Michielveedeebee said:I know, but still, say wuuut?
I agree but maybe a way of promoting Female cycling ??????
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Michielveedeebee said:I know, but still, say wuuut?
Michielveedeebee said:Vos wants to ride with the men say wuuuut ?
just some guy said:I agree but maybe a way of promoting Female cycling ??????
In her recent max test she scored 6,63 W/kg. She'd be among the best men of the Rabobank team with that result.Michielveedeebee said:Vos wants to ride with the men say wuuuut ?
theyoungest said:In her recent max test she scored 6,63 W/kg. She'd be among the best men of the Rabobank team with that result.
I definitely think she could keep up with the peloton in smaller races.
gooner said:Interesting to see ITV4 extend its contract for the tour de france. With cav joining team sky i thought sky sports would get involved just like they have in F1 for the upcoming season. To get the tour they would keep a lot of subscribers that they normally would lose coz of the closure of the football season and gain some as well.
Are sky ever goin to get involved in any other races outside the tour down under. Because itv have the tour i think that means they have the rights to all ASO races as ASO sell the rights collectively to all their races.
That probably leaves just the giro and the month of may is very busy on the sky sports channels with the climax of the football season.
theyoungest said:In her recent max test she scored 6,63 W/kg. She'd be among the best men of the Rabobank team with that result.
I definitely think she could keep up with the peloton in smaller races.
Ryo Hazuki said:yes I also wonder how he can't have turned out like all those other great gc men lefevre aided in his team
theyoungest said:In her recent max test she scored 6,63 W/kg. She'd be among the best men of the Rabobank team with that result.
I definitely think she could keep up with the peloton in smaller races.
Yeah, but I guess El Pisti lacks the evidence of a physical test which proves he's the equal of some top level pros, at least on paperMichielveedeebee said:Keep up with the peloton, yes, but embarras some, I seriously doubt it. Seriously.
It's as El Pistolero said imo.
roundabout said:You mean the ex-Clas part of Mapei won the Giro.
theyoungest said:Yeah, but I guess El Pisti lacks the evidence of a physical test which proves he's the equal of some top level pros, at least on paper
Vos might have difficulties in a really long flat race, where it's more about pure power and endurance. In a short hilly race I seriously think she could do quite well. Think of her as an Euskaltel rider (with better bike handling skills)
But Vos's numbers are way higher than other pro women... she's an exceptional case, I guess, and it's certainly an interesting experiment to let her enter a men's race. Why not, I say.Michielveedeebee said:Okay true that as well, but I'm yet to meet a girl that can match me in running/cycling/swimming... And I've run with some very sporty girls
Michielveedeebee said:Okay true that as well, but I'm yet to meet a girl that can match me in running/cycling/swimming... And I've run with some very sporty girls
Vos is very light, and scores a very good W/kg... she's probably more likely to get dropped on the flat than on a hill.El Pistolero said:Vos would get dropped on even the slightest speed-bump.
theyoungest said:Vos is very light, and scores a very good W/kg... she's probably more likely to get dropped on the flat than on a hill.
It's pretty useless to compare track and field to cycling, by the way.
Yeah, her results are pretty shabbyEl Pistolero said:I don't care for someone's W/kg, I only care for their results on the road.
theyoungest said:Yeah, her results are pretty shabby
If we don't have the evidence of her actually racing against men, we have to go by numbers... and those numbers would suggest that she might (I say might) be able to keep up with the peloton.
El Pistolero said:I think she would already struggle at U23 rank let alone compete pro ranks. For example, I did athletics and in certain events on the track I'm better than female pros yet I'm nowhere near the performance of the pro men. Nowhere near.
It would be interesting to see her try however, but I think certain people would just laugh at her performance whenever she gets dropped and use it as an argument as to why female cycling is not worth a lot. Plus, is it even possible according to the UCI rules? (didn't read the article)
craig1985 said:I do club races here and I'm in B grade, a hack so to speak p), and I often see a girl lining up in the same race with me and she has a pro contract with the Specialized Lululemon team FFS.