. Let's hope it's not the case for Gigante. The women's peloton really needed a pure climber like her (and of course she seems to be a very kind person).

Weight issues have existed forever in women's cycling. It's nothing new. I'm not saying there should be an omerta around it, but to take the one example of the woman who won the Tour de France, seems to have no physical problems, seems to have no mental health problems, seems to be perfectly...

It is. The UCI want to enforce this plan, but make the teams liable if something goes wrong.

You're responding to gossip and slander, taking it as fact. If this is a particularly sensitive topic, as you say, that's the last thing you would want to do. For instance, you could also ask: why did Marlen Reusser start the Tour, when she was obviously not healthy and not even able to finish...

It does matter why the competitors say this. Of course it does. Reusser is openly saying she hoped PFP wouldn't win the Tour! You can't simply separate that type of pettiness from the message she's purportedly trying to bring across, a message which is all the more hypocritical consering her own...

You don't say!

UAE have way more money than Visma does, and they offer young riders way bigger salaries. That's also why they have managed to sign the bigger talents. I think most young riders Visma have signed wouldn't even be on UAE's radar, because they simply aren't good enough. That's nothing to do with...

It happens all the time when riders switch teams, mainly in the form of knee pain. The position on a new bike is never exactly the same. In Uijtdebroeks' case you could also imagine they tried to find a more efficient position, which (if true) obviously didn't work. We've had endless...

The body shaming in this instance is not directed at the "fat" cyclists though. It's actually the other way around. Demi Vollering calls herself "fat", as if anyone thinks she is, but the real problem is that PFP has to defend herself for the choices she made to win this race, and the...

Which you know nothing about! Anyway, a great way to take your first pro win. Not the strongest opposition of course, but as they say, you still have to do it.

You would be quite wrong if you think that Dutch media would be more sympathetic to this. The team being Dutch works both ways: more praise, but also more criticism. What I do think makes the difference in this case is that if you're a Dutch speaker and you've watched one or two interviews...

Prodhomme rode a shorter climb than Uijtdebroeks :)