Is it true that black people are more naturally muscular? If so that is probably why they aren't really any top cyclists.
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auscyclefan94 said:Is it true that black people are more naturally muscular? If so that is probably why they aren't really any top cyclists.
simo1733 said:I don't think its genetic.Distance running is dominated by black athletes almost as much sprinting.Mark McKay was the best road racer in Britain for a while back in the 80/90s equally there have been black champion swimmers. I seem to remember a guy from Surinam won an Olympic medal
auscyclefan94 said:Is it true that black people are more naturally muscular? If so that is probably why they aren't really any top cyclists.
No offense but i would hardly call Cubans black. I could be wrong but they are at most a fraction.Ryo Hazuki said:I get so sick of these bull**** questions
there are tons of them. look at gil cordoves recordholder stage wins in vuelta venezuela and millionaire because of it.
also you have yohan gene with bbox and rony martias with saur. but there are many blakc professional cyclists, just not in europe which isn't too strange since most people in europe are white also.
mombus said:So, why are there no black professional cyclists? I hope we're all mature enough to leave racism or anything like that out of this. So, objectively... Africans excel at distance running and most other endurance sports. Why the sheer white dominance in the sport?
El Pistolero said:and the fact that a lot of them have to run long distances just to get to school or to get water in their youth helped as well.)
auscyclefan94 said:Your being ridiculous. Don't get me started on political correctness rubbish like having to call a blackboard, a chalkboard.
mountaindew said:No offense but i would hardly call Cubans black. I could be wrong but they are at most a fraction.
mountaindew said:I raced 2 Tours of Guadeloupe and I can tell you they're really good fast riders that get paid well and are hero's in their country.
The Hitch said:I think thats just Haile. I generally dont believe the stories the media gives to hype up athletes, but the story that he became great by running 10k to school every day is plausible.
Apparently he has a crooked left arm while running because thats where he held his books.
redtreviso said:a more interesting question.. Where are the Japanese??? The colombians have fielded at least 2 pro teams over the years. why not Japan.. There is money and lots of racing and a deep deep history of bicycles. Korea probably has a fairly deep pool of racing talent too.
Ryo Hazuki said:because cycling is no big sport in japan or korea, nor is there any cycling tradition.
redtreviso said:a more interesting question.. Where are the Japanese??? The colombians have fielded at least 2 pro teams over the years. why not Japan.. There is money and lots of racing and a deep deep history of bicycles. Korea probably has a fairly deep pool of racing talent too.
Kwibus said:Yeh and you are white. Get over it ok? The ideal situation was that we didn't look at people seeing a colour, but that's impossible.
It's a fact that Michael Jordan is black and Michael Schumacher is white. What's the problem? There is none.. It's just a fact.
auscyclefan94 said:Your being ridiculous. Don't get me started on political correctness rubbish like having to call a blackboard, a chalkboard.
Tuarts said:Its not a fact. It's a derogatory and xenophobic term to alienate people and play on people's predjudice and bias towards those they labelled. If the OP if talking about people from Africa then he should have called them Africans, if he's talking about the percentage of demographic from other non-African countries that have African heritage then he should have mentioned that as well. Its the same sort of labelling that happens with religion ("oh he's a catholic/jew/muslim")