merlinmurph
02-25-2014, 05:00 PM
Just read this in the Boston Sunday Globe (http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/02/23/play-tetris-lose-weight/31TNpggbtwzjGqf4iCrqYP/story.html) (link may have a paywall):
May the hottest cyclist win
COULD WE GUESS who will win the next Tour de France based purely on who’s best-looking? A Swiss researcher found that cyclists who performed better in the Tour de France also tended to be those whose headshot photos were rated as more attractive—by both men and women, but especially by women not using the pill—even controlling for cyclist age and size.
Postma, E., “A Relationship between Attractiveness and Performance in Professional Cyclists,” Biology Letters (February 2014).
Good thing I didn't get into bike racing....
May the hottest cyclist win
COULD WE GUESS who will win the next Tour de France based purely on who’s best-looking? A Swiss researcher found that cyclists who performed better in the Tour de France also tended to be those whose headshot photos were rated as more attractive—by both men and women, but especially by women not using the pill—even controlling for cyclist age and size.
Postma, E., “A Relationship between Attractiveness and Performance in Professional Cyclists,” Biology Letters (February 2014).
Good thing I didn't get into bike racing....