Why is cycling so backwards in keeping women's distances down in comparison to men's? Marathon's are the same distance. Track races are the same. Ultra distance running events are the same. What is wrong with cycling?
@gcn Dan /or other smart people: 1. Why would sdworks not let Reusser work together with the later winner? Wouldn't that have been a good option for second place at least? 2. Wouldn't races be more interesting if cyclists would have to make such decisions themselves /no strategic decisions over the radio from teamcars?
1) She most probably would have just been dropped. Espacially if she would have taken turns. So was the right decision imho to take the gamble and just sit on. Espacially if the team captain is in the second group. 2) Number 1 reason for having race radios is safety. Crashes, big caravan, fans with a huge peloton going at warp speed, getting infos on these situations can be very important for the peloton safty. Another claim in that direction: when you ban race radios riders will keep going back to the team car to communicate with their ds. And we want to avoid riders in the caravan when possible. But many claim that it would make for more entertaining races. E.g. in the Olympics race radios are not allowed.
@@embuscadochifreinexplicaca5960 look at about 4:06 they arent even single file whixh means they dont work together this happens in mens races too a few guys working together or even a single one is better than a bigger group not working
The women's Peloton seems to be no where near as competitive as the men's pro peleton. The same women are at or near the front again and again, and the same teams and sponsors are often on their jerseys. While a handful of men are mentioned as potential winners of the Grand Tours, the same seems to hold true for most of the women's races, and some of those women, such as Annemiek Van Vleuten or Marianne Vos seem to stay at or near the top for a lot longer than any man has been able to be near the top. I have not seem any evidence that Van Vleuten has been a doper, but that is not conclusive, and few cycling fans would think it was. But, I cannot make the allegations either. There are really just fewer women who seem to compete to get into the upper echelons of cycling, and, therefore, those echelons are not as competitive. This also inhibits its fan base, I think, but that is just opinion.
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Why is cycling so backwards in keeping women's distances down in comparison to men's?
Marathon's are the same distance. Track races are the same. Ultra distance running events are the same.
What is wrong with cycling?
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@gcn Dan /or other smart people:
1. Why would sdworks not let Reusser work together with the later winner? Wouldn't that have been a good option for second place at least?
2. Wouldn't races be more interesting if cyclists would have to make such decisions themselves /no strategic decisions over the radio from teamcars?
1) She most probably would have just been dropped. Espacially if she would have taken turns. So was the right decision imho to take the gamble and just sit on. Espacially if the team captain is in the second group.
2) Number 1 reason for having race radios is safety. Crashes, big caravan, fans with a huge peloton going at warp speed, getting infos on these situations can be very important for the peloton safty. Another claim in that direction: when you ban race radios riders will keep going back to the team car to communicate with their ds. And we want to avoid riders in the caravan when possible. But many claim that it would make for more entertaining races. E.g. in the Olympics race radios are not allowed.
A sad day for clean riders in the Woman's RR season.
Hmm, who are the dirty female riders please?
We know drugs are still in the sport. We don’t know how much or by whom
That is some stupid remark, is every winner a doper?
Are most of the peloton amateurs? It certainly looks like it.
Would still kick your arse bud
Right? How can a single rider increase the gap that much against a group of 5 lol? That or some testosterone is being injected ahah
@@embuscadochifreinexplicaca5960 look at about 4:06 they arent even single file whixh means they dont work together this happens in mens races too a few guys working together or even a single one is better than a bigger group not working
@@philipmeisterl true
The women's Peloton seems to be no where near as competitive as the men's pro peleton. The same women are at or near the front again and again, and the same teams and sponsors are often on their jerseys. While a handful of men are mentioned as potential winners of the Grand Tours, the same seems to hold true for most of the women's races, and some of those women, such as Annemiek Van Vleuten or Marianne Vos seem to stay at or near the top for a lot longer than any man has been able to be near the top. I have not seem any evidence that Van Vleuten has been a doper, but that is not conclusive, and few cycling fans would think it was. But, I cannot make the allegations either.
There are really just fewer women who seem to compete to get into the upper echelons of cycling, and, therefore, those echelons are not as competitive. This also inhibits its fan base, I think, but that is just opinion.