Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[awavey]

Lol id forgotten the prize for winning TDS was the wooden toilet seat 😂

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934227792616415268

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[Black Betsy]

Where's Gaia Realini?
Was she injured?

 

[Mina.S]

Where's Gaia Realini?
Was she injured?

I thought she raced Suisse?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Where's Gaia Realini?
Was she injured?

She fractured her elbow back in January and had already been set back by illness before that. Since then she's continued to struggle physically, and I assume mentally, too. The fact that Longo Borghini and their coach Paolo Slongo have left for UAE may also have had an effect.

It doesn't look much better for Marta Cavalli at the moment. Every time she puts in a decent performance, it doesn't get backed up the next day and/or race. Although to be fair to both her and Realini, they weren't team leaders in Suisse (or at least it ended up that way), and I haven't heard that they crashed yesterday so their DNFs are not necessarily reasons to be more concerned about them that we were prior to the race. But with the Giro only being 3 weeks away, I think it's alright to presume they won't feature among the top riders there, if they make the start.

 

[Mina.S]

She fractured her elbow back in January and had already been set back by illness before that. Since then she's continued to struggle physically, and I assume mentally, too. The fact that Longo Borghini and their coach Paolo Slongo have left for UAE may also have had an effect.

It doesn't look much better for Marta Cavalli at the moment. Every time she puts in a decent performance, it doesn't get backed the next day or race. Although to be fair to both her and Realini, they weren't team leaders in Suisse and I haven't heard that they crashed yesterday, so their DNFs are not necessarily reasons to be more concerned about them that we were prior to the race. But with the Giro only being 3 weeks away, I think it's alright to presume they won't feature among the top riders there, if they make the start.

At least for Cavalli I know she got dropped so I assumed she just got in the car?

 

[yaco]

Realini has undoubted climbing ability, however, she has deficiencies in her riding. Poor at positioning and descending and awful in cross winds. i suspect Cavalli rode above herself when she won Amstel gold and fleche wallone, notwithstanding her injury worries.

 

[Mina.S]

I really wish women’s cycling had some better journalism. Every time I read an article about any race these days I’m like were you not even watching? Sorry for the rant 🥲