Giro Donne

LittleB0b

pretty in pink

http://www.womenscycling.net/2009/Event ... Stage3.htm

Bronzie

Emma Pooley still has 1-07 lead after stage 4 with 5 stages remaining. She is becoming quite an accomplished racer.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/20th-giro-donne-2-1

Anonymous

She's having a bl00dy good year! I hope she can hold on to it...

BeaconRuth

Bronzie wrote:

Emma Pooley still has 1-07 lead after stage 4 with 5 stages remaining. She is becoming quite an accomplished racer.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/20th-giro-donne-2-1

Sorry, Bronzie, but isn't that a tad patronising? Would you say that a bloke who had been achieving international wins and placings for the last 3 seasons, achieved a top 10 in both the World RR and TT in 2007, a Silver medal in Beijing in the TT, had 2 World Cup wins, played a key supporting role in Cooke's World Championship win, won the Grande Boucle Feminine................ is "becoming quite an accomplished racer"? Do you not think she has done enough to deserve to be called a top international racer - in fact, one of the best in the World?

Ruth

Bronzie

OK - it wasn't meant to be nearly as patronising as it sounds when I read it again.

I think I was going to put that she is becoming "as accomplished as Nicole Cooke" but I got interrupted at the vital moment.

edhornby

Armistead in the white jersey also - good showing from the British riders !

andyp

There's some excellent coverage of the Giro Donne on this website;

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/

It includes a diary from an American rider, Emma Mackie, who is a teammate of Lizzie Armistead.

LittleB0b

andyp wrote:

There's some excellent coverage of the Giro Donne on this website;

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/

It includes a diary from an American rider, Emma Mackie, who is a teammate of Lizzie Armistead.

Cheers - good tip.

markwalker

BeaconRuth wrote:

Bronzie wrote:

Emma Pooley still has 1-07 lead after stage 4 with 5 stages remaining. She is becoming quite an accomplished racer.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/20th-giro-donne-2-1

Sorry, Bronzie, but isn't that a tad patronising? Would you say that a bloke who had been achieving international wins and placings for the last 3 seasons, achieved a top 10 in both the World RR and TT in 2007, a Silver medal in Beijing in the TT, had 2 World Cup wins, played a key supporting role in Cooke's World Championship win, won the Grande Boucle Feminine................ is "becoming quite an accomplished racer"? Do you not think she has done enough to deserve to be called a top international racer - in fact, one of the best in the World?

Ruth

SLAP

Bronzie

markwalker wrote:

SLAP

Still stinging now :oops: - keep having flashbacks to being stuck in the naughty corner at school aged 6