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Evie Stevens continues to impress. I doubt she'll keep it to the end but who knows? She seems to have a lot of drive and determination.
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Kudos to Evie for making her own luck with strong drive etc but let's not kid ourselves either--
She's a ** genetic anomaly ** in a ** shallow talent pool. ** That's cool for everyone who used to see her in Central Park and Prospect but it's 90% genetics, 10% everything else-- and yes, I do credit her that 10% just like I did Christine Thorburn (though she was a fine small college x-c & track runner previously). There's almost no possible equivalency, btw, of a male racer that age coming over to sport with similar results. We could give unlimited $$$ to the best triathlete (not named Lance, hah) or 10K to marathon road runner and they'd never come close. Quote:
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women can't win even when they win.
it's a lose-lose situation for poor evie in this crowd. maybe she should just stay at home in the kitchen? |
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Agreed. I've given up trying to be an advocate for women's racing on this forum. Sad.
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I, for one, would rather watch a bunch of women in spandex racing bikes than a bunch of men!
*Shelley Olds is my favorite, she used to be a regular around the Bay Area road/track scene before going pro in Europe... next stop Olympic gold medal steez! |
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Tony Rominger was 25 when he turned pro....I seem to recall that he had a pretty decent palmarès. But I do agree that it's not the norm.
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Ignore them . . .
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This is dumb. Leader's jersey going back and forth and no cnews coverage.
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Steephill ?
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Please, spare us the 'poor Evie' schtick... an INVESTMENT BANKER finds out she's genetic .0001% and takes off... That's cool but hardly earth shattering.
Yeah, she's a real 'inspiration' too-- I've heard that one often in NYC. Inspiring? How so? 99.999% of the people reading this could-- relative to age/gender/physique-- train with the exact quantity/quality/assistance (nutrition, massage, etc) and not achieve a FRACTION of the results. As for people not respecting women's cycling, who gave Liz Hatch contracts, and why? |
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GG PS I've had the opportunity to ride with Ina-Yoko Teutenberg several times and it is unbelievable how fast the top pro ladies are. She live here in SLO and is one nice person http://www.highroadsports.com/team/4...oko-Teutenberg Last edited by GuyGadois; 07-03-2012 at 12:01 AM. |
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So now we can only talk about stories like this if they are "earth shattering?" The OP said that she "continues to impress" not that she discovered a cure for cancer. I won't begrudge her some success, whether she was an investment banker or flipping burgers at McD. Either way, it's a neat story. |
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