Women's cycling makes me consider we should split off into multiple different countries
It could be worse. It could be a choo choo.
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Women's cycling makes me consider we should split off into multiple different countries
Depends on Van Vleuten goes solo for 2ndOver/Under 2 minutes winning margin?
Women's cycling makes me consider we should split off into multiple different countries
Hard to blame them considering how much better than the rest Van der Breggen is. Innsbruck v2Deignan the only one not riding for placings. Not that it matters as placings are all that are on offer
Endurance does affect the shorter efforts, but seeing as Van Vleuten and Van der Breggen are cranking out long solos all the time I'd think they'd benefit from longer distances most.VDB is far superior, but this another reason why the women should race longer distance. No reason physically why they can't do the same as the men. If it was over 200 kms, she'd probably attack later, but there would be more of a chance of her blowing up imo.
VDB is far superior, but this another reason why the women should race longer distance. No reason physically why they can't do the same as the men. If it was over 200 kms, she'd probably attack later, but there would be more of a chance of her blowing up imo.
Endurance does affect the shorter efforts, but seeing as Van Vleuten and Van der Breggen are cranking out long solos all the time I'd think they'd benefit from longer distances most.
I think it ultimately comes down to how many girls get into the sport and if that sample is large enough to get a deep field at the top, and it doesn't quite seem like it.Honestly I think the problem is that there is a huge difference in the level of the female riders. There is a small peak, riders who are incredibly talented and professional, but there are just not enough riders of this quality, yet. If you make the races harder, there will be like 20-25 women who will say "great, finally a race that respects us", but the others will be practically out of the race by the half of it. (Okay, I don't really know anything about women's cycling, so maybe I'm wrong. This is what I think.)
The problem is much lesser in the World Tour than in the major championships, however. That's largely because there are only a few countries where there is real strength in depth for their riders, so there's more competition and suspense in races with trade teams as you don't see world class riders like Niewiadoma and Moolman-Pasio isolated, and you don't have as much (it has happened, such as Rabo-Liv in 2014 or Boels-Dolmans in 2016) by way of a ridiculous super-team like you have from the Dutch in a World Championships.Honestly I think the problem is that there is a huge difference in the level of the female riders. There is a small peak, riders who are incredibly talented and professional, but there are just not enough riders of this quality, yet. If you make the races harder, there will be like 20-25 women who will say "great, finally a race that respects us", but the others will be practically out of the race by the half of it. (Okay, I don't really know anything about women's cycling, so maybe I'm wrong. This is what I think.)
Yea, I think they know they haven't got the impetus to bring back van der Breggen, and they know who the strongest climbers in that group are, but those riders (ELB, Cille) don't fancy their chances going on this one and will wait for the other climb, all the others aren't likely to go on this climb knowing that Lizzie Deignan outclimbed them on the last lap, and has a better sprint than pretty much everybody else in this group, save for Vos who obviously isn't going to attack.Peloton capitulating.