redtreviso said:Why even bring it up? and then bring it up and embellish it more? and do it some more.
I did not bring it up. I responded to a poster who used it as a means to put down women's cycling.
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redtreviso said:Why even bring it up? and then bring it up and embellish it more? and do it some more.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Yup, they are actually.
Your average hobbyist (men) goes as fast as most of these 'pro' women. Says enough the U23 and often even junior men already ride faster
Dekker_Tifosi said:Hey I'm not the only one who thinks this way about woman cycling you know.
You should hear Mart Smeets & Maarten Ducrot (latter one is ex-pro) on TV this morning. They said exactly the same as me.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Yup, they are actually.
Your average hobbyist (men) goes as fast as most of these 'pro' women.
Says enough the U23 and often even junior men already ride faster
it must be, cause that old bird has had more beef in her than most of her competitors combined.durianrider said:52 years young and still representing. Love it. Google says she is big into healthy eating and organic foods. Maybe its just a coincidence.
pedaling squares said:Not really fair to compare a 21 yr old 6'2" 155lb man to a 28 yr old 5'4" 108lb woman. The power output is just far superior no matter how far from his peak the lad may be.
it must be, cause that old bird has had more beef in her than most of her competitors combined.
Guttercat said:To quote another forum... your a idiot.
Why has a thread about a great athlete so quickly devolved into a "male/female" comparison? They're different animals. Of course pro men are faster than pro women. Duh.
forty four said:ridden and trained with kristen armstrong when i lived in boise she is faster than many cat-1 men and would race in the male field always getting top ten. she is the only female rider who i have ridden with who is really fast. other pro women i have ridden with are not as strong as most cat-3 men.
Kwibus said:The top in women cycling obviously isn't as wide as in men cycling. Besides that.. eh nevermind I'm not going there, but at the age of 52 these performances?
Le breton said:To know what to expect at age 52 you can go to WMA tables or look at the results obtained by Helge Schroeter-Janssen.
Average athletes lose about 9% of their potential by age 52 compared to their peak years, ie at 29 to 40 years of age(9% limits).
For a flat time trial, a 9% loss in power means a 3.3% loss in average speed (taking into account air and road resistance at 44 km/h).
In other words, between the ages of 29 and 41, if she aged the same as your average athlete, Jeannie Longo would have been faster than today by approximately 66 sec. She would have beaten Pooley by about 21 sec.
You could argue that the course is not flat, and I grant you that the difference would therefore have been slightly bigger. A younger Longo would have won by maybe 30 sec.
I am appalled at the incredible number of stupid comments that are made by people who pretend to know about cycling, and this probably(?) just because they despise women cyclists I guess. Or maybe the stupidty of their comments is just a reflection of their stupidity.
Luckily Longo is smarter than that and knows better than not to try.
Dekker_Tifosi said:@Le Breton: I let myself out a bit harsch. But that's just my style, sorry. Live with it.
Yup - pinch of salt and dollop of ignoring. You've pegged yourself pretty well. Not worries from me, I've been called a loud-mouth, too, or at least when I was younger. I tend to work at the diplomacy more these days.Dekker_Tifosi said:@Le Breton: I don't hate female cyclists nor female sports (cycling included). I just think there are very few actual top cyclists there. The top is extremely narrow and the level difference between the absolute top and the rest is huge. Which is why the sport doesn't get taken as serious as it probably should.
I let myself out a bit harsch. But that's just my style, sorry. Live with it. You should take my comments with a pinch of salt.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Hell no.
But I don't have cycling as my day job either.
Guttercat said:That there is a much more reasonable assertion than "your average hobbyist".
Guttercat said:Thank you for posting the info.
I will say though, I don't think most male cyclists "despise" women cyclists. I've found the contrary to be true. However, there is an element of "this is the boy's treehouse" that runs quietly, but deep.
I think what we're seeing here is the tendency on this forum (at least from what I've seen in my limited time here) to bash and question pros in general. If Jeannie were a 52 year old male with this result at World's, the bashing would probably be even worse.
There have been some nice things said about her in this thread, and the other as well.